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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS—CAWNPORE, 1870-79.
LX.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying
CAWNPORE 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 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 .
January
...
7,562
584
77.2
6
. . .
... ...
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . 1 . . .
2
. . .
1 . . .
1
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 1
February . . .
7,710
618
80.2
8 . . .
... . . . 1
... . . .
... . . .
1 ...
2 . . .
2 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
1 1 . . .
March
...
8,929
663
74. 3
10 . . .
. . . 2 . . .
. . .
1
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
1
...
1 . . .
1
... ... . . .
3 ... 1
April
...
9,076
716
78.9
18 . . .
9 1 2
. . . . . .
... ... . . .
1 . . .
... ...
3
1 ... . . . . . . . . .
. . . 1
May
. . .
8,981
645
71.8
26
...
13 ...
2 . . .
1
7 . . .
1 ... . . . . . .
... ... . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 2
June
...
8,923
644
72.2
27
... 6
. . . . . .
... ... 1 5
. . . . . . . . .
2
... . . .
1 . . .
. . .
... ...
1 ... 2
July
...
8, 868
715
80. 6
9
... . . .
. . .
2 ... ... 1
. . . . . . . . .
1 . . . . . .
1 ... ... ... ...
2 ... 2
August
. . .
8,825
781
88.5
25 . . .
5 . . .
4 . . .
3 . . .
. . .
3 . . .
1 ... . . .
1
2 . . . . . .
1
3 . . .
2
September ...
8,592
835
97.2
16
. . . 3
. . . 3
. . . 2 . . .
. . . 2 . . .
4 . . .
... ... ... ... ... ...
2 . . .
. . .
October
...
8, 436
808
95.8
14
...
... . . .
2 2 ... . . .
...
1 . . .
2 ...
1 2 . . .
. . .
... ...
2 ... 2
November ...
7,642
673
88.1
10
... . . .
... 1
. . . 1 . . .
. . .
1 ... 2 . . . 1
. . .
2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
2
December ...
7,528
524
69.6
14
...
. . .
1 ... ...
. . . . . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . . . . .
1
1
2
. . . . . .
. . .
3 ... 4
36 4 17 2 8 23 ... 12 1 17 ... 7
9
9 ... ... 1 17 1 19
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years
8,423
684
81.2
183 21.73 4.27 . 4 7 2.02 1.19 2.73 . . . 1.42 .12 2.02 ... .83 1.07 1.07 ... ... .12 2.02 .12 2 . 2 6
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Ten
Y e a r s .
Admitted
p e r 1 , 0 0 0
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV.
DEC.
Dengue (of 1872)
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
34 333
235
13
1
621
73.7
...
Cholera
. . .
...
...
2
12
17
8 ...
5 4
. . .
...
...
48
5.7
75.00
Smallpox
. . .
2
9
3
7 ...
1 ...
...
...
...
...
4
26
3.1
15.38
Enteric Fever
. . .
1
1
. . .
8 4
. . .
3
2
10
3
1
2
35
4.2
48.57
Fever, Intermittent
. . .
76
61
85
162
124
127
205
204
313
505
365
228
2,455
291.5
.08
Fevers, Remittent and Continued . . .
18
21
47
112
130
99
128
203
265
213
101
34
1,371
162.8
.58
Apoplexy
... ...
...
2
2
17
33
5 2
. . .
...
... . . .
61
7.2
37.70
Delirium Tremens
...
3
1
3
2
3 . . .
5
3
3
3
6
1
33
3.9
. . .
Dysentery
...
9
13
13
34
31
2 4
31
51
49
39
19
15
328
39.0
3.66
Diarrhœa
...
1 3
19
41
52
51
37
61
110
47
35
23
19
508
60.3
.20
Hepatitis
...
19
26
39
31
39
57
61
42
44
36
24
27
445
52.8
3.82
Spleen disease
...
6
2
7
2
3
4
5
1
2
4
1
2
39
4. 6
. . .
Respiratory diseases
...
70
63
70
9 8
42
29
35
50
35
32
45
106
675
80.1
1.04
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
5
5
6
2
4
5
4
12
6
7
10
5
71
8. 4
12.68
Scurvy
... ...
2
1 ...
...
...
1
1 ...
...
...
1
6
.7
. . .
Rheumatism
...
38
31
57
41
38
36
44
60
40
58
31
27
501
59.5
.35
Venereal diseases
...
365
336
418
317
229
213
296
241
193
231
211
197
3, 247
3 8 5 . 5
Eye diseases
. . .
15
13
23
22
15
12
17
28
22
2 5
15
7
214
25.4
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
54
48
65
70
57
88
120
103
89
53
44
36
827
98.2
Wounds and Accidents
...
61
62
82
90
67
62
67
62
6 0
67
55
67
802
95.2
All other Causes
...
93
81
152
174
167
172
224
174
140
173
131
92
1,773
210.5
848
794 1,116 1,238 1,038 1,007 1,312 1,388 1,660 1,719 1,095
871
1 4 , 0 8 6
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
112.1 103.0 125.0
136.4
115.6 112.9 148.0 157.3 193.2 203.8 143.3 115.7
1,672.3