SICKNESS AND MORTALITY ' IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
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IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY in each
FEBRUARY of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
Number
Daily Sick.
Number D a i l y S i c kp
e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
Number of
Deaths (ex-
c l u d i n g D e a t h s f r o m
Injuries and
Sudden
Deaths out
o f
Hospital).
DIED PER 1000 of
STRENGTH
I N F E B R U A R Y O F E A C H Y E A R .
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
Cholera.Smallpox.
E n t e r i c F e v e r . F e v e r , I n t e r mi t t e n t .
F e v e r , R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n t i n u e d .
Apoplexy.
D e l i r i u m T r e m e n s .
Dysentry.Diarrhœa.Hepatitis.
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 .
Heart diseases.
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
Dropsy.
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 .
All Causes.
E x c l u d i n g C h o l e r a .
1870
32,354
1,832
56.6
34
1.05
1.02
1
...
6 2
2 ...
...
3
...
8 ...
6 ...
4
...
...
1
1
1871....
34,413
1,851
53.8
27
.78
.78
. . . . . ...
5 ...
. . ....
. . . 2 ...
6
. . . 4
1
6 ....
. . .
. . . 3
1872
36,732
1,760
47.9
33
.90
.90
... 1
1 ...
5
1
1
1 ...
6 ...
6
1
2 ......
. . . 8
1873
36,908
1,680
45.5
24
.65
.65
. . .
1
1 ...
2
1 ...
1 ...
4 ...
2
4
2 ...
. . .
...
6
1874...
35,878
1,816
50.6
28
.78
. 7 8 ... 1
2 ...
. . .1.
. . . ...
... 10
. . .3
3
5
...
. . .
. . .3
1875
38,113
2,094
54.9
30
. 7 9
.79
...
...
1 ...
1
2 ...
1 ...
6
. . .4
2
7
...
. . .
. . .6
1876...
36,783
1,915
5 2 . 1
25
..68
. 6 8
. . .
... 4
...
...
1 ...
. . . ... ... 4
. . .6
3
3
...
. . .
. . .4
1877
36,996
1,870
50.5
24
.65
.65
... ...
2 ...
. . ....
1 ...
... ...
. . .3
6
2
...
. . .
. . .10
1878
34,962
2,019
57.7
16
.46
.46
... 1
4 ...
. . . ...
. . . ...
...
...
. . .3
4
3
...
. . .
. . . 1
1879
39,007
2,682
68.8
46
1.18
1.18
... 1
5
2
1
... ...
2 ... 6
...
.
..
15
2
4 ...
. . .
1
7
1
5 31
4 12
5
2 10 ... 50 ... 52 26 38 ... ...
2 49
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
362,146
19,519
53.9
287
.79
.79
. 0 0
.01 .09 .01 .03 .01 .01 .03 ... .14 ... .14 .07 .10 .00 .00 .01 .14
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
N U M B E R O F A D M I S S I O N S I N T O H O S P I T A L I N E A C H F E B R U A R Y .
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (of 1873)
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
2
...
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
2
. 0
...
Cholera
. . .
2
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
3
. 0
3 3 . 3 3
Smallpox
. . .
3
...
4
10
1
2
...
. . .
6
8
34
.1
14.71
Enteric Fever
. . .
9
13
5
3
6
7
9
2
7
12
73
.2
42.47
Fever, Intermittent
. . .
935
809
395
446
485
470
763
407
345
944
5,999
16.6
.07
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
. . .
134
189
150
170
139
136
197
100
141
239
1,595
4.4
.75
Apoplexy
. . .
1
. . .
1
...
1
2
2
1
1
1
10
.0
50.00
Delirium Tremens
. . .
10
6
7
9
4
2
7
8
2
5
60
.2
3.33
Dysentery
. . .
70
67
35
54
50
39
45
34
43
139
576
1.6
1.74
Diarrhœa
...
1 1 1
117
86
6 8
65
85
89
72
102
171
9 6 6
2.7
. . .
Hepatitis
. . .
100
163
112
120
101
89
122
90
73
79
1,049
2.9
4.77
Spleen disease
. . .
10
19
25
20
22
21
19
23
5
20
184
.5
. . .
Respiratory diseases
. . .
257
286
249
300
311
368
355
304
268
495
3,193
8.8
1.63
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
16
21
15
19
11
12
18
15
8
14
149
.4
25.50
Scurvy
. . .
4
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
1
1
...
...
3
9
.0
...
Rheumatism
157
200
203
173
187
165
236
232
164
175
1,892
5.2
. 4 1
Venereal diseases
...
643
677
689
572
637
768
911
671
1,007
764
7,339
20.3
Eye diseases
61
48
61
41
54
39
45
31
42
43
465
1.3
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
172
228
251
211
239
197
250
199
213
210
2,170
6.0
Wounds and Accidents
. . .
232
296
246
282
260
283
372
327
267
251
2,816
7.8
All other Causes
...
345
423
385
416
356
436
467
407
406
497
4,138
11.4
3,272
3,562
2,919
2,916
2,929
3,122
3,908
2,923
3,101
4,070
32,722
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each February.
101.1
103.5
79.5
79.0
81.6
81.9
106.3
79.0
88.7
104.3
90.4
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