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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS—DUM-DUM, 1870-79.
XLII.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying
DUM-DUM during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate
Strength
for each
Month of
the Ten
Years.
Average
Number
Daily
Sick.
Number
Daily
Sick per
1,000 of
Strength.
Number
of
Deaths.
Died per
1,000 of
Strength.
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
S u i c i d a l D e a t h s , a n d o t h e r
D e a t h s o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
C h o l e r a .
S ma 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 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 .
January
. . .
6,517
282
43.3
10
. . . ...
. . . ...
. . .
1 ...
1 ...
2 ... ...
1
1
. . . ... 1
. . . 1
2
February
. . .
6,536
272
41.6
7
. . . ...
1 ... 1
. . . ... ... ...
. . . ... ...
. . .
4
. . .
...
1
. . . ...
. . .
March
. . . 5,883
217
36.9
6
. . . ... 2
...
. . . . . . ...
. . . ...
. . . ... ...
1
1
. . .
...
...
. . .
...
2
April
. . . 5,914
241
40.8
1
. . . ...
. . . ...
. . . . . . ...
. . . ...
. . . ... ...
1
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . . ...
. . .
May
. . .
5,831
271
46.5
9
1 ...
... ...
. . .
1 ...
... 1
... 1 ...
2
. . .
. . . ... ...
2 ...
1
June
. . . 5,705
253
44.3
4
. . . ... ... ...
. . .
. . . ...
1 ...
1 ... ...
. . .
1
. . .
... ...
1 ...
. . .
July
. . .
5,781
279
48.3
8
. . . ...
. . . ...
1 . . . ... 2 ...
1 ... 1
. . .
1
. . .
... ...
2 ...
. . .
August
. . .
5,786
321
55.5
10
. . . ...
. . .
. . . 1
. . . ...
4 ... 1
... ...
. . .
1
. . .
... ...
1 ...
2
September
. . .
5,782
325
56.2
8
. . . ...
2 ... 1
. . . ... ... ... 1
... ...
. . .
2
. . .
... ...
. . .
...
2
October
. . .
5,854
319
54.5
13
1 ... ... ...
2
. . . 1 ... ...
2 1 1
3
. . .
. . .
... ...
2 ...
. . .
November
. . . 6,594
300
45.5
9
. . . ...
... ...
3 . . . 1 ... ... 1
1 ...
. . .
1
. . .
... ...
2 ...
. . .
December
. . .
6,637
294
44.3
8
1 ...
. . . ...
. . .
. . . ...
. . . ...
4 ... 1
1
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . .
...
1
3 ...
5 ... 9
2 2
8 1
13 3 3
9
12
. . . ... 2
10 1
10
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years
6,068
281
46.3
9 3
15.33 .50 ... .82 1.48
.33 .33 1.32 .16 2.14 .50 .50 1.48 1.98
. . . . . . .33 1.65 .16 1.65
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
treated.
JAN.
FEB.
MAR. APRIL.
MAY. JUNE. JULY.
AUG. SEPT.
OCT.
NOV. DEC.
Dengue (of 1872)
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
85
98
7
5
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
197
32.5
. . .
Cholera
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
5
.8
60.00
Small pox
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Enteric Fever
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
7
1.2
71.43
Fever, Intermittent
. . .
121
57
31
52
52
51
67
105
88
75
146
181
1,026
169.1
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued . . .
55
47
67
105
8 1
81
150
231
131
158
172
56
1,334
219.9
.67
Apoplex
. . .
2
. . .
1
2
1
2
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
. . .
11
1.8
18.18
Delirium Tremens
. . .
2
1
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
8
1.3
25.00
Dysentery
. . .
22
21
14
18
10
12
21
26
19
20
20
26
229
37.7
3.49
Diarrhœa
. . .
19
21
4
5
15
13
27
36
16
22
24
17
219
36.1
.46
Hepatitis
. . .
18
11
15
9
15
10
15
18
26
29
16
30
212
34.9
6.13
Spleen disease
. . .
3
3
2
2
3
2
. . .
4
4
1
1
. . .
25
4.1
12.00
Respiratory diseases
. . .
21
23
19
12
22
16
30
24
17
20
37
27
268
44.2
1.12
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
9
3
4
2
3
3
8
6
8
6
11
6
69
11.4
17.39
Scurvy
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Rheumatism
. . .
15
7
8
10
24
16
24
23
19
22
23
24
215
35.4
.63
Venereal diseases
. . .
103
83
101
93
91
6 7 81
98
77
111
118
93
1,116
183.9
Eye diseases
. . .
1
8
8
5
4
5
3
7
5
4
8
5
63
10.4
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
51
34
36
34
30
35
47
39
39
35
39
26
445
73.3
Wounds
and
A
ccidents
. . .
41
32
39
33
45
27
29
32
26
28
26
43
401
66.1
All other Causes
. . .
72
76
54
62
103
74
105
95
108
120
98
90
1,057
174.2
556
429
405
530
598
424
612
745
586
654
743
625
6,007
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
85.3
65.6
68.8
89.6 102.6
74.3 105.9 128.8 101.3 111.7 112.7
94.2
1,138.3