CCXXiiCCXXii SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCIV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA in each MARCH of the
TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength .
Average
Number
Daily Sick. '
Number
D a i l y S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
Number of
De a t h s ( e x - c l u d i n g De a t h s f r o m I n j u r i e s a n d S u d d e n De a t h s o u t o f Ho s p i t a l ) .
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
MARCH
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
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 .
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 s .
A p o p l e x y .
D e l i r i u m T r e m e n s .
Dys e nt r y.
D i a r r h œ a . Hepatitis.
S p l e e n d i s e a s e .
R e s p i r a t o r y s i s e a s e s .
He a r t d i s e a s e s .
P h t h i s i s P u l mo n a l i s .
D r o p s y .
S e u r v y .
A t r o p h y a n d æmi a .
Al l o t h e r Ca u s e s .
All Causes. Excluding •
'
Cholera.
1870
53,287
3,086
57.9
86
1.61
1.50
6 ...
8
1
8 ... ... 12 ... 19 ...
7
5
7 ... ... ... 13
1871
55,969
2,995
53.5
52
.93
.89
2 ...
5 ...
4
1
1
5 ... 13 ...
3
9
3 ... ...
. . . 6
1872
59,916
2,848
47.5
46
.77
.75
1
1
2 ...
2
5 ...
4 ...
6 ...
4
6
6 ... ... 1
8
1873
59,409
2,908
48.9
48 .81
.81
. . . 1
1 ...
4
2 ...
5 ... 12 ...
7
7
1 ... ... 1
7
1874
60,163
2,848
47.3
44
.73
.71
1
1
3 ...
2
1 ...
4 ...
6 ...
4
9
4 ...
. . . ...
9
1875
59,382
2,939
49.5
55
.93
.89
2
2
4 ...
5
4
...
3 ...
7 ...
6
4
7 ...
1 ... 10
1376
57,805
2,832
49.0
54
.93
.88
3 ...
1 ...
1
1 ...
2 ... 11 ...
4 11 11 ... ...
2
7
1877
58,162
2,813
48.4
36
.62
.57
3 ...
5 ...
1
1 ...
1
1
2 ... ...
6
6 ... ...
1 9
1878
57,145
3,123
54.6
53
.93
.91
1
4
5 ...
2
2
1
5 ... 13
1
1
5
4 ... ... 2
7
1879
58,165
3,663
6 2 . 7
69
1.18
1.18
...
1
9
1
7
2
1 13 ...
6 ... 13
2
4 ... ... ... 10
19 10 43
2 36 19
3 54
1 95
1 49 64 53 ...
1
7 86
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
579,703
30,055
51'8
543
'93
. 9 0 .03 .02 .07 .01 .06 .03 .01 .09 .00 .17 .00 .08 .11 .09 ... .00 .01 .15
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MARCH.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)
...
...
302
37
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
339
. 6
...
Cholera
9
3
1
...
2
3
4
2
1
...
25
. 0
76.00
Smallpox
4
...
10
10
6
2
3
4
18
8
65
.1
15.38
Enteric Fever
15
8
12
17
15
7
11
7
20
25
137
.2
31.39
Fever, Intermittent
1,852
1,143
629
740
891
756
704
558
617
1,260
9,150
15.8
.02
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
472
451
436
501
623
465
300
316
436
470
4,470
7.7
.81
Apoplexy
5
6
9
6
13
12
7
1
4
4I
67
.1
28.36
Delirium Tremens
38
23
13
14
14
16
11
12
12
6
159
. 3
1.89
Dysentery
203
116
95
160
146
189
93
89
126
155
1,372
2 . 4
3.94
Diarrhœa
260
229
192
225
225
2 4 4
155
218
250
271
2,269
3.9
.04
Hepatitis
258
232
174
246
235
233
182
147
151
136
1,994
3.5
4.76
Spleen disease
40
21
19
37
22
35
22
19
10
22
247
.4
.40
Respiratory diseases
415
444
355
431
558
385
352
356
314
399
4,009
6.9
1.22
Phthisis Pulmonalis
40
36
33
42
36
55
2 2
27
7
21
319
.6
16.61
Seurvy
4
2
3
2
...
1
1
1
2
2
18
. 0
5.56
Rheumatism
342
277
275
262
358
310
254
223
245
276
2,822
4.9
.47
Venereal diseases
1,188
1,042
1,132
904
1,257
1,470
1,096
964
1,296
1,231
11,580
20.0
Eye diseases
126
110
106
108
130
107
69
86
83
74
999
1 . 7
Abscess and Ulcer
489
421
403
444
542
490
370
349
394
358
4,260
7.3
Wounds and Accidents
542
463
457
509
580
631
481
550
516
485
5,214
9.0
All other Causes
890
734
757
869
869
928
771
710
736
743
8,007
13.8
7,192
5,761
5,413
5,564
6,522
6,339
4,908
4,639
5,238
5,946
57,522
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each March.
135.0
102.9
90.3
93.7
103.4
106.7
84.9
79.8
9 1 . 7
101.7
99.2