NATIVE TROOPS, 1873.
V.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the AGRA DISTRICT and in
CENTRAL INDIA during the Year 1873, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
(Several of the Stations of this area usually occupied by Regiments of the Bengal Army were in 1873 occupied by Madras Troops. The Statistics of the Madras Troops
occupying Stations of the Bengal Presidency are given in Table XVII.)
| 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. | Enterie Fever. | Fevers, Intermittent. | Fevers, 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 | 3,765 | 252 | 66.9 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| February | 3,782 | 254 | 67.2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| March | 4,409 | 247 | 56.0 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
| April | 3,823 | 211 | 55.2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| May | 3,623 | 200 | 55.2 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| June | 3,741 | 175 | 46.8 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| July | 3,813 | 175 | 45.9 | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| August | 3,868 | 212 | 54.8 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| September | 3,880 | 235 | 60.6 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| October | 3,959 | 252 | 63.6 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| November | 3,378 | 188 | 55.6 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| December | 3,590 | 156 | 43.5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | ... | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For the year | 3,803 | 213 | 56.0 | 39 | 10.25* | 1.05 | .79 | 2.63 | .26 | .79 | .53 | ... | .26 | 1.05 | ... | .79 | ... | ... | .79 | .26 | .79 | .26 | ||
| 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. | ||||
| Dengue... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 1.0 | 100.00 |
| Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 1.3 | 60.00 |
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Fever, Intermittent | 235 | 141 | 162 | 288 | 149 | 120 | 99 | 185 | 430 | 426 | 226 | 129 | 2,590 | 681.0 | .27 |
| " Remittent and Continued... |
... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 8 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 10.0 | 7.90 |
| Apoplexy | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | .5 | 50.00 |
| Dysentery | 10 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 41 | 76 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 268 | 70.5 | 1.45 |
| Diarrhœa | 2 | ... | 9 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 77 | 20.3 | |
| Hepatitis... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2.9 | ... |
| Spleen Disease | 14 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 84 | 22.1 | 1.20 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 25 | 14 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 181 | 47.6 | 2.21 |
| Phthisis Pulmonalis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 10 | 2.6 | 30.00 |
| Dropsy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scurvy... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 1.6 | ... |
| Rheumatism | 48 | 22 | 13 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 30 | 29 | 317 | 83.4 | .32 |
| Venereal Diseases... | 16 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 198 | 52.1 | |
| Eye Diseases. | 7 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 119 | 31.3 | |
| Abscess and Ulcer | 56 | 20 | 23 | 28 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 39 | 45 | 24 | 446 | 117.2 | |
| Wounds and Accidents | 71 | 69 | 47 | 68 | 49 | 18 | 40 | 45 | 56 | 80 | 37 | 41 | 624 | 164.1 | |
| All other Causes... | 77 | 59 | 60 | 45 | 18 | 21 | 41 | 25 | 44 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 458 | 120.4 | |
| 565 | 372 | 391 | 549 | 326 | 283 | 335 | 453 | 761 | 689 | 433 | 281 | 5,438 | |||
| Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month. | |||||||||||||||
| 150.1 | 98.3 | 88.7 | 143.6 | 90.0 | 75.6 | 87.8 | 117.1 | 196.1 | 174.0 | 128.2 | 78.3 | 1429.9 | |||
*For statement of Absent Deaths, see Regimental Table XVI, Section 4.
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