Chapter IV.] THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE ARMY OF INDIA. 73
The Death-rates on which the Ratio of Liability to die at the Different Ages is calculated.
AGES.
DIED PER 1,000 AT STRENGTH AT THE DIFFERENT AGES.
ARMY OF INDIA.
1 8 7 1 — 7 5 .
*1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. Army of
India. Bengal. Madras. Bombay.
Under 6 months
310.22 330.75 255.18 200.89 297.18 273.95 280.33 209.00 315.14
Between 6 months and 1 year
244.77 298.64 191.32 162.79 181.44 211.37 235.71 172.74 1 8 0 . 4 0
„ 12 and 18 months
215.09 220.01 144.71 139.43 182.93 178.58 196.29 141.22 162.22
„ 18 months and 2 years
134.12 122.87 72.24 65.53 80.88 92.53 99.55 65.12 103.40
„ 2 years and 3 years
66.42 101.56 52.10 51.94 63.51 67.28 75.43 55.46 55.90
„ 3 „ 4„ 33.17 69.46 26.74 23.87 58.93 42.84 54.97 33.16 21.03
„ 4 „
5 „
26.80 30.07 19.19 20.21 27.70 24.71 29.25 13.79
„ 5 „
6 „
17.42 29.32 13.00 15.23 18.03 18.61 24.58 10.41 12.44
„
6 „ 7 „
12.60 27.06 11.51 12.08 19.98 16.88 19.16
Upwards of 7 years
6.69 15.93 9.27 5.70 10.63 9.76 11.70
4.80
8.76
Children as a body
79.88 97.99 60.11 54.50 69.20 71.5 79.01 53.21 6 8 . 2 9
Died per 1,000, excluding Deaths from Cholera.
1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. Army of
India. Bengal. Madras. Bombay.
Under 6 months
310.22 325.58 255.18 200.89 297.18 272.88 278.58 209.00 315.14
Between 6 months and 1 year
243.29 294.11 191.32 162.79 180.41 209.09 232.21 172.74 179.35
„ 12 „ „ 18 months 213.49 208.61 143.53 139.43 178.49 175.67 192.16 143.03 161.07
„ 1 8 „ „
2 years
134.12 116.05 70.98 65.53 77.21 89.91 95.95 65.12 100.68
„
2 years „ 3 „
66.42 81.90 51.26 51.94 55.04 61.05 66.65 53.78 52.35
„ 3 „ „
4 „
30.71 50.76 25.85 23.87 48.80 36.20 44.85 31.41 16.78
„ 4 „ „
5 „
26.80 19.40 19.19 18.29 21.97 20.76 23.03 13.79 21.57
„ 5 „ „
6 „
17.42 22.81 13.00 15.23 12.73 16.14 20.49
8.10 12.44
„ 6 „ „ 7 „
12.60 19.68 8.95 12.08 14.10 13.56 15.33
Upwards of 7 years
6.69 7.96 7.86 5.70 6.08 6.83 7.47
4.20
7.50
Children as a body
79.13 87.98 59.19 54.34 64.1 5 68.09 73.95 52.27 6 6 . 8 8
*Bengal and Bombay only in 1871.
Out of 100 deaths of children above seven years of age, 31 were caused by cholera. This
does not mean that the liability to cholera increases as years
advance; it depends entirely on the tendency to death from
other diseases being diminished, while no corresponding dimi-
nution takes place in the case of cholera. The death-rate for cholera above seven was only
4.23, while from four to six it was 4.76, between two and four 9.44, and for all children below
two years of age 3.26 per 1,000. The proportion of cholera-deaths to the total mortality at
the different ages was as under, taking the deaths of the Army of Bengal of 1871—1875:—
Above seven.
Four to six.
Two to four.
Below two years.
36.1
19.4
14.4
1.6
In the years from 1872 to 1876, out of 213 cholera deaths in the Army of India, 9 only
occurred in children under twelve months.
This appears conspicuously in the next table, which shows
how, as well as in what proportion, children die at the different
ages. In the first section cholera sinks to the bottom, while
in the two last it takes the leading place:—
Composition of 100 Deaths of Children at Different Ages. Results of 1872—76.
Under six months.
From six to twelve months.
From one to two years.
Convulsions
29 Dysentery and Diarrhœa. 27
Dysentery and Diarrhœa. 31
Anæmia and Debility
25 Dentition
21.5 Dentition
1 6 . 5
Dysentery and Diarrhœa. 18 Convulsions
16
Convulsions
11
Croup and Bronchitis
7 Anæmia and Debility
8
Anæmia and Debility
9
Fevers
5 Croup and Bronchitis
7
Croup and Bronchitis
8
Dentition
3 Fevers
6
Tabes Mesenterica
6 . 5
Tabes Mesenterica 2 Meningitis
5
Measles
5
Meningitis
2 Measles
3
Fevers
4
Measles
.5 Tabes Mesenterica
2. 5 Meningitis
2 . 5
Cholera
.5 Cholera
.5 Cholera
2 . 5
All other Causes
8 All other Causes
3. 5
All other Causes
4
All Causes = 100
All Causes = 100
All Causes = 100
Two and three years.
From four to seven years.
Above seven years.
Dysentery and Diarrhœa 24.5 Cholera
18
Cholera
31
Cholera
12 Fevers
16.5 Fevers
1 7 . 5
Fevers
11 Croup and Bronchitis
16
Croup and Bronchitis
10
Croup and Bronchitis
10 Dysentery and Diarrhœa. 10
Dysentery and Diarrhœa 8 . 5
Convulsions
9 Convulsions
10
Measles
3.5
Measles
8. 5 Measles
5
Convulsions
2
Anæmia and Debility 6 Tabes Mesenterica
5
Anæmia and Debility
2
Tabes Mesenterica 6 Meningitis
4. 5 Tabes Mesenterica
2
Dentition
2 Anæmia and Debility
3
Meningitis
2
Meningitis
2 Dentition
Dentition
All other Causes
9 All other Causes
12
All other Causes
21.5
All Causes = 100
All Causes = 100
All Causes = 1 0 0
The proportion which the cholera-
rate bears to the general death-ratio
of the older children.
How children die at the different
ages. A series of tables based on
4,076 deaths.
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