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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
X.—WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY, 1870-79.
CCCXX.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BOMBAY
PRESIDENCY during the NINE-YEAR PERIOD 1871-79, and the prevalence of the PRINCIPAL DISEASES in each MONTH.
MONTHS.
A g g r e g a t e S t r e n g t h f o r e a c h
M o n t h o f t h e N i n e Y e a r s .
A v e r a g e N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k .
N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0
o f S t r e n g t h .
N u m b e r o f D e a t h s i n e a c h
M o n t h o f t h e N i n e Y e a r s .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
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 .
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 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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s . 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 .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a .
C h i l d - b i r t h a n d A b o r -
t i o n .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
... 9,998 260
26.0
1 4
1 . 4 0
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
1
1
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
4
1
4
2
February
... 10,217
255
25.0
6
. 5 9
. . .
. . .
1 . . . . . .
...
. . . 1 ...
. . .
. . .
2
. . . 2 ...
March
... 10,318 277
26.8
11
1.07 ...
. . .
. . .
...
1 ... ...
1
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . . 5
2
April
... 10,382
323
31.1
12
1.16
1
1
. . . . . . ...
1 . . .
1
1
1
. . .
. . . 1
4
1
May
... 10,337
367
35.5
33
3.19
8 . . .
. . . . . .
4
2
. . . 3
1
8 ... ... ...
4
3
June
... 10,284 377
36.7
25
2.43
3 . . . ...
. . .
4
8
1
. . . 2
1
1
1
1
1
2
July
... 10,218
426 41.7
15
1.47
6 ...
1
. . .
2
. . . 2
. . .
. . . 1
1 ...
. . . 2
. . .
August
. . . 10,205
479 46.9
28
2.74
4
. . . ...
. . .
2
1
3
3
1
5
. . . ...
2 4
3
September
... 10,185
490 48.1
26
2.55
6
. . .
1
. . .
3
. . . 5
2
1
1
. . . 2
. . . 3
2
October
... 10,106
432 42.7
22
2.18
2
. . .
1
. . .
4
. . . 4
3
3
1
1 ...
1
1
1
November
... 10,205
353
34.6
16
1.57
1
. . .
. . . . . .
2
. . . 3
1
. . . 1
1 ... 1
4
2
December
... 9,807
260
26.5
16 1.63 ...
1
. . . . . .
1
. . .
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
1
2
31
2
4 ...
23 13 20 16 11 23
5 11 10 35 20
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
NINE YEARS
... 10,189 358 35.1
224 21.98 3.04 .20 .39 ... 2.26 1.28 1.96 1.57 1.08 2.26 .49 1.08 .98 3.43 1. 96
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Nine
Years.
Admitted
per 1,000
o fS
t r e n g t h .
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.
Dengue
. . .
5
...
9
32
25
38
56
32
7
8
16
6
234
23.0
...
Cholera
... ...
...
...
1
9
5
8
4
6
2
1
. . .
36
3.5
86.11
Smallpox
. . .
4
3
1
2
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
...
1
11
1.1
18.18
Enteric Fever
. . . ...
2
. . .
1
1
. . .
2
2
3
2
. . .
...
13
1.3
30.77
Intermittent Fever
. . .
137
116 125
166
178
213
262
286 385
446
254 195
2,763
271.2
...
Remittent and Continued Fevers ...
49
43
4 6
72
78
90
86
74
107
89
109
60
903
88.6
2.55
Apoplexy
...
2
... ...
1
2
10 ...
1
. . .
1 ...
...
17
1.7
76.47
Dysentery
. . .
20
7
15
25
17
15
37
60
26
20
18
20
280
27.5
7.14
Diarrhœa
. . .
32
24
3 3 49
34
39
83
78
52
46
46
37
553
54.3
2.90
He p a t i t i s
. . .
9
14
14
8
14
17
16
10
17
13
10
13
155
15.2
7.10
Spleen disease
...
2
...
4
7
. . .
6
5
4
4
1
1
2
36
3.5
...
Respiratory diseases
...
40 29
41
27
22
22
31
26
36
29
31
31
365
35.8
1.37
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
5
5
10
6
11
9
7
6
5
6
7
5
82
8.0
28.05
Atrophy and Anæmia
... 131
144 163
179
214 157
233
243
217
191
128
108
2,108
206.9
.47
Rheumatism
. . .
10
8 11
22
22
15
18
16
23
15
14
9
183
17.9
...
Eye diseases
. . .
17
13
15
26
23
16
56
9 6 103
49
19
21
454
44.6
...
Abortion
...
10 8
18
21
22
17
18
16
18
10
14
12
184
18.0
2.17
Diseases peculiar to Women
. . .
25 23
40
38
49
33
44
39
26
35
19
22
393
38.6
1.91
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
20 17
19
24
28
42
34
25
20
20
15
13
277
27.2
Injuries
...
9
10
13
10
7
15
14
8
3
6
10
1
106
10.4
All other Causes
. . .
55
57
64
8 9
70
79
92
101
77
61
52
50
847
83.1
582 523
641
806
826
838 1,102 1,127 1,135 1,050
764
606
10,000
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
58.2
51.2 62.1 77.6 79.9 81.5 107.9 110.4 111.4
103.9
74.9 61.8
981.4