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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXX.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the MADRAS PRESIDENCY in each MAY
of the TEN- YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
Y E A R .
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-
c l u d i n g D e a t h s f r o m I n j u r i e s a n d
S u d d e n
Deaths out o f
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH. IN
M A Y
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES
O F
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 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 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 s .
R e s p r i 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.
1 8 7 0
...
11,121
747
6 7 . 2
19
1 . 7 1
1.53
2 ... 3 ... ... 11 ... ... ... 1
. . .
1 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
1871
...
1 0 , 9 6 9
603
5 5 . 0
43
3.92
1.00 32
. . . . . . ... 1 1 1 3 .... ...
. . . ... 2 1
. . . ...
. . 2
1872
...
11,540
675
5 8 . 5
22
1.91
1.91 ... 2 1 ...
2
1 1
. . . 3
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1873
...
11,562
624
54.0
14
1.21
1.21
1 1 ... ...
. . . 2 1
2 . . .
3 ...
. . . 3
. . .
. . .
. . . .
. . 1
1 8 7 4
...
11,487
563
49.0
7
. 6 1
. 6 1
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . . 1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1875
...
11,099
6 2 4
5 6 . 2
12
1 . 0 8
1 . 0 8 ... ... ... ... 2 2 .... ...
. . .
4
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1876
...
11,215
563
5 0 . 1
16
1 . 4 2
1 . 3 3 1
. . .
2 ...
. . 1 .
6
1
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 2
1877
...
1 1 , 0 6 8
585
52.9
18
1.63
1 . 6 3
. . . ...
4 ...
. . .
7
. . . 1
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 3
1878
...
11,137
672
60.3
21
1.89
1 . 8 9 ... ... .... ...
. . . 9 1 3
. . . 2 ... .. ... 1
. . . ... ... 5
1 8 7 9
...
10,701
687
6 4 . 2
15
1.40
1 . 4 0 ...
...
1 1
1
7
. . . 2
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
36 3 11 1 7
5 8 3 16 ... 20 ... 1 9 5 ...
. . . ... 17
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
111,929
6 , 3 4 3
56.7
1 8 7
1 . 6 7
1 . 3 5
.32
. 0 3
. 1 0 .01
. 0 6 .52
. 0 3 .14
. . .
. 1 8
. . .
. 0 1
. 0 8
. 0 4 ... ... ... .15
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MAY.
D i e t o u t
of each h u n d r e d
cases
treated.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878,
1879.
Total A d m i t t e d
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)
. . . .
. . .
...
201
1
...
...
. . .
...
...
...
202
1.8
...
Cholera
. .
2
71
. . .
1
. . .
1
3
1
. . .
1
80
.7
4 5 . 0 0
Smallpox
..
. . .
. . .
4
2
...
...
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
7
. 1
42.86
Enteric Fever
. .
4
3
7
4
2
. . .
4
11
. . .
1
3 6
.3
30.56
Fever, Intermittent
. . .
415
100
6 4
151
27
54
28
64
6 1
134
1,098
9.8
. 0 9
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
76
94
204
109
8 4
111
1 9 0
190
191
127
1,376
12.3
. 5 1
Apoplexy
. . .
34
4
18
6
4
5
1 6
11
16
2 2
136
1 . 2
42.65
Delirium Tremens
. . .
7
7
4
4
2
6
3
3
3
. . .
3 9
. 4
7.69
Dysentery
...
56
61
58
63
5 4
44
57
6 6
6 9
.43
571
5 . 1
2.80
Diarrhœa
...
4 5
6 6
56
72
32
5 9
74
73
55
48
580
5 . 2
...
Hepatitis
. . .
58
57
38
6 8
5 4
67
6 5
58
70
4 0
5 7 5
5.1
3.48
Spleen disease
. .
6
3
1
1
2
. . .
1
2
2
1
19
.2
. . .
Respiratory diseases
. .
78
56
40
72
42
36
57
55
54
4 4
534
4.8
.19
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
3
15
7
10
7
3
4
6
8
7
70
.6
7 . 1 4
Seurvy
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
2
. 0
. . .
Rheumatism
4 6
59
4 2
53
37
2 0
49
3 2
3 4
32
404
3.6
Venereal diseases
155
195
144
111
139
189
183
257
175
176
1 , 7 2 4
1 5 . 4
Eve diseases
. . .
8
17
9
15
12
1 0
9
16
7
25
128
11
Abseess and Uleer
. . .
112
162
133
126
118
100
126
117
112
101
1,207
1 0 . 8
. 3 8
Wounds and. Accidents
102
118
106
79
8 0
67
9 8
81
83
1 0 4
918
8 . 2
All other Causes
. .
237
246
236
218
203
192
242
233
216
219
2,242
20.0
1,445
1,334
1,372
1,167
899
964
1,209
1,277
1,156
1,125
11,948
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each May.
.
130.0
1 2 1 . 6
119.0
100.9
78.3
8 6 . 9
107.5
115.4
103.8
105.1
106.7