ccxlii SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXIV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY in each
NOVEMBER of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
A v e r a g e N u m b e r
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily Sick
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex-
eluding
Deaths from
Injuries and
Sudden
Deaths out
o f
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
NOVEMBER
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x .
Enteric Fever.
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 .
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 . 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 .
Al l o t h e r Ca u s e s .
All Causes. Excluding
Cholera.
1870
...
33,037
2,064
62.5
60
1.82
1.82
...
...
...
...
5
2
...
4
...
19
...
8
3
7
. . . ...
2
10
1871
35,538
1,937
54.5
55
1.55
1.24 11
...
3 ...
5 ...
. . .
5
2
11
...
1
7
5
...
...
...
5
1872
...
36,479
2,164
59.3
37
1.01
.90
4
...
2
1
5
1
. . . 7
1
5
...
2
1
1 ...
...
...
7
1873
...
36,003
1,975
54.8
51
1.42
1.11
11
...
3
1
5
1
1
1
1
6
...
6
6
1
...
... ...
8
1874
...
37,961
2,283
60.1
39
1.03
1.03
...
. . .
4
2
1 ...
. . . 2
...
10
...
3 3
5
. . .
1 ...
8
1875
...
36,702
2,195
59.8
41
1.12
1.06
2
...
6
...
5
...
...
7
1
4
1
1
2
3 5 ...
... ...
9
1876
36,278
2,295
63.3
31
.85
.85
...
...
3
1
2
...
1
5
...
5
...
3
3
5
. . .
. . .
. . .3
1877
...
36,147
2,016
55.8
27
.75
.75
...
...
3
...
1 ...
...
1
. . .
7
. . .
3
1
3
. . .
. . .
. . .8
1878
...
37,993
3,070
80.8
75
1.97
1.95
1
...
6
5
12
1
1
14
...
12
...
9
6
5
... ...
...
3
1879
...
38,481
3,412
83.7
61
1.59
1.59
...
...
5
2
12
3
...
14
2
7
...
7
1
1
. . . ...
2
5
29
...
35
12
53
8
3
60
7
86
1
43
33
36 ...
1
4
66
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
364,619
23,411
64.2
477
1.31
1.23 .08
. . .
.10 .03 .15 .02 .01 .16 .02 .24 .00 .12 .09 .10 ... .00 .01 .18
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH NOVEMBER.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of e a c h h u n d r e d c a
s e s
treated.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (of 1872, 1873 and 1876)
...
...
...
455
1
...
. . .
75
...
...
...
531
1 . 5
. . .
Cholera
...
1
23
3
15
...
5
...
...
1
1
49
.1
59.18
Smallpox
. . .
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
4
3
...
9
. 0
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
2
8
5
6
6
13
7
7
14
18
8 6
.2
40.70
Fever, Intermittent
. . .
3,335
1,213
1,777
1,603
1,570
2,178
1,627
1,011
3,141
4,071
21,526
59.0
.06
Fevers, Remittent and Continued ...
347
253
532
247
560
405
450
250
876
263
4,183
11.5
1.27
Apoplexy
...
5
3
3
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
28
.1
28.57
Delirium Tremens
...
8
6
12
6
5
7
7
7
2
6
66
.2
4.55
Dysentery
. . .
117
102
96
90
61
102
88
68
206
169
1,099
3.0
5.46
Diarrhœa
...
166
166
119
116
102
167
136
113
166
187
1,438
3.9
.49
Hepatitis
. . .
145
143
159
110
129
133
138
94
118
104
1,273
3.5
6.76
Spleen disease
. . .
22
17
21
21
32
34
25
10
14
33
229
.6
44
Respiratory diseases
...
234
184
254
227
268
285
184
198
324
390
2,548
7.0
1.69
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
40
40
35
34
34
39
35
24
31
33
345
.9
10.43
Scurvy
. . .
4
2
1
2
1
1
...
...
...
11
22
.1
4.55
Rheumatism
...
187
184
158
135
157
180
185
126
126
178
1,616
4.4
6 0
Venereal diseases
...
502
504
375
334
545
689
473
550
897
590
5,459
15.0
Eye diseases
...
60
48
45
34
45
77
45
25
29
38
4 4 6
1.2
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
242
218
214
211
211
213
177
182
249
186
2,103
5.8
Wounds and Accidents
. . .
214
227
221
202
275
296
300
226
187
241
2,389
6.6
All other Causes
. . .
431
414
472
390
514
582
491
437
461
573
4,765
13.1
6,062
3,756
4,957
3,785
4,518
5,408
4,446
3,335
6,848
7,095
50,210
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each November.
183.5
105.7
135.9
105.1
119.0
147.3
122.6
92.3
180.2
184.4
137.7