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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXVII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the MADRAS PRESIDENCY
in each FEBRUARY of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
A v e r a g e N u m b e r
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily Sick
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
Deaths
( e x -
cluding
Deaths from
Injuries and
sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
FEBRUARY
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 , 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 a n s .
Dys ent er 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 .
All Causes. Excluding
Cholera.
1870
. . .
10,664
740
69.4
14
1.31
1 . 2 2 1
. . .
2 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
. . . 3
. . . 1 3
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
1
1871
...
10,902
615
50.4
10
.92
. 9 2 ...
. . .
2 ...
1
1
. . .
...
. . . 4
. . . . . . 2
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1872
...
11,014
673
61.1
12
1.09
1.09
. . .
. . .
. . . ... ... ... 1 3 ... 2 ... ... ... 4
. . .
. . . . . .
2
1873
. . .
11,316
611
54.0
16
1.41
1.41 . . ... 2 ... ... ...
. . . 4
. . . 4
. . .
. . .
3
2
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1874
...
11,734
640
54.5
15
1.28
1.28 ...
. . .
1 ...
. . . . . .
. . .
3
. . . 5
. . .
. . . 3 1 ...
. . .
. . . 2
1875
...
11,014
665
60.4
17
1.54
1.54
. . .
. . . 1 ...
. . . . . .
. . . 4
. . . 5
. . . 1 5
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1876
...
10,736
568
52.9
7
. 6 5
. 6 5 . . .
. . . 3 ...
. . . . . .
. . .
...
. . . . . .
. . . ... 2 2
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
1877
...
11,314
614
54.3
12
1.06
.71
4
. . . 1 ... 1 ...
. . . 1 ... 3
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1878
...
10,349
700
67.6
9
.87
.77
1
. . . 1 .., 1 1
. . .
3
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1879
. . .
9,822
687
69.9
10
1.02
1.02
. . .
...
2 ...
1 ...
. . .
1
. . . 2
. . .
. . .
...
3
. . . ... ...
1
6 ... 15 ...
4 2 1 22 ... 29 ... 2 19 12 ...
. . . ... 10
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
108,865
6,513
59.8
122
1.12
1.07
. 05 ... .14
.04 .02 .01 .20 ...
. 2 7 . . . .02 .17 .11
. . .
. . .
. . .
. 0 9
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH FEBRUARY.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876,
1877.
1878.
1879.
Total
Admitted
during the
Mouth.
Admitted
per 1,000
o f
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)
...
...
. . .
2
6
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
8
.1
. .
Cholera
...
1
•••
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
3
7
1
...
12
.1
50.00
Small pox
. . . ...
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
...
1
1
3
. . .
6
.0
...
Enteric Fever
...
2
2
6
8
3
...
1
7
2
2
33
.3
45.45
Fever, Intermittent
...
5S3
109
51
93
63
47
55
38
57
143
1,239
11.4
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
. . .
49
58
100
96
71
81
88
69
78
90
780
7.2
.51
Apoplexy
...
1
3
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
. . .
13
.1
15.38
Delirium Tremens
. . .
1
7
10
3
3
3
2
2
1
. . .
32
.3
3.12
Dysentery
...
50
55
71
61
82
56
48
44
77
51
595
5.5
3.70
Diarrha
. . .
61
23
45
64
32
41
39
62
54
32
453
4.2
. . .
Hepatitis
...
49
55
63
58
93
67
53
45
50
41
574
5.3
5.05
Spleen disease
. . .
2
2
7
...
5
1
1
2
3
2
25
.2
...
Respiratory diseases
. . .
30
57
94
56
50
54
80
54
47
47
569
5.2
.35
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
5
3
16
7
10
13
9
5
4
2
74
.7
16.22
S curvy
. . .
...
_.
1
. . .
-.
. . .
._
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
.0
...
Rheumatism
. . .
47
39
31
40
56
36
38
4 4
30
31
392
3.6
Venereal diseases
. . .
164
171
177
118
208
186
204,
167
242
181
1,818
16.6
Eye diseases
. . .
8
16
10
8
8
8
7
11
8
5
95
.9
.49
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
100
90
117
85
95
93
95
83
96
91
915
8.7
Wounds and Accidents
. . .
79
119
125
92
85
91
100
91
94
91
967
8.9
All other Causes
...
172
162
179
195
187
160
191
146
168
150
1,710
15.7
1,404
971
1,113
991
1,052
938
1,017
879
1,017 959 10,341
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each February.
131.7
89.1
101.1
87.6
89.7
85.2
94.7
77.7
98.3
97.6
95.0
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