CCXXX
SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA in each, NOVEMBER of the
TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
Number D a i l y S i c k .
Number
D a i l y S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex
cluding
Deaths from
Injuries and
Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
N O V E M B E R
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS
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 , 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 .
D i a r r h æ a .
Hepat 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 .
All Causes.
Excluding
Cholera.
_
1870
54,282
3,288
60.6
85
1.57
1.57
. . . ...
1 ...
8 5 ...
7
2 25 ...
8 4 9
1
. . .
2 13
1871
57,598
3,162
55.0
78
1.35
1.16 11 ...
3
1
7 ...
2
6
3 15 ...
1
9 12 ... ... ...
8
1872
59,126
3,481
58.9
61
1.03
.95
5 ...
5
2
6
1 ...
9
1 10 ...
2
4
6 ... ... ... 10
1873
58,528
3,250
55.5
73
1.25
1.04 12 ...
3
1
6
2
1
4
2 13 ...
8 10
2 ... ... ...
9
1874
59,558
3,644
6 1 . 2
59
. 9 9
.99 ... ...
4
2
2 ... ...
7 ... 18 ...
4 3
7 ...
1 ... 11
1875
58,160
3,339
57.4
73
1 . 2 6
1.22
2 ...
6 ...
5
3 ... 14
1
7
1
2 11
8 ... ...
. . . 13
1876
57,603
3,553
61.7
46
.80
.80
. . .
. . . 6
1
3 ...
1
8 ...
9 ...
3
5
7 ... ...
...
3
1877
56,805
3 , 4 0 3
5 9 . 9
43
.76
.74
1
. . . 5 ...
1
2 ...
2
. . . 13 ...
3
1
3 ... ... ... 12
1878
57,859
4,662
80.6
117
2.02
1 . 8 5 10 ... 13
5
16
2
2
1 6
1 20
. . . 9 7
7 ...
. . .
. . . 9
1879
For the Month
59,533
5,173
86.9
89
1.49
1.49
. . . ...
7
2 17
5 ... 16
2
12
...
15
1
3 ... ...
2
7
41
...
53 14 71 20
6 89 12
142 55 55 61
1
1
4
9 5
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
579,072
36,955
63.8
724
1.25
1.18 .07 ... .09
_
.02 .12 .03
. 0 1 .16 .02 .25 .00 .10 .10 .11 .00 .00 .01 .16
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH NOVEMBER.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)
...
...
557
8
. . .
. . .
79
. . .
. . .
. . .
644
1.1
. . .
C h o l e r a
1
24
5
16
...
6
. . .
1
13
•••
1
67
. 1
61.19
Smallpox
...
3
...
. . .
1
1
...
4
3
. . .
12
.0
. . .
Enteric Fever
6
8
8
6
10
14
12
11
18
23
116
.2
45.69
Fever, Intermittent
4,304
1,677
2,860
2,054
2 , 0 1 5
2 , 8 4 2
2 , 2 3 2
1 , 5 7 6
4 , 3 9 9
5 , 6 6 9
2 9 , 6 2 8
5 1 . 2
. 0 5
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
594
474
731
402
782
6 4 9
636
492
1 , 2 8 4
5 0 2
6 , 5 4 6
11.3
1 . 0 8
Apoplexy
9
3
5
2
2
5
3
6
4
9
48
.1
41.67
Delirium Tremens
21
20
16
16
9
20
9
10
9
12
142
.2
4.23
Dysentery
199
181
211
207
150
208
161
143
287
233
1,980
3 . 4
4 . 4 9
D i a r r h œ a
282
245
216
247
205
231
203
182
269
272
2,352
4.1
.51
Hepatitis
266
254
236
224
266
234
248
1 7 6
191
182
2,277
3.9
6.24
Spleen disease
2 6
24
25
31
36
36
29
11
25
41
284
.5
.35
Respiratory diseases
365
274
326
343
396
395
2 6 7
3 0 0
4 3 2
5 5 8
3 , 6 5 6
6 . 3
1 . 5 0
Phthisis Pulmonalis
62
51
51
66
51
6 2
4 8
3 6
4 0
4 6
5 1 3
. 9
1 2 . 4 8
Scurvy
4
4
1
3
1
2
. . .
. . .
2
11
2 8
. 0
3.57
Rheumatism
270
285
223
200
243
238
2 4 9
1 9 6
207
248
2,359
4.1
. 5 5
Venereal diseases
798
807
600
629
822
1,046
741
9 2 4
1 , 3 3 4
1,078
8,779
15.2
Eye diseases
110
85
64
84
69
117
76
69
56
53
783
1.4
Abscess and Ulcer
407
361
416
375
366
389
302
298
379
326
3,619
6.2
Wounds and Accidents
404
408
351
359
446
510
426
3 7 4
324
392
3 , 9 9 4
6.9
All other Causes
810
720
721
705
849
940
834
793
825
902
8,099
14.0
8,933
5,908
7,623
5,977
6,719
7,945
6,555
5,602
10,101
10,558
75,926
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each November.
164.7
102.6
128.9
102.1
112.8
136.6
113.3
98.6
174.6
177.3
131.1