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TABLE XVII.
INDIAN OFFICERS AND INDIAN OTHER RANKS— contd.
WESTERN COMMAND.
Table showing ratios per 1,000 of the strength of admissions into hospital,
deaths, numbers invalided and constantly sick, during the year 1938.
Diseases.
Admissions. Deaths. Invalids. Constantly sick.
Specific diseases due to infection or infestation.
Common cold . . .
14. 5
. . .
. . .
0.28
Diphtheria . . .
1 8 . 8
. . .
. . . . . .
Dysentery . . .
18.8
. . .
. . .
0 . 7 6
Enteric fever (inclusive of typhoid, para. A, B & C and
enteric group).
1.1
. . .
. . .
0 . 2 1
Erysipelas . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Influenza . . .
0 . 1
. . .
. . .
0 . 0 0
Malaria . . .
8 7 . 2 0. 09
. . .
2.76
Measles . . .
2 . 7
. . .
. . .
0.15
Meningococcal infection . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
Mumps . . .
3.9
. . .
. . .
0 . 2 5
Pneumonia . . .
2.8
0.27
. . .
0.22
Pyrexia of uncertain origin. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
e u m a t R h i c f e v e r . . . 0.5
. . .
0 . 9
0 . 0 7
Sandfly fever . . .
5 . 7
. . .
. . .
0.12
Scarlet fever . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
Smallpox . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Tuberculosis.
Pulmonary . . . 1.3
0.18
1.06
0.19
Other . . . 0.2
. . .
. . . 0.02
Venereal diseases.
Gonorrheoa . . . 3 . 3
. . .
. . .
0.31
Soft chancre . . . 1.3
. . .
. . .
0 . 1 2
Syphilis . . . 1.9
. . . . . .
0.20
Other V. D. . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Other diseases due to infection . . .
4.3
. . .
. . .
0.29
Diseases due to infestation by
metazoan parasites.
Scabies . . .
8.0
. . .
. . .
0.35
Other diseases . . .
6.3
. . .
. . .
0 . 3 4
Other diseases classified under systems.
Diseases of the nervous system . . .
2.9
0.18
. . . 0.17
Mental diseases . . .
0.9
. . . 0.27
0.09
Diseases of the eye . . .
8.2
. . . 0.53
0.48
Diseases of the ear and nose . . .
3.7
. . . 0.18
0.18
Diseases of the
circulatory system.
Valvular disease of the heart. . .
0.2
. . . 0.18
0.03
Disordered action of the heart . . . 0.4
0.09
. . . 0.03
Other diseases . . .
0.4
0.18 0.09
0.04
Diseases of the blood and blood forming organs . . .
3.9
0.09
. . . 0.25
Diseases of the ductless or endocrine glands . . .
0.1
. . . 0.09
0.02
Diseases of the breast . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Diseases of the
respiratory system.
Larynx and trachea . . .
0.6
. . .
. . .
0 . 0 3
Bronchi and bronchioles . . .
12. 1
. . .
. . .
0.45
Other diseases . . .
2.0
. . .
. . . 0.21
Diseases of the teeth and gums . . .
1 . 9
. . .
. . . 0.04
Diseases of the
digestive
system.
Inflammation of tonsils . . .
5.6
. . .
. . .
0.12
Inflammation of pharynx . . .
20. 6
. . .
. . . 0.39
Inflammation of stomach . . . 1.2
. . .
. . . 0.05
G a s t r i c u l c e r . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Duodenal ulcer . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Liver diseases . . .
0.5
0.09
. . . 0.06
Other diseases . . .
26.2
0 . 0 9
. . . 0.96
Diseases due to disorders of nutrition or of metabolism . . . 0 . 3
. . . 0.09
0.04
Diseases of the generative system . . .
1 . 9
. . .
. . . 0.13.
Diseases of bones, joints, muscles, etc . . . 7 . 0
. . . 0.35
0.43
Diseases of the areolar tissue . . .
1 6 . 8
. . .
. . . 0.63
Diseases of the skin . . .
10.1
. . .
. . .
0.38
Diseases of the urinary system . . .
3.1 . . .
0.09
0.17
Injuries . . . General . . .
0.4
0.09
0.09
0.01
Local . . .
44.2
0.27
0.44
1.60
In action . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Tumours and cysts . . .
0.7
. . .
. . . 0.02
Poisons . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
No appreciable disease . . .
0 . 9
. . .
. . . 0.02
Suicides . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Total . . . 340.8
1.59
3.54
13.72