SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
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IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROEPAN ARMY of INDIA in each APRIL of the
TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
A v e r a g e
Strength.
Average
N u m b e r
DailYSick.
Number .
Daily Sick
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of D e a t h s ( e x -
cluding
Deaths from
Injuries and
Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
APRIL
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 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 a n s .
Dy s e n t e r y . D i a r r h œ a .
H e p a t i t i u 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 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 .
All Causes.
Excluding
Cholera.
1870
56,187
3,31S
59.1
98
1.74
1.30 25
2 12
2 10
2
3
8 ... 10 ...
4
8
5 ... ... ...
7
1871
57,920
3,101
53.6
63
1.09
1.04
3 ...
3 ... 12
7
1
3 ..... 10 ...
3
5
8 ... ... ...
8
1872
59,681
2,060
49.6
51
.90
..79
7
2
7 ...
2
6
2
4 .... 5 ...
3
7
3 ... ..... ...
6
1873
59,122
3,059
51.7
62
1.05
.96
5
3 12 ...
6
4
1
5 .... 5 ...
6
6
7 ... ...., ...
2
1874
59,422
3,063
51.6
50
'31
.82
1
2 10 ...
2
4
2 6 ..... 9 ...
1
4
2 ... ..... ...
7
1 8 7 5
59,099
3,121
52.8
43
'81
.68
8 .., 10 ..,
7
7 ...
1 ...
4
1
3
2
2 ... ...
4
2
1976
53,667
2,045
50.2
GI
1'01
.78 15 ...
5 ...
-
. . 11 ...
1
1
9 ... ...
.
2
5 ... ...
. . . 1 11
1877
57,285
2,745
47.9
36
. . . . 6 3
.61
1 ...
0 ...
2
1 ...
2 . . . . 4 ...
1
8
4 .., ... ...
4
1878
56,887
3,203
56.3
65
1.14
.98
9
9 14 ..... 2
5 ...
1
. . .
12 . . ...
4
2 ...
. . . ...
0
1879
59,836
3,638
60.7
0 8
1.61
1.31 18
1 22
2 13
6 ... 12 ...
3
1
4
1
6 ...
. . . 2
7
92 16 101
4 56 53
9 43
2 71
2 25 47 44 ... ...
4 63
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Mouth
584,156
31,158
53.3
635
1.09
.93
. 16 .03 .18 .01 .10 .09 .02 .07 .00 .12 .00 .04 .08 .07 ... ... .01 .11
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OP ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH APRIL.
Total
Admitted
during the
Mouth.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of e tch
- ' .
hundi ed
cases
treated.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
187S.
1879.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)...
...
...
726
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
729
1.2
Cholera
...
37
3
10
13
1
10
30
2
10
34
150
.3
61.33
Smallpox
2
3
9
33
17
3
3
3
20
S
101
.2
15'81
-•
Enteric Fever
24
12
15
32
25
26
15
17
17
02
275
.5
37'82
Fever, Intermittent
1,702
1,249
937
1,370
810
1,013
710
725
803
2,001
11,127
10'6
. 0 4
Fevers, Remittent and Continued...
717
750
718
1,001
825
014
547
.90
884
1,118
7,973
13'0
.70
Apoplexy...
19
16
17
13
11
19
9
12
21
150
.3
35.33
Delirium Tremens
...
35
21
21
14
10
8
14
11
10
9
1 5 9
.3
5.00
Dysentery
10:i
130
151
210
159
132
137
120
233
300
1,710
3.0
2.47
Diarrhwa
370
291
310
310
222
325
238
269
410
519
3,270
5.6
.41
Hepatitis
-
217
215
255
300
195
200
189
155
212
109
2,1-15
3•7
3.31
Spleen disease
25
32
31
20
20
33
10
23
16
30
253
.4
.78
Respiratory disease
318
383
383
565
389
201
303
288
355
428
3,793
6.5
.66
Phthisis Pulmonalis
30
38
36
28
22
17
33
29
16
21
282
. 5
15.00
Scurvy
...
1
...
1
3
3
...
...
...
...
2
10
.0
. . .
Rheumatism.
309
285
315
307
232
251
301
235
258
283
2,320
4.8
Venereal diseases
1,078
1,051
1,3-16
077
009
1,080
1,022
8 8 5
1,051
1,615
11,712
20.0
eyediseases
102
142
120
132
125
116
99
70
119
114
1,145
2.0
.3
Abscess and Ulcer
454
480
561
589
451
442
391
301
500
485
4,750
8.1
.
Wounds and Acdents
467
445
509
519
423
402
455
5211
009
600
5,1-12
8.8
All other Causes
814
827
970
1,097
800
863
825
757
080
1,103
0,045
15'5
6,952
6,378
7,505
7,602
5,772
6,212
5,119
5,017
7,213
8,963
67,093
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength iu each April.
123'7
110.1
125.7
128.6
97.1
105.6
92.9
87.6
126.8
149.7
111.9