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STATISTICS 0F THE ARMY.

Table No. II.

General Statement of the Sickness and Mortality of the Native Army of Bengal for the year 1876.

DIVSION SUBRIAL NUMBER. STRENGTH PRESENT... 53,841.2 DAILY AVERAGE SICK... 2103.2
DISEASES. Admitted. Died. Admission per cent. of Deaths per cent. of
Strength. Total Admissions. Strength. Total Deaths. Admissions.
  GENERAL DISEASES.  
SUB-DIVISION A. 1 Small-pox         37 3 .069 .049 .006 .54 8.11
2 Cow-pox         6 ... .011 .003 ... ... ...
3 Chicken-pox         22 ... .041 .029 ... ... ...
4 Measles         49 ... .091 .065 ... ... ...
5 Scarlet fever         1 ... .002 .001 ... ... ...
9 Enteric „         21 7 .039 .028 .013 1.26 33.33
11 Simple continued fever       75 3 .139 .099 .006 .54 4.0
12 Febricula         245 ... .455 .324 ... ... ...
15a Ague, quotidian...       39,661 70 73.668 52.418 .130 12.61 3.18
15b „ tertian         1,758 ... 3.265 2.324 ... ... ...
15c „ quartan         470 ... .873 .621 ... ... ...
15d „ irregular         32 ... .059 .042 ... ... ...
16 Remittent fever         525 49 .975 .694 .091 8.83 9.33
17 Simple cholera         13 8 .024 .017 .015 1.44 61.54
18 Malignant cholera       163 88 .303 .215 .163 15.85 53.92
19 Diphtheria         1 ... .002 .001 ... ... ...
21 Mumps         297 1 .552 .393 .002 .18 .33
22 Influenza         7 ... 013 .009 ... ... ...
30a Simple erysipelas       15 ... .028 .020 ... ... ...
30b Phlegmonous„         8 1 .015 .011 .002 .18 12.50
31 Pyæmia.         1 1 .002 .001 .002 .18 100.
  TOTAL   43,410 231 80.626 57.401 .429 43.60 .53
SUB-DIVISION B. 34 Acute rheumatism       280 ... .520 .370 ... ... ...
35 Gonorrhœal „       7 ... .013 .009 ... ... ...
36 Synovial „       13 ... .024 .017 ... ... ...
37 Muscular „       243 ... .451 .321 ... ... ...
37a Lumbago       737 ... 1.369 .975 ... ... ...
37b Stiff neck       45 ... .084 .059 ... ... ...
38 Chronic rheumatism       1 098 1 2.039 1.452 .002 .18 .09
39 Acute gout         9 ... .017 .012 ... ... ...
40 Chronic „         2 ... .004 .003 ... ... ...
42 „ osteo—artliritis       1 ... .002 .001 ... ... ...
43a Primary syphilis         792 ... 1.479 1.047 ... ... ...
43b Secondary „         276 5 .513 .365 .009 .90 1.81
44c Cancer         3 ... .006 .004 ... ... ...
45 Colloid         2 ... .004 .003 ... ... ...
48 True leprosy         13 ... .024 .017 ... ... ...
49-1 Scrofula         5 ... .009 .007 ... ... ...
49-1 Phthisis pulmonalis       114 29 .212 .151 .054 5.23 25.44
49-1 Hæmoptysis         4 ... .007 .006 ... ... ...
49-1 Acute miliary tuberculosis     2 2 .004 .003 .004 .36 100
50 Rickets         1 ... .002 .001 ... ... ...
52 Diabetes         5 1 .009 .007 .002 .18 20.
54 Scurvy         81 3 .150 .107 .006 .54 3.70
55 Anæmia         93 4 .173 .123 .007 .72 4.30
57 General dropsy         6 1 .011 .008 .002 .18 16.66
  TOTAL   3,832 46 7.117 5.067 .086 8.29 1.20
NERVOUS SYSTEM.   LOCAL DISEASES.  
59 Encephalitis         4. 1 .007 .006 .002 .18 25.
60 Meningitis         3 ... .006 .004 ... ... ...
61 Inflammation of the brain       1 ... .002 .001 ... ... ...
65 Apoplexy         6 4 .011 .008 .007 .72 66.66
66 Sunstroke         22 3 .041 .029 .006 .54 13 63
70 While softening (of the brain)     2 1 .004 .003 .002 .18 50.
84 Paralysis         6 1 .011 .008 .002 .18 16.66
85 Hemiplegia         8 1 015 .011 .002 .18 12.50
86 Paraplegia         4 1 .007 .006 .002 .18 25.
87 Locomotor ataxy       2 ... .004 .003 ... ... ...
89 Local paralysis         15 ... .028 .020 ... ... ...
90 Tetanus         1 1 .002 .001 .002 .18 100.
93 Epilepsy         20 ... .037 .026 ... ... ...
94 Convulsions         1 ... .002 .001 ... ... ...
95 Spasm of muscle         3 ... .006 .004 ... ... ...
97 Shaking palsy         4 ... .007 .006 ... ... ...
98 Chorea         1 ... .002 .001 ... ... ...
101a Neuralgia facial.         86 ... .160 .114 ... ... ...
101b Brow ague         199 ... .370 .263 ... ... ...
101c Sciatica         156 ... .290 .206 ... ... ...
101d Pleurodynia         15 ... .028 .020 ... ... ...
102 Hyperæsthesia         2 ... .004 .003 ... ... ...
103 Anæsthesia         3 ... .006 .004 ... ... ...
104 Hypochendriasis       6 ... .011 .008 ... ... ...
105a Acute mania         9 ... .017 .012 ... ... ...
105b Chronic „         1 ... .002 .001 ... ... ...
106 Mclancholia         8 ... .015 .011 ... ... ...
107a Acute dementia         5 ... .009 .007 ... ... ...
107b Chronic „         5 ... .009 .007 ... ... ...
108 Paralysis of the insane       1 ... .002 .001 ... ... ...
  TOTAL   599 13 1.112 .792 .025 2.34 2.17

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