ccxxxvi
SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXVIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY in each
MAY 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 .
Deaths from injuries
and
Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
MAY
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a . Smal l pox. En 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 . He a r t d i s e a s e . 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 .
Al l o t h e r C a u s e s .
All Causes.
Excluding
Cholera.
1870
. . .
33,843
2,232
66.0
78
2.30
2.19
4
2 10 ... 20
7 ...
8 ...
4 ...
5
5
2 ... ... ... 11
1871
. . .
35,461
2,135
60.2
48
1.35
1.33
1 ...
3 ...
8
3
. . . 4 ...
8 ...
4
5
6 ... ...
1
5
1872
36,739
2,053
55.9
72
1.96
1.42
20
2. 10 ...
7
4
1
5
... 6 ...
6
5
2
...
... ...
3
. . .
1873
...
37,037
2,030
54.8
49
1.32
1.32
...
2 15 ...
1 14 ...
3 ...
6 ...
1
2
2 ... ... ...
3
187 4 . . .
37,552
2,183
58.1
38
1.01
.99
1 ...
8 ... 3
7
. . . 2 ...
6
. . .
. . .
2
4 ... ... ...
5
1875
. . .
37,171
2,122
57.1
43
1.16
1.02
5 ... 9
. . .
6 ...
. . .
4 ...
4 1
1 4
2
...
...
7
1 8 7 6 . .
36,638
2,060
56.2
41
1.12
.96
6 ...
9 ...
1
6 ...
2 ...
3 ...
1
5
3 ... ...
1
4
1877...
35,990
1,899
52.8
30
.83
.78
2 ... 10
. . . ...
2
1
1
1
5 ...
3
1
3 ...
...
...
1
1878
35,641
2286
64.1
68
1.91
1.15
27 1
23
. . .
. . . 4
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
2
2
1
...
... ...
6
. . .
1879
..
39,313
2,729
69.4
198
5.03
2.47 101 ... 26
2 17 14
2
9
1
4
...
5
4
2
... ...
... 11
167
7 123
2 63 61
4 38
3 48
1 28 35 27
... ...
2 56
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
365,415
21,729
59.5
665
1.82
1.36 .46 .02 .34 .01 .17 .17 .01 .10
. 01 '13 .00 .07 .10 .07 ... ... .01 .15
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MAY.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874 .
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
c a s e s
treated.
Dengue (of 1872, 1873 and 1876) ..
...
...
316
1
...
...
5
...
...
. . .
322
.9
...
Cholera
...
3
1
31
1
1
8
5
4
39
117
210
. 9
79.52
Smallpox
. . .
10
4
3
16
7
...
3
...
2
6
51
.1
13.73
Enteric Fever
...
25
12
16
23
18
21
30
31
73
76
325
.9
37.85
Fever, Intermittent
. . .
1,438
1,401
656
942
814
797
980
1,023
607
1,308
9,966
27.3
.02
Fevers, Remittent and Continued...
1,307
938
479
588
894
688
753
719
621
1,053
8,100
22.2
.78
Apoplexy
. . .
18
2
10
20
18
7
8
7
7
42
139
.4
43.89
Delirium Tremens
...
13
11
13
6
5
10
11
9
13
6
97
.3
4.12
Dysentery
...
104
130
97
65
83
89
87
93
95
171
1,014
2.8
3.75
Diarrhœa
. . .
210
192
190
123
162
150
152
232
233
380
2,024
5.5
.15
Hepatitis
. . .
204
201
153
160
137
130
155
152
125
96
1,513
4.1
3.17
Spleen disease
. . .
23
25
17
27
19
25
28
21
7
15
207
. 6
.48
Respiratory diseases
. . .
297
305
226
208
284
242
308
249
188
264
2,571
7.0
1.09
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
26
21
21
13
14
18
25
24
17
12
191
.5
14.14
Scurvy
. . . .
4
1
1
1
1
2
3
. . .
. . .
1
14
. 0
. . .
Rheumat ism
. . .
230
255
152
189
171
186
210
225
167
140
1,925
5.3
.45
Venereal diseases
. . .
673
700
545
494
557
556
720
658
786
641
6,330
17.3
Eye diseases
. . .
88
78
104
62
51
87
68
73
90
61
762
2.1
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
286
301
259
190
248
260
215
257
222
218
2,456
6.7
Wounds and Accidents
.
...
339
324
245
232
304
265
310
400
263
241
2,923
8.0
All other Causes
. . .
612
624
497
539
554
519
667
656
473
632
5,773
15.8
5,970
5,526
4,031
3,900
4,342
4,060
4,743
4,833
4,028
5,480
46,913
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each May.
176.4
155.8
109.7
105.3
115.6
109.2
129.5
134.3
113.0
139.3
128.4