ccl SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXXVII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the MADRAS PRESIDENCY in each
DECEMBER of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR .
Average
Strength.
Average
N u m b e r
Daily Sick.
Number
Sick
Daily
per 1,0
0 0 o f
S t r e n g t h .
Number of
Deaths Sick (ex-
cluding
Deaths from
Injuries and
S u d d e n
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
DECEMBER
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
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 .
Fever , I nt er mi t t ent .
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 c n t e 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 d i s e a s e s .
He a r t d i s e a s e s .
Pht hi si s Pul monal i s.
D r o p s y .
S c u r v y .
At r ophy and Anæmi a.
Al l ot her Causes.
All Causes.
Excluding
Cholera.
1870
...
10,515
528
50.2
6
.57
. 57
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
2
...
2
...
1
1
... ... ... ...
1
...
1871
...
10,583
616
58.2
14
1.32
1 . 3 2
... ... ... ...
...
...
...
3
...
4
...
1
4
1
...
...
...
1
1872
...
11,948
623
52.1
25
2.09
2 . 0 9
... ...
4
... ...
1
...
6
...
4
... ...
4
3
... ... ...
3
1873
...
11,798
663
56.2
24
2.03
1.95
1
...
...
...
1
1
...
9
...
5
...
1
2
2
... ...
...
2
1874
...
11,427
758
66.3
9
.79
. 79
... ...
2
... ...
1
...
1
... ... ... ...
1
3
... ... ...
1
1975
...
10,570
535
50.6
7
.66
.66
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
4
...
... 1
1
... ... ... ...
1876
...
10,714
628
58.6
10
.93
.93
... ...
1
... ... ...
1
2
...
2
... ...
2
... ... ...
1
1
1877
...
10,554
620
58.7
14
1.33
1 . 2 3
1
...
2
... ... ... ...
1
...
2
... ...
4
1
... ...
1
2
1878
...
10,185
687
67.4
10
.98
. 79
2
... ... ...
1
... ...
2
1
1
...
2
1
... ... ... ... ...
1879
...
10,954
707
70.0
7
.64
.64
...
...
1
... ... ... ...
1
...
2
... ...
2
1
... ... ... ...
1
4
...
10
...
2
3
1
28
1
26
...
5
22
12
... ...
2
10
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
109,248
6,425
58.8
126
1.15
1.11
. 0 4
...
.09
...
.02
.03
.01
.25
.01
.24
...
.04
.20
.11
...
...
.02
.09
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH DECEMBER.
Total
Admitted
during the
Mont h.
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, 1873 and 1876)
...
...
...
2
8
...
...
2
... ...
. . .
12
.1
. . .
Cholera
... ... ... ...
1
...
2
...
1
2
...
6
.1
66.67
Smallpox
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
1
...
. . .
2
.0
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
1
5
13
...
2
1
2
4
...
1
29
.3
34.48
Fever, Intermittent
...
95
52
158
77
93
32
31
109
255
406
1,308
12.0
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
...
77
60
154
77
133
78
76
122
107
63
947
8.7
.21
Apoplexy
...
1
1
2
...
...
...
...
...
2
. . .
6
.1
50.00
Delirium Tremens
...
6
6
...
4
1
2
3
5
3
5
35
.3
2.86
Dysentery
...
45
69
94
91
76
57
71
73
65
47
688
6.3
4.07
Diarrhœa
...
41
52
84
56
43
41
49
65
48
29
508
4.7
.20
Hepatitis
...
46
50
62
92
86
36
54
61
42
55
584
5.3
4.45
Spleen disease
...
3
5
2
3
1
2
3
2
...
3
24
.2
. . .
Respiratory diseases
...
54
68
54
38
58
55
42
40
49
49
507
4.6
.99
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
4
13
20
9
15
10
16
16
5
5
113
1.0
10.62
Scurv y
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
1
.0
...
Rheumatism
...
29
27
46
53
59
25
23
23
39
26
350
3.2
.58
Venereal diseases
...
110
152
137
170
226
138
118
224
200
258
1,733
15.9
Eye diseases
...
22
9
12
26
10
7
19
17
8
7
137
1
Abscess and Ulcer
...
80
91
85
80
89
64
58
75
70
97
789
7.2
wounds and Accidents
...
102
134
94
122
137
80
93
91
106
127
1,086
9.9
All other Causes
...
144
178
226
213
214
146
178
156
161
180
1,796
16.4
860
972
1,246
1,120
1,243
776
839
1,085
1,162
1,358
10,661
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each December.
81.8
91.8
104.3
94.9
108.8
73.4
78.3
102.8
114.4
124.0
97.6