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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXLIV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BOMBAY PRESIDENCY in each
JULY 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
JULY
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
Chol er 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 .
Di a r r h œa .
He pa 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 .
Dr o p s y . Sc ur vy.
A t r o p h y a n d a n æ n i a .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
All Causes. Excluding
Cholera.
1870..
11,192
624
55.8
10
.89
. 8 9
. . .
. . . 1
1 3
1
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1871
10,980
701
63.8
10
.91
.91
. . .
. . . 1
. . . 1
1
1
4
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1872
10,951
507
46.3
23
2.10
1 . 1 0
1 1
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
3
1
. . .
. . . 1
. . . 1
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
3
1873
10,536
527
50.0
14
1.33
1 . 3 3
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . 1
3
1
. . .
. . . 2
. . . . . .
. . .
3
. . .
1
. . .
3
1874
10,575
612
57.9
11
1.04
.85
2
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . . 1 ...
1
5 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1875
10,459
610
58.3
17
1.63
1.43
2
. . . 1 . . .
1
3
2
. . . 4
1
. . . . . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 2
1876
...
10,199
570
55.9
8
.78
. 6 9
1
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
3
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
. . . 1
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1877
10,155
621
61.2
12
1.18
. 5 9
6
. . . 1 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2 . . .
1
. . . . . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1878
9,671
586
60.6
19
1.96
1 . 3 4
6
. . . 3 . . .
. . .
4
. . .
1 . . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
1879
10,264
783
76.3
7
.68
. 5 8
1
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
1
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
2
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
29 ... 7 1 6 19 5 11 5 7 ... 3 13 8 ... 2 ... 15
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
104,982
6,141
58.5
131
1.25
.97 .28
. . . .07 .01 .06 .18 .05
. 1 0 .05 .07
. . . .03 .12 .07 ... .02
. . . .14
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH JULY.
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)
...
. . .
...
588
9
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . .
597
5.7
...
Cholera
...
...
13
. . .
2
2
1
8
7
1
34
.3
85.29
Smallpox
...
...
1
...
. . .
. . .
1
...
...
...
2
.0
...
Enteric Fever
...
1
1
...
1
1
1
...
2
4
. . .
11
.1
63.64
Fever, Intermittent
434
644
228
521
319
347
350
316
519
1,075
4,753
45.3
.02
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
120
294
114
86
87
87
47
109
178
141
1,263
12.0
.48
Apoplexy
...
1
4
6
4
3
1
10
3
8
5
45
.4
42.22
Delirium Tremens
5
5
8
4
6
8
3
4
1
4
48
.5
10.42
Dysentery
...
34
26
47
21
24
22
29
44
36
22
305
2.9
3.61
Diarrhœa
97
69
92
55
99
88
51
134
78
86
849
8.1
.59
Hepatitis
37
43
39
49
55
38
31
37
30
34
393
3.8
1.78
Spleen disease
2
4
6
6
10
1 1
3
2
7
19
70
. 7
...
Respiratory diseases
5 7
45
42
63
61
60
32
25
39
40
464
4.4
.65
Phthisis Pulmonalis
12
10
13
12
9
5
3
8
5
8
85
.8
9.41
Seurvy
1
. . .
1
...
. . .
. . .
1
1
...
...
4
.0
50.00
Rheumatism
48
67
52
52
51
39
34
57
52
60
512
4.9
.43
Venereal diseases
155
143
119
170
174
128
139
197
180
230
1,635
15.6
Eye diseases
1 8
25
14
21
23
19
14
17
12
12
171
1.6
Abscess and Ulcer
83
58
102
114
128
93
83
127
97
89
974
9.3
Wounds and Accidents
45
67
92
88
111
89
53
111
82
82
820
7.8
All other Causes
131
203
149
182
193
153
156
208
218
171
1,764
16.8
1,281
1,704
1,726
1,458
1,356
1,191
1,041
1,410
1,553
2,079
14,799
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each July.
114.5
155.2
157.6
138.4
128.2
113.9
102.1
138.8
160.6
202.6
141.0