NATIVE TROOPS, 1876.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the BENGAL PRESIDENCY
during the Year 1876, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
(This Statement is for the Regular Native Army only, and for men present from month to month with their Regiments—(See introductory note).
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 .
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 .
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 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 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 C a u s e s .
January
43,165 1,504 34.8 58 1.37 4
3 2
8 4 1
18 1 3
9
3 2
February
43,026 1,527 35.5 48 1.12 14
6 1
2 2
1 11 1 3 1
1 1 3 1
March
42,941 1,406 32.8 48 1.12 9
1 4
6 2
1 12 1 4
3
4 1
April
38,257 1,154 30.2 33 .86 3
1 3 3
2 7
7
2 2
1 2
May
36,132 1,071 29.6 26 .72 5
2 1 1
5 3
3 1 2
2 1
June
36,076 1,055 29.2 30 .83 7 1
3 5 1 1
1 1 1 1 3
1
1 3
July
36,706 1,067 29.1 18 .49 2
2
4 2
1
2 1 2
1 1
August
37,077 1,430 38.6 17 .46 3
1 2 1 1
1 3
3
1 1
September
37,152 2,050 55.2 16 .43 1
1 2 1
1
4
3 3
October
38,897 2,368 60.9 57 1.47 20
4 7
4 3
3 3
2 1
3
3 4
November
42,281 2,209 52.2 45 1.06 4
1 13 5 1 2 2
1 7 1 2
1 3
2
December
42,229 1,641 38.8 50 1.18 1
9 2 1 2 3 1
24 1 1
1 2
1 1
73 1 6 43 34 7 34 24 3 10 91 8 36 2 4 26 2 23 19
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
39,494 1,540 39.0 446 11.29 1.85 . 03 2.10
.18 .86 .61 .08 . 2 5 2.30 .20 .91 .05 .10 .66 .05
. 5 8 .48
Absent Deat hs 246. Rat i o of 692 Deat hs, 15. 52 per 1, 000 of t he Tot al Regi ment al St r engt h.
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted duri
ng
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 28
6
4
9 13
3
8
6 30
6
1
119
3.0 6 1 . 3 4
Smallpox
5
9
3
4
4
25
.6
4 . 0 0
Enteric Fever
2
2
4
2
3
2
15
.4 4 0 . 0 0
Fever, Intermittent
1,303 1,240 932 1,055 432 1,193 1,462 3,620 5,933 7,551 4,163 2,166
32,050
811.5
.13
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued
15 33 22 18 45 22 14 38 37 58 20 18
340
8.6 1 0 . 0 0
Apopl exy
2
2
2
1
2
2
4
1
1
1
18
.5 3 8 . 8 9
Dysentery
349 223 164 151 188 129 123 301 265 396 270 241
2,800
70.9
1.39
Diarrhœa 190 136 75 93 122 91 85 141 97 133 122 91
1,376
34.8
Hepatitis
4
6
7
6
6
3
7
6
1
7
4
4
61
1.5
4 . 9 2
Spl een Di sease
34 29 23 12 30 22 20 23 36 40 60 48
377
9.6
2 . 6 5
Respiratory Diseases
315 334 188 155 151 64 83 116 107 144 219 278
2,154
54.5
4 . 2 3
Phthisis Pulmonalis
9 16 10 12
9
5 12
7
2 11
5
8
106
2.7 3 3 . 9 6
Dropsy
2
1
1
2
1
7
. 2 2 8 . 5 7
Scurvy
4 24
9
2
4
2
1
3
1
6
3
4
63
1.6
6.35
Rheumatism
241 334 188 105 143 122 127 177 142 189 170 179
2,117
53.6
.36
Venereal Di seases
120 131 113 84 116 84 95 111
6 6 93 93 98
1,204
3 0 . 5
Eye Diseases
6 2 58 52 63 89 82 85 164 101 96 61 45
958
24.3
Abscess and Ul cer
252 288 207 186 230 276 318 417 244 289 265 247
3,219
81.5
Wounds and Acci dents
488 559 353 386 337 347 352 480 323 483 470 530
5,128
129.8
All other Causes
328 432 273 275 305 238 250 369 254 352 333 330
3,739
94.7
3,721 3,878 2,633 2,612 3,274 2,671 3,044 5,987 7,621 9,880 6,265 4,290
55,876
Admi t t ed per 1, 000 of t he Aver age St r engt h i n each Mont h.
86.2 90.1 61.3 68.3 90.6 74.0 82.9 161.5 205.1 254.0 148.2 101.6
1 4 1 4 . 8