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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCLXXX.
TABLE showing the NUMBER of DEATHS out of each HUNDRED CASES treated in each MONTH in the EUROPEAN
ARMY of INDIA on the TOTALS for the PERIOD 1870-79.
DISEASES.
DIED OUT OF EACH HUNDRED CASES TREATED IN EACH MONTH.
Annual
Average.
JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APRIL. MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
NOV.
DEC.
Cholera
...
63. 64
43.75
76.00
61.33
69.13
71.77
66.76
66. 92
72. 69
76.67
61.19
72.22
69.11
Smallpox
. . . 10. 64
10.87
15.38
15. 84
16.92
23.81
12.50
...
25.00
50. 00
...
14.29
1 4 . 7 1
Enteric Fever
. . . 34.59
45.08
31.39
37.82
38. 86
57.55
45.38
49.62
46.09
51.76
45.69
35.29
4 3 . 8 3
Fever, Intermittent
. . . .05
.04
.02
. 0 4
.03
.02
.01
.02
.05
.03
.05
.05
.04
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
. . . 1.51
.74
.81
.70
.67
.73
.56
.80
.78
.88
1.08
.85
. 7 9
Apoplexy
. . . 41.18
24. 32
28.36
35.33
44.54
42.05
36.69
34. 44
42. 06
29.63
41.67
57.69
3 9 . 2 9
Delirium Tremens
. . . 4. 29
2.56
1. 8 9
5.66
5.17
11.59
6.70
2. 94
5.80
6.37
4 . 2 3
2 . 3 4
5 . 1 0
Dysentery
...
3.76
2.82
3. 94
2.47
3.17
3.32
3.18
3. 14
4. 00
4. 60
4 . 4 9
4 . 5 0
3. 65
Diarrhœa
. . . .05
.06
. 0 4
.06
.10
.21
.19
.15
.22
.35
.51
.27
.19
Hepatitis
. . . 5.46
4.78
4.76
3.31
3.14
3.45
3.50
4. 42
4. 48
4.89
6.24
5.00
4. 40
Respiratory diseases
. . . 20. 97
20. 89
16. 61
15. 60
11.18
13. 25
12. 79
13. 36
10. 38
11.46
12.48
15. 02
14.12
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . . 2. 33
1. 28
1 . 2 2
.66
.89
.92
.86
.42
.65
1.17
1. 50
2. 25
1. 29
All other Causes
. . . .48
. 4 4
.50
. 3 4
.42
.41
.41
.50
.50
.56
.56
.61
.47
ACTUALS UPON WHICH THE RATIOS ABOVE SHOWN ARE CALCULATED.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS AND DEATHS FROM THE CHIEF DISEASES IN EACH MONTH.
TOTAL.
JAN.
FEB.
MAR. APRIL.
MAY.
JUNE. JULY.
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
NOV.
DEC.
Cholera
. . .Cases
. . .
11
16
25
150
311
457
358
650
454
180
67
18
2, 697
Deaths
. . .
7
7
19
92
215
328
239
435
330
138
41
13
1, 864
Smallpox
... Cases
. . . 47
46
65
101
65
21
16
1
4
2
12
28
408
Deaths
. . .
5
5
10
16
11
5
2
...
1
1
...
4
6 0
Enteric Fever
. . . Cases
. . . 159
122
137
275
386
245
238
264
371
199
116
153
2,665
Deaths
. . .
55
55
43
104
150
141
108
131
171
103
53
54
1,168
Fever, Intermittent ... Cases
. . . 12,379
9,447
9,150 11,427
14,298 15,291
18,035
21,219
23,852 34,616
29,628
20, 481
224,823
Deaths
. . .
6
4
2
4
4
3
2
4
14
11
14
11
79
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued.
Cases
. . . 2,714
2,842
4,470
7,973
10,745
10,484
10,849
10,491
11,979
10,473
6,546
4,104
93,670
Deaths
. . .
41
21
36
56
72
77
61
84
93
92
71
35
739
Apoplexy
. . . Cases
. . .
34
37
67
150
339
692
447
180
126
81
48
26
2 , 2 2 7
Deaths
. . .
14
9
19
53
151
291
164
62
53
24
20
15
875
Delirium Tremens
. . . Cases
. . . 163
117
159
159
174
164
224
238
207
204
142
128
2,079
Deaths . . .
7
3
3
9
9
19
15
7
12
13
6
3
106
Dysentery
... Cases
. . . 1,731
1,348
1,372
1,740
1,736
1,688
2,170
2,708
2,623
2,304
1,980
1,956
23,356
Deaths . . .
65
38
54
43
55
56
69
85
105
106
89
88
853
Diarrhœa
... Cases
. . . 1,944
1,727
2,269
3,279
3,041
2,873
4,714
5,193
3,568
2,601
2,352
2,574
36,135
Deaths . . .
1
1
1
2
3
6
9
8
8
9
12
7
67
Hepatitis
. . . Cases
. . . 2,016
1,905
1,994
2,145
2,454
2,611
2,887
2,875
2,900
2,698
2,277
2,018
28,780
Deaths . . .
110
91
95
71
77
90
101
127
130
132
142
101
1,267
Respiratory diseases ...
Cases
. . . 5,077
4,450
4,009
3,793
3,586
2,814
2,895
2,830
2,627
2,985
3,656
4,803
43,530
Deaths . . .
121
57
49
25
32
26
25
12
17
35
55
108
562
Phthisis Pulmonalis ... Cases
. . .
372
292
319
282
322
385
469
449
453
506
513
446
4,808
Deaths . . .
78
61
53
44
36
51
60
60
47
58
64
67
679
All other Causes*
. . .
Cases
. . . 30,965 30,029 33,486 35,619 33,752 31,749 35,770
33,493 31,952 31,649
28,589
29,333 386,386
Deaths ...
149
133
169
121
141
129
147
169
159
176
160
1 8 0
1,833
* Excluding Suicidal Deaths and other Deaths by Violence out of Hospital.