NATIVE TROOPS, 1876.
X.
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 1876.
| 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 | 49.9 | 27.1 | 28.0 | 32.0 | 33.3 | 34.8 | 43.4 | 27.7 |
| February | 46.0 | 23.6 | 38.7 | 32.2 | 34.0 | 35.5 | 38.6 | 28.2 |
| March | 39.1 | 27.3 | 33.8 | 27.6 | 31.8 | 32.8 | 31.3 | 25.0 |
| April | 37.9 | 25.5 | 33.3 | 23.1 | 28.7 | 30.2 | 28.5 | 28.8 |
| May | 39.2 | 25.9 | 32.2 | 23.4 | 27.3 | 29.6 | 30.2 | 26.9 |
| June | 42.4 | 22.4 | 31.3 | 20.9 | 27.3 | 29.2 | 28.9 | 22.6 |
| July | 45.2 | 22.8 | 25.8 | 19.7 | 27.5 | 29.1 | 27.5 | 28.4 |
| August | 49.2 | 25.8 | 40.3 | 26.1 | 41.8 | 38.6 | 36.1 | 30.3 |
| September | 54.4 | 32.0 | 50.5 | 32.5 | 73.4 | 55.2 | 50.8 | 33.7 |
| October | 62.7 | 31.7 | 45.9 | 45.6 | 82.7 | 60.9 | 65.4 | 34.8 |
| November | 61.6 | 30.6 | 31.3 | 47.1 | 67.9 | 52.2 | 66.9 | 39.4 |
| December | 56.6 | 24.6 | 26.3 | 34.9 | 41.8 | 38.8 | 49.4 | 30.0 |
| AVERAGE OF THE. YEAR | 48.8 | 26.6 | 34.8 | 30.6 | 43.2 | 39.0 | 41.6 | 29.6 |
| II.—COMPOSITION OF THE ADMISSION-RATE. OF THE YEAR. |
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| Cholera | 2.7 | 2.8 | 1.0 | .5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.4 | .2 |
| Intermittent Fevers | 850.7 | 369.1 | 503.1 | 543.2 | 1166.5 | 811.5 | 870.2 | 290.1 |
| Remittent and Continued Fevers | 15.1 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 11.6 | 11.7 |
| Apoplexy | .3 | .3 | .2 | .5 | .6 | .5 | .5 | .9 |
| Dysentery | 124.1 | 36.2 | 56.5 | 57.2 | 63.2 | 70.9 | 74.8 | 32.9 |
| Diarrhœa | 65.9 | 20.1 | 31.6 | 17.1 | 30.7 | 34.8 | 38.3 | 19.9 |
| Hepatitis | 1.1 | .9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | .7 |
| Spleen Disease | 16.0 | 2.0 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 11.1 | 9.6 | 14.1 | 5.1 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 66.3 | 37.8 | 39.1 | 30.1 | 68.1 | 54.5 | 69.5 | 42.9 |
| Phthisis Pulmonalis | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Scurvy | 5.1 | .2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | .4 | |
| Rheumatism | 56.4 | 32.0 | 57.4 | 49.4 | 64.5 | 53.6 | 65.0 | 52.2 |
| Venereal Diseases | 22.6 | 40.1 | 34.0 | 42.7 | 25.1 | 30.5 | 21.4 | 23.4 |
| Eye Diseases | 12.3 | 21.8 | 32.2 | 24.6 | 29.2 | 24.3 | 26.6 | 65.8 |
| Abscess and Ulcers | 78.1 | 80.6 | 68.1 | 101.9 | 82.8 | 81.5 | 115.0 | 87.7 |
| Wounds and Accidents | 119.3 | 118.5 | 159.0 | 89.1 | 135.6 | 129.8 | 125.1 | 79.8 |
| All other Causes | 145.5 | 75.2 | 97.4 | 70.6 | 87.7 | 95.9 | 117.0 | 152.2 |
| ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR | 1579.0 | 847.7 | 1101.2 | 1048.0 | 1779.7 | 1414.8 | 1560.0 | 867.2 |
| III.—COMPOSITION OF THE DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR. |
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| Cholera | 2.01 | 1.72 | .20 | 1.80 | 1.85 | 2.84 | .22 | |
| Fevers | 2.94 | 1.10 | 1.79 | .75 | 2.25 | 2.10 | 2.84 | 1.33 |
| Apoplexy | .13 | .38 | .18 | .20 | .22 | |||
| Dysentery | 2.01 | .47 | .60 | .38 | .86 | .88 | .66 | |
| Diarrhœa | 1.74 | .31 | .60 | .20 | .61 | .20 | .44 | |
| Hepatitis | .13 | .07 | .08 | |||||
| Spleen Disease | .93 | .25 | .13 | .25 | .10 | |||
| Respiratory Diseases | 1.87 | 1.25 | 1.19 | 1.76 | 3.47 | 2.30 | 3.23 | 3.32 |
| Heart Diseases | .27 | .16 | .20 | .25 | .20 | .20 | ||
| Phthisis Pulmonalis | 1.07 | .94 | 1.59 | 1.01 | .45 | .91 | .20 | .44 |
| Atrophy and Anæmia | 1.60 | .16 | 1.19 | .25 | .66 | .49 | .66 | |
| All other Causes | .93 | .31 | 1.39 | .75 | .71 | .76 | 1.18 | 1.55 |
| Wounds and Accidents | .13 | .07 | .05 | .20 | ||||
| Deaths out of Hospital | .67 | .63 | .20 | .50 | .20 | .48 | .49 | |
| DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR. | 16.43 | 7.05 | 8.95 | 5.02 | 10.61 | 11.29 | 13.05 | 8.84 |
| " INCLUDING ABSENT DEATHS | 27.75 | 11.32 | 14.77 | 8.90 | 13.75 | 15.52 | 14.69 | 9.32 |
| DIED OUT OF EACH HUNDRED CASES TREATED. | ||||||||
| IV.—MORTALITY RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER TREATED. |
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| Cholera | 75.00 | 61.11 | 20.00 | 59.57 | 61.34 | 52.73 | ||
| Intermittent Fevers | .16 | .04 | .24 | .09 | .10 | .13 | .12 | .38 |
| Remittent and Continued Fevers | 8.85 | 12.50 | 5.41 | 12.61 | 10.00 | 14.41 | 1.89 | |
| Apoplexy | 66.67 | 38.89 | 40.00 | 25.00 | ||||
| Dysentery and Diarrhœa | 1.97 | 1.39 | 1.35 | .62 | 1.39 | .96 | 2.09 | |
| Hepatitis | 12.50 | 4.17 | 4.92 | |||||
| Spleen Disease | 5.83 | 3.45 | 1.16 | 2.65 | .70 | |||
| Respiratory Diseases | 2.82 | 3.32 | 3.05 | 5.83 | 5.10 | 4.23 | 4.66 | 7.73 |
| Phthisis Pulmonalis | 30.77 | 33.33 | 47.06 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 33.96 | 15.38 | 33.33 |
| Scurvy | 5.26 | 10.53 | 6.35 | |||||