NATIVE TROOPS, 1872.
VIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS composing the PUNJAB IRREGULAR FORCE
during the Year 1872, 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. | 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... | 11,095 | 617 | 55.6 | 26 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
| February... | 11,134 | 589 | 52.9 | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
| March... | 10,686 | 424 | 39.7 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
| April... | 9,693 | 277 | 28.6 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| May... | 8,964 | 298 | 33.2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| June... | 9,142 | 322 | 35.2 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| July... | 9,286 | 367 | 39.5 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| August... | 9,340 | 480 | 51.4 | 30 | ... | 27 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| September... | 9,510 | 652 | 68.6 | 42 | ... | 33 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| October... | 9,466 | 794 | 83.9 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| November... | 10,689 | 798 | 74.7 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
| December... | 11,257 | 695 | 61.7 | 36 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 2 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| 62 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 34 | ... | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 55 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | ||||||
| Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For the year... | 10,022 | 526 | 52.5 | 212 | 21.16 | 6.18 | .10 | 4.29 | .60 | 1.50 | .50 | .10 | .20 | 5.49 | ... | .40 | ... | ... | .20 | .30 | 1.00 | .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 cases treated. |
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| Jan. | Feb. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||||
| Cholera... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 44 | 47 | 1 | ... | ... | 93 | 9.3 | 66.67 |
| Smallpox... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 7 | .7 | 14.29 |
| Dengue... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | .2 | ... |
| Fever, Intermittent... | 616 | 462 | 271 | 305 | 285 | 368 | 451 | 836 | 1,601 | 2,872 | 1,700 | 989 | 10,756 | 1,073.2 | .07 |
| " Remittent and Continued... |
53 | 41 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 202 | 20.2 | 16.83 |
| Apoplexy... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | .4 | 100.00 |
| Dysentery... | 76 | 37 | 37 | 48 | 51 | 35 | 77 | 104 | 106 | 121 | 89 | 86 | 867 | 86.5 | 1.26 |
| Diarrhœa... | 58 | 33 | 26 | 50 | 47 | 53 | 74 | 85 | 133 | 62 | 47 | 55 | 723 | 72.2 | |
| Hepatitis... | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | 6 | ... | 2 | 23 | 2.3 | 4.35 |
| Spleen Disease... | 20 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 58 | 205 | 20.4 | .97 |
| Respiratory Diseases... | 162 | 120 | 54 | 67 | 61 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 60 | 137 | 759 | 75.7 | 7.25 |
| Phthisis Pulmonalis... | 2 | 5 | 2 | ... | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 22 | 2.2 | 18.18 |
| Dropsy... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | .1 | ... |
| Scurvy... | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 3.5 | ... |
| Rheumatism... | 96 | 89 | 64 | 46 | 32 | 46 | 54 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 69 | 79 | 719 | 71.7 | .28 |
| Venereal Diseases... | 16 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 16 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 195 | 19.5 | |
| Eye Diseases... | 10 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 21 | 35 | 24 | 35 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 271 | 27.0 | |
| Abscess and Ulcer... | 145 | 97 | 66 | 89 | 87 | 105 | 226 | 166 | 121 | 128 | 122 | 116 | 1,468 | 146.5 | |
| Wounds and Accidents... | 125 | 119 | 89 | 133 | 93 | 102 | 122 | 103 | 103 | 108 | 113 | 154 | 1,364 | 136.1 | |
| All other Causes... | 108 | 108 | 88 | 109 | 91 | 128 | 155 | 108 | 129 | 103 | 90 | 110 | 1,327 | 132.4 | |
| 1,492 | 1,166 | 747 | 909 | 822 | 914 | 1,262 | 1,561 | 2,373 | 3,564 | 2,388 | 1,845 | 19,043 | |||
| Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month. | |||||||||||||||
| 134.5 | 104.7 | 69.0 | 93.8 | 91.7 | 100.0 | 135.9 | 167.1 | 249.5 | 376.5 | 223.4 | 163.9 | 1900.1 | |||
Calculated on a Strength of 12,314, the Total Strength absent as well as present, the Death-rate of the year is 23.47 per 1,000—the equivalent of 289 deaths.
The Gain and Loss Statement for the Frontier Force for the year is as under:—
| Strength borne on the Regimental Rolls on lst January 1872... | 12,369 |
| Additions received during the year... | 1,104 |
| TOTAL... | 13,473 |
| Deaths at Head-quarters and in Detachments 214; died while on furlough and sick leave 75; invalided for discharge 234; transfers given 24; discharged otherwise 690... |
1,237 |
| Remaining on the Rolls at the close of 1872... | 12,236 |