AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1870-79.
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I.—STATISTICS OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF THE BENGAL
PRESIDENCY, 1870-79.
GENERAL STATISTICS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of BENGAL
in each Year of the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879.
I.—DAILY SICK IN EACH MONTH OF THE PERIOD.
YEAR.
Period of
Occupation.
Average
Strength of
each Year
and for the
Period.
NUMBER DAILY SICK PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
Average
Daily Sick-rate
for each Year
and the
Period.
JAN.
F E B . MAR.
APRIL.
MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
Nov.
DEC.
1870
... For the Year
33,373
56.2
5 6 . 6
57.0
60.0
66.0
67.0
6 9 . 2
7 1 . 2
75.6
71.3
62.5
52.4
63.8
1871 ...
, ,
35,122
51.2
53.8
54.2
54.0
60.2
63.6
65.0
69.4
69.1
63.9
54.5
50.0
59.2
1872
...
„
36,507
50.7
47.9
47.0
49.1
55.9
58.2
58.2
63.8
70.2
69.1
59.3
52.3
56.8
1873
...
„
36,617
49.0
45.5
47.2
52.7
54.8
5 8 . 4
6 0 . 7
6 4 . 1
66.5
60.9
5 4 . 8
51.9
55.7
1874 ...
„
37,278
49.1
50.6
47.6
53.5
58.1
60.6
64.4
71.4
69.2
65.6
60.1
54.4
58.7
1875 ...
, ,
37,184
53.9
54.9
50.6
53.6
57.1
58.6
6 1 . 9
5 9 . 6
6 1 . 8
63.8
59.8
55.9
57.6
1876 ...
,,
36,582
51.2
52.1
49.9
50.8
56.2
59.2
59.3
60.2
67.8
6 9 . 4
63.3
55.8
58.0
1877 ...
, ,
36,179
51.3
5 0 . 5
48.5
48.0
52.8
56.9
57.8
6 0 . 5
59.5
55.6
55.8
54.7
54.3
1878
...
, ,
35,836
55.6
57.7
54.2
57.9
64.1
68.4
69.0
71.6
81.6
83.5
80.8
74.5
68.3
1879 ...
,,
38,755
73.2
68.8
64.3
60.2
69.4
73.3
78.0
82.2
87.7
9 5 . 9
88.7
73.2
76.1
Ten Years, 1870-79
...
363,431
5 4 . 2
53.9
52.0
54.0
59.5
62.4
64.4
67.5
70.9
69.9
64.2
57.8
6 0 . 9
II.—COMPOSITION OF THE ADMISSION-RATE OF EACH YEAR AND OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD.
YEAR.
ADMITTED INTO HOSPITAL PER 1,000 OF THE AVERAGE STRENGTH IN EACH YEAR.
Admission-rate
of each Year
and of the
Period.
C h o l e r a .
E n t e r i c F e v e r .
O t h e r F e v e r s .
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 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 .
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 .
1870 ...
1.5
2.9 831.6
3.0
5.6 37.6 65.2
57.0
6.7 77.1
10.1
69.7
202.7
25.6
8 5 . 0
85.9
164.7
1,731.9
1871
...
1.2
3.8
5 9 0 . 5 l.8
3 . 7 34.2 64.7
59.7
8 . 0
85.0
9 . 0
67.7
208.8
24.0
86.3
9 0 . 6 168.7
1,507.7
1872
... 16.0
2.9 495.9
4.3
4 . 0 35.0 77.5
56.0
6 . 5
7 5 . 6
9.5
6 4 . 0
190.7
2 4 . 4
80.2
85.0
286.6
1,514.1
1873
...
1.4 3.9 516.1
3.2
2.5 29.1 49.9
50.5
8 . 1
8 4 . 4
8.8
59.5
167.0
19.9
80.9
84.7
179.9
1,349.8
1874
.2
4.7 552.8
2.6
2.5 26.2 51.4
45.2
6.4
94.6
8.1
67.5
200.1
2 2 . 4
8 4 . 7
9 1 . 9 182.5
1 , 4 4 3 . 8
1875
...
5 . 4 3.1 499.8
4.1
2 . 4 27.9 62.5
40.8
9 . 0 79.7
8.9
59.1
212.4
20.7
80.3
94.2
177.0
1,387.5
1876
...
4.5
4.7 557.7
4.6
2.5
26.7 48.5
46.3
7 . 4
81.3
8.3
65.0
194.7
17.1
77.2
98.4
198.5
1,443.4
1877 ...
.5
3.7 408.9
4.3 2.5 20.3 43.8
4 0 . 7
6.3
73.9
7.3
60.1
202.5
14.7
80.7
104.3
176.3
1,251.3
1878 ...
5.7 11.5
6 8 6 . 2 4.3 2.2 39.7 68.6
39.8
4.0
83.7
6.1
53.8
288.8
17.3
87.2
9 1 . 9 184.7
1,675.5
1879 ...
21.7 10.9 935.4
6.5
2.1 53.4 90.9
37.1
8.5
104.0
6.0
55.3
218.7
15.6
76.9
81.4
189.0
1,913.4
Ten Years, 1870-79
...
5.9
5.3 607.3
4.0
3 . 0 33.1 62.4
47.1
7.1
84.1
8.2
62.0
208.6
2 0 . 1
81.9
90.8
191.1
1,522.0
III.—DEATH-RATE OF EACH YEAR AND OF THE PERIOD, AND THE CHIEF CAUSES OF MORTALITY.
YEAR.
DIED PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
Total
Deaths.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
A .
Cholera.
B.
All other Causes.
C.
All
Causes.
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 .
O t h e r F e v e r s .
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 a n d 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 . A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
V i o l e n t D e a t h s .
a
Violent
Deaths.
b
Diseases.
1870
...
.63
1.86
20.19
22.68
757
21
6
55
93
54
9
74
130
2
53
52
53
93
62
1871 ...
.71
1.74
15.38
17.83
626
25
1
60
79
28
9
45
96
1
48
58
58
57
61
1872
...
10.66
1.75
1 5 . 0 4
27.45
1,002
389
7
59
65
58
5
74
86
1
48
41
36
69
64
1873
...
.90
1.66
1 2 . 8 4
1 5 . 4 0
564
33
10
56
51
50
2
34
6 6
1
42
52
44
62
61
1874
...
.21
1.71
12.70
14.62
545
8
7
75
41
36
7
47
72
1
20
51
44
72
64
1875 ...
3 . 6 6
1.53
12.13
17.32
644
136
1 59
44
71
1
27
55
6
35
29
4 6 77
57
1876
...
3.14
1.35
11.53
1 6 . 0 2
586
115
...
64
26
65
4
41
52
1
29
37
41
62
49
1877 ...
. 4 4
1 . 6 3
9.57
11.64
421
16
1 56
24
41
5
21
55
1
21
34
32
55
59
1878 ...
4.16
1.53
15.94
21.63
775
149
7
168
57
52
8
55
67
1
36
31
42
47
55
1879 . . .
16.18
4.38
23.59
44.15
1,711
627
5
178
151
101
10 122
62
1 123
29 40
92
1 7 0 †
Ten Years, 1870-79
...
4.18
1.93
14.89
21.00
7,631 1,519
45
830
631
556
6 0 540
741
16
455
414
436
6 8 6 702
IV. —PREVALENCE OF CHOLERA IN EACH MONTH DURING THE TEN YEARS.
Y E A R .
ADMISSIONS FROM CHOLERA IN EACH MONTH OF THE TEN YEARS, 1870-79.
Total
Admissions.
JAN.
FEB.
M A R .
APRIL.
MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
Nov.
DEC.
1870 ...
...
2
2
9
3
4
19
4
1
4
1
. . .
49
1 8 7 1 . . .
. . .
. . .
3
3
1
3
2
2
2
. . .
23
2
41
1872 ...
...
. . .
1
6
31
24
38
271
143
66
3
1
584
1873 ...
...
. . .
. . .
1
1
4
2
10
14
3
15
1
51
1 8 7 4 . . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
1
2
2
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
8
1875 ...
. . .
...
3
10
8
2
17
70
71
15
5
...
201
1876
...
. . .
...
4
10
5
8
23
42
27
44
...
...
163
1 8 7 7 . . .
1
. . .
1
1
4
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
6
. . .
4
19
1878
...
1
1
1
...
39
1
14
54
84
6
1
2
204
1879
...
...
. ..
...
34
117
364
144
93
67
22
1
...
842
Ten Years, 1870-79 ...
2
3
17
74
210
412
261
548
410
166
49
10
2,162
* See note at foot of preceding page.
† Sixty-two of these were killed in battle, 9 died of wounds received in battle, and 46 were drowned while crossing the Kabul river in 1879.