ccclxxvi SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
X.—WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY, 1870-79.
CCCXVIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the MADRAS
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 f o r 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 o f t h e T e n Y e a r s .
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 .
E n t 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
Co n t i n u e d .
A p o p l e x y .
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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i 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 .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a .
C h i l d - b i r t h a n d A b o r -
t i o n .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
... 14,282 313 21.9
22 1.54
2 ...
2
...
2
. . . 2
3
1
3
2
. . . . . .
2
3
February
. . . 14,349
318 22.2
17 1.19
1
. . .
. . . ...
2
1
1
. . .
. . . ...
4. . .
...
6
2
March
... 14,301
338 23.6
22 1.54
1
1
1 ...
1
3
1
1 ...
2
1
. . . 4
5
1
April
. . . 14,200 404 28.5
28 1.97
6 ... ... ...
3
3
2
. . . 1
3
1
1
1
3
4
May
. . . 14,112
434 30.8
30 2.13
3 ...
. . .
1
3
1
4
. . . 1
3 ...
1
4
2
7
June
. . . 14,084
453 32.2
18 1.28
2
1
2
... 1
1
4
. . . 2
4 . . .
. . . . . . 1 ...
July
. . . 14,166
527 37.2
31 2.19
4
. . . 1 ...
4
1
4 4
1
3
1
. . . . . . 4
4
August
... 14,161
541 38.2
25 1.77
6
. . . 1 ...
3
. . . 5
3
2
1 ... ...
1
2
1
September
... 14,071
482 34.3
26 1.85
8
. . . 1 ...
5
. . . 1
. . . 2
5
. . . ... ... ...
4
October
. . . 13,878
455 32.8
16 1.15
1 ...
1 ...
. . .
. . . 1
1
. . . 3 ...
1
1
2
5
November
. . . 14,083
379 26.9
22 1.56
1 ...
. . .
...
2
. . . 4 3
1
2
1
. . . 1
6
1
December
... 14,031
303 21.6
14 1.00
1 ...
. . . ...
2
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
1
5
1
36 2
9 1 28 10 30 16 11 29 12
3 13 38 33
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
TEN YEARS
... 14,144 413 29.2 271 19.16 2.55 .14 .63
2.05
.71 2.12 1.13 .78 2.05 .85 .21
. 9 2 2.69 2.33
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
c a s e s
t r e a t e d .
JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV.
DEC.
Dengue
...
6 6
3
8
27
19
14
10
12
8
1
1
115
8.1
...
Cholera
. . .
3
1
2
8
7
3
6
8
7
1
2
. . .
48
3 . 4
75.00
Smallpox
. . .
2
3
11
6 ...
3
1 ...
...
...
1
1
28
2.0
7.14
Enteric Fever
. . .
4 ...
2
2 .
..
1
1
4
3
1
2
. . .
20
1.4
45.00
Intermittent Fever
Remittent and Continued Fevers
...
61
63
6 8
59
100
86
69
122
102
98
108
103
114
124
95
116
112
120
100
115
99
93
9 6
75
1,124
1,174
79. 4
83. 0
. 0 9
2 . 3 9
Apoplexy
...
1
3
3
3
2
1
1
. . . ...
...
...
1
15
1 . 1
66.67
Dysentery
...
27
33
27
25
35
55
70
67
59
47
41
32
518
36. 7
5.79
Di a r r h œa
. . . 34
39
43
57
56
52
112
100
67
42
31
46
679
48.0
2.36
He p a t i t i s
. . . 20
23
19
22
27
21
22
29
27
41
22
17
290
20.5
3.79
Spleen disease
. . .
1
...
2
... . . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
8
.6
...
Respi ratory di seases
. . .
51
41
52
43
51
46
55
61
47
55
39
53
594
42.0
2.02
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
7
9
13
3
13
10
8
9
5
1 5
9
10
111
7.8
26.12
Atrophy and Anæmia
...
193 200
277
368 389
372
464 427
367
311
251
207
3,826
270.5
. 3 4
Rheumatism
. . .
18
27
24
21
23
20
33
31
23
30
22
16
288
20. 4
...
Eye diseases
...
12
8
6
18
20
45
123
139
94
132
52
16
665
47.0
...
Abortion
...
12
14
17
24
25
26
20
19
21
22
10
24
234
16.5
2.14
Diseases peculiar to Women ...
59
55
47
48
52
43
47
52
50
46
51
32
582
41.1
1.47
Abscess and Ulcer
...
30
18
25
33
40
28
36
37
30
37
22
16
352
24.9
Injuries
...
10
10
17
17
16
15
16
16
8
18
11
18
172
12. 2
All other Causes
...
114
81
9 6 121
129
112
161
136 119
106
83
81
1,339
94.7
728 698
872 1,018 1,112 1,083 1,430 1,356 1,171 1,128
842
744
12,182
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
51.0 48.6 61.0 71.7 78.8 76.9 100.9 95.8 83.2 81.3 59.8 53.0
861.3