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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
I.—STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1870-79.
XXVII.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in BURMAH
and PEGU during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
A g g r e g a t e
Strength
for each
Month of
the Ten
Years.
Average
Number
Daily
Sick.
Number
Daily Sick per
1,000 of
Strength.
Number
o f
Deaths.
Died per
1 , 0 0 0 o f
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 .
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 .
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 c 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 . . .
19,347
766
39.6
18
.93
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
2
. . .
6
. . .
3
. . .. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
2
. . .
3
February . . .
18,873
787
41.7
18
.95
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
1
. . .. . .
2 . . .
3
. . .. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
3
1
5
March . . .
20,353
807
39.7
13
.64
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
1
. . .
1
. . . 1
1
1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1
4
April . . .
21,114
871
41.3
52
2 . 4 6
29 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
5 3
4
. . .
4
. . .. . .
3 . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
4
May . . .
21,614
973
45.0
30
1 . 3 9
2 . . .
1
. . . 1
12 . . .
2
. . .
3
. . .. . .
1 . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
3
. . .
5
June . . .
21,321
1,104
51.8
28
1.31
9 . . .
. . .
. . . 1
1
1
4
. . .
6
. . .. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . . . . .
3
. . .
2
July . . .
21,139
1,160
54.9
57
2.70
22 . . .
4
. . . 2
4
. . .
8
. . .
2
. . .. . .
5
3
. . .
. . . . . .
2
. . .
5
August . . .
20,851
1,125
54.0
28
1.34
5 . . .
2
. . .
. . .
3 . . .
6
. . .
3
. . .. . .
2
1
. . .
. . . . . .
2
. . .
4
September . . .
20,553
1,045
50.8
39
1.90
7 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
4 . . .
9
. . .
7
. . .. . .
5
2
. . .
. . . . . .
1
. . .
4
October . . .
20,415
989
48.4
27
1.32
1
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .2
4
. . .
7
. . .. . .
4
1
. . .
. . . . . .
4
. . .
2
November . . .
20,014
930
46.5
21
1.05
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
2
. . .
6
. . . . . .
2
1
. . .
. . . . . .
2
1
6
December . . .
20,359
858
42.1
24
1.18
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .. . .
6
. . .
. . .
. . .1
2
1
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
9
75
1
12
. . . 8
33
7
54
. . .
45
. . . 2
26
11
. . .
. . .
1
23
4
53
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years
20,496
951
46.4
355
17.32
3.66 .05
.58
. 3 9
1.61 .34 2.63
. . . 2.20
. . . .10 1.27
.54
. . .
. . . .05 1.12 .19
2.59
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 1872-73) . . .
. . .
1
. . .
19
125
117
80
81
64
11
8
3
509
24.8
. . .
Cholera . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
43
3
14
41
4
11
2
. . .
. . .
1 1 8
5 . 8
6 3 . 5 6
Smallpox . . .
. . .
1
1
3
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
7
. 3
1 4 . 2 9
Enteric Fever . . .
4
4
3
1
2
1
10
5
2
. . .
1
2
3 5
1 . 7
3 4 . 2 9
Fever, Intermittent . . .
70
86
53
57
79
1 6 8
151
123
104
103
84
283
1,361
6 6 . 4
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued . . .
113
103
117
154
202
216
221
182
166
192
179
132
1,977
9 6 . 5
. 4 0
Apoplexy . . .
2
2
3
12
2 5
5
3
6
6
4
3
1
7 2
3 . 5
4 5 . 8 3
Delirium Tremens . . .
4
7
15
15
12
7
11
12
6
9
10
9
1 1 7
5 . 7
5 . 9 8
Dysentery . . .
165
116
87
84
147
218
281
210
178
122
112
129
1,849
90.2
2 . 9 2
Diarrhœa . . .
65
74
82
89
156
205
275
150
100
84
67
88
1,435
7 0 . 0
. . .
Hepatitis . . .
125
98
98
98
135
140
173
156
169
132
108
88
1,520
7 4 . 2
2 . 9 6
Spleen disease . . .
. . .
4
1
1
. . .
1
2
. . .
1
4
1
2
1 7
. 8
. . .
Respiratory diseases . . .
107
70
82
79
67
76
82
75
95
122
88
103
1,046
51.0
. 1 9
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
7
6
11
10
7
10
12
11
8
12
12
8
114
5 . 6
9 . 6 5
Scurvy . . .
. . .
1
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
1
1
1
1 0
. 5
. . .
. 4 3
Rheumatism . . .
52
66
69
59
82
85
94
59
75
92
74
4 7
8 5 4
4 1 . 7
Venereal diseases . . .
270
219
261
321
210
229
219
171
167
172
201
161
2,601
1 2 6 . 9
Eye diseases . . .
19
16
17
13
13
23
20
20
14
23
20
17
2 1 5
1 0 . 5
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
130
128
156
183
195
187
202
181
144
142
109
1 2 7
1 , 8 8 4
9 1 . 9
Wounds and Accidents . . .
139
162
204
189
178
177
166
166
171
145
165
225
2,087
1 0 1 . 8
All other Causes . . .
255
243
282
391
462
471
477
464
440
405
370
285
4,545
2 2 1 . 8
1,527
1,407
1,545
1,821
2,101
2,350
2,521
2,077
1,922
1,778
1,613
1,711
22,373
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
78.9
74.6
75.9
86.2
97.2
110.2
119.3
99.6
93.5
87.1
80.6
84.0
1,091.6