X X S I C K N E S S A N D M O R T A L I T Y I N T H E E U R O P E A N A R M Y O F I N D I A .
1 . —S T A T I S T I C S O F P R O V I N C E S , 1 8 7 0 - 7 9 .
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in MEERUT
and ROHILCUND daring the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate S t r e n g t h
for each '
Month of
the Ten
Years.
Average N u m b e r
D a i l y
Sick.
Number D a il
y
'
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 s .
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 , R e m m i 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 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 a 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 .
Dr 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
...
40,438
2,011
49.7
.36
. 8 9
. . .
1
5 ...
1
1
1
4 1
5 ...
3
5
1
1
4 ...
3
February
...
41,989
2,104
50.1
36
.86
...
2
2
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
1 0
. . .
3
. . .
4 ....
. . . ...
6 ...
7
March
...
43,385
2,116
48.8
43
.99
1
1
5 ...
...
1
. . .
2 ...
9
1
1
6
7 ...
... ...
4
1
4
April
...
40,563
2,067
51.0
49
1.21
3
1
12 ...
2
3
1
1 ...
5 ...
4
4
2
...
... ...
7
1
3
May
•••
40,269
2,277
56'5
77
1'91
5
2
25 ...
4
12
1
3 ...
5 ...
2
.6
1 ,.. ...
8
1
2
June
...
39,989 2,377
59.4
81
2.03
1
1
14
5
18
1
2
. . . 11 ...
4
4
5 ... ...
..,
10 ...
5
July
30,903
2.346
58.8
49
1.23
1 ...
6 ...
2
14 ...
5
. . .
9
1
1
2
6 ... ...
. . .
1 ...
1
August
...
39,784 2,640
66.4
67
1 . 6 8
16
. . .
6
. . . 4
5
1
3
3
12
. . .
. . .
. . .
4 ...
. . .
. . .
7 ...
6
September ...
39,631
2,909
73.4
118
2.98
53
...
13
...
7
7
4
9
1
7
...
1
3
2
...
. . .
. . .
7 ...
4
October...
3 9 , 1 7 0 2,832
72.3
78
1.99
2 ...
11
1
10
1 ...
10
1
12 ...
3
4
3 ...
...
1
7
13
5
N ovemb er ...
35,687
2,319
65.0
52
1.46
...
. . .
4
1
3
1 ...
8
1
17 ...
2
2
4 ...
... ...
5 ...
4
December
. . .
36,433
1,936
53.1
42
1.15
...
...
4
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
7
2
7
. . .
1
4
7 ...
. . .
. . .
3 ...
6
82
8
107
2
39
64 10
54 9
109
2 25
40
46 ...
1
1
75
_
4
50
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years
39,770
2,328
58.5
728
18.31
2.06 .20 2.09
1.03
1.61 .25 1.36 .23 2.74 .05 .63 1.01 1.16 ... .02 .02 1.89 .10 1.26
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
d u r i n g t h e
Ten Years.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
treated.
JAN..
FEB.
MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
NOV.
DEC.
Dengue (of 1872)...
2
...
...
..
1
...
...
1
207
166
44
35
456
11.5
...
Cholera
...
...
...
2
4
7
3
...
28
73
2
...
...
119
3.0
68.91
Smallpox
9
5
5
8
12
4
1
...
...
...
2
6
52
1.3
15.38
Enteric Fever
...
12
6
9
28
71
22
11
12
36
17
12
15
251
6.3
42..63
Fever, Intermittent
639
576
624
811
1,077
1,130
1,526
2,458
2,881
2,891
1,635
974
17,222
433.0
.01
Fevers, Remittent and Continued ...
117
131
229
492
561
522
485
605
707
564
207
87
4,707
118.4
.83
Apoplexy...
3
3
4
9
19
51
33
21
13
3
8
2
169
4.2
37.87
Delirium Tremens...
14
10
5
10
15
11
18 20
22
13
8
10
156
3.9
6.41
Dysentery
...
93
47
63
96
108
78
86
166
212
188
150
143
1,430
36.0
3.78
Diarrhœa
111
108
165
291
211
163
197
385
377
234
155
119
2,516
63.3
.36
Hepatitis
...
109
131
135
148
191
191
184
223
219
205
159
122
2,017
50.7
5.40
Spleen disease
19
20
16
15
20
21
33
26
31
41
24
28
294
7.4
.68
Respiratory diseases
...
301
302
332
271
253
205
240
262
240
202
248
278
3,134
78.8
.80
Plithisis Pubnonalis
18
14
18
15
14
19
29
39
30
34
35
32
297
7.5
15.49
Scurvy... ...
. . . . . .
2
. . .
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
. . .
15
.4
6.67
Rheumatism
...
213
225
215
161
188
194
236
210
158
208
153
151
2,312
58.1
. 4 7
Venereal diseases
...
974
829
882
788
672
577
588
572
517
507
449
623
7,978
200.6
Eye diseases
67
62
67
97
103
51
63
84
87
57
45
44
827
20.8
Abscess and Ulcer
...
241
266
311
289
296
300
394
345
337
265
229
215
3,488
87.7
Wounds and Accidents
...
321
354
367
357
338
281
278
257
264
281
288
322
3,708
93.2
All other Causes
. . .
4 3 6
477
582
567
618
600
715
738
651
616
507
455
6,962
175.1
3,699
3,566
4,033
4,457
4,777
4,4.26
5,113
6,155
7,063
6,496
4,359
3,661
53,110
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
91.5
84.9
93.0
109'9
118.6
110.7
128.3
162.3
178.2
165.8
122.1
100.5
1,461.2