SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXLI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BOMBAY PRESIDENCY in
each APRIL of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
Number
Daily Sick.
N u m b e r
Daily Sick
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from I n j u r i e s
and
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
A P R I L
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
Cholera. Smallpox.
Ent er i c Fever . Fever, Int ermi t t ent .
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 .
D i a r r h œ a .
H e p a t i t i s .
Spl een di sease.
R e s p i r a t o r y d i s e a s e s . He a r t d i s e a s e . .
P h t h i s i s P u l mo 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 .
Al l o t h e r Ca u s e s .
A l l C a u s e s e . Excluding
Cholera.
1870
...
10,879
572
52.6
9
.83
. 8 3 ...
...
2
1
1
. . .
1 1
. . . 1 ...
1 ...
...
. . . ...
. . .1
1871
. . .
11,072
569
51.4
11
.99
. 9 9
. . .
...
. . . ...
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
4 ...
. . . ...1
2
. . . ...
. . .2
1872
...
11,019
522
47.4
9
.82
. 6 4
2 2
1 ...
. . .
. . .
...
2
...
1
...
1 ...
...
...
...
... ...
1873
...
10,597
491
46.3
10
.94
. 9 4
. . ....
2 ...
3
1
. . . ..
. . . 1 ...
. . .1
1
. . . ...
. . .1
1874
...
10,558
491
46.5
6
.57
. 5 7
. . ....
1 ...
2
1
. . . ...
. . . ... ...
. . ....
1
. . . ...
. . .1
1875
...
10,554
536
50.8
10
.95
.95
. . ....
4 ...
3
3
. . . ...
. . . ... ...
. . ....
...
. . . ...
. . . ...
1876
...
10,224
496
48.5
12
1.17
1.17
... ...
1 ...
. . .
2
. . . ...
. . . 5 ...
. . ....
1
. . . ...
. . . 3
1877
...
10,134
474
46.8
5
..49
.49
... ...
3 ...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . . ... ...
. . .
2
2
...
. . . ...
. . ....
1878
...
10,177
511
50.2
11
1.08
.39 7
1
... ...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . . 3 ...
. . ....
...
. . . ...
. . ....
1879
...
10,214
645
63.1
8
.78
. 7 8...
...
1 1
2
. . .
. . . 2
. . . ... ...
. . ....
1
. . . ...
. . .1
9
3
15
2
11
9
1
5
...
15
...
2
4
6
...
...
...
9
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
105,428
5,307
50.3
91
.86
. 7 8 .08 .03 .14 .02 .11 .08 .01
.05 ...
.14 ... .02 .04 .06
. . . ...
... .08
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH APRIL.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Dengue (of 1872)
...
...
...
475
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
475
4.5
. . .
Cholera
. . .
. . .
...
3
. . .
. . . . . .
....
. . .
...
8
. . .
11
.1
8 1 . 8 2
Smallpox
...
1
. . .
6
1
2
...
3
2
1
1
17
.2
17.65
Enteric Fever
. . .
3
2
3
3
1
7
4
6
2
3
34
.3
44'12
Fever, Intermittent
...
252
291
226
311
136
188
224
160
283
592
2,663
25.2
.08
Fevers, Remittent and Continued ...
143
148
121
73
123
105
87
100
62
194
1,156
10.9
.95
Apoplexy
...
1
3
...
3
3
7
5
2
7
3
34
.3
26.47
Delirium Tremens
...
9
3
4
3
5
4
5
6
6
2
47
.4
2.13
Dysentery
...
10
12
19
37
11
27
20
24
9
21
190
1.8
2.63
Diarrhœa
...
93
44
58
37
21
59
20
44
42
76
494
4.7
. . .
Hepatitis
...
36
31
29
70
36
28
41
17
35
24
347
3.3
4.32
Spleen disease
. . .
2
4
8
8
9
9
5
3
3
5
56
. 5
. . .
Respiratory diseases
. . .
68
67
56
66
32
70
36
61
43
61
560
5.3 .36
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
4
5
3
1
3
3
3
3
2
3
30
.3
20.00
Scurvy
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
. 0
. . .
Rheumatism
. . .
55
47
57
58
40
40
56
29
45
55
482
4.6
Venereal disease
. . .
229
173
183
170
130
154
169
160
265
273
1,906
1 8 . 1
Eye diseases
...
16
35
22
16
20
22
27
17
16
27
218
2.2 .20
Abscess and Ulcer
...
83
93
113
125
73
92
107
77
93
94
950
9.1
Wounds and Accident
...
66
79
108
80
66
100
80
119
126
137
961
9.1
All other Cause
...
1 5 3
146
144
156
114
153
152
158
194
179
1,549
14.7
1,225
1,183
1,638
1,218
825
1,068
1,044
988
1,242
1,750
12,181
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each April.
112.6
106.8
148.6
114.9
78.1
101.2
102.1
97.5
122.0
171.3
115.6