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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
X.—WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY, 1870-79.
CCCXIV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA during
the TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1870-79, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
A g g r e g a t e S t r e n g t h f o r e a c h
M o n t h o f t h e T e n Y e a r s .
N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k .
Dai l y Si ck per 1, 000 of
Strength.
N u m b e r o f D e a t h s i n e a c h
M o n t h o f t h e T e n Y e a r s .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
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 , 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 y s e n t r y .
D i a r r h œ a .
H e p a t i t i s .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
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 .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a . C h i l d b i r t h a n d A b o r -
t i o n .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
... 59,195 1,539
26.0
96
1.62
3
l
5
. . .
7
3
8
8
6
1 1
9
4
5
14
12
February
. . . 59,915 1,484 24.8
63
1.05
1
1 1
. . . 9
1
1
5
2
7
10
3
4
12
6
March
... 60,194 1,634 27.1
74
1.23
2
1 4
. . . 5
6
2
5
1
10
5
2
6 19
6
April
... 59,902 2,032
33.9
110
1.84 17
2
2
. . . 9
4
9
8
9
13
2
5
4
14
12
May
... 59,439 2,465
41.5
155
2.61
24
5
7
1
17
11
12
6 10
18
4
5
7
13
15
J une
... 59,248 2,604 44.0
136 2.30
11
1
6
. . . 23
26
10
6
11
12
1
3
2
13
11
July
. . . 59,182 2,793
47.2
142
2.40
27 ...
6
. . . 23
12
13
7
2
17
4
5
2
15
9
August
... 58,967 3,099 52.6
175
2.97
4 6
. . .
4
3
12
4
17
13
13
24
4
2
5
14
14
September
... 58,764 3,096 52.7
195
3.32
5 9
. . .
6
1
29
2
22
9
9
20
3
6
6
12
11
October
. . . 58,308 2,664
4 5 . 7 119
2.04 13 ...
4
1
21
. . . 14
9
8 13
4
6
5
11
10
November
. . . 58,282
2, 134 36.6
111
1.90
9
. . .
1
. . . 18
. . . 14 10
7
10
5
1
4 21
11
December
... 57,545 1,625
28.2
106 1.84
3
3
3
. . .
22
1
11
6
8
9
3
5
9
15
8
215
14 49
6 195
70 133
92
8 6 164 54 47
59 173 125
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
TEN YEA
RS
... 59,078* 2,264 38.3 1,482 25.09 3 . 6 4
.24
.83
3.40
1.18 2.25 1.56 1.45 2.78 .91 .80 1.00 2.93 2.12
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
cases
treated.
JAN. FEB. M A R .
APIRL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.
Dengue
...
12
6
14
72
66
65
103
55
153
112
41
22
721
12.2
...
Cholera
...
4
1
5
23
34
15
44
6 9
74
19
13
2
303
5.1
70.96
Smallpox
...
11
10
15
26
18
7
4
. . . ...
...
4
19
114
1.9
12.28
Enteric Fever
...
7
5
3
9
17
7
9
13
12
6
5
4
97
1.6
50.52
Intermittent Fever
...
506
443
540
677
926 1,026 1,143 1,173 1,526 1,733 1,394
884
11,971
202.6
.05
Remittent and Continued Fevers ...
2 3 5 227
311
6 0 0 791
836
788
694
795
757
547
358
6,939
117.4
2.81
Apoplexy
...
5
3
6
5
20
32
20
6
2
5
1
1
106
1.8
66.04
Dysentery
...
102
82
106
153
149
173
220
274
225
187
1 4 8 124
1,943
32.9
6.84
Diarrhœa
...
137
154
203
310
279
248
492
572
404
281
226
172
3,478
58.9
2.65
Hepatitis
...
61
86
75
122
124
129
104
115
128
123
76
86
1,229
20.8
7.00
Spleen disease
...
13
7
19
14
17
21
22
20
16
18
13
12
192
3.3
...
Respiratory diseases
...
227
203
199
220
204
159
181
181
159
178
166
189
2,266
38.4
2.38
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
44
39
61
40
56
53
52
49
32
46
44
47
563
9.5
29.13
Atrophy and Anæmia
...
733
763
974 1,421 1,526 1,361 1,532 1,676 1,486 1,225
917
738
14,355
243.0
.41
Rheumatism
...
77
91
88
108
123
98
129
117
102
97
80
6 8
1,178
19.9
...
Eye diseases
...
63
40
66
276
3 4 6 228
530
776
573
339
154
71
3,462
58.6
. . .
Abortion
...
70
78
95
109
131
118
108
99
97
90
67
74
1,136
19.2
2.02
Diseases peculiar to Women
...
166
167
187
214
222
200
227
206
200
178
122
113
2,202
37.3
1.83
Abscess and Ulcer
...
111
83
107
134
139
154
186
162
130
134
80
89
1,509
25.6
Injuries
...
45
38
67
54
64
61
58
61
43
48
46
35
620
10.5
All other Causes
...
331
294
417
499
475
473
557
606
465
382
318
271
5,088
86.1
2,960 2,823 3,558 5,086 5,727 5,464 6,509 6,924 6,622 5,958 4,462 3,379
59,472
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
50.0
47.1
59.1
84.9 96.4
92.2 110.0 117.4 112.7 102.2
76.6 58.7
1,006.6
* The Returns for the Women and Children of the Bombay Presidency incorporated in this Table and in the Table which follows are for the Nine Years 1871-79.
The Returns of 1870, which were not available by Months, are wanting in this Aggregate.
In this Table Dyspepsia is included under " All other Causes," but in Table CCCXXII it appears under the heading "Anæmia and Atrophy."