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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXIX.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY in each
JUNE of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
Y E A R .
Average
Strength.
Average
N u m b e r
Daily Sick.
N u m b e r s
D a i l y S i c k
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from
Injures and
Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
JUNE
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
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 , I n t e r m i t t e n t .
F e v e r s , R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n t i n u e d .
A p o p l e x y .
De l i r i u m T r e me n s .
Dys e nt e r y.
Di a r r hœa .
He pa t i t i s .
Sp l e e n d i s e a s e .
R e s p i r a t o r y d i s e a s e s .
He a r t d i s e a s e s .
Ph t h i s i s Pu l mo n a l i s .
D r o p s y .
S c 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 Ca u s e s .
All Causes.
Excluding
C h o l e r a
1870
. . .
33,787
2,263
67.0
67
1 . 9 8
1 . 9 5
1
1
5
...
6
17
2
7
...
9
1
6
4
3
...
...
.
. .
5
1871
. . .
35,369
2,248
63.6
60
1.70
1.64
2 ...
6
...
9
9
3
4
.
...
5
...
4
6
8
...
...
1
3
1872
. . . . . .
36,642
2,134
58.2
79
2.16
1.66
18
...
7
. . .
2
27 ...
3
2
4
...
1
4
2
...
. . .
1
8
1873
...
36,986
2,160
58.4
49
1.32
1.27
2
2
6
1
3
20
...
2 ...
4
...
...
3
3
...
...
...
3
1874
...
37,514
2,272
60.6
48
1 . 2 8
1 . 2 3
2
2
11
...
8
9
1
3
...
1
...
.
. .
3
2 ...
.. ...
6
1875
....
37,088
2,175
58.6
84
2.26
2.24
1
...
13
...
8
33
1
...
1
5
...
1
3
4
...
...
... 14
1876
...
36,615
2,166
59.2
43
1.17
1.04
5
...
6
...
1
17
1 3
...
5
...
...
1
2
... ...
...
2
1877
...
36,010
2,048
56.9
33
. 9 2
.92
...
...
5
...
2
14
2
1
...
2
...
.
. .
3
2
...
...
...
2
1878
...
35,630
2,436
68.4
64
1 . 8 0
1.77
1
...
34
..
...
1
15
1
2
...
.
3
...
2 2
2
...
...
. . . 1
1879
...
39,290
2,878
7 3 . 3
391
9.95
3 . 3 3 260 ...
22
2
24
43
2
13
3
9
.....
4
...
4
...
...
1 4
292
5 115
3
64 204 13
38
6
47
1
18
29
32 ...
..
3
48
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
3 6 4 , 9 3 1
22,780
62.4
918
2.52
1.72 .80 .01 .31 .01 .17 .57 .04 .10 .02 .13 .00
.05 .08 .09 ...
... .01 .13
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH JUNE.
CAUSES OF ADMISSION.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died
out of
each
hundred
c a s e s
treated.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1876)
. . .
. . .
...
76
...
...
..
37
. . .
. . .
...
113
.3
. . .
Cholera
...
4
3
24
4
2
2
8
. . .
1
3 6 4
4 1 2
1 . 1
7 0 . 8 7
Smallpox
1
...
5
3
7
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
19 19
. 0
2 6 . 3 2
Enteric Fever
...
3
14
11
8
18
18
17
7
. . .
46
2 0 5
. 5
5 6 . 1 0
Fever, Intermittent
...
1,371
1,151
631
907
926
1,066
937
1,026
63
1,421
10,188
27.9
.03
Fevers, Remittent and Continued...
792
727
636
663
938
764
576
690
7 5 2
1,151
7,710 7 . 7 1 0
2 1 . 1
. 8 3
Apoplexy
...
28
20
72
44
17
56
57
41
7 7 3
89
4 6 0
1 . 3
4 4 . 3 5
Delirium Tremens
22
13
8
6
5
5
8
8
36
9
89
. 2
1 4 . 6 1
Dysentery
...
78
109
87
59
54
76
63
57
5
1 5 9
8 2 9
2 . 3
4 . 5 8
Diarrhœa
. . .
124
187
181
136
137
172
117
158
130
87
3 6 5
1,686
4.6
. 3 6
Hepatitis
180
218
206
158
140
165
1 5 8
1 5 3
1 3 7
1 6 8
1 , 6 7 5
4 . 6
2 . 8 1
Spleen disease
,..
15
30
25
29
15
30
16
21
1 2 9
25
2 1 3
. 6
47
Respiratory diseases
...
171
184
186
185
245
223
176
1 9 5
7
160
1 , 8 9 4
5.2 5 . 2
. 9 5
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
33
23
26
37
16
30
19
16
1 6 9
18
2 3 6
. 9
1 3 . 5 6
Scurvy
...
5
3
3
4
2
...
1
. . .
1 8
. . .
18
. 0
. . .
Rheumatism
. . .
219
207
163
200
220
251
192
1 5 1
1 3 7
1 4 9
1 , 8 8 9
5 . 2
Venereal diseases
. . .
495
495
4 9 9
496
548
663
482
4 7 5
720 7 2 0
5 6 6
5 , 4 3 9
1 4 . 9
Eye diseases
48
83
66
59
63
64
47
44
60
39
5 7 3
1 . 6
.42
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
262
263
258
267
293
328
294
2 0 2
216
2 5 3
2 , 6 3 6
7.2 7 . 2
Wounds and Accidents
. . .
187
202
262
222
246
312
262
3 2 8
2 4 9
1 9 6
2 , 4 6 6
6 . 7
All other Causes
...
467
553
611
545
610
760
615
5 6 1
5 6 6
5 5 7
5 , 8 4 5
1 6 . 0
4,505
4,485
4,030
4,032
4,502
4,985
4,084
4,105
4,125
5,736
44,595
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each June.
133.3
126.8
1 1 0 . 1
109.0
120.0
134.4
111.5
114.0
115.8
1 4 6 . 0
1 2 2 . 2
60