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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
I.—STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1870-79.
XVII.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the PUNJAB
during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1870, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases is each Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate
Strength
for each
Month of
the Ten
Years.
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.
W o u n d s a n d
A c c i d e n t s .
S u i e i d a l D e a t h s , a n d o t h e r D e a t h s o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
C h . o l e r a .
Smal l pox.
E n t e r i c
F e v e r .
F e v e r s ,
I n t e r m i t t e n t .
Fever,
Re mi t t e nt
and
C o n t i n u e d 0
.
A p o p l e x y .
D e l i r l u m T r e m e n s ,
D y s e n t e r y .
D i a r r h œ a .
H e p a t i t i s .
S
p l e a n d i s e a s s e .
R e s p i r a t o r y d i s e a s e s .
H e a r t d i s e a s e s .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
D r o p s y .
S e u r v y .
S e u r v y .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a .
Al l
o t h e r
C a u s e s .
January
...
131,914
7,513
57.0
160
1.21
...
3
8
1
5
1
2
11 ...
15
1 46
15
15 ...
. . .
1
21
3 12
February
...
128,128
6,999
54.6
88
.69
...
2
12
2
5
2
. . .
2 ...
10 ... 15
5
10 ... ... ...
11
2 10
March
...
125,315
0,391
51.0
105
.84
...
1
10 ... . 12
3
..
1.
7 ...
11 .
11
11
6 „. ...
.1
16
1 14
April
...
113,375
5,673
50.0
112
.99
12 ...
21
1 12
5 ...
5 ...
6 ...
7
6
8 ...
. . . 1
11
... 17
May
...
101,320
5,723
56.5
186
1.84
57 ...
38
1 12
4 3
10 ..
9
. . .
6
13
9 _...
. . . _ ...
13 ... 11
June
99,800
6 , 1 5 8 61.7
279
2.80
56 ...
58 .
19
81
8
12 ... .
7 1
2
7
7 ...
. . . 1
10
...
1 0
July
99,754
6,422
64.4
217
2.48
30 ...
29
1 23
86
5
11 ...
11 ...
6
10
7 ...
. . .
...
14 1
12
August
...
99,291
6,716
67.6
280
2.82
125 ....
26
1 23
32
4
6 ......
11
1
2
13
12 ...
...
1 2
. ....
1 2
September
...
99,272
7,670
77.3
251
2.53
76 1
22
4 38
19
1
13 ...
18
1
8
10
8 ...
. . . ... 21
1
1 0
October
...
100,421
8,130
81.0
253
2.52
85 ...
17
4 36
4
2
17
2
18 ..
8
10
14 ... ... ...
21
1 14
November
...
119,280
9,003
75.5
175
1.47
3 ...
8
6 25
3
1
18
1
26 ... 21
10
13 ... .. ....
19
1 20
December
...
129,585
8,408
64.9
190
1.47
. . .
I
11
8 13
4
1
19
2
11 ... 47
15
18 ...
1
3
19
1 13
444 8
260 29 223
244 28 131
5
156
4 179
125
127 ...
1
8
188
11 155
Died per 1,000 of t h e A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
For the Ten Years
112,288
7,067
62.9
2,326
20.71 3.95 .07 2.32
2.24 2.17 .25 1.17 .05 1 . 39 .04 1.59 1.11 1 . 13 ... .01 .07 1.67
.10 1.3
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
d u r i n g t h e
Ten Years.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
JAN.
FEB.
M.AR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY.
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
Nov.
DEC.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1876)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
108
3
14
131
612
1.2
5.5
. . .
Cholera
...
...
...
20
67
69
42
105
101
115
3
. . .
6 1 2
5 . 5
7 2 . 5 5
Smallpox
."
12
13
13
12
13
4
7
1
2
. . .
4
5
86
.8
9 . 3 0
Enteric Fever
...
28
23
32
44
83
89
59
42
44
38
24
30
536
4.8
4 8 . 5 1
Fever, Intermittent
4,811
3,236
2,890
3,059
3,658
4,025
4,488
5,599 10,050 13,491 13,170
8,501
76,981
6 8 5 . 6
. 0 4
Fevers, Remittent and Continued ...
522
547
767
2,071
4,229
3,699
4,041 3,911
4,905
3,820
1,886
960
31,358
2 7 9 . 3
. 7 1
Apoplexy
...
4
4
9
17
25
146
254
87
38
18
6
3
611
5 . 4
3 9 . 9 3
Delirium Tremens
...
19
18
37
29
39
39
46
47
40
43
22
26
405
3 . 6
6 . 9 1
Dysentery
...
230
158
153
234
240
182
203
270
401
400
355
267
3,093
2 7 . 5
4 . 2 4
Diarrhœa
362
313
340
745
675
455
574
886
695
531
499
517
6,592
41.4
3 . 3 9
...
Hepatitis
...
359
338
370
329
324
395
454
439
415
411
419
393
4,646
4 1 . 4
3 . 3 6
Spleen disease
95
105
95
52
51
63
82
76
65
111
123
141
1,059
9 . 4
. 0 8
Respiratory diseases
1,784
1,117
1,112
795
714
583
560
577
475
613
1,029
1 ,616
11,305
7.5
15.10
Plithisis PulmonaUs
...
70
51
47
41
51
52
78
60
69
80
129
92
841
.5
1.64
Scurvy
...
3
6
6
3
4
2
7
8
4
4
5
9
61
7,473
66.5
Rheumatism
...
360
770
750
630
533
480
515
524
490
535
623
721
160.0
Venereal diseases
2,401
2,091
2,107
1,981
1,111
1,218
1,209
1,065
976
1,115
1,471
1,927
18,981
19.6
Eye diseases
...
155
156
216
212
223
150
161
226
218
170
1.18
133
2,206
82.3
. 4 8
Abscess and Ulcer
...
861
742
791
731
631
701
1,076
1,041
722
557
665
713
9,237
100. 9
Wounds and Accidents
1,173
1,068
1,236
1,199
922
734
728
679
710
717
855
1,278
11,329
177.0
All other Causes
...
1,459
1,433
1,623
1,615
1,539
1,698
2,058
1,962
1,696
1,530
1
1,687
1,518
19,879
15,217 12,525 12,603 13,338 15,437 11,790
16,675 17,701 22,116 21,311 23,231 18,894
207,421
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
115.4
97.8
100.6
122.5
152.4
149.2
167.2
178.3
222.8
212.4
191.8
145.8
1,817.2