SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
I.—STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1870-79.
X X I I I .
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the DECCAN
and in NAGPORE 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
Number
Daily
Sick.
Number
Daily
Sick per
1,000 of
Strength.
Number
of
Deaths.
Died per
1,000 of
Strength.
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S I N H O S P I T A L .
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 , 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 .
Dropsy.
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 . . .
71,351
4,031
56.5
70
.98
. . .
. . .
7
. . .
7
1
. . .
9
. . .
2 0
. . .
4
2
7
. . .
. . .
. . .
6
1
6
February . . .
72,489
3,998
55.2
57
.79
3
. . .
4
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
11
1
14
. . .
. . .
5
2 . . . 1
. . .
6
. . .
7
March . . .
74,397
3,786
50.9
71
.95
1
4
3
. . .
1
5
1
9
. . .
15
. . . 3
8
4 . . .
. . .
. . .
8
2
7
April . . .
78,438
3,945
50.3
70
.89
1
4
10
1
6
12
2
6
. . .
9
. . .
1
4
3 . . .
. . .
. . .
7
. . .
4
May . . .
78,176
4,097
52.4
125
1.60
34
3
13
1
5
29
2
2
. . .
10
. . . 1
8
4 . . .
. . .
. . .
9
. . .
4
June . . .
78,984
4,261
53.9
95
1.20
10
. . .
9
. . .
3
16
1
4
. . .
16
. . .
2
1
5 . . .
. . .
. . .
13
2
13
July . . .
79,248
4,542
57..3
96
1.21
26
. . .
8
. . .
4
4
1
7
2
9
. . . 2
10
4 . . .
1
. . .
10
1
7
August . . .
78,925
4,849
61.4
128
1.62
24
. . .
12
. . .
8
4
. . .
13
1
21
. . .
3
7
9 . . .
. . .
. . . 15
. . .
11
September . . .
78,758
4,904
62.3
110
1.40
6
. . .
26
1
4
1
. . .
21
. . .
12
. . .
2
8
4 . . .
. . .
. . .
12
2
11
October . . .
76,389
4,831
63.2
102
1.34
. . .
. . . 12
2
6
1
2
16
. . .
19
. . . 4
12
7 . . .
. . .
. . .
7
. . .
1 4
November . . .
74,613
4,604
61.7
87
1.17
1
. . .
4
. . .
2
4
2
16
4
22
. . .
2
6
9 . . .
. . .
. . .
8
. . .
7
December . . .
71,134
4,042
56.8
65
.91
. . .
. . .
3
1
3
2
1
16
. . .
19
. . .
5
7
3 . . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
3
106 11
111
6 49
82 12
130
8
186
. . . 29
78
61 . . .
2
1
102
8
94
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years
76,075
4,324
56.8
1,076
14.14
1.39
.14 1.46
.72
1.08 .16 1.71 .11 2.44
. . . .38 1.02
.80 . . .
. 03 .01 1.34
.11 1.24
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 cases
treated.
JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APRIL. MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
Nov.
DEC.
Dengue (of 1872-73) . . .
2
. . .
243
456
150
103
95
72
80
64
7
3
1,275
16.8
. . .
Cholera . . .
2
9
1
2
76
11
35
36
8
1
3
1
185
2.4
57.29
Smallpox . . .
6
9
16
17
8
1
1
. . .
1
1
1
2
63
.8
1 7 . 4 6
Enteric Fever . . .
15
10
8
26
27
15
22
37
48
2 7
9
13
257
3.4
4 3 . 1 9
Fever, Intermittent . . .
1,468
1,186
1,199
1,321
1,526
1,979
2,809
2,934
3,242
3,566
2,861
2,035
26,126
343.4
.02
Fevers, Remittent and Continued . . .
434
440
708
932
1,053
1,026
952
918
858
1,074
843
574
9 , 8 1 2
129.0
.50
Apoplexy. . .
7
6
12
28
47
49
6
7
1
8
7
3
181
2.4
45.30
Delirium Tremens . . .
33
17
34
27
19
27
23
42
21
39
27
20
329
4.3
3.65
Dysentery . . .
323
254
215
196
192
201
393
508
485
430
338
366
3,901
51.3
3.33
Diarrhœa . . .
279
252
276
325
331
409
911
760
447
379
287
371
5,027
66.1
.16
Hepatitis . . .
3 1 1
239
215
242
226
224
238
241
311
340
295
273
3,155
41.5
5.90
Spleen disease . . .
1 7
21
16
24
15
25
28
22
17
30
17
18
250
3.3
. . .
Respiratory diseases . . .
491
454
439
367
347
284
310
338
333
343
380
401
4,487
59.0
.65
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
36
46
27
18
32
47
42
51
47
60
44
51
501
6.6
12.18
Scurvy . . .
1
2
1
. . .
2
. . .
2
2
4
1
2
. . .
17
. . . 2
11.76
Rheumatism . . .
275
299
272
270
276
288
355
290
314
274
233
223
3,369
44.3
.37
Venereal diseases . . .
1,472
1,439
1,524
1,575
1,353
1,244
1,411
1,371
1,315
1,449
1,318
1,264
16,735
220.0
Eye diseases . . .
87
67
125
121
121
119
136
183
150
164
102
79
1,454
19.1
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
601
570
667
739
733
714
642
547
576
561
530
542
7,422
97.5
Wounds anti Accidents . . .
588
657
729
698
682
559
613
579
538
620
594
674
7,531
99.0
All other Causes . . .
980
975
1,053
1,114
1,208
1,108
1,169
1,151
1,103
1,196
1,043
1,010
13,110
172.3
7,428
6,952
7,780
8,498
8,424 8,433
10,193 10,089
9,899
10,627
8,941
7,923
105,187
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
104.1
95.5
104.6
108.3
107.8
106.8
128.6
127.8
125.7
139.1
119.8
111.4
1,382.7
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