AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1870-79.
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X.—WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY, 1870-79.
CCCXXIII.
TABLE showing the RATIOS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA
in each YEAR and for the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength
in each
Year.
D a i l y S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f A v e r -
a g e S t r e n g t h .
DIED PER 1,000.
DIED PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
A l l C a u s e s .
E x c l u d i n g C h o l e r a .
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 s , R e m i t t e n t a n d
Co n t i n u e d .
A p o p l e x y .
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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
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 .
A n æ m i a a n d A t r o p h y .
C h i l d - b i r t h a n d A b o r -
ti on.
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
1870
...
6,168
*
26.91
23.67 3.24 ... .16 5.03 1.94 2.60 1.78 1.30 3.24 .81 .81 1.14 2.92 1.94
1871
...
6,384
41.4
24.12
22.24 1.88
.16 .63 4.23 .47 2.82 1.72 1.56 3.29 1.56 .63 .47 2.51 2.19
1872
...
6,650
42.1
36.54
26.01 10.53 .30 1.05 3.61 1.65 3.31 3.01 1.35 4.21 .30 1.51 1.35 2.71 1.65
1873
...
6,626
36.7
19.92
19.01 .91
.30 .75 3.02 .60 1.66 1.81 1.36 2.72 .30 .60 .45 2.42 3.02
1874
. . .
6,627
35.5
19.47
19.32 .15
.30 .60 2.57 .30 2.11 .76 1.81 2.87 1.21 .45 1.66 3.02 1.66
1875
...
6,335
40.9
25.89
20.52 5.37 ... 1.10 3.48 .79 2.21 1.58 1.10 2.21 1.10 .47 .95 3.31 2.21
1876
...
6,050
33.1
20.83
17.85 2.98 .17 .66 1.98 1.49 2.15 1.15 .83 1.82 1.15 .83 .83 2.64 2.15
1877
. . .
5,644
31.4
22.50
19.13 3.37 ... 1.06 1.77 1.24 1.77 .71 2.48 2.48 .71 .35 1.06 3.37 2.13
1878
...
5,170
39.8
29.20
23.98 5.22 .58 1.35 4.84 1.35 1.35 1.55 1.55 2.90 .97 1.16 .77 2.90 2.71
1879
...
4,640
39.2
25.00
23.28 1.72
.64 1.08 3.02 2.16 2.80 1.08 1.08 1.94 1.08 1.08 1.50 3.88 1.94
TEN YEARS
...
60,294 *37.8
25.01
21.44 3.57 .23 .83 3.35 1.16 2.29 1.54 1.44 2.80 .91
. 7 8 1.01 2.94 2.16
ADMITTED PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH IN EACH YEAR.
Admitted per
1,000 on the
Average of the
Ten Years.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue
. . .
. . . ...
9 7 . 9
4.4
.5
.3
6.0 ...
...
...
12.0
Cholera
...
4 . 6
3.0
15.0
1.1
.1
8.1
4.5
4.2
6.8
2.4
5.0
Smallpox
...
. 5
1.1
2.0
2.3
. 8
.3
1 . 3
3.0
5.4
3.4
1.9
Enteric Fever
...
. 5
1.4
1.4
1.7
.9
2.1
1.5
3.0
2.1
2.4
1.6
Intermittent Fever
...
2 9 8 . 3 218.8
192.8
167.9
174.0
189.6
160.0
135.9
204.1
335.1
204.5
Remittent and Continued Fevers
...
1 3 0 . 0 118.9
134.3
117.9
125.5
95.7
107.3
90.7
157.3
99.1
117.9
Apoplexy
...
2 . 4
.9
2.9
1.3
.3
2.1
2.2
1.6
1.7
2.6
1.8
Dysentery
...
36.0
39.6
41.9
34.2
28.5
30.1
27.6
28.9
31.7
27.2
32.8
Diarrhœa
...
6 7 . 0
57.6
78.3
55.1
51.3
68.2
49.4
49.1
57.8
48.5
58.7
Hepatitis
...
1 9 . 3
21.2
21.4
21.7
17.7
18.9
22.5
20.5
21.5
23.9
20.7
Spleen disease
...
3.6
1.1
2.1
3.0
3.0
3.9
3.6
4.1
3.5
5.0
3.2
Respiratory diseases
...
3 9 . 4
42.3
33.4
34.7
41.5
27.6
36.4
45.2
42.9
42.2
38.3
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
10.2
10.8
11.7
9.1
8.6
10.6
6.8
9.6
10.1
6.9
9.5
Anæmia and Atrophy
...
1 8 3 . 0 213.2
231.7
193.3
186.5
225.6
268.6
280.0
358.4
319.2
240.7
Rheumatism
...
18.8
16.8
25.3
19.5
19.0
17.0
19.7
20.4
22.1
21.6
20.0
Eye diseases
. . .
5 1 . 7
81.8
65.7
59.6
64.9
54.8
45.0
41.6
60.5
47.6
57.9
Abortion
. . .
1 8 . 6
24.4
20.9
90.0
19.0
19.9
16.2
15.6
20.7
16.0
19.2
Diseases peculiar to Women
. . .
3 2 . 7
38.2
32.8
36.8
34.9
42.6
40.8
36.1
37.7
39.2
37.1
Abscess and Ulcer
...
27.4
26.0
26.0
25.2
29.7
24.5
22.8
25.2
21.9
25.0
25.5
Injuries
...
11.0
11.0
11.3
10.4
11.5
9.3
9.6
9.2
11.0
11.2
10.5
All other Causes
. . .
79.5
122.7
115.3
107.1
108.5
114.1
49.2
42.3
42.9
40.9
85.3
1,034.5 1,050.8 1,164.1
925.3
926.7
965.3
901.0
866.2 1,120.1 1,119.4
1,004.1
* See Note at foot of Table CCCXXII.
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