CCX
SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS—PORT BLAIR, 1870-79.
CXCIV.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying PORT
BLAIR during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate
Strength
for each
Month of
the Ten
Years.
Average
Number
Daily
Sick.
Number
Daily
S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0of
Strength.
Number
of
Deaths.
Died per
1,000 of
Strength.
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
S u i c i d e l D e a t h s a n d o t h e r D e a t h s o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
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 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 .
Ph t h i s i s Pu l mo 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 .
Januar y
1 , 2 3 2
32
26.0
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
February
1,172
29
24.7
2
...
. . .
. . .
1
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
... ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
March
1,187
33
2 7 . 8
3
. . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
1 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
April
1,229
29
23.6
1
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
1
May
1,210
35
28.9
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
June
1,208
46
38.1
1
...
. . .
...
. . . ... ...
1
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . . ...
...
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
July
1,204
36
2 9 . 9
2
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
A u g u s t
1,187
40
33.7
1
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . ....
. . .
...
September
1,179
36
30.5
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
.....
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
October
1,193
33
27.7
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
November
1,178
35
2 9 . 7
1
...
...
...
...
... ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . . ... ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
December
For the Ten Years
1,207
32
2 6 . 5
1
...
...
...
...
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
...
...
1
. . . 1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . . ...
1 2
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
4
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
1,199
35
29.2
12
10.01
...
...
. 8 3
.83
.83 ...
...
...
.83 ... ...
. 83 1.67
. . . ... ...
. 8 3 ...
3.34
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during the
Ten Years.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred cases treated.
JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APRIL.
MAY. JUNE.
JULY.
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
Nov.
DEC.
Dengue (of 1872)
...
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cholera
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . .
. . .
. . .
2
1 . 7
. . .
E n t e r i c F e v e r
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1.7
50.00
F e v e r , I n t e r m i t t e n t
...
Fever, Intermittent
5
2
4
2
1
16
12
13
5
1 4
6
4
84
70.1
...
Fevers, Remittent and Continue
. . .
3
. . .
2
1
5
1
1
4
4
4
2
27
22.5
3.70
Apoplexy
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1.7
50.00
Delirium Tremen
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
6
5.0
...
D y s e n t e r y
4
1
1
. . .
...
2
4
3
4
3
. . .
. . .
2
24
20.0
. . .
Diarrhœa
1
3
2
. . .
2
3
4
6
3
1
. . .
4
29
24.2
. . .
Hepatitis
12
6
5
5
9
5
7
7
8
5
5
4
7 8
65.1
1 . 2 8
Spleen disease
. . .
1
...
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . .
...
1
. . .
. . .
2
1.7
...
Respiratory diseases
5
5
4
5
4
6
5
7
2
5
9
2
59
49.2 ...
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
1
...
...
. . .
...
2
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
5
4.2 1
40.00
Scurvyy..
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
.....
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Rheumatism
1
4
3
. . .
5
1
1
1
3
2
2
2
25
20.8
.33
Venereal diseases
1 4
7
10
7
7
5
2
2
6
6
6
8
8 0
66.7
E y e d i s e a s e s
2
1
1
...
...
...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
7
5.8
Abscess and Ulcer
3
7
6
13
13
25
5
12
5
5
10
12
116
9 6 . 7
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s
10
6
19
7
14
21
11
15
11
14
20
18
166
138.4
All other Causes
1 5
13
10
23
15
27
23
15
19
16
20
22
218
181.8
73
60
65
67
74
119
77
85
71
74
85
82
932
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
59 . 3
51.2
54.8
54.5
61.2
98.5
64.0
71.6
60.2
62.0
72.2
67.9
777.3