SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
CClXV
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXLVII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BOMBAY PRESIDENCY in each
OCTOBER of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
Number
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily Sick
Per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from
Injuries and
Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
OCTOBER
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
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 o e 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 .
He 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 .
Scurvy.
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.
S m a l l p o x .
E n t e r i c F e v e r .
1870
...
10,300
709
68.8
14
1.36
1.36
...
. . .
3
1
1
. . .
...
...
1
1
. . .
1
1
1
. . . ...
...
4
1871
...
10,921
613
56.1
15
1.37
1 . 3 7
. . .
..3 ...
2
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . 4
1
...
1
...
3
1872
...
10,896
662
60.7
15
1.38
1.28
1
... 2
1
2
. . .
1
1
...
1
... ...
...
2
...
...
...
2
1873
...
10,464
615
58.8
5
.48
. 4 8
. . .
. . ..
. ....
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .1
2
1
. . . ...
...
...
1874
...
10,513
686
65.2
12
1.14
1.14
. . .
...
3
1
2
2
. . .
1
...
1
. . . . ..
1
1
. . .
1
...
1
1875
...
10,159
618
60.8
5
.49
.39
1
. . ..
. ....
...
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
1
. . . ...
...
1
... ... ...
1
1876
...
10,050
619
61.6
10
1.00
1 . 0 0
. . .
. . .4
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .1
1
1
. . . ...
...
2
1877
...
10,098
692
68.7
4
.40
. 3 0
1
. . .1
1
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . . . . . ....
...
...
. . . ...
...
...
1878
...
9,748
963
98.8
27
2.77
2.26
5
... 6
...
2
2
1
4
. . .
2
.... ...
...
1
... ....
... 4
1879...
10,017
983
98.1
12
1.20
1.20
. . . ... 1
...
3
. . .
. . .
2
2
. . . . . .2
1
...
. . . ...
...
1
8
. . .
2 3
4
12
5
2
9
4
8
. . .
5
10
9
2
...
18
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
103,166
7,160
69.4
119
1.15
1.07
.08
...
.22
.04 .11 .05 .02 .09 .04 .08 ...
.05 .09 .09
... .02 ... .17
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH OCTOBER.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1 8 7 6 .
1877.
1878.
1879.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)
. . .
...
...
97
7
. . .
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
104
10
. . .
Cholera
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
2
5
...
9
. 1
8 8 . 8 9
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
2
5
. . .
. . .
2
...
7
4
12
3
39
.4
58.97
Fever, Intermittent
...
795
652
1,385
456
542
497
698
565
1,500
1,364
8,454
82.0
.05
Fevers, Remittent and Continued...
202
193
156
84
164
160
114
130
319
172
1,724
16.7
.70
Apoplexy
...
1
1
3
2
2
3
3
2
5
2
24
.2
20.83
Delirium Tremens
...
9
10
6
2
3
5
6
8
3
2
54
. 5
3.70
Dysentery
...
17
17
32
18
27
18
31
29
50
30
269
2.6
3.35
Diarrhoea
...
44
65
56
28
26
39
37
59
103
62
519
5.0
.77
Hepatitis
...
34
43
44
43
29
34
41
43
50
27
388
3.8
2.06
Spleen disease
...
3
5
4
6
13
5
4
1
10
15
66 .7
...
Respiratory diseasess
...
44
42
56
52
31
44
48
41
38
41
437
4.2
1.14
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
13
7
19
12
6
3
7
5
6
8
86
. 8
10.47
Scurvy
-
. . .
...
. . .
...
2
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
. 0
66.67
Rheumatism
...
40
59
4 5
38
32
30
32
41
51
17
385
3.7
Venereal diseases
...
118
169
123
160
127
114
111
227
217
205
1,571
15.2
Eye diseases
...
18
22
20
29
9
29
21
21
16
13
198
1.9
Abscess and Uleer
...
70
95
73
76
75
86
84
89
101
66
815
7.9
.51
Wounds and Accidents
...
54
93
78
88
83
88
105
93
88
71
841
8.2
All other Causes
-.
142
151
125
115
156
168
175
194
220
149
1,595
15.5
1,606
1,629
2,327
1,216
1,329
1,325
1,524
1,554
2,824
2,247
17,581
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each October.
155.9
149.2
213.6
116.2
126.4
130.4
151.6
153.9
289.7
224.3
1 7 0 . 4
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