VII.—INVALIDING OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF BENGAL.
CCCV.
INVALIDING RATIOS of the EUROPEAN ARMY of BENGAL for the TEN YEARS, 1870-79.
CAUSES OF INVALIDING.
INVALIDED PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
Average of the
Ten Years,
1870-79.
Invalided
from the different
causes
per cent. of the
Total
Invaliding.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Fevers
. . .
3 . 6 1
2.85
1.15
.65
.94
1 . 2 5
1 . 8 4
.52
1 . 5 7
2 . 1 7
1 . 6 3
3 . 9 4
Dysentery and Diarrhœa
...
2 . 4 8
1.97
2 . 3 0
1 . 9 5
1 . 7 2
1 . 4 1
1 . 5 1
1 . 2 3
1 . 6 5
2 . 2 2
1 . 8 4
4 . 4 4
Hepatitis
...
7 . 3 7
7.18
6 . 4 5
5 . 7 3
5 . 6 2
5 . 9 2
6 . 0 0
5 . 5 3
5 . 2 8
4 . 7 6
5 . 9 7
1 4 . 4 2
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
3 . 5 8
3.51
4 . 4 0
4 . 1 3
3 . 8 5
2 . 9 1
3 . 2 1
3 . 2 7
3 . 0 4
2 . 3 3
3 . 4 2
8 . 2 6
Heart diseases
. . .
3 . 2 3
3.42
2 . 5 4
2 . 6 3
3 . 1 2
5 . 5 2
2 . 1 6
1 . 4 7
1 . 5 7
1 . 1 0
2 . 6 7
6 . 4 5
Respiratory diseases
. . .
1 . 4 3
1.20
1 . 5 9
1 . 8 5
1 . 5 3
1 . 3 1
1 . 5 1
1 . 0 6
1 . 2 8
1 . 0 7
1 . 3 8
3 . 3 3
Mental Affections
. . .
.66
1.74
1 . 1 5
1 . 3 0
1 . 1 6
.99
1 . 1 1
1 . 2 0
1 . 1 2
1 . 3 6
1 . 1 8
2 . 8 5
Epilepsy
...
1 . 3 4
1.17
1 . 1 2
.90
.59
1 . 9 8
.73
.82
.75
1 . 1 8
1 . 0 6
2 . 5 6
Rheumatism and Neuralgia
...
3 . 7 3
2.82
2 . 9 2
2 . 2 5
3 . 0 9
2 . 5 6
2 . 3 5
2 . 6 1
2 . 6 5
2 . 5 2
2 . 7 4
6.62
Syphilis
. . .
3 . 1 9
3.17
1 . 8 3
.95
1 . 4 0
1.41
1 . 0 0
1 . 5 2
1 . 1 6
1 . 1 8
1 . 6 6
4 . 0 1
Palpitation
...
1 . 3 1
1.71
2 . 1 0
2 . 9 9
2 . 6 9
2 . 5 1
2 . 3 2
2 . 1 8
1 . 4 0
1 . 9 3
2 . 1 2
5 . 1 2
Anæmia and Debility
...
1 2 . 0 0
8.41
9 . 2 4
7 . 5 0
6.94
1 0 . 0 6
7 . 3 7
1 1 . 6 5
1 2 . 4 3
1 6 . 7 9
1 0 . 2 3
2 4 . 7 1
All other Causes
...
6 . 4 8
5.39
6 . 3 4
4 . 9 2
5 . 5 9
. 8 8
4 . 7 8
6 . 0 2
6 . 6 4
8 . 0 9
5 . 5 0
1 3 . 2 9
ALL CAUSES
...
5 0 . 4 1
44.54
4 3 . 1 3
3 7 . 7 5
3 8 . 2 4
3 8 . 7 1
3 5 . 8 9
3 9 . 0 8
4 0 . 5 4
4 6 . 7 0
4 1 . 4 0
100.00
NUMBERS UPON WHICH THE ABOVE RATIOS ARE CALCULATED.
CAUSES OF INVALIDING.
NUMBER INVALIDED IN EACH YEAR, 1870-79.
Total of the Ten
Years, 1870-79.
1870.
Strength 33,502.
1871.
Strength
35,071.
1872.
Strength
36,591.
1 8 7 3 .
Strength 36,817.
1 8 7 4 .
Strength 37,190.
1875.
Strength
37, 485.
1876.
Strength
37,028.
1877.
Strength 36,729.
1878.
Strength
35, 817.
1879.
Strength
37,337.
Fevers
. . .
1 2 1
100
42
24
35
47
68
19
56
81
593
Dysentery and Diarrhœa
...
83
69
8 4
72
6 4
53
56
45
59
83
668
Hepatitis
...
2 4 7
252
236
211
209
222
222
203
189
178
2,169
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
120
123
161
152
143
109
119
120
109
87
1,243
Heart diseases
...
1 0 8
120
93
97
116
207
80
5 4
56
41
972
Respiratory diseases
. . .
48
42
58
68
57
49
56
39
46
40
503
Mental Affections
. . .
22
61
42
48
43
37
41
4 4
40
51
429
Epilepsy
. . .
45
41
41
33
22
74
27
30
27
44
384
Rheumatism and Neuralgia
... 125
99
107
83
115
96
87
96
95
9 4
997
Syphilis
... 107
111
67
35
52
53
37
56
42
4 4
6 0 4
Palpitation
... 44
60
77
110
100
94
86
80
50
72
773
Anæmia and Debility
... 402
295
338
276
258
377
273
428
4 4 5
627
3,719
All other Causes
... 217
189
232
181
208
33
177
221
238
302
1,998
ALL CAUSES
... 1,689
1,562
1,578
1,390
1,422
1, 451
1,329
1,435
1,452
1,744
15,052
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