NATIVE TROOPS, 1872.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the BENGAL PRESIDENCY
during the Year 1872, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
(This Statement is for the Regular Native Army only, and for men present from month to month with their Regiments.—See introductory note.)
| 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. | Fever, Remittent. | Fever, 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... | 43,160 | 1,936 | 44.9 | 89 | 2.06 | 4 | ... | ... | 8 | 7 | ... | ... | 9 | 6 | ... | 2 | 31 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| February... | 43,080 | 1,786 | 41.5 | 42 | .98 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 7 | 2 | ... | ... | 15 | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 |
| March... | 42,803 | 1,770 | 41.4 | 125 | 2.92 | 85 | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | 2 | ... | 11 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... |
| April... | 38,504 | 1,539 | 40.0 | 47 | 1.22 | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 4 | 2 |
| May... | 36,296 | 1,292 | 35.6 | 39 | 1.08 | 10 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 5 |
| June... | 36,405 | 1,239 | 34.0 | 32 | .88 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| July... | 36,703 | 1,252 | 34.1 | 32 | .87 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 |
| August... | 36,658 | 1,581 | 43.1 | 44 | 1.20 | 26 | ... | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... |
| September... | 36,727 | 2,305 | 62.8 | 23 | .63 | 6 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| October... | 37,864 | 2,308 | 61.0 | 61 | 1.61 | 28 | ... | ... | 9 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 2 |
| November... | 40,726 | 2,250 | 55.2 | 55 | 1.35 | 3 | ... | 1 | 5 | 4 | ... | 1 | 7 | 4 | ... | ... | 9 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| December... | 41,222 | 1,750 | 42.5 | 58 | 1.41 | 3 | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | 1 | 7 | 3 | ... | 1 | 19 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 3 | 4 |
| 182 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 121 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 10 | 39 | 38 | ||||||
| Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For the year... | 39,179 | 1,751 | 44.7 | 647 | 16.51 | 4.64 | .08 | 2.17 | .10 | 1.17 | .74 | .13 | .28 | 3.09 | .08 | .94 | .02 | .18 | .66 | .26 | 1.00 | .97 | |||
Absent Deaths 247. Ratio of 894 Deaths, 20.08 per 1,000 of the Total Regimental Strength.
| 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... | 3 | 4 | 104 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 14 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 276 | 7.0 | 65.94 |
| Smallpox... | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 55 | 1.4 | 5.45 |
| Dengue... | ... | ... | ... | 209 | 420 | 273 | 399 | 762 | 1,634 | 690 | 141 | 19 | 4,547 | 116.1 | ... |
| Enteric Fever... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 7 | .2 | ... |
| Fever, Intermittent... | 1,470 | 1,113 | 1,145 | 1,575 | 1,059 | 1,028 | 1,519 | 2,239 | 4,514 | 5,687 | 3,352 | 2,018 | 26,719 | 682.0 | .17 |
| " Remittent and Continued... |
42 | 20 | 23 | 44 | 42 | 30 | 49 | 42 | 81 | 80 | 51 | 32 | 536 | 13.7 | 6.90 |
| Apoplexy... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 10 | .3 | 40.00 |
| Dysentery... | 590 | 444 | 352 | 367 | 189 | 185 | 205 | 212 | 219 | 322 | 296 | 326 | 3,707 | 94.6 | 1.28 |
| Diarrhœa... | 291 | 196 | 190 | 240 | 160 | 138 | 146 | 152 | 149 | 207 | 150 | 155 | 2,174 | 55.5 | |
| Hepatitis... | 9 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 92 | 2.3 | 5.44 |
| Spleen Disease... | 33 | 38 | 27 | 41 | 34 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 35 | 54 | 62 | 64 | 458 | 11.7 | 2.40 |
| Respiratory Diseases... | 374 | 347 | 215 | 207 | 108 | 95 | 117 | 89 | 91 | 145 | 191 | 273 | 2,252 | 57.5 | 5.37 |
| Phthisis Pulmonalis... | 5 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 110 | 2.8 | 33.64 |
| Dropsy... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 9 | .2 | 11.11 |
| Scurvy... | 10 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 130 | 3.3 | 5.38 |
| Rheumatism... | 289 | 274 | 221 | 181 | 143 | 124 | 167 | 122 | 108 | 188 | 212 | 229 | 2,258 | 57.6 | .45 |
| Venereal Diseases... | 113 | 93 | 66 | 109 | 82 | 89 | 102 | 89 | 76 | 95 | 119 | 120 | 1,153 | 29.4 | |
| Eye Diseases... | 50 | 24 | 62 | 116 | 106 | 95 | 115 | 131 | 122 | 109 | 75 | 69 | 1,074 | 27.4 | |
| Abscess and Ulcer... | 393 | 284 | 232 | 242 | 227 | 281 | 425 | 310 | 266 | 364 | 302 | 333 | 3,659 | 93.4 | |
| Wounds and Accidents... | 471 | 376 | 401 | 459 | 312 | 318 | 407 | 352 | 302 | 446 | 473 | 440 | 4,757 | 121.4 | |
| All other Causes... | 436 | 453 | 449 | 444 | 316 | 327 | 369 | 314 | 318 | 402 | 413 | 390 | 4,631 | 118.2 | |
| 4,584 | 3,707 | 3,536 | 4,310 | 3,249 | 3,057 | 4,081 | 4,903 | 7,947 | 8,867 | 5,874 | 4,499 | 58,614 | |||
| Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month. | |||||||||||||||
| 106.2 | 86.0 | 82.6 | 111.9 | 89.5 | 84.0 | 111.2 | 133.8 | 216.4 | 234.2 | 144.2 | 109.1 | 1496.0 | |||