NATIVE TROOPS, 1875.
VI
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the PUNJAB 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.
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 t a n d 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
D r 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 .
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
January
... 16,983
717 42.2
43 ...
... ... ... 3
6 . . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . . 2 8 1 2 . . . 2 . . .
1
. . .
February
... 17,032
662 38.9
31
. . . ... ... ... 8
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 1 ... 16 ... 1 ... ... . . . 2
. . .
2
. . .
March
... 16,605 553 33.3
21
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . 1
2 . . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
1 0 . . . 3 . . . . . . 1 . . . 2 1
April
... 14,825
485 32.7
19
. . .
. . . . . . . . . 2
3 . . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
7
. . . 3 . . . . . . 1
2 1
May
... 14,107
406 28.8
6
. . . ... ...
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . . . . . . . .
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
. . .
June
... 14,114
373 26.4
13
. . . ... ... ... 2
5 1
1 ... .. ...
1
. . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 1
. . .
July
... 14,273
405 28.4
29 ...
2 0 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 ...
1 . . . . . .
1
. . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2
2
. . .
August
... 14,436
479 33.2
9 ...
... ...
. . . . . .
3 . . .
. . .
1 . . . . . .
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
. . .
. . .
September
... 14,583
729 50.0
9
. . .
3 . . . 1 1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . ... ...
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
. . .
October
... 15,047
940 62.5
11 ...
... ... ... ...
1 ...
4
1 . . . . . .
3
. . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ...
November
... 16,058 918 57.2
14
. . .
. . .
. . . ... 4
. . . ... . . . 1
. . . . . . 6 1
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . . 1
. . .
December
... 16,196 700 43.2
17 ...
... ... ... 5
2
. . . 1
2 . . . . . .
5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
. . .
23
. . . 1 26 23 2
8 7
1 ... 83 2 12 ... ... 9 6 17 2
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 15,355 614 4 0 . 0
222 14.46* 1.50 ...
3.26
. 1 3
. 5 2
. 4 6 . 0 7 ... 5.41 . 1 3 . 7 8 ... ...
. 5 9 . 3 9 1.11 . 1 3
* For Statement of Absent Deaths, see Regimental Table XVI, Section 5.
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
A d m i t t e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
Died out
of each hundred
cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
52
. . .
4
. . .
1 ...
57
3.7
40.35
Smallpox
...
. . .
1 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
1 ...
2
. 1 ...
Enteric Fever
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
1
1 ...
...
...
2
. 1
50.00
Fever, Intermittent ... 691
408
448
431
501
491
359
729 1,805 2,604 2,679 1,056
12,202
794.7
. 2 1
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
...
11
3
12
15
6
11
5
3
5
4
4
3
82
5.3
28.05
Apoplexy
... ...
...
...
...
...
1
3
. . .
1
. . . . . .
...
5
. 3 40.00
Dysentery
...
48
34
28
68
51
61
61
107
116
132
146
72
924
60.2
1 . 0 5
Diarrhœa
...
33
13
13
42
29
36
61
52
50
54
65
51
499
32.5
Hepatitis
...
2
3
5
1
2
3
2
2
. . . ...
2
2
24
1.6
4.17
Spleen Disease
...
22
12
10
4
8
12
6
13
10
14
22
18
151
9 8
. . .
Respiratory Diseases ...
178
160
124
66
54
37
17
37
27
49
106
97
952
62.0
8.72
Phthisis pulmonalis ...
3
4
5
7
5
3
4
3
1
. . .
3 ...
38
2.5
31.58
Dropsy
... ...
2
. . ...
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
1
3
. 2 ...
Scurvy
...
1 ...
1
6
2
1
1
2
3
1
3
1
22
1.4
Rheumatism
...
83
90
82
63
55
74
50
87
65
59
8 5
67
860
56.0 1
Venereal Diseases
...
43
38
47
36
36
47
39
40
30
33
35
40
464
30.2
Eye Diseases
...
16
18
31
46
35
45
40
57
62
55
37
22
464
30.2
Abscess and Ulcer ... 119
101
108
70
8 8 137
172 297
168
124
139
102
1,625
105.8
.50
Wounds and Acciden ts
...
184 118
161
129 135
165
131
192
107
160 245
192
1,919
125.0
All other Causes
... 126
96
140
118
86
145
104 137
106
118
139
97
1,412
92.0
1,560 1,101 1,215 1,102 1,093 1,269 1,107 1,759 2,561 3,407 3,712 1,821
21,707
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
91.9 64.6 73.2 74.3 77.5 89.9 77.6 121.8 175.6 226.4 231.2 112.4
1413.7