ccclxxxiv SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
X.—WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY, 1870-79.
CCCXXVI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BENGAL
PRESIDENCY in each YEAR and for the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79 .
YEAR.
Average
Strength
in each
Year.
Average
Number
Daily
Sick.
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 .
Number
of
Deaths.
DIED PER 1,000.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
All
Causes.
Exclud-
ing
Cholera.
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 s , 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 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 n æ m i a a n d A t r o p h y .
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 .
1870
. . .
3,519
174 49.5 115 32.68 28.99 13 ... †
1 26 11
9
7
6 14
4
5
4 11
4
1871
. . .
3,680
184 50.0 105 28.53 26.08
9
1
3
. . . 19
2 11
9
7 15
7
3
2 10
7
1872
. . .
3,838
186 48.5 177 46.12 30.23 61
1
5
1 18
4 17 12
6 16
2
7
7 13
7
1873
...
3,858
166 43.0
88 22.81 21.77
4
2
4 1 13
2
7
7
7 13
2
3
1
9 13
1874
. . .
3,866 153 39.6
80 20.69 20.43
1 . . .
3
. . . 14
2
8
4
8 11
4
3
8 10
4
1875
. . .
3,722
170 45.7 114 30.63 23.38 27 ...
4
1 15
4
7
8
4
8
5
2
5 16
8
1876
. . .
3,498
129 36.9
80 22.87 20.58
8 ...
2
. . . 8
6
9
3
5
9
5
3
3 10
9
1877
. . .
3,194 101 31.6
58 18.16 17.53
2
. . . 5
. . . 8
5
5
3
9 8
2
1
1
5
4
1878
. . .
2,896
120 41.4
94 32.46 27.28 15
3
6
. . . 16
4
3
3
7 11
3
3
3 7 10
1879
. . .
2,675
112 41.9
76 28.41 25.42
8
3
4
1
7
7
7
4
5
7
3
3
2
9
6
148 10 36
5 144 47 83
6 0 64 112 37 33 36 100 72
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
TEN YEARS ...
34,746 1,495 43.0 987 28.41 24.15 4.26 .29 1.04 4 . 2 9
1.35 2.39 1.73 1.84 3.22 1.06 .95 1.04 2.88 2.07
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
N U M B E R O F A A D M I S S I O N S I N T O H O S P I T A L I N E A C H Y E A R .
Total
Admitted
during t h e
T e n Y e a r s .
Admitted
per 1,000
o f
Strength.
Died out
o f e a c h
h u n d r e d c a s e s
treated.
1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879.
Dengue
... ...
. . .
3 5 3
3
2
2
33 ...
. . .
. . .
393
11.3
...
Cholera
...
1 9
13
90
5
1
41
14
3
22
11
219
6.3
67.58
Smallpox
. . .
3
4
4
12
2
2
2
8
23
15
75
2.2
13.33
Enteric Fever
. . . ...
6
6
9
5
5
4
11
8
10
6 4
1 . 8
56.25
Intermittent Fever
... 1,219
934 745 761
841 836
690
516
610
932
8,084
232.7
.06
Remittent and Continued Fevers.
...
556
535
647 624
632
441
416 299 444
268
4,862
139.9
2.96
Apoplexy
. . .
11
4
11
5
2
11
8
7
6
9
74
2.1
63.51
Dysentery
...
148
147
184
143
97
113
96
76
79
62
1,145
33.0
7.25
Diarrhœa
. . .
2 6 6 243 343 241
225 307
185
129 161
146
2,246
64.6
2.67
H e p a t i t i s
...
74
91
93
83
66
73
76
72
74
82
784
22.6
8.16
Spleen disease
...
1 9 4
12
17
16
17
14
19
13
17
148
4.2
. . .
Respiratory diseases
...
1 3 4 151
137
145
161
94
153
116 109
107
1,307
37.6
2.83
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
42
45
. 4 5
37
36
50
23
37
33
22
370
10.6
30.27
Anæmia and Atrophy *
...
730 1,129 1,149 942 901 1,117
959
773
988
850
9,538
274.5
.38
Rheumatism
...
6 2 73
105
72
71
83
72
62
52
55
707
20.4
. . .
Eye diseases
...
225
348
296 243
302
236
183
108
248
154
2,343
67.4
. . .
Abortion
...
6 7 92
94
82
84
74
63
49
68
45
718
20.7
1.95
Diseases peculiar to Women
. . . 109
134
133
138
138
145
128
104 104
94
1,227
35.3
2 . 4 9
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
94
92
102
114
123
89
70
73
58
65
880
25.3
Injuries
. . .
34
35
43
39
39
39
27
32
30
24
342
9.9
All other Causes
. . .
212
234
188
193
194 207
177
127
115
117
1,764
50.8
4,024 4,314 4,780 3,908 3,938 3,982 3,393 2,621 3,245 3,085 37,290
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Year.
1,143.5 1,172.3 1,245.4 1,013.0 1,018.6 1,069.9 970.0 820.6 1,120.5 1,153.3
1,073.2
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