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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCLXVI.
TABLE showing the RATIO in which the EUROPEAN ARMY of the PUNJAB has been affected by the CHIEF
CAUSES of SICKNESS and MORTALITY in each MONTH of the YEAR.
MONTH.
A g g r e g a t e S t r e n g t h o f t h e T e n
Y e a r s , 1 8 7 0 - 7 9 .
D a i l y S i c k - r a t e p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f
S t r e n g t h .
DEATH-
RATE OF
EACH
MONTH
PER 1,000
OF
STRENGTH
DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH IN EACH MONTH.
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 .
OTHER
FEVERS.
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 .
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
I n t e r m i t t e n t .
R e m i t t e n t a n d
C o n t i n u e d .
A l l C a u s e s . Excl udi ng
Chol era.
January . . . 131,914 57.0 1.21 1.21 .00 .02 .06 .01 .04
. 0 1 .02
. 0 8 .00 .11 .01 .35 .11 .11 .00 .00
. 0 1 .16 .02
. 0 9
February . . . 128,128 54.6 .69 .69 .00 .02 .09 .02 .04
. 0 2 .00 .02
. 0 0
. 0 8 .00
. 1 1 .04 .08 .00 .00
. 0 0 .08 .02
. 0 8
March
. . . 125,315 51.0
. 8 4 .84 .00 .01 .08
. 0 0
. 1 0
. 0 2 .01 .05 .00 .09 .00
. 0 9 .09 .05 .00 .00
. 0 1 . 1 2 .01
. 1 1
April
. . . 113,375 50.0 .99
. 8 8 .11
. 0 0 .19 .01 .11
. 0 4 .00 .04 .00 .05 .00 .06 .05 .07 .00 .00
. 0 1 .10 .00
. 1 5
May
. . . 101,320 56.5 1.84 1.28 .56 .00 .37
. 0 1 .12
. 0 4 .03 .10 .00 .09 .00 .06 .13 .09 .00 .00
. 0 0 .13 .00
. 1 1
June
. . .
9 9 , 8 0 0 61.7 2.80 2.24 .56 .00 .59 .00
. 1 9
. 8 1 . 0 8 .12 .00 .07 .01 .02 .07 .07 .00 .00
. 0 1 .10 .00
. 1 0
July
. . .
9 9 , 7 5 4 64.4 2.48 2.18 .30 .00 .29 .01 .23
. 8 7 .05 .11
. 0 0 .11 .00
. 0 6 .10 .07 .00
. 0 0
. 0 1 .14
. 0 1
. 1 2
August . . .
9 9 , 2 9 1 67.6 2.82 1.56 1.26 .00 .26 .01 .23
. 3 3 .04 .06 .00 .11 .01 .02
. 1 3 .12 .00 .00
. 0 0 .12 .00 .12
September . . .
9 9 , 2 7 2 77.3 2 . 5 3
1.76 .77 .01 .22 .04 .39
. 1 9 .01 .13 .00 .18 .01 .08 .10
. 0 8 .00 .00
. 0 0 .21 .01 .10
October . . . 100,424 81.0 2.52 1.68 .84 .00 .17 .04 .36
. 0 4 .02 .17 .02 .18
. 0 0
. 0 8 .10
. 1 4 .00
. 0 0
. 0 0 .21 .01 .14
November . . . 119,280 75.5 1.47
1 . 4 4 .03 .00 .07 .05 .21
. 0 3 .01 .15 .01 .21 .00
. 1 7
. 0 8 .11 .00 .00
. 0 0 .16 .01 .17
December
. . .
129,585 64.9 1.47 1.47 .00 .01
. 0 8 .06 .10
. 0 3 .01 .15 .02 .11 .00 .36 .11 .14 .00 .01
. 0 2 .15 .01.10
TOTAL ... 112,288 62.9
2 0 . 7 1 16.76 3.95 .07 2.32
2. 24
2.17 .25 1.17 .05 1.39 .04 1.59 1.11 1.13 .00 .01
. 0 7 1.67 .10 1.38
MONTH.
ADMISSION-RATE PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH IN EACH MONTH.
A d m i s s i o n - r a t e o f e a c h M o n t h f r o m
a l l C a u s e s p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
D e n g u e .
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 .
OTHER
FEVERS.
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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
S c u r v y .
R h e u m a t i s m .
V e n e r e a l d i s e a s e s .
E y e d i s e a s e s .
A b s c e s s a n d U l c e r . W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
I n t e r m i t t e n t .
R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n -
t i n u e d .
January
. . .
. 0
.0 .1
. 2 3 6 . 5
4. 0
. 0
.2
1.7
2 . 8
2 . 7
. 7 1 3 . 5
. 6 . 0 . 6 . 5
18.2 1. 2
6.5 8.9 11.1 115.4
February
. . .
. 0
.0 .1
. 2 2 5 . 3
4. 3
. 0
.1
1 . 2
2 . 4 2 . 7
. 8 1 1 . 3
. 4 . 1
6 . 0
16.3 1. 2 5.8
8 . 4
11.2 97.8
March
. . .
.0
.0 .1
. 2 2 3 . 1
6. 1
. 1
.3
1 . 2
2 . 7 3 . 0
. 8 8 . 9
. 4
. 0
6 . 0
1 6 . 8
1. 7 6.3
9 . 9
13.0 100.6
April
. . .
.0
.2 .1
. 4 2 7 . 0
18.3
. 1
.3 2. 0
6 . 6 2 . 9 .5
7. 0 . 4 .0 5 . 5
1 7 . 5
2. 1 6.5
1 0 . 6
14. 5 122.5
Ma y
. . .
.0 .7 .1
. 8 3 6 . 1
41. 7
. 3
.4 2.4
6 . 7 3 . 2 .5
7. 1 . 5 .0 5 . 3
1 3 . 9
2. 2 6.2
9 . 1
15.2 152.4
June
. . .
.0
.7 .0
. 9 4 0 . 3
37. 1
1 . 5
.4
1 . 8
4 . 6
4 . 0
.6
5. 8 . 5 .0 4 . 9
1 2 . 2
1. 5 7.0 7 . 4
1 7 . 0
148.2
July
. . .
.0
.4 .1
. 6 45. 0 40. 5
2 . 6
.5
2. 0
5 . 8
4 . 6 .8
5. 6 . 8 .1 5 . 4
1 2 . 1
1. 6 10. 8 7 . 3
20.6 167.2
August
. . .
.0
2 . 0
. 0 . 4
56.4 39.4
. 9
.5
2. 7
8 . 9
4 . 4 .8
5 . 8 . 7 .1 5 . 3
1 0 . 7
2. 3 10. 5 6 . 8
1 9 . 7
178.3
September
. . .
.0
1.0 .0
. 5
101. 2 49.4
. 4
.4
4.0 7 . 0
4 . 2
.7
4 . 8 . 7
. 1
5.0 9 . 8
2 . 2
7 . 2 7 . 1
17. 1 222.8
October
. . .
.1
1.1
. 0
. 4
134.4 38.1
. 2
.4
4. 0
5 . 3 4 . 1 1.1
6 . 1 . 8
. 0
5. 3 11. 1 1 . 7
5 . 6
7 . 4
1 5 . 2
242.4
November
. . .
.9 .0 .0
. 2
110. 4
1 5 . 8 . 1 .2
3.0 4 . 2 3 . 5 1.1
8 . 6
1 . 1 . 0
5. 2 12. 3 1 . 2
5 . 6
7 . 2
1 4 . 2
194.8
December
. . .
.1
.0 .0
. 2
65.6
7 . 4
. 0
.2
2.1
4 . 0
3 . 0 1.1 1 2 . 5
. 7
. 1
5. 6 14. 9
1. 0
5 . 5
9 . 9
11.9 1 4 5 . 8
TOTAL
. . .
1.2 5.5
. 8
4 . 8 685. 6 279. 3
5 . 4
3.6
27. 5
5 8 . 7 4 1 . 4 9.4
100. 7
7 . 5
.5
66. 5 169. 0
1 9 . 6 8 2 . 3
1 0 0 . 9
1 7 7 . 0 1,847.2