NATIVE TROOPS, 1876.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in BENGAL PROPER and in ASSAM
during the Year 1876, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
M O N T H S .
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
A v e r a g e N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k .
N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0
o f S t r e n g t h .
N u m b e r o f D e a t h s .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S I N H O S P I T A L .
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
Ch o l e r a .
S ma l l p o x .
E n t e r i c F e v e r .
F e v e r , I n t e r m i t t e n t .
F e v e r s , R e m i t t e n t a n d
C o n t i n u e d .
A p o p l e x y . Dy s e n t e r y . D i a r r h œ a . H e p a t i t i s .
S p l e e n D i s e a s e .
R e s p i r a t o r y D i s e a s e s .
H e a r t D i s e a s e s .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
Dr o p s y . S c u r v y .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a . W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
All other Causes.
7,711 385 49.9 17
4
2
3 2
1
1
4
January February
8,211 378 46.0 12
1
2 2
1 3
1
1 1
March
8,217 321 39.1
17
4
2
2
1
1
3
2
2
April
7,394 280 37.9 15
3
2
1
1
1 4
2 1
May
7,020 275 39.2
8
1
1
3
1 1
1
June
7,002 297 42.4 11
1
3 2
1
1
1
2
July
7,048 319 45.2
3
1
1
1
August
7,088 349 49.2
6
2
1
1
1 1
September
7,129 388 54.4
4
1 1
1
1
October
7,383 463 62.7
10
2
2
1
2
2
1
November
7,755 478 61.6
7
2
2
1
1
1
December
7,848 444 56.6 13
2
1 1
1 1
3 1
2
1
15 1 2 10 10 1 15 13 1 7 14 2 8
2 12 1 4 5
Di e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f t h e Av e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
For the year
7,484 365 48.8 123 16.43* 2.01 13
2 . 9 4
.13 2.01 1.74 .13 .93 1.87 .27 1.07 .27 1.60 .13 .53 .67
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted during
the Year.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
5
2
4
3
1
2
20
2.7
75.00
3
Smallpox
4
8
3
4
19
2.5
5.26
Enteric Fever
2
2
3
7
.9
28.57
Fever, Intermittent
285 292 225 354 432 398 536 796 751 1,075 705 518
6,367
850.7
.16
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
2
3
6
9
31
8
3
13
13
13
6
6
113
15.1
8.85
Apoplexy
1
1
2
.3
Dysentery
173
87
75
61
66
63
52
60
63
98 54 77
929
124.1
1.97
D i a r r h œ a 94
54 28
34 63
36
33
28
27
30
35
31
493
65.9
Hepatitis
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
8
1.1
12.50
Spleen Disease
11
15
6
4
8
6
9
12
10
8
16 15
120
16.0
5.83
Respiratory Diseases
84
76
41
35
24 16
25
30
40
34
43
48
496
66.3
2.82
Phthisis Pulmonalis
2
4
3
2
4
1
3
3
2
2
26
3.5 30.77
Dropsy
1
1
2
.3
Scurvy
1
21
9
2
3
1
1
38
5.1
5.26
Rheumatism
38
60
3 6 15
25
19
16
33
30
39
35
31
377
50.4
. 6 0
Venereal Diseases
13
1 1 10
15
22
5
12
18
14
15
19
15
169
22.6
Eye Diseases
8
6
9
7
4
6
6
9
11
15
7
4
92
12.3
Abscess and Ulcer
41
50
46
39
52
57
59
65
37
54
41
44
585
78.1
Wounds and Accidents
67
81
54
50
65
41
85
94
53 107
95 101
893
119.3
All other Causes
110 129
58
59
77
76 61 102
61 117 101 110
1,061
141.8
936 896 619 692 877 737 900 1,267 1,113 1,612 1,163 1,005
11,817
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
121.4 109.1 75.3 93.6 124.9 105.2 127.7 178.8 156.1 218.4 150.0 128.1
1 5 7 9 . 0
* F o r S t a t e m e n t o f A b s e n t D e a t h s , s e e R e g i m e n t a l T a b l e X V I , S e c t i o n 1 .