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AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1867 TO 1876.
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II.—GENERAL STATISTICS OF STATIONS, 1867—76.
XXI.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the ANNUAL RATIOS of SICKNESS and MOR-
TALITY, on the AVERAGE of the TEN YEARS, of the CHIEF STATIONS of the PUNJAB
from UMBALLA to AMRITSAR, occupied by NATIVE TROOPS during the TEN-YEAR
PERIOD 1867—76.
| RATIOS PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH. | |||||||
| Umballa. | Jullundur. | Ferozepore. | Mooltan. | Sialkot. | Meean Meer. |
Amritsar. | |
| I.—DAILY SICK-RATE OF EACH MONTH. | |||||||
| January... | 30.3 | 59.8 | 40.1 | 37.7 | 30.5 | 49.8 | 29.2 |
| February... | 30.7 | 46.8 | 40.4 | 34.5 | 28.7 | 40.9 | 25.6 |
| March... | 25.8 | 39.6 | 39.3 | 28.4 | 30.6 | 40.0 | 16.9 |
| April... | 24.5 | 43.2 | 32.5 | 27.0 | 30.6 | 34.7 | 23.1 |
| May... | 26.5 | 39.1 | 24.2 | 21.9 | 28.1 | 33.0 | 24.5 |
| June... | 25.6 | 40.2 | 25.1 | 24.9 | 27.8 | 29.2 | 25.2 |
| July... | 26.2 | 42.6 | 28.5 | 28.6 | 28.9 | 24.9 | 20.9 |
| August... | 45.4 | 61.6 | 37.0 | 44.7 | 34.6 | 42.2 | 34.1 |
| September... | 65.1 | 90.4 | 49.8 | 80.9 | 46.6 | 68.1 | 63.0 |
| October... | 64.0 | 84.3 | 62.7 | 84.3 | 45.0 | 91.1 | 56.8 |
| November... | 45.1 | 76.5 | 45.3 | 67.5 | 40.1 | 93.5 | 46.1 |
| December... | 35.2 | 57.3 | 37.2 | 46.2 | 31.3 | 69.5 | 38.0 |
| AVERAGE ANNUAL DAILY SICK-RATE... | 36.3 | 56.8 | 38.7 | 44.0 | 33.6 | 50.6 | 33.8 |
| II.—ADMISSION-RATE OF EACH MONTH. | |||||||
| January... | 55.6 | 108.4 | 96.6 | 69.9 | 63.2 | 111.3 | 70.8 |
| February... | 44.1 | 70.7 | 91.6 | 53.3 | 52.2 | 80.2 | 54.8 |
| March... | 39.4 | 68.0 | 72.0 | 56.7 | 59.6 | 79.2 | 51.8 |
| April... | 53.9 | 95.4 | 77.6 | 50.8 | 64.3 | 79.3 | 74.1 |
| May... | 68.9 | 98.5 | 86.0 | 61.4 | 66.5 | 85.9 | 93.0 |
| June... | 73.6 | 100.5 | 86.5 | 83.9 | 64.4 | 78.7 | 91.5 |
| July... | 77.8 | 111.2 | 106.4 | 82.3 | 71.3 | 79.1 | 101.3 |
| August... | 176.0 | 187.3 | 157.2 | 162.9 | 118.1 | 177.1 | 195.6 |
| September... | 253.8 | 248.1 | 196.8 | 308.4 | 141.4 | 272.3 | 339.2 |
| October... | 227.5 | 218.7 | 212.2 | 280.1 | 123.6 | 356.4 | 253.0 |
| November... | 124.1 | 192.9 | 137.4 | 175.4 | 101.5 | 270.9 | 168.4 |
| December... | 65.3 | 120.4 | 113.6 | 96.7 | 56.4 | 168.5 | 117.9 |
| AVERAGE ANNUAL ADMISSION-RATE... | 1211.4 | 1619.0 | 1416.4 | 1169.5 | 980.1 | 1793.1 | 1641.0 |
| III.—COMPOSITION OF THE AVERAGE ANNUAL ADMISSION-RATE. |
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| Cholera... | 1.0 | .9 | 1.0 | .3 | .3 | 3.1 | 2.1 |
| Intermittent Fever... | 669.0 | 886.6 | 949.9 | 940.0 | 383.6 | 1139.2 | 1109.7 |
| Remittent and Continued Fevers... | 5.9 | 8.1 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 14.3 | 11.3 |
| Apoplexy... | .1 | .4 | ... | .2 | .4 | .6 | ... |
| Dysentery... | 42.8 | 61.3 | 34.3 | 40.2 | 36.9 | 66.3 | 81.0 |
| Diarrhœa... | 19.6 | 16.9 | 27.1 | 22.4 | 21.8 | 33.9 | 34.4 |
| Hepatitis... | 1.3 | 2.6 | .8 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 1.0 |
| Spleen Disease... | 3.5 | 18.2 | 10.6 | 6.6 | 3.1 | 17.0 | 14.9 |
| Respiratory Diseases... | 30.9 | 49.6 | 32.8 | 52.3 | 51.7 | 78.3 | 55.4 |
| Phthisis Pulmonalis... | 1.3 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | .6 | 4.4 | 2.0 |
| Dropsy... | .7 | .4 | .2 | ... | .4 | .6 | ... |
| Scurvy... | .7 | 1.7 | .5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Rheumatism... | 55.1 | 102.6 | 45.3 | 40.1 | 71.0 | 64.2 | 42.6 |
| Venereal Diseases... | 30.2 | 33.9 | 15.7 | 18.3 | 29.8 | 22.8 | 36.4 |
| Eye Diseases... | 56.1 | 22.0 | 38.5 | 39.6 | 34.6 | 25.0 | 14.9 |
| Abscess and Ulcer... | 91.5 | 119.9 | 143.0 | 113.2 | 93.7 | 133.4 | 105.1 |
| Wounds and Accidents... | 116.6 | 157.5 | 48.1 | 107.7 | 130.4 | 104.2 | 65.6 |
| All other Causes... | 85.1 | 132.6 | 64.4 | 80.0 | 110.4 | 82.3 | 63.6 |
| AVERAGE ANNUAL ADMISSION-RATE | 1211.4 | 1619.0 | 1416.4 | 1469.5 | 980.1 | 1793.1 | 1641.0 |
| IV.—COMPOSITION OF THE AVERAGE ANNUAL DEATH-RATE. |
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| Cholera... | .35 | .38 | .17 | .20 | .13 | 1.45 | 1.54 |
| Fevers... | 2.55 | 4.54 | 2.52 | 2.11 | 1.24 | 5.33 | 3.08 |
| Apoplexy... | ... | ... | ... | .10 | ... | .32 | ... |
| Dysentery and Diarrhœa... | 1.05 | 2.27 | .51 | .40 | 1.24 | 1.94 | 3.08 |
| Hepatitis... | .12 | ... | ... | .10 | .13 | .24 | ... |
| Spleen Disease... | ... | .38 | .17 | ... | ... | .16 | ... |
| Respiratory Diseases... | 1.74 | 1.51 | 2.02 | 4.21 | 1.87 | 7.19 | 4.61 |
| Heart Diseases... | ... | ... | ... | .10 | .25 | .08 | ... |
| Phthìsis Pulmonalis... | .23 | .95 | .50 | .30 | .50 | .97 | .51 |
| Dropsy... | .23 | .19 | ... | ... | .13 | ... | ... |
| Scurvy... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Atrophy and Anæmia... | .46 | 1.32 | ... | .10 | ... | .49 | .51 |
| All other Causes... | .81 | .95 | .67 | 1.00 | .87 | 1.29 | .51 |
| Violent Deaths... | .12 | .95 | .51 | 1.00 | .38 | .73 | 1.54 |
| AVERAGE ANNUAL DEATH-RATE... | 7.66 | 13.44 | 7.07 | 9.62 | 6.74 | 20.19 | 15.38 |
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