NATIVE TROOPS, 1872.
VI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the PUNJAB during the Year 1872,
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 , R e m i t t e n t . F e v e r , C o n t i n u e d .
A p o p l e x y .
D y 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 .
D r 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 .
A l l o t h e r s C a u s e s .
January . . .
13,496
466
34.5
23
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 4 . . .
. . . 3 2
. . . . . . 8
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
2
1
3
. . .
February . . .
15,591
451
28.9
10
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
2 . . .
. . . . . . 1
. . . . . . 4
. . . 2
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
1
March . . .
16,700
427
25.6
10
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
2 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 . . . 2 . . . . . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
April . . .
15,203
420
27.7
12
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 1
. . .
. . .
8 . . . . . . . . . 1
1
. . .
1
. . .
May . . .
15,244
453
29.7
10
. . .
. . . . . . . . . 1
1 . . .
. . . . . . 1
. . .
. . .
1 . . . 3 . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
June . . .
15,260
415
27.2
8
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . 2
. . .
. . . . . . 1
. . .
. . .
2
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
July . . .
15,354
453
29.5
10
. . .
1 1
. . . 1
2 . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
3
August . . .
15,439
602
39.0
19
. . .
12 . . . . . .
1
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . . 2
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
. . .
2
. . .
September . . .
15,455
898
58.1
10
. . .
2 . . . . . .
1 . . . . . .
. . . 1 . . . . . . 1
2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
October . . .
15,937 1,045
65.6
42
. . .
28
. . . . . . 3 1
. . .
. . . 2 2
. . . . . . 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1
. . .
2
1
November . . .
17,049 1,056
61 .9
24
. . .
1
. . . . . . 4 3
. . .
. . . 3 3
. . . . . . 3
. . . . . . . . . . . .
3
. . .
3
1
December . . .
17,821
711
39.9
34
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . 3 1
. . . 1 3 3
. . . 1
14
. . . 2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
3
2
44 1 . . . 16 16 . . . 1 12 14
. . . 5
50
. . . 9
. . . 1
9
2
20
12
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . . 15,712
616
39.2
212
3.49* 2.80 .06
2 . 0 3
.06 .77 .89 . . . .32 3.18
. . . .57 . . . .06 .57
. 1 3 1.28 .77
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
. . .
. . .
2
24
7
44
1
. . .
8 0
5 . l
55.00
Smallpox . . .
1
. . .
1
2
2
13
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
19
1.2
5.26
Dengue . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
3
4
9
. 6
. . .
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
.1
. . .
Fever, Intermittent . . .
349
293
223
371
341
351
525 1,180 2,904 3,732 1,982
953
13,204
840.4
.12
" Remittent and
Continued . . .
20
10
6
23
13
5
10
13
29
20
9
9
167
10.6
9.58
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
.1
. . .
Dysentery . . .
51
32
27
84
74
51
55
62
108
154
140
133
971
61.8
1.71
Diarrhœa . . .
18
21
7
52
52
29
38
45
51
90
76
70
549
34.9
Hepatitis . . .
1
3
1
2
2
2
2
1
3
1
4
1
23
1.5
. . .
Spl een Di s eas e . . .
9
6
7
6
8
7
7
7
13
34
31
32
167
10.6
3.00
Respiratory Diseases . . .
95
88
60
72
44
28
49
33
43
62
78
128
780
49.6
6.41
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
1
2
2
4
1
1
3
2
2
3
2
2
25
1.6
36.00
Dropsy . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
1
. . .
2
. . .
6
. 4
. . .
Scurvy . . .
1
. . .
4
2
1
2
3
2
. . .
4
2
3
24
1.5
4.17
Rheumatism . . .
87
77
71
83
59
57
77
51
43
75
88
75
843
53.7
.49
Venereal Diseases . . .
25
23
20
36
20
25
39
23
28
29
40
40
348
22.2
Eye Diseases . . .
22
4
25
46
62
46
49
73
66
50
3 8
24
505
32.1
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
.143
101
87
90
89
106
198
137
99
146
121
124
1,441
91.7
Wounds and Accidents . . .
125
86
104
187
122
132
170
117
86
142
163
198
1,632
103.9
All other Causes . . .
107
77
107
158
105
103
135
139
124
153
179
169
1,556
99.0
1,056
823
752 1,220
996
958 1,365 1,909 3,607 4,741 2,959 1,965
22,351
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
78.3 52.8 45.0 80.2 65.3
62.8
88.9 123.7 233.4 297.5 173.6 110.3
1422.6
* For Statement of Absent Deaths, sec Regimental Table XVII, Section 5.
1872.
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