Chapter I.
GENERAL STATISTICS OF THE ARMY FOR THE SIX YEARS.
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ARMY OF MADRAS.
FORMS OF DISEASE. | 1871. | 1872. | 1873. | 1874. | 1875. | 1871-75. | 1876. | |||||||
Strength, 10,673. | Strength, 11,369. | Strength, 11,413. | Strength, 11,556. | Strength, 11,253. | Strength, 56,264. | Strength, 11,155. | ||||||||
Admis- sions. |
Ratio per 1,000. |
Admis- sions. |
Ratio per 1,000. |
Admis- sions. |
Ratio per 1,000. |
Admis- sions. |
Ratio per 1,000. |
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Ratio per 1,000. |
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Primary Syphilis... | 597 | 55.9 | 743 | 65.4 | 715 | 62.6 | 917 | 79.3 | 786 | 69.8 | 3,758 | 66.8 | 675 | 60.5 |
Gonorrhœa... | 855 | 80.1 | 700 | 61.5 | 656 | 57.5 | 767 | 66.4 | 887 | 78.8 | 3,865 | 68.7 | 884 | 79.3 |
Phymosis... | 8 | 6.6 | 12 | 7.2 | 6 | 7.4 | 10 | 9.8 | 9 | 12.7 | 45 | 8.7 | 4 | 8.4 |
Stricture... | 27 | 30 | 37 | 50 | 54 | 198 | 36 | |||||||
Warts... | 21 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 111 | 17 | |||||||
Orchitis, gonorrhœal... | 14 | 19 | 22 | 30 | 53 | 138 | 37 | |||||||
TOTAL... | 1,522 | 142.6 | 1,525 | 134.1 | 1,455 | 127.5 | 1,797 | 155.5 | 1,816 | 161.3 | 8,115 | 144.2 | 1,653 | 148.2 |
Secondary Syphilis... | 383 | 35.9 | 333 | 29.2 | 285 | 24.9 | 348 | 30.1 | 428 | 38.0 | 1,777 | 31.6 | 329 | 29.5 |
Inflammation of the inguinal glands... | 318 | 45.8 | 314 | 37.1 | 266 | 34.5 | 313 | 38.7 | 268 | 35.3 | 1,479 | 38.2 | 238 | 32.2 |
Orchitis... | 171 | 108 | 128 | 134 | 129 | 670 | 121 | |||||||
TOTAL... | 2,394 | 224.3 | 2,280 | 200.4 | 2,134 | 186.9 | 2,592 | 224.3 | 2,641 | 234.6 | 12,041 | 214.0 | 2,341 | 209.9 |