S u m m a r y o f t h e d e a t h - s t a t i s t i e s o f 1 8 6 0 — 6 9 o f t h e w o m e n a n d c h i l d r e n o f t h e B e n g a l A r m y , f o r c o m p a r i s o n w i t h t h e s t a n d a r d o f 1 8 7 1 — 7 5 w h i c h f o l l o w s .
F o r t h e s a k e o f c o m p a r i s o n w i t h t h e g e n e r a l t a b l e s f o r 1 8 7 1 - 7 5 w h i c h f o l l o w , I p r e f i x a s u m m a r y o f t h e d e a t h - s t a t i s t i c s o f w o m e n a n d c h i l d r e n o f t h e A r m y o f B e n g a l f o r t h e t e n y e a r s , 1 8 6 0 — 6 9 : —
C h a p t e r I V . ] T H E W O M E N A N D C H I L D R E N O F T H E A R M Y O F I N D I A .
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DEATHS OF THE WOMEN OF THE ARMY OF BENGAL DURING THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1860—69.
Year.
Died per 1,000
Strength.
Total
Deaths .
Fevers. Apoplexy. Dysen-tery. Hepatitis. Phthisis.
Respira-
tory
Diseases.
Heart
Diseases.
A n æ m i a . All other
Causes .
Diseases
of Child-
birth.
Violent
Deaths. Cholera.
All Causes.
Cholera.
All Causes
excluding
Cholera.
1860
2,080
117
16
6
20
5
8
9
. . .
1
8
6
. . .
38
56.25
18.27
37.98
1861
2,293
156
18
6
23
5
12
3
. . .
2
15*
8
. . .
64
68.03
27.91
40.12
1862
2,397
99
7
2
21
5
4
3
2
4
6
5
. . .
40
41.30
16.69
24.61
1863
2,510
88
8
1
25
3
11
2
. . .
3
5
1 1
. . .
19
35.06
7.57
27.49
1864
2,700
101
15
3
23
5
10
1
2
3
9
11
. . .
19
37.78
7.04
30.74
1865
2 , 7 3 8
115
25
7
33
6
4
2
2
3
7
9
1
16
42.00
5.84
36.16
1866
2,789
71
5
2
16
3
12
1
3
4
6
8
1
10
25.46
3.58
21.88
1867
3 , 0 0 8
139
16
3
28
5
10
2
. . .
5
5
7
. . .
58
46.21
19. 28
26.93
1868
3.196
101
17
6
20
9
14
1
2
1
10
10
2
9
31.60
2.82
28.78
1869
3,602
195
35
12
27
7
16
6
7
2
12
12
. . .
59
54.14
16. 38
37.76
1860—69
27.313
1,182
162
48
236
53
101
30
18
28
83
87
4
332
43. 28
12.16
31.12
Died per 1,000
43.28
5.93
1.76
8.64
1.94
3.70
1.10
.66
1.02
3.04
3.18
.15
12.16
DEATH-RATE FOR THE MEN OF THE ARMY OF BENGAL FOR THE SAME PERIOD.
Died per 1,000
29.98
3.58
2.19
3.47
3.31
1.73
.99
1.01
. . .
3.14
. . .
1.32
9.24
29.98
9.24
20.74
DEATH-RATES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMY OF BENGAL OF 1871—75 CONTRASTED.
Death-rate for women . . .
29.74
5.32
.74
4.75
1.69
3.32
1.05
.95
1.21
2.11
3.06
.16
5.38
29.74
5.38
24.36
Death-rate for men . . .
18.50
3.22
1.33
1.24
2.05
1.25
1.06
1.27
. . .
2.17
. . .
1.68
3.22
18.50
3.23
15.27
Year.
DEATHS OF THE CHILDREN OF THE ARMY OF BENGAL DURING THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1860—69.
Died per 1,000.
Strength.
Tot a l
Deaths.
Dysentery
and
Diarrhœa.
C o n v u l - s i o n s .
Atrophy. Dentition. Fevers. Cholera.
Bronchitis
and Pneu-
monia.
Measles.
Tabes
Mesen-
terica.
Meningi-
tis.
Croup. Hooping
Cough.
All other
Causes. All Causes. Cholera.
All Causes
excluding
Cholera.
1860
3,186
327
78
46
22
11
35
66
5
19
7
13
7
1
17
102.64
20.72
81.92
1861
3,079
283
55
25
18
1.6
38
94
9
1
7
2
3
. . .
15
91.91
30.53
61.38
1862
3,406
310
81
43
16
25
36
45
19
2
13
11
9
4
6
91.02
13.21
77.81
1863
3,730
291
77
42
31
28
34
14
10
1
11
8
11
1
23
78.02
3.75
74.27
1864
4,120
294
81
29
23
34
34
18
17
18
7
12
8
4
9
71.36
4.37
66.99
1865
4,221
351
92
45
34
36
62
16
19
2
9
8
6
4
18
83.15
3.79
79.36
1866
4.367
328
88
35
29
39
46
12
15
12
8
9
10
4
21
75.11
2.75
72.36
1867
4,888
513
134
58
40
45
54
94
14
5
20
17
6
3
23
104.95
19.23
85.72
1868
5,052
438
103
73
47
38
57
13
16
9
20
24
11
8
19
86.70
2.57
84.13
1869
5,688
826
192
96
70
102
96
108
28
18
34
16
18
3
45
145.22
18.99
126.23
1860—69
41.737
3,961
981
492
330
374
492
480
152
87
136
120
89
32
1 9 6
94.90
11.50
83.40
Average annual loss per 1,000
94.90
23.50
11.80
7.90
8.96
11.80
11.50
3.64
2. 08
3.26
2.87
2.13
.77
4.69
Average death-rate of 1871—75
80.61
19.30
11.08
8.86
7.11
7.02
5.19
4.68
3.24
3.12
2.31
2.37
.99
5.34
80.61
5.19
75.42