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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS—UMBALLA, 1870-79.
X C I I .
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying UMBALL
A during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate Strength
f or each Mont h 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
14,440 784 54.3
10
1 1 2 1
3 1 1
February
14,589 841
5 7 . 6
4
1
1
2
March
14,992 777 51.8
9
2
3
1
1
1
1
April
13,752 672 48.9
11
1
3
1
1
1
1
3
May
13,107 734 56.0 15
5
1
1
1
3
3
1
June
12,749 703 55.1
32
6
2 1 4
1
1
1
3
4
July
12,523 690 55.1
10
2
1
1
2
1
3
August
12,464 791 63.5
34
16
5
2 3
2
2
4
September
12,443 863 69.4 22
1
5
1 1
4
1
1 1 3 1
2
1
October
12,411 843 67.9 21
4
1
1 2
3
3
4
3
November
12,110 835 69.0
14
1 1
4
1
3
1 1 2
December
13,992 781 55.8
12
1
1
3 1 2
1
3
23
29 1 7 22 2 9
18 2 6 13 18
1
18 2 23
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten
Years
13,298 776
58.4 194 14.59 1.73
2.18 .60
1 . 6 6 .15 .68
1.35 .15 .45 .98 1.35
. 0 8
1.35 .15 1. 73
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
duri ng t he
Ten Years.
Admitted
per 1,000 o
f Strength.
D i e d o u t o f e a c h h u n d r e d c a s e s t r e a t e d .
JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.
Dengue (of 1872)
9
52
14
75
5. 6
Cholera
4
6
28
4
4 2
3 . 1
5 4 . 7 6
Smallpox
1
4
3
2
1 0
. 8
Enteric Fever
3
3
5
8
10
6
10
14
7
1 0 2
3
8 1
6 . 1
3 5 . 8 0
Fever, Intermittent
200 170 182 174 132 144 189 308 787 649 191 173
3 , 2 9 9
2 4 8 . 1
. 0 3
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
6 6 78 137 280 404 368 432 574 679 459 178 120
3 , 7 7 5
2 8 3 . 9
. 1 9
Apoplexy
1
1
1
2
5
20
5
4
3
2
2
4 6
3 . 5
4 7 . 8 3
Delirium Tremens
2
2
5
1
4
4
4
6
4
8
4
6
5 0
3 . 8
4 . 0 0
Dysentery
22
14
16
29
39
14
31
34
6 2
4 0
3 7
2 6
3 6 4
2 7 . 4
2 . 4 7
Diarrhœa
56
61
66 146 104
62
81 141
9 1
5 2
6 3
5 7
9 8 0
7 3 . 7
Hepatitis
39
39
51
45
47
46
52
47
54 75
50
38
5 8 3
4 3 . 8
3 . 0 9
Spleen disease
5
10
8
6
7
5
7
4
4
13
7
1 2
8 8
6 . 6
2 . 2 7
Respiratory diseases
155 112 118 110 113
58 43
76
44
5 9 93
1 2 9
1 , 1 1 0
8 3 . 5 .54
Phthisis Pulmonalis
12
6
5
4
8
4
15
5
9
1 6 13
8
1 0 5
7 . 9
1 7 . 1 4
Scurvy
1
1
1
2
5
. 4 .35
Rheumatism
1 1 2 86
94 94 74
74
66
58
6 5
6 1
7 0
1 0 4
9 5 8
7 2 . 0
V e n e r e a l d i s e a s e s
251 246 275 305 190 163 129 111 115 152
152
2 5 2
2 , 3 4 1
1 7 6 . 0
Eye diseases
28
21
23
32
35 16
29
49 25
22
1 2
1 6
3 0 8
2 3 . 2
Abscess and Ulcer
129 129 111 125 128 117 147 131 118 106
8 9
1 0 5
1 , 4 3 5
1 0 7 . 9
Wounds and Accidents
134 138 162 150 151 133
99 103
98
1 1 3
1 1 0
1 3 1
1 , 5 2 2
1 1 4 . 4
All other Causes
216 209 231 222 237 220 252 236 197
2 2 1
2 0 8
2 1 6
2 , 6 6 5
2 0 0 . 4
1,432 1,325 1,494 1,741 1,696 1,451 1,591 1,930 2,366 2,067 1,334 1,412 19,842
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
99.2 90.8 99.7 126.6 129.4 114.0 127.0 154.8 190.1 166.5 110.2 100.9
1 4 9 2 . 1