NATIVE TROOPS, 1871.
VIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS composing the PUNJAB IRREGULAR FORCE
during the Year 1871, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
| 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. | Fever, Intermittent. | Fever, Remittent and Continued. |
Apoplexy. | Dysentery. | Diarrhœa. | Hepatitis. | Spleen Disease. | Respiratory Diseases. | Heart Diseases. | Phthisis Pulmonalis. | Dropsy. | Scurvy. | Atrophy and Anæmia. | Wounds and Accidents. | All other Causes. | |||||||
| January | 11,349 | 752 | 66.3 | 43 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 25 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
| February | 11,312 | 583 | 51.5 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... |
| March | 10,968 | 440 | 40.1 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| April | 10,283 | 335 | 32.6 | 16 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| May | 9,299 | 353 | 38.0 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| June | 9,350 | 382 | 40.9 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| July | 9,343 | 377 | 40.4 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| August | 9,268 | 439 | 47.4 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 |
| September | 9,424 | 461 | 48.9 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| October | 9,401 | 534 | 56.8 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| November | 10,646 | 668 | 62.8 | 16 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... |
| December | 11,190 | 663 | 59.3 | 25 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| 1 | 2 | 14 | 35 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 3 | ||||||
| Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| For the year | 10,153 | 499 | 49.1 | 181 | 17.83 | .10 | .20 | 4.82 | .39 | 1.47 | .30 | .10 | .10 | 7.09 | .30 | .59 | 10. | .10 | .49 | .10 | 1.28 | .30 | |
| CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS. |
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH. | Total Admitted during the Year. |
Admitted per 1,000 of Strength. |
Died out of each hundred treated. |
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| Jan. | Feb. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||||
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | .3 | 33.33 |
| Smallpox | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 9 | .9 | 22.22 |
| Fever, Intermittent | 803 | 406 | 391 | 332 | 578 | 453 | 466 | 695 | 702 | 1,472 | 1,286 | 742 | 8,326 | 820.0 | .17 |
| " Remittent and Continued |
29 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 18 | 23 | 200 | 19.7 | 17.50 |
| Apoplexy | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | .5 | 80.00 |
| Dysentery | 70 | 28 | 43 | 43 | 49 | 73 | 57 | 106 | 107 | 106 | 74 | 132 | 888 | 87.4 | 1.24 |
| Diarrhœa | 40 | 16 | 34 | 27 | 43 | 57 | 52 | 49 | 55 | 45 | 62 | 79 | 559 | 55.0 | |
| Hepatitis | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1.2 | 8.33 |
| Spleen Disease | 14 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 16 | 155 | 15.3 | .65 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 272 | 104 | 68 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 25 | 13 | 36 | 46 | 80 | 735 | 72.4 | 9.80 |
| Phthisis Pulmonalis | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 5 | 18 | 1.8 | 33.33 |
| Dropsy | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | .2 | 50.00 |
| Scurvy | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 1.7 | 5.88 |
| Rheumatism | 89 | 42 | 48 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 40 | 39 | 37 | 62 | 64 | 563 | 55.5 | .39 |
| Venereal Diseases | 29 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 21 | 18 | 27 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 277 | 27.3 | |
| Eye Diseases | 14 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 34 | 25 | 20 | 27 | 27 | 33 | 18 | 14 | 261 | 25.7 | |
| Abscess and Ulcer | 200 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 138 | 143 | 209 | 278 | 136 | 132 | 131 | 156 | 1,752 | 172.5 | |
| Wounds and Accidents | 144 | 80 | 109 | 117 | 143 | 92 | 111 | 167 | 111 | 163 | 149 | 164 | 1,550 | 152.7 | |
| All other Causes | 121 | 68 | 92 | 101 | 112 | 104 | 88 | 105 | 90 | 102 | 109 | 108 | 1,200 | 118.2 | |
| 1,830 | 884 | 924 | 854 | 1,228 | 1,055 | 1,085 | 1,540 | 1,327 | 2,197 | 2,001 | 1,607 | 16,532 | |||
| Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month. | |||||||||||||||
| 161.3 | 78.1 | 84.2 | 83.1 | 132.1 | 112.8 | 116.1 | 166.2 | 140.8 | 233.7 | 187.9 | 143.6 | 1628.3 | |||
Calculated on a Strength of 12,300, which approximately represents the Total Strength, absent as well as present, the Death-rate of the year is 20.90 per 1,000—the
equivalent of 257 deaths.
The Gain and Loss Statement for the Frontier Force for the Year is as under:—
| Strength borne on the Regimental Rolls on 1st January 1871 | 12,239 |
| Additions received during, the year | 1,603 |
| TOTAL | 13,842 |
| Deaths at Head-quarters and in Detachments 181; died while on Furlough and Sick Leave 76; Invalided for Discharge 260; Transfers given 33; Discharged otherwise 943 |
1,493 |
| Remaining on the Rolls at the close of 1871 | 12,349 |