NATIVE TROOPS, 1874.
VII.
TABLE showing. the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS composing the CENTRAL INDIA IRRE-
GULAR FORCE during the Year 1874, 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. | 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 | 4,660 | 160 | 34.3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| February | 4,253 | 133 | 31.3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| March | 4,195 | 113 | 26.9 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... |
| April | 3,983 | 103 | 25.9 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| May | 3,938 | 95 | 24.1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| June | 4,018 | 98 | 24.4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| July | 4,117 | 113 | 27.4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| August | 4,226 | 125 | 29.6 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| September | 4,174 | 148 | 35.5 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| October | 4,208 | 179 | 42.5 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| November | 4,276 | 143 | 33.4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| December | 4,313 | 161 | 37.3 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| ... | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For the year | 4,197 | 131 | 31.2 | 41 | 9.77 | ... | ... | 2.14 | .24 | .48 | ... | .71 | ... | 2.62 | .24 | .48 | .24 | ... | .24 | .24 | 1.66 | .48 | ||
| 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Smallpox | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | .7 | ... |
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Fever, Intermittent | 54 | 44 | 61 | 40 | 31 | 43 | 109 | 137 | 269 | 311 | 166 | 119 | 1,384 | 329.8 | .30 |
| Fevers, Remittent and Continued |
5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 91 | 21.7 | 5.49 |
| Apoplexy | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | .2 | ... |
| Dysentery | 4 | ... | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 102 | 24.3 | 1.04 |
| Diarrhœa | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 91 | 21.7 | |
| Hepatitis | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 7 | 1.7 | 42.86 |
| Spleen Disease | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 6.0 | ... |
| Respiratory Diseases | 27 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 166 | 39.5 | 6.62 |
| Phthisis Pulmonalis | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 1.4 | 33.33 |
| Dropsy | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1.0 | 25.00 |
| Scurvy | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | .2 | ... |
| Rheumatism | 29 | 24 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 227 | 54.1 | .54 |
| Venereal Diseases | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 103 | 24.5 | |
| Eye Diseases | 13 | 11 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 32 | 47 | 45 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 24 | 304 | 72.5 | |
| Abscess and Ulcer | 31 | 17 | 27 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 40 | 40 | 32 | 31 | 36 | 35 | 347 | 82.7 | |
| Wounds and Accidents | 55 | 33 | 36 | 24 | 35 | 27 | 39 | 30 | 35 | 28 | 34 | 74 | 450 | 107.2 | |
| All other Causes | 24 | 21 | 37 | 34 | 26 | 35 | 53 | 40 | 46 | 22 | 34 | 39 | 411 | 97.9 | |
| 257 | 200 | 263 | 193 | 186 | 195 | 357 | 354 | 480 | 472 | 363 | 403 | 3,723 | |||
| Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month. | |||||||||||||||
| 55.1 | 47.0 | 62.7 | 48.4 | 47.2 | 48.5 | 86.7 | 83.8 | 115.0 | 112.2 | 84.9 | 93.4 | 887.1 | |||
The total strength of the corps of the Central India Force was 5,663, and out of this strength the deaths were 52, which gives a ratio of 9.18 per 1,000.
The Gain and Loss Statement for the year is as under:—
| Strength borne on the rolls at the beginning of the year | 5,618 |
| Additions received during the year | 425 |
| TOTAL | 6,043 |
| Deaths at head-quarters and in detachments 41; on furlough 11; invalided for discharge 107; otherwise discharged 262 | 361 |
| Remaining on the rolls of the Regiments on 31st December | 5,682 |