SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
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IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXLIX.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BOMBAY PRESIDENCY in each,
DECEMBER of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength
Average
Number
Daily Sick
Number
Daily Sick
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex-
c l u d i n g D e a t h s f r o m
Injuries and
Sudden
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 . 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 .
All Causes. Excluding
Cholera.
1870
...
10,250
539
52.6
15
1.46
1 . 3 7
1
...
1
...
3
... ...
1
...
1
...
2 1
... ... ... ...
5
1871
...
10,852
486
44.8
7
.65
.65
... ... 1
...
1
... ...
1
... ... ...
1 1 1
... ... ...
1
1872
...
10,355
559
54.0
14
1.35
1.35 ... ... 2
...
2
... ...
1
...
4
... ...
2
1
... ... ...
2
1873
...
11,638
530
45.5
3
.26
. 2 6
... ...
1
... ... ... ... ...
... 1
... ...
1
... ... ... ... ...
1874
...
8,978
486
54.1
4
.45
.45 ... ...
...
... ... 1
... ... ...
2
... ...
1
... ... ... ... ...
1875
...
10,354
477
46.1
10
.97
.97
... ...
1
... ...
1 1
1
...
2
... ...
2
1
... ... ...
1
1876
...
10,277
542
52.7
10
.97
.97
... ...
1
...
... ...
...
3
...
3
...
1
...
1
... ... ...
1
1877
...
10,037
578
57.6
6
.60
.50 1
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
2 ... 1 2
...
...
... ...
...
1878
...
8,828
606
68.6
5
.57
. 5 7
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 ... 1 1 ... 1
... ...
1
1879
...
9,951
849
85.3
14
1.41 1.41
... ...
4
1
... ... ... ... ...
1
...
5 1
... ... ... ...
2
2 ... 11 1 6 2 1 7 ... 17 ... 11 12 4 1
...
... 13
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
101,520
5,652
55.7
88
.87
.85
.
0 2
... .11 .01 .06 .02 .01 .07 ... .16 ... .11 . 12 .04 .01 ... ... .13
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH DECEMBER.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
D i e d o u t o f e a c h h u n d r e d c a s e s
treated.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (of 1872)
. . .
...
125
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
125
1 . 2
. . .
Cholera
1
...
...
...
...
... ...
1
...
...
2
. 0
1 0 0 . 0
Smallpox
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
3
. 0
. . .
Enteric Fever
3
3
5
...
1
2
2
...
5
4
2 5
. 3
4 4 . 0 0
Fever, Intermittent
353
307
723
326
286
264
393
378
661
1,052
4,746
4 6 . 8
. 0 2
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
125
63
58
89
4 4
90
104
69
140
6 4
8 4 6
8 . 3
. 7 1
Apoplexy
...
2
...
...
1
1
11
1
1
. . .
7
.1
2 8 . 5 7
Delirium Tremens
3
1
...
7
5
2
4
5
1
1 29
. 3
3 . 4 5
Dysentery
18
20
50
26
28
32
2 6
1 6
31
2 0
2 6 7
2 . 6
2 . 6 2
Diarrhœa
3 1
40
73
56
31
38
40
33
59
77
478
4.7
. . .
Hepatitis
27
25
54
45
32
44
20
1 9
12
3 6
3 1 4
3 . 1
5 . 4 1
Spleen disease
1
3
5
4
4
6
1
7
6
1 6
5 3
.5
. . .
Respiratory diseases
67
41
60
96
51
38
52
5 9
77
1 6 6
7 0 7
7. 0
1 . 5 6
Phthisis Pulmonalis
7
12
10
4
6
3
2
5
5
1 4
6 8
. 7
5 . 8 8
Scurvy
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
1
. . .
2
. 0
. . .
Rheumatism
33
30
35
40
48
31
26
2 7
25
26
3 2 1
3 . 2
Venereal disease
1 0 6
147
177
198
115
151
97
1 6 6
149
197
1 , 5 0 3
1 4 . 8
Eye diseases
1 6
10
9
24
6
14
11
1 3
11
9
1 2 3
1 . 2
Abscess and Ulcer
56
75
6 8
107
99
69
57
5 8
48
84
7 2 1
7 . 1
. 5 1
Wounds and Accidents
. . .
81
81
69
123
98
98
80
1 0 0
78
9 4
9 0 5
8 . 9
All other Causes
. . .
1 0 8
111
113
143
141
101
125
167
146
196
1 , 3 5 1
1 3 . 3
1,037
974
1,634 1,288
996
984 1,044 1,124 1,459
2,056
12,596
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each December.
101.2
89.7 157.8
110.7 110.9
95.0 101.6
112.0 165.3
206.0
1 2 4 . 1