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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OP INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXLIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BOMBAY PRESIDENCY
in each JUNE 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 JUNE
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OP DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
Smallpox.
Ent e r i c Fe ve r . F e v e r , I n t e r mi t t e n t .
F e v e r s , Re mi t t e n t a n d
Continued.
Apopl exy.
De l i r i u m T r e me n s . Dys ent er y. Di ar r hœa. Hepat 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 . Heat di sease. P h t h i s i s P u l mo 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 Ca u s e s .
All Causes. Excluding
Cholera.
1870
...
11,219
696
62.0
18
1.60
1 . 6 0 ... ... 3 ...
4 7 ... 2 ... ... ... 1
... ...
. . . ... ... 1
1871
...
10,952
657
60.0
10
.91
. 8 2 1 ... 1 ...
1 4 1 ... ... ... ... ... 1 1
. . . ... ...
...
1872 •
...
11,014
501
45.5
25
2.27
2 . 0 0 3 ... ... ...
. . .
18 ... ... ... ... ...
1 ... 2 ... ... ... 1
1873
10,574
499
47.2
12
1.13
1.13
... ...
1 ... ..... 3 ... ... ... 5 ... ...... 2 1
. . . ... ... ...
1874
...
10,577
502
47.5
11
1.04
1 0 . 4
. . . . ... ... ... ... 6 ... ... .... 2 ... ... .........
. . . ... ... ...3
1875
...
10,482
539
51.4
28
2.67
1 . 8 1
9
... 5 ...
1 7 ... ... ... 2 ... 2
... ...
. . . ... ... 2
1876
10,209
553
54.2
6
.59
.59
... ...
1 ...
. . . 2 ... ... ...
1 ... ... ... 2
. . . ... ... ...
1877
....
10,175
576
56.6
12
1.18
.98
2 ...
1 ...
1
6
1 ... ..... . ... ... . ..... ...... ......
. . . ... ...
...1
1878
...
9,740
556
57.1
16
1.64
1.64 ... ... ... ...
1 8 ... 1 ... 3 ... ...
...... ..
... ... ... 3
1879
...
10,262
738
71.9
6
.58
.58
... ... 1 ...
. . .
3 ... ... ... ... ... 1
... ......
. . . ... ...
1
15 ... 13 ...
8 64 2
3 ... 13 ...
5
3
6 ... ... ... 12
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
105,204
5,817
55.3
144
1.37
1.23
. 14 ... .12 ... .08 .61 .02 .03 ... .12 ... .05 .03 .06 ... ... ... .11
CAUSES OP ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH JUNE.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1870.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)
...
...
...
258
10
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
268
2.5
. . .
Cholera
...
1
3
. . .
...
10
. . .
2
...
1
17
.2
88.24
Smallpox
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
1
. . .
. . .
1
. 0
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
4
1
...
2
1
2
3
1
1
15
.1
86.67
Fever, Intermittent
568
550
189
440
197
305
221
246
285
757
3,758
35.7
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued...
247
241
142
78
70
155
97
118
148
101
1,397
13.3
.57
Apoplexy
,..
26
13
27
9
10
22
7
18
24
12
168
1.6
38.10
Delirium Tremens
...
6
1
3
1
5
4
5
6
1
2
34
.3
5.88
Dysentery
33
16
20
8
18
20
11
18
18
7
169
1.6
1.78
Diarrhœa
...
85
52
43
39
38
81
42
51
23
46
500
4.8
. . .
Hepatitis
...
45
33
28
43
44
44
44
26
34
21
362
3.4
3.59
Spleen disease
...
2
9
3
2
9
6
8
2
4
11
56 .
5
. . .
Respiratory diseases
...
63
57
32
56
37
47
49
58
44
31
474
4..5
1.05
Phthisis Pulmoualis
...
12
5
13
4
6
11
3
3
7
6
70
.7
8.57
Scurvy
,.
. . .
...
1
2
...
...
...
...
3
. 0
...
Rheumatism
...
48
62
48
48
51
42
36
51
27
35
448
4.3
Venereal diseases
...
162
139
92
129
146
165
153
172
174
225
1,557
14.8
Eye diseases
...
20
24
14
17
20
23
20
13
10
15
176
1.7
. 2 6
Abscess and Ulcer
...
126
87
99
98
114
132
85
89
96
84
1,010
9.6
Wounds and Accidents
...
67
74
67
63
88
116
77
68
61
08
749
7.1
All other Causes
...
201
157
135
139
132
213
139
143
154
130
1,543
1 4 . 7
1,715
1,522
1,216
1,187
988
1,398
1,000
1,086
1,110
1,553
12,775
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each June.
152.9
139.0
110.4
112.3
93.4
133.4
98.0
106.7
11 4 . 0
151.3
1 2 1 . 4
66