AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1870-79. ccclxxv
X.—WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY, 1870-79.
CCCXVII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BENGAL
PRESIDENCY during the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79, and the prevalence of the PRINCIPAL DISEASES
in each MONTH.
MONTHS.
A g g r e g a t e S t r e n g t h i n e a c h M o n t h o f t h e T e n Y e a r s .
A v e r a g e N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k .
N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
N u m b e r o f D e a t h s i n e a c h M o n t h .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x . M e a s l e s .
H o o p i n g C o u g h .
S c a r l e t F e v e r .
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 n t i t i o n .
C o n v u l s i o n s .
M e n i n g i t i s a n d H y d r o - c e p h a l u s .
T a b e s M e s e n t e r i c a .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
D y s e n t e r y .
D i a r r h œ a . A n æ m i a a n d A t r o p h y .
B r o n c h i t i s a n d P n e u - m o n i a .
C r o u p a n d D i p h t h e r i a .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
...
62,710 1,433 22.9
234 3.73 ...
3 7 3 1 ...
3 10 ... 10 34 7 11 1 4 27 37 35 20 21
February
...
63,399 1,364 21.5
173 2.73 2 1 10 3 ...
. . . 4 5 1 9 3 0 8 6 ... 4 13 15 32 11 19
March
...
63,665 1,585 24.9
269 4.23 1 1 34 7 2 ...
1 14 ... 18 45 6 12 ... 7 43 33 31 4 10
April
...
63,036 2,257 35.8
465 7.38 5 2 23 2 1 2 5 25 3 55 70 15 20 1 19 106 57 26 5 23
May
...
62,601 2,842 45.4
489 7.81 18 3 33 5 3 2 4 36 5 52 67 17 21 ... 21 110 47 14 13 18
June
...
62,680 2,838 45.3
414 6.60 7 1 30 5 2 ...
2 52 6 39 66 20 11 2 11 75 44 16
9 16
July
...
62,701 2,990 47.7
440 7.02 36 ... 27 10 2 2 5 35 3 44 59 10 12 2 12 101 47 13 8 12
August
. . . 62,857 3,582 57.0
611 9.72 72 ... 17 5 9 ...
3 36 2 85 76 12 19 ... 27 141 62 17 9 19
September
. . . 62,972 3,482 55.3
541 8.59 60 ... 10 2 ...
1 8 40 1 70 63 12 22 1 21 131 47 19 12 21
October
...
62,856 2,800 44.5
389 6.19 22 ...
1 2 ...
2 14 34 5 27 64 8 14 2 20 70 41 19 17 27
November ...
61,822 2,220 35.9
375 6.07 6 ...
4 ...
. . . 1 23 39 4 25 46 10 17 ... 19 63 64
2 1 15 18
December ...
61,342 1,605 26.2
340 5.54 ...
4 8 6 1 ... 14 20 1 26 57
9 14 1 14 48
46
3 6 1 6 19
229 15 204 50 21 10 86 346 31 460 677 134 179 10 179 928 540 279 139 223
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
TEN YEARS ...
62,720 2,417 38.5 4,740 75.57 3.65.24 3.25.80 .33.16 1.37 5.52.49
7 . 3 3 10.79 2.14 2.85 .16
2 . 8 5
14.80 8. 61 4.45 2.22 3.5
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
duri ng t he Ten Years. A d m i t t e d
p e r 1 , 0 0 0
o f
Strength.
Died out
of
each hundred
cases
treated.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.
Dengue
...
1 . . .
5
40
25
5
59
46 147
82
31
10
451
7.2
...
Cholera
... ...
2
1
7
21
9
51
97
72
29
10 ...
299
4.8
76.59
Smallpox
...
18
7
19
18
13
4
1
2
. . . ...
1
10
93
1.5
1 6 . 1 3
Measles
. . . 160
297
421
328
421
389
250
177
75
72
115 209
2,914
46.5
7.00
Hooping Cough
...
45
41
62
69
69
103
125
51
33
15
21
57
691
11.0
7. 24
Scarlet Fever
...
7
8
17
21
8
8
30
13
1
2
1 ...
116
1.9
18.10
Enteric Fever
...
2
1
2
9
5
4
6
6
8
5
2
3
53
. 8
18.87
Intermittent Fever
...
281 203
250 420
601
516 566 650
907 1,324 1,274 601
7,593
121.0
1.13
Remittent and Continued Fevers ...
168
151
270
491
628
673
589
620
769
776
613 303
6,051
96.5
5.72
Apoplexy
... ...
1
1
7
8
9
10
5
12
9
5
1
68
1.1
45.59
Dysentery
...
49
34 69
138
120
77
130
181
163
135
93
61
1,250
19.9
14.32
Diarrhœa
...
179 148
400 839 696 518
782 1,129 751
441
357
258
6,498
103.6
14. 28
Hepatitis
...
2
6
5
11
12
5
12
5
8
5
7
3
81
1.3
...
Spleen disease
...
11
11
9
14
16
26
14
24
19
16
18
11
189
3.0
...
Respiratory diseases
...
377
336
332
292
269 207
178
214
286
284
233
276
3,284
52.4
12.73
Eye diseases
...
76
69
227 1,155 1,223
633 1,501 2,275 1,500
656
278
113
9,706
154.8
...
Anæmia and Atrophy
. . . 379
358 362 539
558 574
567
579
521
584
514 444
5,979
95.3
9.03
Tubercular Diseases
. . .
32
19
38
64
70
38
46
47
52
42
48
31
527
8.4
35.86
Meningitis and Hydrocephalus
...
10
13
10
29
26
25
17
18
12
17
14
10
201
3.2
66.67
Convulsions
...
44
40
59
101
89
85
76
101
89
102
72
08
926
14.8
7 3 . 1 1
Dentition
...
118
100
144 293
306
303
267
358
280
200
169
135
2,673
42.6
17.21
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
47
31
50
47
93
105
109
97
104
86
57
48
874
13.9
Injuries
...
77
59
80
93
79
79
68
86
92
79
51
56
899
14.3
5.01
All other Causes
...
133
209
247 240
237
224 203
232
203
200
150
130
2,408
38.4
2,216 2,144 3,080 5,265 5,593 4,619 5,657 7,013 6,104 5,161 4,134 2,838
53,824
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
35.3 33.8 48.4 83.5 89.3 73.7 90.2 111.6 96.9
82.1 6.69 46.3
858.2