ccxcii SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCLXXIV.
TABLE showing the RATIO in which the EUROPEAN ARMY of BURMAH and PEGU has been affected by the
CHIEF CAUSES of SICKNESS and MORTALITY in each MONTH of the YEAR.
MONTH.
A g g r e g a t e S t r e n g t h o f t h e T e n
Y e a r s , 1 8 7 0 - 7 9 . D a i l y S i c k - r a t e p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f
S t r e n g t h .
DEATH-
RATE OF
EACH
MONTH PER 1,000
O F
STRENGTH
DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH IN EACH MONTH.
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 Ho s p i t a l .
C h o l e r a . Smallpox. E n t e r i c F e v e r .
OTHER
FEVERS.
Apopl exy.
D e l i r i u m T r e m e n s . D y s e n t e r y .
Di arrhœa.
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 .
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
I n t e r m i t t e n t . R e m i t t e n t a n d
C o n t i n u e d .
A l l C a u s e s . E x c l u d i n g
C h o l e r a .
January . . . 19,347 39.6 .93 .93 .00 .00 .05 .00 .05 .10 .00 .31 .00 .16 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .10 .00 .16
February . . . 18,873 41.7 .95 .95 .00 .00 .11 .00 .05 .00 .00 .11 .00 .16 .00 .00 .05 .00 .00 .00 .00 .16 .05 .26
March . . . 20,353 39.7 .64 .64 .00 .00 .00 .00 .05 .05 .05 .05 .00 .05
. 0 0 .05 .05 .05 .00 .00 .00 .00 .05 .19
April
. . . 21,114 41.3 2.46 1.09 1.37 .00 .00 .00 .00 .24 .14 .19 .00 .19 .00 .00 .14 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .19
May
. . . 21,614 45.0 1.39 1.30 .09 .00 .05 .00 .05 .55 .00 .09 .00 .14 .00 .00 .05 .00 .00 .00 .00 .14 .00 .23
June
. . . 21,321 51.8 1. 31 .89 .42 .00 .00 .00 .05 .05 .05 .18 .00 .28 .00 .00 .00 .05 .00 .00 .00 .14 .00 .09
July
. . . 21,139 54.9 2.70 1.66 1.04 .00 .19 .00 .09 .19 .00 .38 .00 .09 . 0 0 .00 .24 .15 .00 .00 .00 .09 .00 .24
August . . . 20,851 54.0 1.34 1.10 .24 .00 .10 .00 .00 .14 .00 .28 .00 .14 . 0 0 .00 .10 .05 .00 .00 .00 .10 .00 .19
September . . . 20,553 50.8 1.90 1.56 .34 .00 .00 .00 .00 .19 .00 .44 .00 .34 .00 .00 .25 .10 .00 .00 .00 .05 .00 .19
October ... 20,415 48.4 1.32 1.27 .05 .05 .00 .00 .05 .00 .09 .20 .00 .34 .00 .00 .20 .05 .00 .00 .00 .20 .00 .09
November . . . 20,014 46.5 1. 05 1.05 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .05 .00 .10 .00 .30 .00 .00 .10 .05 .00 .00 .00 .10 .05 .30
December
. . .
20,359 42.1 1. 18 1.18 .00 .00 .10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .29 .00 .00 .00 .05 .10 .05 .00 .00 .05 .05 .05 .44
TOTAL . . . 20,496 46.4 17.32
1 3 . 6 6 3.66 .05 .58
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1.61 . 34 2.63 .00 2.20 . 0 0 .10 1.27 .54 .00 .00 .05 1.12 .19 2.59
MONTH.
ADMISSION-RATE PER 1,000 OFS T R E N G T H
I N E A C H M O N T H .
A d m i s s i o n - r a t e o f e a c h M o n t h f r o m
a l l C a u s e s p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
D e n g u e .
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 .
OTHER
FEVERS.
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 œa .
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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
Sc u r v y .
R h e u m a t i s m .
V e n e r e a l d i s e a s e s .
E y e d i s e a s e s .
A b s c e s s a n d U l c e r .
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
I n t e r m i t t e n t .
R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n -
t i n u e d .
January
. . . .0 .0 .0
. 2 3.6 5.8 .1 .2 8.5 3.4 6.5 .0 5.5 .4 .0 2.7 13.9 1 . 0 6.7 7.2 13.2 78.9
February
... .0 .0 .0
. 2 4.8 5.5 .1 .4 6.1 3.9 5.2 .2 3.7 .3 .0 3.5 11.6 .8 6.8 8.6 12.9 74.6
March
... .0 .0 .1
. 1 2.6 5.7 .1 .7 4.3 4.0 4.8 .1 4.0 .6 .1 3.4 12.8 .9 7.7 10.0 13.9 75.9
April
. . . .9 2.0 .1
. 0 2.8 7.3
. 6 .7 4.0 4.2 4.6 .0 3.7 .5 .0 2.8 15.2 .6 8.7 9.0 18.5 86.2
May
. . . 5.8 .1 .0
. 1 3.7 9.3 1.2
. 6 6.8 7.2 6.3
. 0 3.1 .3 .0 3.8 9.7 .6 9.0 8.2 21.4 97.2
June
. . . 5.5 .7 .0
. 0 7.9 10.1 .2 .3 10.2 9. 6 6.6 .0 3.6 .5 .0 4.0 10.7 1.1 8. 8 8.3 22.1 110.2
July
. . . 3.8 1.9 .0
. 5 7.1 10.5 .1 .5 13.3 13.0 8.2
. 1 3.9
. 6 .0 4.4 10.4 .9 9.6 7.9 22.6 119.3
August
... 3.9 .2 .0
. 2 5.9 8.7 .3 .6 10.1 7.2 7.5
. 0 3.6
. 5 .0 2.8 8.2 .9 8.7 8.0 22.3 99.6
September
. . . 3.1 .5 .0
. 1 5.1 8.1 .3 .3 8.7 4.9 8.2
. 0 4.6 .4 .0 3.7 8.1 .7 7.0 8.3
2 1 . 4 93.5
October
. . . .5 .1 .1
. 0 5.0 9.4 .2 .4 6.0 4.1 6.5 . 2 6.0
. 6 .1 4.5 8.4 1.1 7.0 7.1 19.8 87.1
November
... .4 .0 .0
. 1 4.2 9.0 .1 .5 5.6 3.3 5.4 . 1 4.4 .6 .1 3.7 10.0 1.0 5. 4 8.2 18.5 80.6
December
. . .
.1 .0 .0
. 1 13.9 6.5 .1 .4 6.3 4.3 4.3
. 1 5.1 .4 .1 2.3 7.9 .8 6. 2 11.1 14.0 84.0
TOTAL
. . . 2 4 . 8
5.8
. 3 1.7 66.4 96.5 3.5 5.7 90.2 70.0 74.2 .8 51.0 5.6 .5 41.7 126.9 10.5 91.9 101.8 221.8 1,091.6