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NATIVE TROOPS, 1873.

I.

TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE TROOPS serving in the BENGAL PRESIDENCY
during the Year 1873, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.

(This statement is for the Regular Native Army only, and for men present from month to month with their Regiments.—See introductory note.)

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 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 42,322 1,597 37.7 69 1.63 1 ... ... 3 6 1 6 6 ... 3 28 3 3 ... 3 3 ... 3 ...
February 42,686 1,542 36.1 42 .98 5 1 1 2 4 ... 2 2 ... 2 16 ... 2 ... ... 2 1 2 ...
March 42,511 1,467 34.5 54 1.27 8 ... ... 5 4 ... 3 6 1 ... 11 1 5 1 ... ... ... 8 1
April 37,920 1,302 34.3 65 1.71 11 6 3 7 9 ... 2 2 ... 1 9 ... 5 ... ... 4 ... 5 1
May 35,677 1,259 35.3 48 1.34 3 10 ... 3 6 1 2 1 1 ... 13 2 ... ... 1 ... 1 4 ...
June 36,022 1,211 33.6 22 .61 3 3 1 ... 5 2 1 ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... 1 ... 3 1
July 37,111 1,254 33.8 36 .97 4 1 ... 2 7 ... 2 2 ... ... 2 1 5 ... ... 1 ... 6 3
August 37,342 1,578 42.2 27 .72 2 ... ... 1 2 ... 3 4 1 ... 4 2 ... 2 ... 1 ... 4 1
September 37,281 2,034 54.6 27 .72 2 ... ... 2 5 ... 2 4 ... ... 2 2 1 1 ... ... ... 3 3
October 38,801 2,204 56.8 37 .96 5 ... 1 4 3 ... 5 4 ... 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 ... 1 4
November 42,075 2,207 52.5 56 1.13 ... ... 3 11 4 ... 3 3 1 1 17 ... 3 2 ... 2 1 4 1
December 41,898 1,797 42.9 64 1.53 ... 1 1 7 3 ... 4 6 2 ... 20 2 4 1 1 2 ... 6 4
    44 22 10 47 58 4 35 40 6 8 124 15 31 8 7 17 3 49 19
  Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year 39,304 1,621 41.2 547 13.92 1.12 .56 2.92 .10 .89 1.02 .15 .21 3.15 .38 .79 .21 .18 .43 .08 1.25 .48

Absent Deaths 207. Ratio of 754 Deaths, 17.01 per 1,000 of the Total Regimental Strength.

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.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Dengue 3 ... 1 5 ... ... 4 5 1 ... ... ... 19 .5 ...
Cholera 1 6 13 24 6 4 10 4 6 9 ... ... 83 2.1 53.01
Smallpox 1 4 12 22 14 14 2 ... .... ... ... 1 70 1.8 31.43
Enteric Fever 1 2 ... 3 1 ... ... 1 ... 1 6 3 18 .5 55.56
Fever Intermittent 1,346 918 912 1,460 1,274 1,201 1,635 2,396 5,305 4,306 3,012 2,039 25,804 656.5 .18
" Remittent and Continued 21 27 30 68 93 93 68 60 100 82 68 44 754 19.2 7.69
Apoplexy ... ... 3 2 3 4 1 1 ... ... 1 ... 15 .4 26.67
Dysentery 226 154 192 223 133 138 199 293 383 277 250 221 2,689 68.4 1.87
Diarrhœa 143 69 114 142 63 94 136 138 157 111 81 78 1,326 33.7
Hepatitis 9 6 13 9 6 9 14 7 9 9 3 7 101 2.6 5.94
Spleen Disease 46 35 26 31 21 26 24 13 48 45 51 39 405 10.3 1.97
Respiratory Diseases 330 256 209 151 134 74 86 98 118 137 175 256 2,024 51.5 6.13
Phthisis Pulmonalis 11 5 10 10 5 4 9 4 7 6 5 3 79 2.0 39.24
Dropsy 1 2 ... 1 1 1 4 2 3 1 7 2 25 .6 32.00
Scurvy 10 8 8 7 9 11 9 4 8 15 10 9 108 2.7 6.48
Rheumatism 332 228 183 162 137 142 210 152 203 185 242 295 2,471 62.9 .49
Venereal Diseases 128 95 103 89 94 91 101 88 123 113 133 138 1,296 33.0
Eye Diseases 52 48 54 107 79 98 125 126 149 74 61 58 1,031 26.2
Abscess and Ulcer 366 237 197 248 234 271 416 359 315 267 312 256 3,478 88.5
Wounds and Accidents 474 416 335 374 346 315 385 382 404 385 423 410 4,649 118.3
All other Causes 456 360 365 368 307 277 397 312 409 289 373 324 4,237 107.8
  3,957 2,876 2,780 3,506 2,960 2,867 3,835 4,445 7,748 6,312 5,213 4,183 50,682  
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
93.5 67.4 65.4 92.5 82.9 79.6 103.3 119.0 207.8 162.7 123.9 99.9 1289.5  

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