CC1X
SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA..
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXLII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BOMBAY PRESIDENCY
in each MAY of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
Number
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily Sick
per 1 000 of
S t r e n g t h .
Number of
Deaths (ex-
eluding
Deaths from
Injuries and
Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
MAY
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
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 s , R e m i t t e n t a n d
Co n t i n 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 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 .
All Causes.
Excluding
Cholera .
1870
11,250
650
57.8
10
.89
. 8 9 ...
...
2
. . .
2
5
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . ....
. . . ...
1
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
1871
11,023
595
54.0
10
.91
. 9 1 ...
...
1
. . .
. . . .
2
1
. . .
. . .
2 ...
. . . 1
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 2
1872
11,003
500
45.4
12
1.09
. 8 2 3
...
2
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
1
. . .
2 ...
. . . ...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1873
10,558
499
47.3
9
.85
. 8 5 ...
...
2
. . .
. . .
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . ....
1 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1874
10,613
462
43.5
7
. 6 6
. 6 6 ...
...
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
3 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1875
10,538
529
50.2
14
1.33
. 9 5 4
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
1
. . .
. . .
1
...
. . . 1
. . . ...
...
...
3
1876
10,223
524
51.3
7
.68
. 5 9 1
...
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 ...
. . . 2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1877
10,108
544
53.8
10
.99
.89
1
. . .
1
1
...
6 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1878
9,727
531
54.6
10
1.03
. 9 31
1
2
. . .
. . .
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . . 2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
1879
10,285
748
72.7
11
1.07
. 8 82
...
2
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
2 1
1
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
12
1
16
1
2
32
2
1
...
9
...
3
8
4
...
...
...
9
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
1 0 5 , 3 2 8
5,582
53.0
100
.95
.84
. 11
.01 .15
. 0 1 .02 .30 .02 .01
... .09
... .03
.08 .04
...
...
...
.09
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MAY.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1870.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)
. . . ...
350
2
...
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
352
3.3
. . .
Cholera
...
...
3
...
1
11
1
1
2
2
2 1
. 2
5 7 . 1 4
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
2
...
1
...
2
1
1
...
7
. 1
14.29
Enteric Fever
3
1
2
2
1
4
7
2
. . .
3
2 5
. 2
6 4 . 0 0
Fever, Intermittent
326
474
222
329
125
199
271
2 9 9
2 4 4
7 4 5
3 , 2 3 4
3 0 . 7
. 0 3
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
188
322
6 0
68
69
95
1 4 3
1 0 9
1 0 8
1 0 7
1 , 2 6 9
1 2 . 0
. 1 6
Apoplex
4
6
6
8
1
12
3
9
7
8
6 4
. 6
50.00
Delirium Tremens
6
1
2
6
5
6
4
4
3
1
3 8
. 4
5 . 2 6
Dysentery
8
13
19
9
14
20
19
24
16
9
1 5 1
1 . 4
. 6 6
Diarrhœa
107
46
58
18
30
38
34
36
31
39
437
4 . 1
. . .
Hepatitis
3 1
41
28
49
49
23
6 0
38
23
24
366
3 . 5
2.46
Spleen disease
3
2
6
3
9
12
9
7
5
5
61
. 6
. . .
Respiratory diseases
64
51
40
30
29
44
54
85
34
50
481
4 . 6
. 6 2
Phthisis Pulmonalis
8
9
6
7
6
5
11
3
1
5
61
. 6
6.56
Scurvy
...
1
...
1
...
...
1
1
1
...
5
. 1
. . .
Rheumatism
47
54
80
41
38
47
48
6 0
34
43
492
4 . 7
Venereal disease
1 6 1
176
105
134
139
144
208
176
189
246
1,678
1 5 . 9
Eye disease
2 6
37
17
22
19
27
25
15
7
17
212
2 . 0
. 2 8
Abscess and Ulcer
88
151
87
79
95
79
98
116
51
77
921
8 . 7
Wounds and Accidents
52
125
69
85
83
86
89
117
88
76
870
8 . 3
All other Causes
187
148
105
133
193
143
193
195
152
154
1,603
1 5 . 2
1,309
1,658
1,267
1,026
907
995
1,280
1,298
997
1,611
12,348
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each May.
116.4
150.4
115.1
97.2
85.5
94.4
125.2
128.4
102.5
150.6
1 5 6 . 6
117.2