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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    DETAIL of DISEASES. Diseases. EUROPEAN AR Men. MY OF INDIA. Women. Children. Native Army of India. Jail Population of India. Admis¬ sions. Constantly sick. Deaths. Invalids Admis¬ sions. Deaths. Admis¬ sions. Deaths. Admis¬ sions. Deaths. Invalids. Admis¬ sions. Deaths. Homicidal :— Hanging. ... ... I ••• Multiple injury (stoned to death) **• ... ... ... ••• • •• ... 1 ... ... ... Fracture of the base of the skull ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 I ... ... • •• „ „ vault „ ,, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 ... ••• ... Wound ..... 1 ... I ... 0 68 8 8 « ... ... ... ... ••• ... Gunshot wound .... l 2 ... 7 22 ... ... Compression of the brain ... ... ... ... 1 1 ... ... • •• Contusion of the brain . . . I ... ... ... Mt Sword-cut ... 2 2 ... ••• ... Wound of abdomen with protrusion of viscera . 1 a ■» ' I B _ ^ ... ... ... ... Not defined .... ••• 4 ... ..1 ... vj ... 3 ... ... 4 Suicidal Drowning ..... I 1 3 3 Hanging. ... ... »0 0 I 2 11 Gunshot wound .... 10 4 13 i.. • •• Cut throat ..... 1 3 3 I I Abdominal stab .... 1 I ... Poison, opium 2 2 ... ,, Indian hemp ... ... f* V ... 1 1 ... ... ... Judicial Hanging. 9 Punished. ... .... 4 — ... 4- - ... ... ... ... 58 IN action Gunshot wound ...... 3 •12 1 20 6 Killed. •v ... T ... f ... ••• 38 ... ... ... Not defined .— Drowning ..... 1 1 2 Cut throat. ... ... ... — ... ... .9. ... ... ••• ... 17 ... No appreciable disease . . 160 y‘43 I 24 11 Not yet diagnosed .... ••• 9 221 Cause unknown . . . < — 8 Absent deaths. ... ...! — ... •r. ... ... 441 ... ... ... Grand Total 67,181 4,069-90 753 2,393* G95o 35 2,585 167 101,496* G752 1,566 114,966 3,14‘9 i Bengal Command . 702=36-95 per 1,000 o{ strength. \ Punjab „ . 6i9 = 37'67 » „ „ ,, * I Madras „ . 438=42-60 „ „ „ „ ] Bombay „ . 634=4i'92 » » „ » \ India . . . 2,393=39‘33 », » „ „ T The figures, having been derived from the annual returns, do not agree with those in Table XXIX. Diseases. Small-pox Chicken-pox Measles Rubella . Relapsing fever Influenza , Mumps . Simple continued fever Enteric fever Dysentery . Beri-beri Intermittent fever Remittent fever Erysipelas . Tubercle, not defined „ of the lungs „ of the peritonaeum „ of joints Leprosy . , Syphilis, primary , 91 secondary Gonorrhoea . TROOPS ON FIELD SERVICE. Diseases. TROOPS ON F European Troops, average annual STRENGTH, 727. Native Troops,* average annual strength, 10,656. European Troops. Admis¬ sions. Deaths. Admis¬ sions. Deaths. Admis¬ sions. Deaths. • 2 s Taenia-solium • 4 ... 4 Ascaris lumbricoide s s in ... 57 Guinea-worm • • ... > • « 8 . • . Pulex penetrans • • ... ... t •. I Scabies • 4 Ml 3 9 Mycetoma • • •• ... 339 Ringworm • • 1 2 8 I Scurvy . s • • 2 2 3 2 Alcoholism . 3 17 406 5 Rheumatic fever . 4 ..« 22 Rheumatism 12 64 1,112 14 Osteoarthritis • 18 133 20 Cyst . . • •• ... ... 1 • • • New growth, non- malignant, ... 4 ... not defined I 3 112 29 Lipoma , ... 1 Chondroma . 2 ... Warts . I 411 4 ... Anaemia • 32 M; 77 ... Diabetes insipidus • 18 169 1 Debility . • • 15 123 • •• 214 ... Neuritis • . • •• ... Native Troops. Admis¬ sions. I 6 8 42 11 1 4 46 1 1 132 1 2 I I I 13 I I44 6 Deaths. 2 7 * Compiled from the general returns.