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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXLVI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BOMBAY PRESIDENCY in each
SEPTEMBER of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
Number
Daily Sick.
Nu mb e r o f Da i l y S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
Strength.
Number of
D e a t h s ( e x c l u d i n g D e a t h s f r o m I n j u r i e s a n
Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
SEPTEMBER
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 , R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n t i n u e d .
A p p l e x y .
Del i ri um Tremens.
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 s .
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 mo n a l i s .
Dropsy.
Sc ur 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
...
10,997
712
64.7
17
1.55
1.55
. . . ...
1
1
3
2
1 ...
. . . 3 ... ...
2 3
...
...
. . . 1
1871
. . .
10,970
634
57.8
13
1.19
119
. . .
. . . 4 ...
1
... 1
1
1
4 ... ...
. . .
...
... ... ...
1
1872
. . .
10,920
620
56.8
25
2.29
1.65
7 ...
9 ...
1
. . .
...
2
. . . 3
. . .
. . .
2 1
... ...
. . .
. . .
1873
10,473
557
53.2
14
1.34
1 . 3 4
. . . .
. . .
4 ...
1 2 ...
1
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
... ... ...
. . . 3
1874
10,520
623
59.2
9
.86
. 8 6
. . .
. . .
4 ...
. . . 1 ...
1 ...
2 ...
1
. . .
...
...
...
. . .
...
1875
...
10,218
643
62.7
21
2.05
1.85
2 ...
5 1
2 ... 1
2
. . . . . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
2 ... ...
. . . 4
1876
...
10,141
608
59.9
11
1.08
1 . 0 8
. . .
. . .
5 ...
1 ... ...
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 ... ... ...
. . . 1
1877
...
10,115
697
68.9
10
.99
.89
1 ...
3 ...
. . . 1 ...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
... ... ...
. . . 3
1878
. . .
9,672
906
93.7
24
2.48
2.07
4
. . . 8 1
1
1 ...
1
. . . 4 ... ...
2 1 , .. ... ...
1
1879
10,237
981
95.8
11
1.07
1.07 ...
. . .
3 1
1 1 ...
3
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
... ... ...
. . . 1
14 ... 46
4 11
8
3 15
1 21 ...
3
7
7 ... ... ... 15
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
104,296
6,981
66.9
155
1.49
1.36 .13 ... .44 .04 .11
.08 .03 .14 .01 .20 ... .03 .07 .07 ... ... ...
.14
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH SEPTEMBER.
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
o f
e a c h
h u n d r e d
c a s e s
treated.
Dengue (of 1872)
...
...
...
82
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
82
.8
. . .
Cholera
...
...
1
12
...
. . .
5
. . .
1
6
...
25
. 2
5 6 . 6 6
S mallpox
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
3
6
13
2
7
4
12
2
13
3
6 5
. 6
70.77
Fever, Intermittent
. . .
599
530
641
557
564
505
412
475
1,128
1,774
7,185
69.0
.06
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
. . .
273
121
129
92
139
193
129
139
213
153
1,581
15.2
.70
Apoplexy
...
6
2
2
2
3
5
. . .
1
3
4
28
.3
28.57
Delirium Tremens
...
6
6
6
3
6
7
2
7
...
4
47
.5
6.38
Dysentery
16
23
44
23
34
19
35
23
64
35
316
3.0
4.75
Diarrhœa.
...
72
62
52
49
39
69
45
39
100
51
578
5.5
.17
Hepatitis
. . .
42
50
36
47
51
34
32
29
35
37
393
3.8
5.34
Spleen disease
...
. . .
10
1
8
8
4
3
6
4
12
56
.5
...
Respiratory diseases
...
29
31
37
37
40
47
29
42
47
52
391
3.7
.77
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
10
9
4
7
6
5
9
5
0
10
71
.7
9.86
Scurvy
..
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
4
. . .
5
.0
. . .
Rheumatism
...
30
50
47
51
45
52
30
35
44
44
428
4.1
Venereal diseases
...
137
133
102
183
163
82
122
187
157
270
1,536
14.7
Eye diseases
...
27
31
16
40
22
26
11
14
21
10
221
2.1
.41
Abscess and Ulcer
...
72
58
75
102
105
84
00
89
70
75
799
7.7
Wounds and Accidents
...
07
78
62
98
83
79
76
78
71
70
762
7.3
All other Causes
...
152
119
132
143
216
135
150
173
197
166
1,583
15.2
1,511
1,323
1,496
1,441
1,531
1,355
1,163
1,340
2,183
2,770
16,152
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each September.
140.1
120.6
137.0
137.9
145.5
132.2
114.7
133.1
225.7
270.6
154.9