ccxxvi SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA in each JULY of the
TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
number
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily Sick
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
D e a t h s ( e x -
c l u d i n g
D e a t h s f r o m
I n j u r i e s a n d
S u d d e n
D e a t h s o u t
o f H o s p i t a l ) .
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
JULY
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
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 .
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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o 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 .
All Causes. Excluding .
Cholera.
1870
55,886
3,728
66.7
83
1.49
1.25 13 ... 2 1 8 17 1 5 1 12 1 1 5 9 ... ...
. . . 7
1871
57,193
3,687
64.5
69
1.21
1.17 2 ... 14 ... 9 2 3 11 ... 11 ... 3 1 7 ...
. . . 1
5
1872
58,930
3,312
56.2
105
1.78
1.19 35 ... 12 ... 3 11 1 5
. . . 13 ... 5 6 5 ...
1 ...
8
1873
58,895
3,463
58.8
79
1.34
1.26 5 1 9 ... 4 10 1 5 ... 13 ... 3 7 9
1
1 ... 10
1874
59,440
3,682
61.9
82
1.38
1.30 5 1 10 ... 6 13 2 5 ... 11 ... 2 16 4 ... ... ... 7
1875
58,523
3,574
61.1
83
1.42
1.21 12 ... 5 ... 6 25 2 1 4 11 ... 2 4 4 ...
. . . . . . 7
1876
57,827
3,373
5
58.3
85
1.47
1.12 20 ... 3 1 3 28 1 7 ... 3 ... 4 4 5 ... ... ... 6
1877
57,170
3,407
59.6
75
1.31
1.19 7 ... 7 ... 6 11 1 8 1 10 ... 1 6 7 ... ... ... 10
1878
56,209
3,754
66.8
113
2.01
1.62 22 ... 20 ... 1 27 1 10
. . . 10 ... 2 4 6 ... ... ... 10
1879
59,777
4,550
76.1
224
3.75
1 . 7 7 118 ... 26 ... 15 20 2 12 3 7 ... 2 6 4 ... ... ... 9
239 2 108 2 61 164 15 69 9 101 1 25 59 60 1 2 1 79
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
579,850
36,530
63.0
998
1.72
1.31 .41 .00 .19 .00 .11 .28 .03 .12 .02 .18 .00 .04 .10 .10 .00 .00 .00 .14
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH JULY.
Total
Admitted
d u r i n g t h e
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (of 1872, 1873 and 1876)
...
. . . 1,042
56
...
. . .
5
...
...
...
1,103
1.9
. . .
Cholera
28
3
51
8
4
21
24
10
38
171
358
.6
66. 76
Smallpox
...
...
5
3
1
2
1
1
2
1
16
.0
12.50
Enteric Fever
11
16
19
19
29
8
19
22
49
46
238
.4
45. 38
Fever, Intermittent
2,346
2,021
1,055
1,781
1,602
1,250
1,384
1,399
1,548
3,649
18,035
31.1
.01
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
1,023
1,001
910
989
1,201
899
828
1,015
1,372
1,611
10,849
18.7
. 56
Apoplexy
22
11
31
37
36
49
69
43
78
71
447
.8
36. 69
Delirium Tremens
33
34
29
13
24
24
15
19
17
16
224
.4
6. 70
Dysentery
175
183
251
212
257
160
163
196
257
316
2,170
3.8
3.18
Diarrhœa
395
452
697
372
535
459
259
381
404
760
4,714
8.1
.19
Hepatitis
261
326
302
375
329
244
254
261
280
255
2,887
5.0
3.50
Spleen disease
46
32
28
49
30
44
38
15
29
51
362
. 6
.28
Respiratory diseases
229
281
324
338
386
303
287
195
287
265
2,895
5.0
.86
Phthisis Pulmonalis
6 0
49
59
63
56
42
37
41
32
30
469
.8
12.79
Scurvy
4
. . .
4
2
3
. . .
1
1
. . .
3
18
.1
11.11
Rheumatism
310
323
335
324
377
229
295
290
327
327
3,137
5.4
. 4 0
Venereal diseases
773
744
856
899
1,028
8 4 4
771
961
1,304
1,205
9,385
16.2
Eye diseases
107
111
126
88
148
96
62
93
81
104
1,016
1.8
Abscess and Ulcer
498
442
579
586
601
516
454
595
656
540
5,467
9.4
Wounds and Accidents
355
355
452
456
496
395
371
4 6 6
465
438
4,249
7.3
All other Causes
919
1,014
1,155
1,236
1,266
952
984
1,043
1,270
1,194
11,033
9.0
7,595
7,398 8,310
7,906
8,409
6,537
6,321
7,047
8,496
11,053
79,072
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each July.
135.9
129.3
141.0
134.2
141.5
111.7
109.3
123.3
151.2
184.9
1 3 6 . 4