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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
I.—STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1870-79
XXXIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying the CONVALESCENT
DEPOTS of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY during the HOT SEASON of the TEN YEARS, 1870-79.
(These Statistics have already been incorporated in the Provincial Tables which precede.)
DEPOTS.
Aggregate
Strength of
the Ten Years
in the Month
of June.
Deaths
during the
Period of
Occupation.
Death-rate
per 1,000 for
Period of
Occupation
during the
Ten Years.
CAUSES OF DEATHS DURING THE TEN YEARS.
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 .
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 .
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
S u i c i 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 .
Darjeeling . . .
1,807
37
20.48
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
9
4
4
6
7
2
Naini Tal . . .
3,213
33
10.27
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
4
. . .
13
. . .
2
4
. . .
7
1
Landour . . .
2,177
26
11.94
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
1
8
3
3
1
. . .
7
. . .
Kasauli . . .
5,678
114
20.08
23
1
7
. . .
5
3
. . .
7
. . .
25
11
2
10
. . .
16
4
Dalhousie . . .
3,975
33
8.30 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
8
4
3
3
. . .
8
2
Murree . . .
4,678
103
22.02
46
. . .
5
. . .
3
. . .
1
6
. . .
9
7
4
9
. . .
11
2
69
1
14
. . .
14
5
1
22
1
72
29
18
33
. . .
56
11
Died per 1,000 of the Strength of June.
Ten Years . . .
21,528
346
16.07
3.20
. 05
.65
.65
. 23
.05 1.02
.05 3.34 1.35
.84 1.53
. . .
2.60
.51
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
AGGREGATE OF THE ADMISSIONS OF THE TEN YEARS.
Total
Admissions
of the
Ten Years.
Admitted per
1,000 of
Strength of
June.
Died out of
each hundred
cases treated.
Darjeeling.
Naini Tal.
Landour.
Kasauli.
Dalhousie.
Murree.
Cholera . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
4 6
. . .
65
111
5.1
62.16
Smallpox . . .
. . .
2
1
3
. . .
. . .
6
.3
16.67
Enteric Fever . . .
1
8
5
25
. . .
9
48
2.2
29.17
Fever, Intermittent . . .
392
776
874
1,445
1,282
2,088
6,857
318.5
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued . . .
3 9
219
39
313
209
135
954
44.3
1.47
Apoplexy . . .
1
4
3
8
1
3
20
.9
25.00
Delirium Tremens . . .
2
2
. . .
14
4
8
30
1.4
3.33
Dysentery . . .
76
118
55
136
96
62
543
25.2
4.05
Diarrhœa . . .
91
188
85
660
257
215
1,496
69.5
.07
Hepatitis . . .
147
356
175
406
167
263
1,514
70.3
4.76
Respiratory diseases . . .
1 6 2
331
126
375
330
439
1,763
81.9
1.64
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
1 5
67
25
80
37
103
327
15.2
10.09
Rheumatism . . .
1 2 2
259
158
414
273
329
1,555
72.2
. 6 4
Venereal diseases . . .
314
668
252
682
675
557
3,148
146.2
Eye diseases . . .
21
43
12
70
47
43
236
11.0
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
80
214
92
312
159
204
1,061
49.3
Wounds and Accidents . . .
8 6
198
120
282
202
232
1,120
52.0
All other Causes . . .
264
905
332
1,112
690
1,079
4,382
203.5
1,813
4,358
2,354
6,383
4,429
5,834
25,171
Admitted per 1,000 of the Strength of June for the Period of Occupation.
1,003.3
1,356.4
1,081.3
1,124.2
1,114.2
1,247.1
1,169.2