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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXXVI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the MADRAS PRESIDENCY in each
NOVEMBER of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
Number
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily Sick
Per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from
injuries and
Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
NOV
E M B E R
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 , Re mi t t e n t a n d Co n t i n u e d . Apoplexy.
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 .
He a r t di s e a s e .
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
...
10,615
589
55.5
13
1.22
1 . 2 2
. . .
. . .
. . ....
1
1
. . .
3
. . .
5
. . .
. . ....
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1871...
11,049
621
56.2
12
1.09
1.09
. . . ...
. . . ...
. . . ...
. . .
1
. . .
3
. . .
. . .2
5
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1872
...
12,106
683
56.4
10
.83
.74
1
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
1
. . .
3
. . .
. . .2
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1873
...
11,322
701
61.9
13
1.15
1.06
1
...
...
...
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
6
. . .
. . .3
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1874 ...
11,321
774
68.4
15
1.32
1 . 3 2
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
. . .
5
. . .
1 ...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
1875
...
10,828
550
50.8
13
1.20
1 . 2 0
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
1
. . .
2
. . .
1
. . .
. . .5
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
1876
...
11,108
661
59.5
8
.72
.72
. . . ...
1 ...
1
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
2
. . .
. . .1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1877
...
10,720
697
65.0
10
.93
.84
1
. . .
2 ...
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
4
. . .
. . ....
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1878
...
10,515
768
73.0
13
1.24
1 . 0 5
2
. . .
2 ...
1
1
1
1
. . .
2
. . .
. . ....
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1879
...
10,669
789
73.9
7
.66
. 6 6
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
3
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
3
. . .
. . ....
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
...
5
...
7
4
1
18
...
34 ...
1
13
14
...
...
...
12
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
110,253
6,833
62.0
114
1.03
.99
. 0 4 ... .04 ... .06 .04 .01 .16
... .31
... .01 .12 .13 ...
...
... .11
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH NOVEMBER.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died
o u t
of
e a c h
hundred
cases
treated.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (of 1872, 1873 and 1876) ...
. . .
...
7
2
...
...
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
13
. 1
. . .
C h o l e r a . . .
. . .
1
2
1
. . .
. . .
1
2
...
7
. 1
7 1 . 4 3
Smallpox ...
...
2
...
. . .
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
2
. 0
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
1
4
...
. . .
10
. 1
5 0 . 0 0
Fever, Intermittent
...
181
42
205
5 8
58
47
61
110
253
263
1,278
1 1 . 6
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued ...
69
63
86
98
151
115
107
123
207
90
1,109
1 0 . 0
63
Apoplexy
...
1
. . .
1
...
...
1
2
1
2
8
. 1
50.00
Delirium Tremens
...
5
8
3
8
2
6
...
1
3
6
42
. 4
2.38
Dysentery ...
63
60
84
94
69
63
...
53
56
57
46
645
3 . 9
3-9
2.79
Diarrhœa
...
48
34
71
77
32
27
41
39
26
33
428
. 9
. . .
Hepatitis
...
61
66
51
76
87
65
74
55
49
58
642
5 . 8
5.30
Spleen disease
...
2
1
...
4
2
1
2
. . .
. . .
1
13
. 1
. . .
Respiratory diseases
...
67
49
43
51
83
27
45
4 4
5 4
57
5 2 0
4 . 7
..19
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
10
9
10
25
11
12
6
8
7
5
1 0 3
103
. 9
13.59
Scurvy ...
...
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. 0
. . .
Rheumatism
...
49
55
40
33
53
27
29
28
45
36
395
3 . 6
Venereal diseases
...
141
155
116
133
156
166
149
193
235
311
1 , 7 5 5
1 5 . 9
Eye diseases
...
28
19
14
25
10
14
17
30
11
5
173
1.6
Abscess and Ulcer
...
104
82
118
77
82
64
63
60
63
64
7 7 7
7 . 0
.43
Wounds and Accidents ...
102
92
73
69
71
106
67
79
80
95
8 3 4
7.6
All other Causes
...
212
180
175
187
205
175
201
182
200
196
1,913
17.4
1,145
920
1,099
1,018
1,074
917
920
1,015
1,293
1,268
10,669
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each November.
107.9
83.3
90.3
90.0
94.9
84.7
82.8
94.7
123.0
118.8
9 6 . 8