clxxxvi SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS—KAMPTEE, 1870-79.
CLXX.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying KAMPTEE
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
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 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 , 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 œ a .
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 11,001
640
58.2
12
...
... . . . ...
. . .
2 ...
. . . . . .
. . . 2 ...
2 . . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 1
3
February
11,172
706 63.2
7
. . .
... ... ... ... ... 1
. . . ...
. . . 3 ...
. . . . . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . . 2 ...
1
March
10,118
575
56.8
7
. . .
...
3 ...
. . .
. . .
...
1
. . .
. . . ... ...
. . . 1 ...
. . .
. . .
. . . 1 ...
1
April
9,843 566
57.5
10
. . .
... 2 ...
. . .
. . .
4
. . . . . .
. . . ... ...
. . . 2 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
2 ...
. . .
May
9,843
578
58.7
21
. . .
...
3 ...
. . .
3 8
. . . . . .
. . . ... ...
. . . 4 ... ... ... ...
3 ...
. . .
June
9,803 590
6 0 . 2
25
. . .
••2 ... 1
. . .
1 10
. . . . . .
. . . 4 ...
. . . . . . 3
. . .
. . .
. . . 2 ...
2
July
9,790
590
60.3
11
. . .
1 ... 2
. . .
1 1
. . . . . .
. . . 2 ...
. . . 1 2
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 ...
. . .
August
9,751
675
69.2
1 3 ... ...
. . . 2
. . .
2 ...
. . . 1
. . . 3 ...
. . . 1
2 . . .
. . .
. . . 1 ...
1
September
9,727
697
71.7
12
... 2
. . . ...
. . .
2 ...
. . . 2
. . . 1 ...
. . .
1 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
4 ...
. . .
October
8,965
643
71.7
13
. . . ...
...
2 ...
2 1 ...
2 ... 1 ...
. . .
3 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
2 ...
. . .
November
9,751
572
58.7
6
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
1 ...
. . .
2 . . . 2 ...
. . . 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
December
10,643 527
49.5
4
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . . ... ... ...
1 ... ... ... 1
1 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
1
5 8 7 ... 14 25 1
8 ... 18 ... 3 15
8 ... ... ... 19 1
9
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten
Years
10,034 613
61.1
141
14.05
. 5 0 .80
. 70 1.39 2.49 .10 .80 ... 1.79 ... .30 1.49
. 8 0 ... ... ... 1.89 .10 .90
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during the
Ten Years.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.
Dengue (of 1872)
...
...
...
...
...
...
17
27
1 3
21
2
. . .
80
9
8 . 0
. . .
Cholera
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
1
2
3
. . .
3 ...
. . .
...
9
. 9
5 5 . 5 6
Smallpox
...
3
9
5
5
. . . ...
...
1 ...
...
1
2 4
2 . 4
3 3 . 3 3
Enteric Fever
1
2
. . .
1
. . .
1
3
5
3
2
. . .
1
1 9
1 . 9
3 6 . 8 4
Fever, Intermittent
309
241
184 173
221
377
458
601
826
797
395
300
4,882
4 8 6 . 5
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
52
83
76
100
151
237
119
162
172
135
"
68
53
1,408
1 4 0 . 3
. 9 9
Apoplexy
1
2
2
5
16
34
2
. . . ...
2
1
. . .
6 5
6 . 5
3 8 . 4 6
Delirium Tremens
11
. . .
6
4
3
3
2
4
1
8
3
3
4 8
4 . 8
2 . 0 8
Dysentery
18
12
13
14
18
19
48
60
46
24
26
15
313
31.2
2.56
Diarrhœa
24
25
36
53
32
35
107
83
32
37
29
22
515
51.3
...
Hepatitis
16
29
19
22
32
30
2 7
19
25
27
18
12
276
27.5
6.52
Spleen disease
3
2
2
1
1
2
3 ...
1
4
2
1
2 2
2 . 2
. . .
Respiratory diseases
113
106
94
66
59
45
41
64
48
53
63
63
8 1 5
8 1 . 2
. 3 7
Phthisis Pulmonalis
5
8
6
2
6
7
4
11
12
5
4
6
76
7.6
1 0 . 5 3
Scurvy
. . . ...
...
...
. . .
...
...
1
. . . ...
1 ...
2
. 2
. . .
Rheumatism
4 4
46
33
30
22
30
56
39
34
33
30
25
422
42.1
.46
Venereal diseases
3 5 5 311
283
251
217
189
196
178
151
160 189
223
2,703
269.4
Eye diseases
17
12
20
13
12
18
28
36
35
18
11
13
233
2 3 . 2
Abscess and Ulcer
1 1 5 107
90
95
119
138
112
86
94
9 0
74
84
1,204
1 2 0 . 0
Wounds and Accidents
106
119 116
92
91
66
63
86
56
80
63
99
1,037
103.3
All other Causes
142
153 145
154 192
182
157
186
157
156 145
146
1,915
190.9
1,332 1,261 1,134 1,081 1,198 1,415 1,446 1,648 1,710 1,652 1,124 1,067
16,068
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
121.1 112.9 112.1 109.8 121.7 144.3 147.7 169.0 175.8 184.3 115.3 100.3
1 , 6 0 1 . 4