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T A B L I N D I A N O F F I C E R S A N D I N D I A N O T H E R R A N K S — c o n t d .
SOUTHERN COMMAND.
Table showing ratios per 1,000 of the strength of admissions into hospital,
deaths, numbers invalided and constantly sick, during the year 1938.
D i s e a s e s .
Admissions. Deaths. Invalids. Constantly
sick.
Specific diseases due to infection or infestation
Common cold . . .
8.0
. . .
. . .
0.14
Diphtheria . . .
0.2
. . .
. . .
0.02
Dysentery . . .
1 8 . 3
. . .
. . .
0.70
Enteric fever (inclusive of typhoid, para. A, B & C
and enteric group). . .
0.7
. . .
. . .
0.09
Erysipelas . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Influenza . . .
11.2
. . .
. . .
0.27
Malaria. . .
80.7
. . .
0.05
1.66
Measles . . .
0. 3
. . .
. . .
0.02
Meningococcal infection . . .
0. 1
. . .
. . .
0.00
Mumps . . .
2.4
. . .
. . .
0.13
Pneumonia . . .
3. 2
0.20
. . .
0.21
Pyrexia of uncertain origin . . .
0. 1
. . .
. . .
0.01
Rheumatic fever . . .
0 '
7
. . .
. . .
0.06
Sandfiy fever . . .
0.4
. . .
. . .
0.01
S carlet fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Smallpox . . .
0 2
. . .
. . .
0.01
Tuberculosis. Pulmonary . . .
1.7
0.05
1.50
0.14
Other . . .
.0.4
0.05
0.30
0.04
Venereal diseases
Gonorrhoea . . .
4.0
. . .
0.05
0.40
Soft chancre . . .
2.2
. . .
. . .
0.16
Syphilis . . .
5 .1
. . .
0.05
0.37
Other V. D . . ......
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Other diseases due to infection . . .
10.7
0.10
0.05
0.52
Diseases due to
infestation by
metazoan para-
sitles.
Scabies . . .
12.8
. . .
. . .
0.40
Other diseases . . .
9. 1
. . .
0.05
0.43
Other diseases classified under systems.
Diseases of the nervous system . . .
4.9
0.10
0.50
0.24
Mental diseases . . .
1. 0
. . .
0.70
0.09
Diseases of the eye . . .
10.0
. . .
0.30
0.34
Diseases of the ear and nose . . .
12.2
. . .
0.15
0.34
Diseases of the
circulatory
system.
Valvular disease of the heart . . .
0.2
. . .
0.10
0.02
Disordered action of the heart . . .
0.3
0.10
. . .
o.01
Other diseases . . .
0.3
0.10
0.10
0.02
Diseases of the blood and blood forming organs . . .
4.8
0.05
0.05
0.31
Diseases of ductless or endocrine glands . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Diseases of the breast . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Diseases of the
respiratory
system.
Larynx and trachea . . .
0.3
. . .
. . .
0.01
Bronchi and bronchioles. . .
12.2
. . .
0.15
0.41
Other diseases . . .
1.8
0.05
0.20
0.15
Diseases of the teeth and gums. . .
3. 0
. . .
. . .
0.07
Diseases of the
digestive
system.
Inflammation of the tonsilg . . .
5.9
. . .
. . .
0.16
Inflammation of the pharynx. . .
11.4
. . .
. . .
0.30
Inflammation of stomach . . .
2.3
. . .
. . .
0.10
Gastric ulcer . . .
0.2
. . .
0.05
0.01
Duodenal ulcer . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Liver diseases . . .
1 . 8
. . .
0.05
0.11
Other diseases . . .
21.2
. . .
0 . 1 0
0.76
Diseases due to disorders of nutrition or of metabolism .
0.3
0 05
0.20
0.02
Diseases of the generative system. . .
2 .9
. . .
0-05
0.20
Diseases of bones, joints, muscles, etc...
11.9
. . .
0.45
0.49
Diseases of the areolar tissue . . .
36.5
. . .
0.05
1.15
Diseases of the skin . . .
2 2 . 4
. . .
0 . 15
0.84
Diseases of the urinary system . . .
2.9
0 . 05
0.15
0.20
Injuries.
General. . .
0. 3
0.15
. . .
0.01
Local . . .
65. 7
. . .
1.25
2 .6 9
In action . . .
,
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Tumours and cysts . . .
1.5
. . .
0.15
. . .
0 . 0 6
Poisons . . .
0.2
. . .
. . .
0.01
No appreciable disease. . .
1.4
. . .
. . .
0.07
Suicides*. . .
. . .
0.15
. . .
. . .
Total . . .
411.8
1.65
6.97
15.01
* The fig ures against " Suicides " havin g already been shown under the heading a the Injury, e tc.,
which caused death, are not included in the total.