NATIVE TROOPS, 1875.
VII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS composing the CENTRAL INDIA IRREGULAR
FORCE during the Year 1875, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
MONTHS.
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 .
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
C h o l e r a . S m a 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 d a n d
Co n t i n u e d .
A p o p l e x y .
Dy s e n t r y . Di a r r h œa . 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 .
Scurvy.
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 .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
... 4,387 129 29.4
5 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 ...
... 4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
February ...
4,204 132 31.4
2 ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 ... ... ... ...... ...
March . . .
4,216
93 22.1
10 ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 ... ... ... ... ... 1 5 ...
Apr i l . . .
4,198
99 23.6 2
...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ...
Ma y . . .
4,029 100 24.8
2 ...
2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
June ...
4,279 107 25.0
6 ... 1 ... ... ...
1 ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1
... 1
July
. . . 4,527 122 27.0
2 ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
August
... 4,705 142 30.2
2 ...
... ... ... 1 ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
September...
4,587 156 34.0
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ...
October . . .
4,571 166 36.3
1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
November ...
4,709 153 32.5
10 ... 5 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1 ... 1 ... ... ... ... 2 ...
December
. . . 4,725 140 29.6
4 ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ...
3 ...
8
1 ... 1 2 ...
1 3 ... ... 11 ... 2 ... ... 3 2 10 2
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 4,428 128 28.9
46 10.39 1.81 .23 .68 ... .23 .68 ... ... 2.48 ... .45 ... ... .68 .45 2.26 .45
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
... ... ...
...
...
2
1
1 ...
...
...
7
...
11
2.5 72.73
Smallpox . . .
1
1
7
3 2
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
14
3.2
7.14
Enteric Fever
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
... ...
...
...
...
Fever, Intermittent ... 55
67
57
70
49
60
46 95 169 198 198 105
1,169
264.0
.09
Fevers Remittent and
Continued... 11 17
8
7
10
12
15
29
15
3
20
6
153
34.6
1.31
Apoplexy
... ...
...
...
... 3
...
...
...
....
...
...
...
3
.7 ...
Dysentery
...
6
9
7
7
3
14
6
33
18
12
25
12
152
34.3
1.54
Diarrhœa... 4
5
7
5
11
16
14
19
9
5
7
5
107
24.2
Hepatitis
...
2
1
2 1
...
...
...
1 ...
... 1
...
8
1.8 ...
Spleen Disease
...
1
3
1 ...
...
. ..
...
1
1
1
1
1
10
2.3 ...
Respiratory Diseases ...
34
20
21
15
7
7
10
20
9
8
22
13
186
42.0
5.91
Phthisis Pulmonalis ... ... 1
...
2 ...
1 ...
1 1
... 1
...
7
1.6 28.57
Dr opsy . . .
...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
...
...
...
Scurvy
... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
...
...
...
...
Rheumatism
... 20
17
8
4 12 16
17 30
13
19 17
18
191
43.1 . 71
Venereal Diseases ...
10
14
9
14
12
12
7
22
6
16
10
11
143
32.3
Eye Diseases... 14
11 24 30
24
35
27
70
55
32
35
17
374
84.5
Abscess and Ulcer ... 26
28
22
14
26
42
50
40
30
37
59
34
408
92.1
Wounds and Accidents
66
50
38
30
20
33
32
49
32
50
49
33
482
108.9
All other Causes...
15
22
31
33
36
81
46
62
39
49
48
38
500
112.9
265 266 242 235 217 330 271 472 397 430 500 293
3,918
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
60.4 63.3 57.4 56.0 53.9 77.1 59.9 100.3 86.5 94.1 106.2 62.0
884.8
The total strength of the corps of the Central India Force was 5,684 and out of this strength the deaths were 55, which gives a ratio of 9.68 per 1,000.
The Gain and Loss Statement for the year is as under :—
Strength borne on the rolls at the beginning of the year ...
... ...
... ... ... ...
... 5,683
...
...
Additions received during the year
...
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
... 348
TOTAL
... 6,031
Deaths at head-quarters and in detachments 46; on furlough 9; invalided for discharge 87; otherwise discharged 196
... 338
Remaining on the rolls of the Regiments on 31st December ...
...
...
...
...
...
... 5,693
1875.
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