Annual report of the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India.

  • India. Sanitary Commissioner.
Date:
[1901]
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Credit: Annual report of the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Native Army of India Population Men. Women. Children. of India. Diseases. Admis¬ sions. Constantly sick. Deaths. Invalids. Admis¬ sions. Deaths. Admis¬ sions. Deaths. Admis¬ sions. Deaths. Invalids Admis¬ sions. Deaths. Accidental—contd. Suffocation from submersion . 17 1 „ „ strangulation 0.. ... ••• ••• ... ... 6 000 1 I ,. „ plugging of air- passages with foreign substances 0.. 000 0.0 I Suffocation from overlaying . . ... 000 000 I • 00 00 0 000 Privation . . . . 1 #02 .. • ... ... ... ... 000 Shock ...... ... ... ... ... ... 0.. 000 ... 2 5 Burns and scalds (general and local] Frost-bite. 53 1 '84 ... ... 0.0 I ... 000 II 1 I 291 • 00 000 000 3 335 2 Abrasions ..... Contusions ..... Wounds. „ from gunshot . 539 1,332 1,649 26 17-67 54'92 72-14 1-76 • •• 2 2 ..# 5 13 8 00. 7 6 ... 4 16 24 0.0 2 1,693 2,530 3,014 ISO 1,283 0.0 I 1 I 000 9 7 136 1,196 3,351 13 2 3 1 Strains and sprains Dislocation of spine . . 1,513 65-67 • •• 1 11 5 ... 00. 3 ... 5 25 2 289 „ of other bones . . Rupture of muscles, tendons, and 60 37i %• • ... 6 2 000 2 ... 9 99 ... 1 8 56 ... ligaments. c 2 Fracture of the vault of the skull . „ „ base of the skull . 9 5 •84 •15 3 3 3 ... ... 1 .0. 000 0 A 000 000 000 I 1 1 1 2 5 > if spine . . • I *OI 1 ... 5 1 „ „ other bones . . Foreign bodies in tissues and organs 329 6 37'So •23 •13 • •• I 21 l ... “18 33i 15 a 8 1 33 359 15 7 Effects of irritants and corrosives . „ mechanical injuries 2 ... ... I ... 000 32 0.0 Rupture of arteries ... ... ... ... 0.0 ... Wound of skull with fracture I ... 0*. ... • .0 0.0 ... *•* Concussion of brain Laceration „ ... Compression „ ... 28 1 5 1-97 •13 *43 •t. 4 2 I ... 0.0 .00 2 000 ... 000 00 » 42 3 I 2 I . I I 1 • 00 2 Contusion of eyeball with detach- ... ... ... ... 0.. 0.0 ment of retina .... Rupture of membrana tympani °7 0*. ... 00 . ... • •• • 0t ... 0.. 3 Fracture of ribs with injury to lung 1 '10 • 00 ... 0.0 Rupture of heart . ... ... 000 ... 000 0.0 2 2 Concussion ol spinal cord . •41 10 I ... ... * * * 000 1 I Compression of „ . . I 0 . . ... ... 000 Contusion of abdomen with rupture ... ... ... 000 of viscera .... Rupture of stomach . „ spleen . ... • •• | 000 2 ... 0 0. ... 000 • •• I 2 I ... • . 0 5 000 8 „ urethra from fracture of — 0*. 0 . • 5 peivis I *OI 1 „ kidney I *14 ... •0. ... „ bladder ... 000 Crush of testicle .... Separation of epiphyses I •05 ... 000 ... 0.0 ... • 0. 0.0 000 ... ... ... G reen-stick fracture . . 1 •24 •03 I 0 00 ... Internal derangement of joints . ■ . 0 000 .00 Killed by the fall of a roof ... ... *•* .00 Other injuries .... ••• • •• ... ... .00 000 • •0 576 000 0 • • 000 Poison Arsenic ..... 0.0 3 I 000 Mercury. 000 5 ... ..• Li m e • • * • • 2 000 Oxalic acid ..... ... I I 000 0.0 Acetanilide ..... I •02 ... • 00 0.0 Alcohol ..... 1 ‘02 1 00* I ..0 ... Hyoscyamus .... ... 1 I .00 ... Indian hemp .... 0 . . 5 I I ... Lathyrus ..... ... 000 ... 0 . . 00. • . • I 000 Opium ..... ... ... 11 3 9 4 Poisonous fungi .... © 8 • 00< 0.0 00. ... 0 • . 0 0. ... 3 1 Marking nut .... • •• • • • ... 2 ... ... Thorn apple .... ## * ... I 2 1 000 Decayed and poisonous food 1 *02 ... I 0*. ... 000 0 . . ... ... Ptomaines .... 11 ‘31 4 ... ... 3 ... ... 1 I Lobster ..... 1 ‘Ol 0. . 0.0 0.. 000 ... Chloroform vapour • . . 2 • •• 2 ... ... ... 000 0 . • • * 0 0*0 ... Irritant poison .... ..0 ... ... 000 ... • »• 3 I Not defined. 00* 000 • 00 10 000 Poisoned Wounds Poisoned wound by dog 67 3'i5 ... 0.0 3 000 7 0.0 3 4 0 00 „ » jackal . ... ... 000 0.0 000 0.0 9 0.0 0 .. ... •- „ „ snake . 2 *o5 ... 00. 9 ... ... 11 3 ff if * ... ... 000 0.0 ... 0.0 ... 2 ... 1 000 „ „ scorpion 3 ■07 ... 000 •0. 000 ... 7 • 00 • •• ... 000 „ „ centipedes . 2 #I0 ... 0.0 ••• ... 000 ... ... 31 • 00 I *01 ... 0.0 I 00. 0.0 I 000 „ „ stinging insects • •• 0.0 ... ... ... 000 0.0 6 I ... 3 ... ,, septic matters Jf „ vegetable subs- 2 •04 •** 00. 2 I 000 ... 5 ... 00. ... • 00 tances I •11 ... 0.0 ... • 00 000 • 0. 000 ... 0.0 ... .00 „ „ not defined • •• ... ... • •0 ... • •• ... 6 ... 0.0 ... • ••