NATIVE TROOPS, 1873.
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the RATIOS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the
various PROVINCES of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY for the Year 1873.
RATIOS PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH. | ||||||||
Bengal Proper and Assam. |
Gangetic Provinces. |
Rohilcund and Meerut. |
Agra and Central India. |
Punjab. | Regular Native Army. |
Punjab Frontier Force. |
Central India Force. |
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I.— AVERAGE DAILY SICK-RATE OF EACH MONTH. |
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January... | 48.9 | 40.3 | 29.9 | 66.9 | 28.5 | 37.7 | 47.7 | 34.1 |
February... | 47.6 | 38.3 | 30.1 | 67.2 | 26.1 | 36.1 | 42.3 | 30.0 |
March... | 46.3 | 37.6 | 23.4 | 56.0 | 25.2 | 34.5 | 43.8 | 23.2 |
April... | 43.1 | 40.1 | 23.8 | 55.2 | 24.4 | 34.3 | 32.0 | 28.0 |
May... | 50.1 | 38.3 | 24.1 | 55.2 | 25.0 | 35.3 | 28.1 | 26.2 |
June... | 48.2 | 34.9 | 23.9 | 46.8 | 25.6 | 33.6 | 30.0 | 27.3 |
July... | 53.9 | 35.3 | 23.6 | 45.9 | 23.6 | 33.8 | 30.2 | 28.7 |
August... | 57.0 | 43.1 | 35.5 | 54.8 | 33.6 | 42.2 | 41.0 | 34.3 |
September... | 52.8 | 45.8 | 49.3 | 60.6 | 59.6 | 54.6 | 54.8 | 40.5 |
October... | 52.1 | 42.4 | 41.5 | 63.6 | 68.8 | 56.8 | 76.6 | 44.0 |
November... | 52.7 | 42.4 | 41.1 | 55.6 | 63.4 | 52.5 | 70.5 | 41.4 |
December... | 49.2 | 37.0 | 34.4 | 43.5 | 47.6 | 42.9 | 57.8 | 37.8 |
AVERAGE OF THE YEAR... | 50.0 | 39.6 | 31.8 | 56.0 | 37.7 | 41.2 | 46.6 | 33.1 |
II.—COMPOSITION OF THE ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR. |
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Dengue... | 2.1 | .3 | .2 | ... | .1 | .5 | ... | ... |
Cholera... | 5.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .1 | 2.1 | .1 | .7 |
Intermittent Fevers... | 695.3 | 361.3 | 525.6 | 681.0 | 811.1 | 656.5 | 856.4 | 300.8 |
Remittent and Continued Fevers... | 40.0 | 5.1 | 20.2 | 10.0 | 18.0 | 19.2 | 18.8 | 5.9 |
Apoplexy... | .3 | 1.4 | ... | .5 | .1 | .4 | .8 | .2 |
Dysentery... | 109.9 | 58.8 | 38.7 | 70.5 | 55.5 | 68.4 | 68.8 | 22.1 |
Diarrhœa... | 58.0 | 27.5 | 14.9 | 20.3 | 32.3 | 33.7 | 38.9 | 22.5 |
Hepatitis... | 4.1 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 |
Spleen Disease... | 14.0 | 4.0 | 11.6 | 22.1 | 8.1 | 10.3 | 19.4 | 6.1 |
Respiratory Diseases.... | 64.3 | 39.0 | 36.5 | 47.6 | 56.5 | 51.5 | 80.9 | 46.6 |
Phthisis Pulmonalis... | 3.7 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.6 | .4 |
Scurvy... | 7.3 | 1.8 | .6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 1.1 |
Rheumatism... | 58.0 | 91.2 | 39.8 | 83.4 | 56.7 | 62.9 | 65.7 | 44.6 |
Venereal Diseases... | 30.2 | 50.6 | 28.4 | 52.1 | 23.4 | 33.0 | 18.7 | 19.8 |
Eye Diseases... | 14.2 | 33.8 | 31.0 | 31.3 | 26.6 | 26.2 | 31.8 | 81.5 |
Abscess and Ulcer... | 88.1 | 89.0 | 79.5 | 117.2 | 85.5 | 88.5 | 142.5 | 94.8 |
Wounds and Accidents... | 90.1 | 139.6 | 128.2 | 164.1 | 106.0 | 118.3 | 139.4 | 109.4 |
All other Causes... | 170.8 | 87.3 | 113.5 | 121.7 | 91.7 | 110.7 | 119.7 | 85.3 |
ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR... | 1455.8 | 997.9 | 1074.4 | 1429.9 | 1376.9 | 1289.5 | 1610.8 | 843.1 |
III.—COMPOSITION OF THE DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR. |
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Cholera... | 2.76 | 1.20 | .20 | 1.05 | ... | 1.12 | ... | .23 |
Fevers... | 4.27 | 1.50 | 2.55 | 2.63 | 3.01 | 2.92 | 4.22 | 1.80 |
Apoplexy... | .28 | .15 | ... | .26 | ... | .10 | .50 | ... |
Dysentery... | 1.38 | .45 | .39 | .79 | 1.03 | .89 | .41 | .23 |
Diarrhœa... | 2.20 | .30 | .20 | .53 | 1.09 | 1.02 | .10 | ... |
Hepatitis... | .14 | .15 | .39 | ... | .13 | .15 | .10 | .23 |
Spleen Disease... | .14 | .15 | .39 | .26 | .19 | .21 | .10 | ... |
Respiratory Diseases... | 3.44 | 1.65 | 1.37 | 1.05 | 4.67 | 3.15 | 4.42 | 4.50 |
Heart Diseases... | .55 | .45 | .59 | ... | .32 | .38 | .41 | .44 |
Phthisis Pulmonalis... | .83 | 1.05 | .98 | .79 | .64 | .79 | .50 | .44 |
Atrophy and Anæmia... | .55 | ... | .59 | .79 | .45 | .43 | .30 | .23 |
All other Causes... | 4.13 | 2.25 | .99 | 1.58 | 1.92 | 2.20 | 2.21 | 2.26 |
Wounds and Accidents... | ... | .15 | ... | .26 | .06 | .08 | .10 | ... |
Deaths out of Hospital... | .41 | .30 | ... | .26 | .84 | .48 | .50 | .90 |
DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR... | 21.08 | 9.75 | 8.64 | 10.25 | 14.35 | 13.92 | 13.87 | 11.26 |
" INCLUDING ABSENT DEATHS... | 26.18 | 16.58 | 10.27 | 12.03 | 16.66 | 17.01 | 18.38 | 13.00 |
DIED OUT OF EACH HUNDRED CASES TREATED. | ||||||||
IV.—MORTALITY RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER TREATED. |
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Cholera... | 51.28 | 47.06 | 20.00 | 100.00 | ... | 53.01 | ... | 33.33 |
Intermittent Fevers... | .16 | .16 | .34 | .27 | .14 | .18 | .08 | .15 |
Remittent and Continued Fevers... | 6.55 | 11.77 | 3.88 | 7.90 | 8.93 | 7.69 | 17.65 | 23.08 |
Apoplexy... | 100.00 | 11.11 | ... | 50.00 | ... | 26.67 | 62.50 | ... |
Dysentery and Diarrhœa... | 2.13 | .87 | 1.10 | 1.45 | 2.41 | 1.87 | .47 | .51 |
Hepatitis... | 3.33 | 9.09 | 10.53 | ... | 6.90 | 5.94 | 4.76 | 16.67 |
Spleen Disease... | .98 | 3.70 | 3.39 | 1.20 | 2.36 | 1.97 | .52 | ... |
Respiratory Diseases... | 5.35 | 4.23 | 3.76 | 2.21 | 8.28 | 6.13 | 5.47 | 9.66 |
Phthisis Pulmonalis... | 22.22 | 36.84 | 100.00 | 30.00 | 55.56 | 39.24 | 19.23 | 100.00 |
Scurvy... | 7.55 | ... | ... | ... | 9.09 | 6.48 | ... | ... |