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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE NATIVE ARMY OF THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
[ Section II.
III—STATISTICS OF SELECTED STATIONS,—BARRACKPORE, 1867—76.
XXIV.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS occupying
BARRACKPORE during the TEN YEARS from 1867 to 1876, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each
Month.
| MONTHS. | Average Strength. | Average Number Daily Sick. | Number Daily Sick per 1,000 of Strength. |
Number of Deaths. | Died per 1,000 of Strength. | CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL. | Died out of Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||
| Cholera. | Smallpox. | Enteric Fever. | Fever, Intermittent. | Fevers, Remittent, and Con- tinued. |
Apoplexy. | Dysentery. | Diarrhœa. | Hepatitis. | Spleen Diseases. | Respiratory Diseases. | Heart Diseases. | Phthisis Pulmonalis. | Dropsy. | Scurvy. | Atrophy and Anæmia. | Wounds and Accidents. | All other Causes. | |||||||
| January... | 9,474 | 534 | 56.4 | 33 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... |
| February... | 9,098 | 462 | 50.8 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| March... | 9,155 | 513 | 56.0 | 25 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| April... | 8,520 | 497 | 58.3 | 17 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| May... | 8,107 | 400 | 49.3 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| June... | 8,022 | 354 | 44.1 | 15 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| July... | 8,198 | 362 | 44.2 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| August... | 8 333 | 413 | 49.6 | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| September... | 8,483 | 453 | 53.4 | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| October... | 8,885 | 637 | 71.7 | 16 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... |
| November... | 8,044 | 705 | 87.6 | 19 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... |
| December... | 7,326 | 520 | 71.0 | 19 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... |
| 22 | ... | 1 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 16 | ... | 19 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For the ten years... | 8,470 | 488 | 57.6 | 192 | 22.67 | 2.60 | ... | 5.31 | .24 | 2.71 | 1.89 | ... | 2.24 | 1.53 | .12 | 1.18 | .12 | 1.30 | 2.01 | .35 | .83 | .24 | ||
| CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS. | NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH. | Total admitted during the ten years. |
.Admitted per 1,000 of Strength. |
Died out of each hundred cases treated. |
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| Jan. | Feb. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||||
| Cholera... | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 3.4 | 7.586 |
| Smallpox... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | .2 | 50.00 |
| Fever, Intermittent... | 295 | 200 | 321 | 754 | 360 | 280 | 410 | 641 | 606 | 743 | 644 | 550 | 5,804 | 685.2 | .47 |
| Fevers, Remittent and Conti- nued... |
12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 112 | 13.2 | 15.18 |
| Apoplex... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | .2 | 100.00 |
| Dysentery... | 132 | 69 | 70 | 75 | 60 | 46 | 66 | 73 | 78 | 105 | 83 | 92 | 949 | 112.1 | 2.53 |
| Diarrhœa... | 69 | 44 | 40 | 42 | 33 | 25 | 55 | 46 | 50 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 591 | 69.8 | |
| Hepatitis... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 13 | 1.6 | ... |
| Spleen Disease... | 18 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 30 | 23 | 277 | 32.7 | 6.86 |
| Respiratory Diseases... | 54 | 53 | 34 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 26 | 32 | 49 | 31 | 380 | 44.9 | 3.42 |
| Phthisis Pulmonalis... | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 19 | 2.2 | 52.63 |
| Dropsy... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | .4 | 33.33 |
| Scurvy... | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | 3 | 16 | 31 | 14 | 96 | 11.3 | 11.46 |
| Rheumatism... | 48 | 62 | 51 | 43 | 27 | 27 | 46 | 35 | 29 | 36 | 32 | 41 | 480 | 56.7 | .76 |
| Venereal Diseases... | 31 | 27 | 34 | 33 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 24 | 29 | 16 | 288 | 34.0 | |
| Eye Diseases... | 8 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 92 | 10.9 | |
| Abscess and Ulcer... | 34 | 38 | 34 | 25 | 33 | 43 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 37 | 41 | 32 | 449 | 53.0 | |
| Wounds and Accidents... | 59 | 67 | 103 | 54 | 58 | 39 | 79 | 86 | 68 | 76 | 77 | 71 | 837 | 98.8 | |
| All other Causes... | 88 | 113 | 142 | 122 | 105 | 102 | 110 | 119 | 99 | 266 | 169 | 103 | 1,538 | 181.6 | |
| Dengue... | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 203 | 92 | 25 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 339 | 40.0 | ... |
| 858 | 720 | 882 | 1,251 | 969 | 734 | 930 | 1,135 | 1,064 | 1,444 | 1,265 | 1,048 | 12,300 | |||
| Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month. | |||||||||||||||
| 90.6 | 79.1 | 96.3 | 146.8 | 119.5 | 91.5 | .113.4 | 136.2 | 125.4 | 162.5 | 157.3 | 143.1 | 1452.2 | |||