AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1870-79.
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I.—STATISTICS OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF THE MADRAS
PRESIDENCY, 1870-79.
VI.*
GENERAL STATISTICS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of MADRAS
in each Year of the TEN YEARS ,from 1870 to 1879.
I.—DAILY SICK-RATE OF EACH MONTH OF THE TEN YEARS.
YEAR.
Period of
Occupation.
Average
Strength of
each Year
and for the
Period.
NUMBER DAILY SICK PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
Average
Daily Sick-rate
for each Year
and the
Period.
JAN.
FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
NOV.
DEC.
1870
... For the Year
10,697
59.8
69.4
62.6
62.4
67.2
70.1
70.3
71.4
65.5
64.2
55.5
50.2
64.1
10,844
53.8
56.4
53.4
54.2
55.0
60.8
63.2
60.4
59.1
59.9
56.2
58.2
57.5
1871 ...
„ 11,544
57.3
61.1
53.3
53.3
58.5
60.9
59.4
66.1
70.2
66.4
56.4
52.1
59.5
1872
...
„
11,487
61.8
54.0
55.8
53.7
54.0
54.8
60.7
65.4
67.7
66.8
61.9
56.2
59.4
1873
...
„
11,501
54.1
54.5
44.7
50.2
49.0
51.4
57.7
60.7
64.3
66.9
68.4
66.3
57.3
1 8 7 4 . . .
„
11,041
65.8
60.4
48.7
52.2
56.2
60.4
60.7
57.9
59.4
58.0
50.8
50.6
56.8
1875
...
„
11,034
52.9
52.9
47.8
49.7
50.1
52.5
57.2
60.8
63.4
58.9
59.5
58.6
55.4
„
1876 ...
10,989
53.4
54.3
49.2
48.6
52.9
57.8
64.1
68.4
68.0
66.8
65.0
58.7
58.9
„
1877 ...
10,815
66.6
67.6
56.7
56.7
60.3
65.1
65.2
68.6
71.0
71.7
73.0 67.4
65.7
1878
...
„
10,444
69.1
69.9
58.7
60.6
64.2
63.2
69.2
72.5
70.6
73.5
73.9
70.0
68.0
1879 ...
„
Ten Years, 1870-79 ...
110,396
59.4
59.8
53.0
54.1
56.7
56.9
62.7
65.2
65.9
65.3
62.0
58.8
60.2
II.—COMPOSITION OF THE ADMISSION-RATE OF EACH YEAR AND OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD.
YEAR.
ADMITTED INTO HOSPITAL PER 1,000 OF THE AVERAGE STRENGTH IN EACH YEAR.
Admission-
rate of each
Year and of
the Period.
C h o l e r a .
E n t e r i c F e v e r .
O t h e r F e v e r s .
A p o p l e x y .
D e l i r i u m T r e - m e n s .
Dysentery.
D i a r r h œ a .
H e p a t i t i s .
S p l e e n d i s e a s e .
Respiratory diseases.
P t h i s i s P u l - m o n a l i s .
R h e u m a t i s m .
V e n e r a l d i s - e a s e s .
E y e d i s e a s e s .
A b s c e s s a n d U l c e r .
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
1870
...
5 . 1 4.0 438.4
5.0 7.8 68.9 69.9
63.7
7.1
61.6
6.3
54.5
165.9
23.3
123.5
117.7 233.2
1,455.9
1871
... 7.0 4.4 167.1
2.2
8.7 73.0 60.4 66.5
3.0
62.4
12.2
55.7
180.3
17.4 122.4
114.0
236.5
1,193.2
1872
...
.4 6.8 267.7
4.8 4.7 85.1 76.9
59.3
2.0
64.8
11.3
49.8
164.6
19.3 123.6
102.9
313.4
1,357.4
1873
... 2.2 4.2 236.8
2.2 2.9 91.8 76.5
81.7
2.7
59.6
10.8
52.1
152.2
20.5
108.7
96.9 268.8
1,270.6
1 8 7 4 . . .
.1
3.0 187.1
1.5
3.0 82.2 45.6
82.5
2.5
60.3
10.7
54.2
188.9
13.8 103.0
96.2 209.3
1,143.9
1875
...
.6
2.1 196.3
2.1 4.3 68.7 55.2
71.1
1.1
44.1
10.7
31.4
208.6
14.5
96.8
93.4
208.7
1,109.7
1876 ...
3.1
4.4 200.1
4.4 4.6 63.9 60.5
63.3
1.5
60.4
9.2
43.2
184.4
14.1
91.9
93.9
228.1
1,131.0
1 8 7 7 . . .
3.3 6.2 218.5
2.3 4.4 73.2 68.4
61.6
1.2
50.1
9.4
38.6
231.8
19.5
101.2
88.0 199.9
1,177.6
1878
... 4.0
1.9 360.5
4.1
3.9 93.9 72.3
61.8
1.8
56.0
6.3
42.6
250.2
14.0 102.3
9 9 . 5 217.0
1,392.1
1879 ...
3.5
1.7 409.2 4.0 2.2 66.1 62.4
58.9
1.5
54.2
6.0
41.6
261.6
17.4 103.3
109.5 225.3
1,428.4
Ten Years, 1870-79 ...
2.9 3.9 266.5
3.3
4.6 76.9 64.8
67.2
2.4
57.4
9.3
46.4 198.1
17.4 107.7
101.1
234.5
1264.4
III.—DEATH-RATE OF EACH YEAR AND OF THE PERIOD, AND THE CHIEF CAUSES OF MORTALITY.
YEAR.
DIED PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
Total
Deaths.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
A.
Cholera.
B
All other Causes.
C.
All
Causes.
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 .
O t h e r F e v e r s .
Apoplexy.
D e l i r i u m T r e - m e n s .
D y s e n t e r y a n d D i a r r h œ a .
H e 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 t h i s i s P u l - m o n a l i s .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
V i o l e n t D e a t h s .
a
Violent
Deaths.
b
Diseases.
1870
...
3.65
2.06
15.23
20.94
224
39
...
14
10
19
3
26
37 ...
6
20
10
18
22
1 8 7 1 . . .
3.32
2.21
14.57
20.10
218
36 ...
16
9
6
7
25
39 ...
5
21
13
17
24
1872
...
.17
1.22
17.59
18.98
219
2
2
27
8
28
4
32
38 ...
1
24
19
20
14
1 8 7 3 . . .
1.22
2.36
14.71
18.29
210
14
1
9
8
11
1
42
46 ...
4
25
13
9
27
1874
...
.09
1.48
11.39
12.96
149
1
1
12
2
8
1
22
38 ...
5
12
13
17
17
1 8 7 5 . . .
.36
2.71
11.78
14.85
164
4 ...
7
4
8
2
17
35 ...
2
22
14
19
30
1876
...
1.54
1.81
12.42
15.77
174
17 ...
22
5
21
2
19
22 ...
1
14
11
20
20
1877
...
1.73
2.28
12.82
16.83
185
19 ...
22
3
14
1
24
28 ...
2
16
12
19
25
1 8 7 8 . . .
2.77
1.67
17.38
21.82
236
30
6
13
12
27
5
35
37
1
5
9
13
25
18
1879
...
2.30
2.01
12.35
16.66
174
24 ...
15
8
15 ...
19
29 ...
4
8
12
19
21
Ten Years, 1870-79...
1.68
1.98
14.03
17.69
1,953
186 10
157
69 157
26 261 349
1
35 171 130 183 218
IV.—PREVALENCE OF CHOLERA IN EACH MONTH DURING THE TEN YEARS.
YEAR.
ADMISSIONS FROM CHOLERA IN EACH MONTH OF THE TEN YEARS, 1870-79.
Total
Admissions.
JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APRIL.
MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
NOV.
DEC.
1870 ...
...
1
7
28
2
6
9
1
1
...
...
...
55
1 8 7 1 . . .
...
...
...
...
71
2
1
...
1
...
1
...
76
1 8 7 2 . . .
...
...
...
1
...
1
. . . ...
...
...
2
...
4
1 8 7 3 . . .
...
...
...
12
1
4
6 ...
...
...
1
1
25
1 8 7 4 . . .
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1875
...
...
...
...
...
1 ...
2
1
...
1 ...
2
7
1 8 7 6 . . .
2
3 ...
20
3
2
...
1
2
1
...
...
34
1 8 7 7 . . .
5
7
1
1
1
6
2
...
8
3
1
1
36
1878
...
1
1 ...
2
...
2
17
11
5 ...
2
2
43
1879
...
...
. . . ...
...
1
5
26
3
2
...
...
...
37
Ten Years, 1870-79
...
8
12
8
65
80
28
63
17
19
5
7
6
318
*See note at foot of preceding Table.
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