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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS—ASIRGARH, 1870-79.
CLVIII.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying
ASIRGARH during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
M O N T H S .
Aggregate Strength
for each
Month of
the Ten
Years.
Average
Number Daily Sick.
Number Daily
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 .
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 e 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 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 h t h i s i 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 .
January
843 51 60.5
3
1
1
1
February
891
47 52.7
1
1
March
1,003
43 42.9
April
898
37 41.2
May
800
34 42.5
June
798 26 32.6
1
1
July
795 25 31.4
August
791
34 43.0
September
848
48 56.6
October
758
54 71.2
November
661
42 63.5
3
1
1
1
December
659
37 56.1
1
1
1 2 1
2
1
1
1
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years
812
40 49.3
9 11.09
1.23 2. 47 1.23
2.47
1.23
1.23
1. 23
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted during the
Ten Years.
Admitted per 1,000
of
Strength
Diedo ut of each
hundre
d
cases
treated.
JAN. FEB.
M A R .
APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.
Dengue (of 1872-73)
1
1
2
2. 4
Cholera Smallpox Enteric Fever
1
1
1. 2 100. 00
Fever, Intermittent
1 3
9
15
10
1 8
23
37
62
91
88
66
27
459
565.3
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
14
10
6
6
5
4
4
14
11
31
10
5120 147.8
1.67
Apoplexy
1 2
3
3. 7
33.33
Delirium Tremens
1
1
2
4
4. 9
Dysentery
5
3
7
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
25
30.8
Diarrhoea Hepatitis
1 3
2 1
3 2
9 4
1 3
3 3
3 1
4 1
2 4
3
4
1 3
1 3
33 32
40.6 39.4
6. 25
Spleen disease
1
1
2
1
5
6. 2
Respiratory diseases
10
5
8
3
2
3
5
4
6
7
1
7
61
75.1
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s
3
1
2
2
8
9. 9
12.50
Scurvy Rheumatism
3
2
7
6
2
1
4
9
3
5
4
46
56.6
. 1
9
Venereal diseases
19
22
13
12
6
6
4
5
8
9
8
17
129
158.9
Eye diseases
4
3
3
2
1
2
1
3
1
2
1
23
28. 3
Abscess and Ulcer
13
7
9
4
8
5
10
6
5
6
5
8
86
105.9
Wounds and Accidents
9 12
8
6
9
7
8
7
14
11
8
8
107
131.8
All other Causes
13
7
13
11
10
10
5
8
22
21
7
12
139
171.2
108
87
94
74 70
70
86 116 176 192 116
94 1,283
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
128.1 97.6 93.7 82.4 87.5 87.7 108.2 146.6 207.5 253.3 175.5 142.6
1 , 5 8 0 . 0
clxxvi
SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS—AHMEDNAGAR, 1870-79.
CLX.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying
AHMEDNAGAR during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate Strength
for each
Month of
the Ten
Years.
Average
Numbe
r Dail
y Sick.
Number Daily
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 .
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 e 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 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 h t h i s i 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 .
January
4,301 211
49.1
1
February
4,514 210 46.5
1
March
4,685 203
43.3
2
1 1
April
4,931 189
38.3
1
1
May
4,818 190 39.4
6
2
2
1
1
June
4,792 224 46.7
3
1
1
1
July
4 , 8 0 4 263 54.7
4
1
1
1
1
August
4,773 284
59.5
6
1
1
2
2
September
4,749 278
58.5
6
1
1
2
1
1
October
4,679 246 52.6
3
1
2
November
4,390 243 55.4
7
1
1 1 2 1
1
December
4,269 187 43.8
1
1
4
3
3 5 1 3 1 3
2
8 1 6
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten
Years
4,642 227 48.9 40
8.62 .86
.65 .65 1.08 . 2 1 .65 .21 .65
.43
1.73
. 2 1 1. 29
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during the
Ten Years.
Admitted per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out o f
e a c h h u n d r e d
c a s s t r e a t e d .
J A N .
FEB. MAR.
APRIL. MAY.
J UNE.
JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV.
DEC.
Dengue (of 1872)
Cholera
1
1
1
1
1
5
1.1
80.00
Smallpox
1
3
1
5
1. 1
Enteric Fever
2
1
3
1
2
2
11
2. 4
27.27
Fever, Intermittent
112
83
56 100 115
1 3 6 215 198 155 180 135 119
1,604
345.5
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
23
22
30
34
24
25
21
43
23
44
32
23
344
74.1
.87
Apoplexy
1
1
3
2
2
1
10
2.2
50.00
Del i r i um Tr emens
2
2
2
2
1
5
1
2
17
3.7
5.88
Dysentery
7
9
1
3
4
3
15
8
11
7
3
7
78
16. 8
3.85
Diarrhœa
9
7
13
10
3
7
42
44 17
32
16
10
210
45.2
.48
Hepatitis
11
7
11
11
10
10
8
16
22
18
12
7
143
30.8
2.10
Spleen disease
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
3
1
18
3.9
Respiratory diseases
27
20
22
20
13
19
11
6
2 2 16
13
21
210
45.2
Phthisis Pulmonalis
2
1
1
4
1
9
1.9
Scurvy
1
1
.2
Rheumatism
11
10
21
19
15
18
12
12
13
13
11
8
163
35.1
. 4 1
Venereal diseases
58 72
78
79
75
74 104
77
73
71
82
61
904 194.8
Eye diseases
4
1
7
10
7
9
8
18
11
11
8
6
100
21.5
Abscess and Ulcer
29
28
29
44
32
33
36
34
26
23
23
24
361
77.8
Wounds and Accidents
36
39
51
45
42
30
44
28
32
45
45
46
483
104.1
All other Causes
57
43
57
64
58 54
57
61
58 67
62
45
683 147.1
389 350 381 445 407 425 580 551 465 540 447 379
5,359
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
90.4 77.5 81.3 90.2 84.5 88.7 120.7 115.4 97.9 115.4 101.8 88.8
1 , 1 5 4 . 5
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCLXXXIV.
STATEMENT showing the RATIO in which the SUICIDAL DEATHS of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA have occurred in each MONTH and the NUMBER of SUICIDES in each
MONTH of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
MONTH.
NUMBER OF SUICIDES IN EACH MONTH OF EACH YEAR, TEN YEARS, 1870-79.
Total Suicidal
Deaths of the Ten-
Years.
Suicidal Deaths in
each Month per
cent. of the Total.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
January
. . . ...
...
. . .
. . .
1
1
...
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
14
4 . 6 7
February
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
2
3
1
1
3
2
2
4
21
7 . 0 0
March
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
1
1
4
2
2
. . .
2
1
17
5 . 6 7
April
. . .
...
. . .
...
...
3
4
3
4
2
2
2
3
1
3
27
9.00
May
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
1
4
4
2
4
2
1
4
1
23
7 . 6 7
June
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
4
. . .
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
1
20
6 . 6 6
July
...
...
...
...
...
2
4
7
3
3
5
4
2
5
1
36
1 2 . 0 0
August
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
5
4
2
1
4
6
5
5
2
39
1 3 . 0 0
September ... ...
. . .
...
...
1
3
. . .
. . .
3
2
3
3
3
5
23
7 . 6 7
October
...
...
. . .
...
...
2
2
5
3
1
1
1
3
7
5
30
1 0 . 0 0
November ...
...
...
...
...
2
6
3
3
3
3
1
4
4
1
30
1 0 . 0 0
December ...
...
. . .
...
. . .
1
3
1
2
1
1
2
6
3
...
20
6 . 6 6
TOTAL
...
22
35
33
29
23
28
30
3 4
41
25
300
100.00
Suicidal Deaths in the Cold Months, October to March, 132=44.00 per cent. of the Total.
Suicidal Deaths in the Hot Months, April to September, 168 =56.00 per cent. of the Total.
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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 .
V.—DISTRIBUTION BY PROVINCES OF SPECIAL DISEASES, 1870-79.
VI.—MONTHLY MORTALITY IN RELATION TO STATIONS, 1870-79.
8 5
AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1870-79. cccxxxix
VI.—MONTHLY MORTALITY IN RELATION TO STATIONS, 1870-79.
CCXCVII— continued.
TABLE showing the DISTRIBUTION in each MONTH of the TOTAL DEATHS of the principal MILITARY STATIONS
from 1870 to 1879, CHOLERA DEATHS being EXCLUDED.
STATIONS.
Aggregate
Strength
of the
Ten Years.
TOTAL DEATHS OF EACH MONTH, EXCLUDING CHOLERA DEATHS.
Total Deaths
of the
Ten Years,
excluding
Cholera.
JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.
Nusseerabad
...
6,363
17
10
4
8
8
5
4
13
29
16
14
1 0
138
Neemuch
...
4,260
6
1
5
4
1
3
. . .
4
17
12
8
8
69
Indore
. . .
937
1 ...
2
. . .
1
2 ...
2
2
1
. . .
. . .
11
Mhow
. . .
13,270
9
7
10
10
8
15
7
10
29
17
12
11
145
Deesa
. . .
7,065
8
6
8
6
9
16
15
9
16
9
14
5
121
Ahmedabad
. . .
2,735
6
9
4
6
6
1 3
2
4 5
6
3
3
67
Kurrachee and Ghizree
...
7,698
11
6
9
8
9
15
13
10
9
19
8
7
124
Hyderabad
...
3,764
2
2
2
3
2
9
7
2
3
5
4
5
46
Aden
. . .
7,277
10
8
5
3
7
1 7
1 6
9
7
7
4
10
103
RAJPOOTANA, MALWA, SIND, AND
ADEN ...
54,166
70
50
50
50
53
98
64
66
118
92
6 8
5 9
838
Bombay
...
4 , 7 6 4
7
6
8
3
5
6
9
9
2
7
6
6
74
Asirgarh
...
812
3
1 . . . ...
...
1 ...
...
. . . ...
3
1
9
Ahmednagar
. . .
4,642
1 ...
2
1
6
2
3
5
5
3
7
1
36
Poona and Kirkee
. . .
20,984
13
9
14
15
21
22
19
26
19
19
18
15
210
Satara
. . .
1,708
2
2
2
1
1 ...
2
3
2
2
2
1
20
Belgaum
...
9,660
2
3
7
9
6
8
8
7
4
6
8
6
74
Secunderabad
...
23,411
30
26
30
30
31
23
19
41
62
52
36
31
411
Kamptee
. . .
10,034
12
7
7
1 0
21
2 3
1 0
13
1 0
1 3
6
4
136
DECCAN AND NAGPORE
...
76,075
70
54
70
69
91
85
70
104 104 102
86
65
970
Bellary
...
8,609
5
12
2
5
10
4
8
9
6
8
6
7
82
Bangalore
...
16,678
18
16
18
14
15
15
19
15
10
14
13
22
189
Cannanore
. . .
6,579
8
5
4
6
5
9
9
9
6
12
7
16
96
Malliapoorum
. . .
921
2
1
1
1
2
. . .
2 2
. . .
. . .
2 . . .
13
Calicut
...
909
2
2
2
1
1
3
. . .
1
1
2 ...
1
16
Trichinopoly
...
2,688
2
6
4
5
11
7
4
4
6
8
2
1
60
St. Thomas' Mount
...
3,639
14
5
4
9
11
7
6
4
6
4
3
6
79
Madras
...
6,825
9
8
5
4
6
8
6
6
8
2
2
7
71
SOUTHERN INDIA
...
46,847
6 0 55
40
45
61
53
54
50
43
50
35
60
606
Rangoon
...
8 , 1 4 5
11
13
5
5
6
7
11
8
15
12
10
13
116
Toungoo
...
4,299
4
2
3
10
1 1 5
10
4
7
6
5
4
71
Thayetmyo
. . .
6,853
3
1
2
7
11
6
12.
10
10
7
6
6
81
Port Blair
. . .
1,199 . . .
2
3
1
. . .
1
2
1
. . .
...
1
1
12
BURMAH AND PEGU
...
20,496
18
18
13
23
28
19
35
23
32
26
21
24
280
Mount Aboo
...
1,069 . . .
3
2
6
1
2
2
3
1
1 ...
...
21
Purandhar
...
825
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 2
. . . . . . .
1
1
1
2
. . .
7
Wellington
...
4,390
5
4
3
4
5
10
7
12
3
5
7
5
70
HILL STATIONS AND DEPÔTS ...
8,178
5
7
5
10
13
17
13
17
8
9
12
6
122
ARMY OF BENGAL
...
363,431
457
335
368
434
536
679 580
543 551
565
506
558
6 , 1 1 2
ARMY OF MADRAS
. . .
110,396
154 142
127
129 165 143
141
163
169 159
127
148
1,767
ARMY OF BOMBAY
. . .
103,587
120
89
108
94
98
145
118
123
159
135
138
96
1,423
ARMY OF INDIA
...
5 7 7 , 4 1 6 731
566 603 657
799
967
839
829
879
859
771
802
9,302
VII. —INVALIDING OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA, 1870-79.
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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 .
VII.—INVALIDING OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
CCCIV.
INVALIDING RATIOS of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA for the TEN YEARS, 1870.79.
CAUSES OF INVALIDING.
INVALIDED PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
Average of the
Ten Years,
1870.79.
Invalided
from the different
causes
per cent. of the
Total
Invaliding.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Fevers
...
2 . 8 1
2.27
1.23
1.07
1 . 1 1
1.78
1.98
1 . 0 9
2 . 0 3
2 . 9 8
1 . 8 2
4 . 2 3
Dysentery and Diarrhœa
...
3.61
2.51
3.03
2 . 8 9
2 . 6 8
2.46
2 . 4 1
2 . 5 7
2 . 7 4
2.87
2 . 7 7
6 . 4 3
Hepatitis
...
8 . 5 4
6.96
5.74
6 . 7 8
6.48
5 . 9 1
6 . 1 0
5 . 5 5
5 . 6 3
5 . 4 6
6 . 3 0
14. 64
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . . 4.03
3.33
4.26
3.96
3.82
2 . 7 8
3 . 2 0
3 . 1 4
3 . 1 3
2 . 6 5
3 . 4 3
7 . 9 7
Heart diseases
. . .
3 . 1 0
3.10
2.20
2 . 5 8
2 . 7 5
4.81
1 . 8 5
1 . 6 5
1 . 8 4
1 . 3 8
2 . 5 3
5 . 8 8
Respiratory diseases
...
1 . 6 5
1.19
1.38
1 . 4 1
1 . 3 8
1 . 3 8
1 . 3 2
1 . 2 2
1 . 3 2
1 . 0 9
1 . 3 3
3 . 0 9
Mental Affections
... .85
1.36
1.11
1.17
1 . 4 7
.78
1 . 1 5
1 . 1 9
.99
1 . 2 6
1.14
2 . 6 5
Epilepsy
...
1 . 2 4
1.13
1.19
.87
.74
1 . 7 1
.90
.96
1.02
1 . 2 5
1.10
2 . 5 6
Rheumatism and Neuralgia
...
3.25
2.50
2.37
2 . 6 9
2 . 8 0
2 . 5 1
2 . 0 6
2 . 4 3
2 . 6 9
2 . 5 8
2 . 5 9
6 . 0 2
Syphilis
...
3 . 5 1
2.92
1.82
1.33
1 . 6 9
2 . 1 1
1.78
1.93
1 . 4 6
1 . 4 4
1.99
4 . 6 2
Palpitation
...
1.13
1.47
1.67
2 . 4 5
2 . 4 0
2 . 3 1
2 . 0 2
1 . 9 8
1 . 5 5
1.95
1.90
4 . 4 1
Anæmia and General Debility
...
1 0 . 6 3
7.81
9 . 0 5
8 . 5 7
7 . 7 3
9 . 7 6
8 . 9 9
1 2 . 6 3
13.40
1 6 . 2 3
1 0 . 4 6
24.30
All other Causes
... 6.67
5.57
6.10
5 . 5 6
5 . 5 6
1.94
5.14
5 . 9 1
7 . 0 3
7 . 5 6
5.68
13. 20
ALL CAUSES
...
5 1 . 0 2
42.12
41.15
4 1 . 3 3
4 0 . 6 1
40.24
3 8 . 9 0
4 2 . 2 5
4 4 . 8 3
4 8 . 7 0
4 3 . 0 4
100.0
NUMBERS UPON WHICH THE ABOVE RATIOS ARE CALCULATED.
NUMBER INVALIDED IN EACH YEAR, 1870.79.
Total of the Ten
Years, 1870-79.
CAUSES OF INVALIDING.
1870.
Strength
54,095.
1871.
Strength
56, 484.
1872.
Strength
58,694.
1873.
Strength
58,816.
1874.
Strength
59,253.
1875.
Strength
58,905.
1876.
Strength
58, 506.
1877.
Strength
58,032.
1878.
Strength
56,664.
1879.
Strength
57,810.
Fevers
. . .
152
128
72
63
66
105
116
63
115
172
1,052
Dysentery and Diarrhœa
...
195
142
178
170
159
145
141
149
155
166
1,600
Hepatitis
...
462
393
337
399
3 8 4
3 4 8
357
322
319
316
3,637
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
218
188
250
233
226
164
187
182
177
153
1,978
Heart diseases
...
168
175
129
152
163
2 8 3
108
96
104
80
1,458
Respiratory diseases
...
89
67
81
83
82
81
77
71
75
63
769
Mental Affections
...
46
77
65
69
87
46
67
69
56
73
655
Epilepsy
...
67
6 4
70
51
44
101
53
56
58
72
636
Rheumatism and Neuralgia
... 176
141
139
158
166
148
121
141
153
149
1,492
Syphilis
...
190
165
107
78
100
1 2 4
104
112
83
83
1,146
Palpitation
...
61
83
98
1 4 4
142
1 3 6
118
115
88
113
1,098
Anæmia and Debility
... 575
441
531
504
458
575
526
733
759
938
6,040
All other Causes
... 361
315
358
327
329
114
301
3 4 3
398
437
3,283
ALL CAUSES
...
2, 760
2,379
2,415
2,431
2,406
2,370
2,276
2,452
2,540
2,815
24,844
VII.—INVALIDING OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF MADRAS.
CCCVI.
INVALIDING RATIOS of the EUROPEAN ARMY of MADRAS for the TEN YEARS, 1870-79.
CAUSES OF INVALIDING.
INVALIDED PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
Average of the
Ten Years
1870-79.
Invalided
from the different
causes
per cent. of the
Total
Invaliding.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Fevers
...
1.69
. 6 6
.53
.79
.26
.99
.81
.90
.09
.76
.73
1.50
Dysentery and Diarrhœa
. . .
10.58
6.18
6.24
7.27
7.27
6.90
5.20
6.27
5.94
4 . 8 2
6.62
13.59
Hepatitis
...
1 7 . 8 8
8.15
3.87
1 0 . 3 4
10.82
7.97
6.72
6.27
7.13
8.89
8.67
17.80
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
5.40
4.12
3 . 5 2
4 . 8 2
4 . 5 9
3.22
3.77
3.85
3.38
2.27
3.88
7.97
Heart diseases
. . .
4 . 4 4
2.81
2.11
3.42
3.03
3 . 9 4
1 . 3 4
2.15
2 . 4 7
1.89
2.74
5.63
Respiratory diseases
. . .
2.65
.47
.97
.53
1.38
1.52
.99
1.79
1.46
1.33
1.29
2.65
Mental Affections
. . .
1.90
.75
1.05
.70
1.99
.36
1 . 3 4
1.25
.73
1.51
1.15
2.36
Epilepsy
...
1 . 3 8
1.59
1.23
.96
1.21
.99
1.44
1.16
1.37
1.89
1.32
2.71
Rheumatism and Neuralgia
...
3 . 0 7
2.25
1.41
4 . 0 3
2.42
2.77
.99
2.15
2.37
1.89
2.33
4 . 7 8
Syphilis
...
7 . 0 9
3.66
1 . 9 4
2.45
3.03
4.12
2.78
3.14
1.74
1.61
3.10
6.36
Palpitation
...
1 . 1 6
. 9 4
.88
2.37
2 . 6 8
1.88
1 . 3 4
1.52
1.92
2.55
1.73
3.55
Anæmia and Debility
. . .
13.12
8.15
6.51
9.11
7.53
8.24
9.77
11.73
13.16
11.16
9.78
20.08
All other Causes
...
8 . 5 7
6 . 0 9
5.01
5 . 7 8
6.32
2.15
5.02
5.29
5 . 4 8
4 . 4 5
5.37
11.02
ALL CAUSES
...
78.93
45.82
35.27
52.57
52.53
4 5 . 0 5
41.51
4 7 . 4 7
47.24
45.02
48.71
100.00
NUMBERS UPON WHICH THE ABOVE RATIOS ARE CALCULATED.
CAUSES OF INVALIDING.
NUMBER INVALIDED IN EACH YEAR, 1870-79.
Total of the Ten
Years, 1870-79.
1870.
Strength
9, 451. *
1 8 7 1 .
Strength
10,673.
1872.
Strength
11,369.
1873.
Strength
11,413.
1874.
Strength
11,556.
1875.
Strength
11,165.
1876.
Strength
11,155.
1877.
Strength
11,165.
1878.
Strength
10,943.
1879.
Strength
10,574.
Fevers
. . .
1 6
7
6
9
3
11
9
10
1
8
80
Dysentery and Diarrhœa
. . .
100
66
71
83
84
77
58
70
65
51
725
H e p a t i t i s
...
169
87
4 4
118
125
89
75
70
78
94
949
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
51
44
4 0
55
53
36
42
43
37
24
425
Heart Diseases
. . .
42
30
24
39
35
44
15
24
27
20
300
Respiratory Diseases
...
25
5
11
6
16
17
11
20
16
14
141
Mental Affections
...
1 8
8
12
8
23
4
15
14
8
16
126
Epilepsy
...
13
17
14
11
14
11
16
13
15
20
144
Rheumatism and Neuralgia
. . .
2 9
24
16
46
28
31
11
24
26
20
255
Syphilis
...
6 7
39
22
28
35
46
31
35
19
17
339
Palpitation
...
11
10
10
27
31
21
15
17
21
27
190
Anæmia and Debility
. . .
124
87
74
104
87
92
109
131
144
118
1,070
All other Causes
...
8 1
65
57
66
73
2 4
56
59
60
47
588
ALL CAUSES
. . .
7 4 6 *
489
401
600
607
503
463
530
517
476
5,332
* Excluding the 1-21st Regiment, which Invalided 171 men during 1870. This Regiment was sent for change from Kurrachee to Bangalore, and the extent of the Invaliding was due to Sickness contracted at Kurrachee in the unhealthy year 1869.
ccclvi 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 .
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VII.—INVALIDING OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF BOMBAY.
CCCVII.
INVALIDING RATIOS of the EUROPEAN ARMY of BOMBAY for the TEN YEARS, 1870-79.
CAUSES OF INVALIDING.
INVALIDED PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
Average of the
Ten Years,
1870-79.
Invalided
from the different
causes
per cent. of the
Total
Invaliding.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Fevers
. . .
1 . 3 5
1.96
2 . 2 4
2 . 8 3
2 . 6 6
4 . 5 8
3 . 7 8
3 . 3 5
5 . 8 6
8 . 3 8
3 . 6 4
8 . 5 1
Dysentery and Diarrhœ
...
1.08
.65
2 . 1 4
1 . 4 2
1.05
1 . 4 6
2 . 6 2
3 . 3 5
3 . 1 3
3 . 2 3
1 . 9 9
4.65
Hepatitis
...
4 . 1 3
503
5 . 3 1
6.61
4 . 7 6
3.61
5.81
4 . 8 3
5 . 2 5
4 . 4 5
4.98
1 1 . 6 4
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
4 . 2 2
1.96
4 . 5 6
2 . 4 6
2 . 8 5
1.85
2 . 5 2
1 . 8 8
3 . 1 3
4 . 2 4
2 . 9 7
6 . 9 4
Heart diseases
...
1 . 6 2
2.33
1.12
1.51
1 . 1 4
3.12
1 . 2 6
1.78
2 . 1 2
1 . 9 2
1 . 7 8
4 . 1 6
Respiratory diseases
. . .
1 . 4 3
1.86
1.12
.85
.86
1 . 4 6
.97
1.18
1.31
.91
1 . 2 0
2 . 8 0
Mental affections
. . .
. 5 4
.74
1 . 0 2
1 . 2 3
2 . 0 0
.49
1 . 0 6
1.09
.80
.61
.96
2.24
Epilepsy
..
.
.81
.56
1.40
.66
.76
1 . 5 6
.97
1.28
1 . 6 2
.81
1 . 0 4
2 . 4 3
Rheumatism and Neuralgia
. . .
1.97
1.67
1.49
2 . 7 4
2.19
2 . 0 5
2 . 2 3
2 . 0 7
3 . 2 3
3 . 5 4
2 . 3 0
5 . 3 8
Syphilis
. . .
1 . 4 3
1.40
1 . 6 8
1 . 4 2
1.24
2 . 4 4
3 . 4 9
2 . 0 7
2 . 2 2
2.22
1.95
4 . 5 6
Palpitation
...
.54
1 . 2 1
1 . 0 2
.66
1.05
2 . 0 5
1.65
1.78
1.72
1 . 4 1
1.30
3 . 0 4
Anæmia and Debility
...
4 . 4 0
5 . 4 9
11.09
11.71
1 0 . 7 5
1 0 . 3 3
1 3 . 9 5
17.16
1 7 . 1 6
1 9 . 5 0
12.00
2 8 . 0 4
All other Causes
. . .
5 . 6 5
5 . 6 8
6 . 4 3
7 . 5 6
4 . 5 7
5.56
6.58
6.22
1 0 . 1 0
8 . 8 9
6.68
1 5 . 6 1
ALL CAUSES
...
2 9 . 1 7
3 0 . 5 4
40.62
4 1 . 6 6
3 5 . 8 8
4 0 . 5 6
4 6 . 8 9
4 8 . 0 4
5 7 . 6 5
6 0 . 1 1
4 2 . 7 9
1 0 0 . 0 0
NUMBERS UPON WHICH THE ABOVE RATIOS ARE CALCULATED.
CAUSES OF INVALIDING.
NUMBER INVALIDED IN EACH YEAR, 1870-79.
Total of the
Ten Years,
1870-79.
1870.
Strength
11,142.
1871.
Strength
10, 740.
1872.
Strength
10,734.
1873.
Strength
10,586.
1874.
Strength
10,507.
1875.
Strength
10,255.
1876.
Strength
10,323.
1877.
Strength
10,138.
1878.
Strength
9,904.
1879.
Strength
9,899.
Fevers
. . .
15
21
2 4
30
28
47
39
34
58
83
379
Dysentery and Diarrhœ
...
12
7
23
15
11
15
27
3 4
31
32
207
Hepatitis
...
4 6
5 4
57
70
50
37
60
49
52
4 4
519
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
47
21
49
26
30
19
26
19
31
42
310
Heart diseases
. . .
18
25
12
16
12
32
13
18
21
19
186
Respiratory diseases
. . .
16
20
12
9
9
15
10
12
13
9
125
Mental affections
. . .
6
8
11
13
21
5
11
11
8
6
100
Epilepsy
...
9
6
15
7
8
16
10
13
16
8
1 0 8
Rheumatism and Neuralgia
. . .
22
18
16
29
23
21
23
21
32
35
240
Syphilis
...
16
15
18
15
13
25
36
21
22
22
203
Palpitation
...
6
13
11
7
11
21
17
18
17
14
135
Anæmia and Debility
. . .
49
59
119
124
113
106
144
174
170
193
1,251
All other Causes
...
63
61
69
80
48
57
68
63
100
88
697
ALL CAUSES
. . .
325
328
436
441
377
416
484
487
571
595
4,460
A G G R E G A T E O F T H E S T A T I S T I C S O F T H E T E N - Y E A R P E R I O D , 1 8 7 0 - 7 9 . c c c l v i i
VIII.—FLUCTUATION IN STRENGTH OF THE ARMY OF INDIA.
VIII.—FLUCTUATION IN STRENGTH OF THE ARMY OF BOMBAY.
CCCXI.
STATEMENT showing the CAUSES of the FLUCTUATION in STRENGTH of the REGIMENTS composing the ARMY of BOMBAY during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Aggregate
of
Ten Years.
Proportion of
Gain and Loss
from different
causes in
percentages.
Strength at the beginning of the Year.
At Head Quarters and on Detachment at the beginning of each Year
. . .
10,521
10,383
10, 524
10,193
10,346
10,412
9 , 9 6 8
9,486
9,522
9,335
100,690
Recruits from England in India on march to join ...
. . .
. . .
126
77
. . .
. . .
40
17
78
111
22
471
On Staff employment ...
... ...
...
...
29
10
10
6
9
6
8
10
...
88
In Military and other Prisons
... ...
...
. . .
6 2
70
76
72
71
1 0 6
62
117
118
754
Elsewhere, sick in other Hospitals, and men remaining at Convalescent
Depôts
. . .
...
...
. . .
...
166
192
81
170
274
285
265
276
234
1,943
TOTAL STRENGTH IN INDIA AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR
...
10,521
10,766
10,873
10,360
10,594
10,806
10,382
9,899
10,036
9,769
103,946
Additions during the Year.
Transfers received from other Regiments ...
...
236
160
258
157
180
461
468
349
329
318
3, 834
3 4 . 7 4
Transferred from Regiments leaving From Bengal Presidency ...
240
164
2 9 0
22
4
India by Volunteering
... From other Presidencies
...
Recruited in India
. . . New Soldiers
...
5
13
24
18
11
18
29
22
24
25
189
1.71
Time-expired men
...
...
...
...
8
...
...
3
26
23
12
72
.65
Received from England, landed after Recruits
. . .
1,060
411
562
752
502
450
632
8 3 4
577
1,107
6,905
62.56
1st January
... Invalids returned
. . .
1
9
6
2
Deserters rejoined
. . .
...
. . .
4
9
3
5
2
2
2
1
5
4
37
.34
TOTAL ADDITIONS OF THE YEAR
...
...
...
1,305
8 3 4
1,020
1, 236
921
931
1,134
1,232
958
1,466
11,037
100.00
Loss during the Year.
Transfers given to other Regiments, &c.
...
. . .
753
229
341
3 3 8
643
390
952
279
606
724
7,517
53.62
Time-expired men, who have left the service
...
. . .
129
79
2 1 4
191
239
381
337
4 1 4
278
Men who have purchased their discharge
. . .
. . .
16
14
19
27
20
11
17
13
15
17
169
1.21
Men discharged otherwise
... ...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
2
...
. . .
...
...
2
.01
Invalided
... For discharge
. . .
119
113
97
79
81
5 4
107
120
52
10
832
5.94
For change of climate
. . .
203
215
340
367
296
362
377
367
519
585
3,631
2 5 . 9 0
Dismissed by sentence of Court-Martial ...
. . .
1
3 4
19
35
1 4
14
8
20
37
37
219
1.56
Deserted
. . .
... ...
. . .
1 1
10
19
18
1 1
.. .
4
8
9
9
99
.71
Died at Head-Quarters and on Detachment
. . .
. . .
166
136
194
120
103
213
125
121
201
140
1,549
1 1 . 0 5
Died absent from the Regiment
... At Convalescent Depôts ...
7
6
1
1
In other Hospitals
. . .
6
. . .
2
7
TOTAL LOSS OF THE YEAR
...
...
...
1,269
893
1,114
1,201
1,367
1,285
1,971
1,265
1,853
1,800
14,018
100.00
STRENGTH OF THE ARMY AT THE CLOSE OF EACH YEAR
. . .
10,557
10,707
10,779
10,395
10,148
10,452
9,545
9,866
9,141
9,375
100,965
...
See Note to Table CCCVIII.
A G G R E G A T E O F T H E S T A T I S T I C S O F T H E T E N - Y E A R P E R I O D , 1 8 7 0 - 7 9 .
c c c l x i i i
IX.—DETAIL OF ADMISSIONS, DEATHS, AND INVALIDING IN THE
EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA, 1870-79.