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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
I.—STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1870—79.
XXI.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in RAJ
-
POOTANA, MALWA, SIND, and ADEN during the TEN YEARS, from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal
Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate
Strength
for each
Month of
the Ten
Years.
Average
Number
Daily
Sick.
Number
Dai l y Si ck
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 c c i d e n t s .
S u i c 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 .
S m a l l p o x .
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 .
D e l i r i u m T r e m e n s .
D y s e n t e r y .
Di ar r hœa.
H e p a t i t i s .
S p 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 .
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 c u r v y .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January . . .
52,506
2,678
51.0
70
1 . 3 3
. . .
. . .
4
. . .
5
3
1
8
. . .
8
. . . 10
4
15
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
2
5
February . . .
53,667
2,661
49.6
50
.93
. . .
. . .
8.
. . .
4
1
. . .
3
. . .
3
. . . 2
2
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
7
. . .
16
March . . .
54,333
2,625
48.3
50
.92
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
5
1
. . .
7 . . .
11
. . . 5
5
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
6
1
5
April . . .
55,032
2,681
48.7
54
.98
4
1 9
. . .
4
5
. . .
3 . . .
6
1
2
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
7
. . .
8
May . . .
54,871
2,793
50.9
6 4
1.17
11
1
9
. . .
1
21
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
. . . 1
3
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
. . .
7
June . . .
55,084
2 , 9 5 7
53.7
107
1.94
9
. . .
6 . . .
5
60
1
1 . . .
5
. . .
4
2
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
1
6
July . . .
55,653
3,094
55.6
72
1.29
8
. . .
3
1
3
17
4
4
1
5
. . . 2
4
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
1
10
August . . .
55,373
3,331
60.2
113
2.04
47
. . .
10
1
10
2
1
3
1
5
1 1
5
6
. . .
. . .
. . .
13
1
6
September . . .
54,950
3,917
71,3
129
2.35
11
. . .
40
3
11
7
3
8
1
17
. . . 1
3
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
10
1
9
October . . .
54,955
4,116
74.9
99
1.80
7
. . .
19
2
7
5
1
9
3
6
. . . 2
5
4
. . . 2
. . .
13
1
13
November . . .
52,487
3,681
70.1
75
1.43
7
. . . 11
2
9
4
1
3
. . .
8
. . . 2
3
7
. . .
. . .
. . .
11
. . .
7
December . . .
51,085
2,998
58.7
60
1.17
1
. . .
9
. . .
3
1
. . .
4
. . .
9
. . . 6
6
2
1
. . .
. . .
10
1
7
105
2
131
9
67
127 12
53
6
87
1 37
44
57
1
2
. . .
94
9
99
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten
Years . . .
51,166
3,128
57.7
943
17.41
1.94 .04 2.42
1.40
2.34 .22
.98 .11 1.61 .02 .68
.81
1. 05 .02 .04
. . . 1.74 .16 1.83
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
t h e T e n Y e a r s .
Admitted
per 1,000
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
treated.
JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APRIL.
MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
Nov.
DEC.
Dengue (of 1872-73) . . .
18
. . .
3
7
201
165
520
104
7
6 0
95
122
1,302
24.0
. . .
Cholera . . .
. . .
1
. . .
5
16
10
10
59
21
7
10
1
1 4 0
2.6
75.00
. . .
1
1
4
4
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
18
.3
11.11
Smallpox . . .
12
13
15
19
15
6
5
18
54
29
14
16
216
4.0
60.65
Enteric Fever . . .
1,601
1,214
1,217
1,374
1,704
1,773
2,158
3,137
4,943
5,767
4,135
2,889
31,912
589.2
.03
Fever, Intermittent . . .
168
225
415
569
662
766
645
668
1,041
1,021
635
429
7,244
113.7
.92
Fevers, Remittent and Continued . . .
1
7
6
21
49
157
41
9
26
16
5
3
341
6.3
37.24
Apoplexy . . .
24
15
12
21
20
14
28
39
36
30
20
15
277
5.1
4.33
Delirium Tremens . . .
110
84
105
91
6 5
75
127
217
195
169
116
102
1,456
26.9
3.64
Dysentery . . .
225
132
199
146
217
176
294
171
233
228
219
211
334
230
529
226
367
239
310
239
225
192
225
139
3,377
2,328
62.4
43.0
'.18
3.74
Diarrh œa . . .
Hepatitis . . .
17
24
25
30
42
31
41
26
36
46
24
36
378
7.0
. 2 6
Spleen disease . . .
458
394
356
303
252
260
263
210
199
235
311
401
3,642
67.2
1.02
Respiratory diseases . . .
28
22
28
10
33
25
47
36
34
35
32
34
364
6.7
15.66
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
1
2
2
. . .
3
2
1
3
2
2
3
1
22
.4
9.09
Scurvy . . .
215
221
245
245
267
229
313
262
222
217
200
181
2,817
52.0
.41
Rheumatism . . .
832
838
850
889
790
722
740
689
674
652
609
670
8,955
165.3
Venereal diseases . . .
8 8
93
119
121
104
87
95
103
134
106
90
75
1,215
22.4
Eye diseases . . .
372
376
429
489
516
581
617
530
453
451
373
339
5,526
102.0
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
Wounds and Accidents . . .
463
436
485
512
463
406
502
417
415
445
342
495
5,381
9 9 . 4
705
671
690
860
896
946
1,149
1,140
971
918
777
791
10,514
194.1
All other Causes . . .
5,474
4,982
5,396
6,038
6,563
6,686
7,866
8,421
10,069 10,755
8,208
6,967
87,425
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
104.3
92.3
99.3
109.7
119.6
121.4
141.3
152.1
183.2
195.7
156.4
136.4
1,614.0