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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS—POONA AND KIRKEE, 1870-79.
CLXII.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying POONA
and KIRKEE during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate Strength for each M o n t h o f
the Ten
Years.
Average
N u m b e r
Daily
Sick.
Number Daily S i c k p e r
1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
Deaths.
Died per
1,000 of
Strength.
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
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 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 .
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 .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
16,274 912 56.0 13
2
1
4
2
2
1
1
February
16,033 832 51.9
9
3
1
1
2
2
March
18,325 910 51.3
14
2
1
1
2 3
2
1 1 1
April
22,055 1,090 49.4 15
1 2
2 3 1 1
3
1
1
May
21,994 1,146 52.1
22
1
3 1 1 4 1 1
1
3 2
4
June
23,043 1,225 53.2
25
3
6
2
1
3
1 1 1
2 1 4
July
23,478 1,422
6 0 . 6 38
19
1
1 1
3 2 1
2 1
1
4 1 1
August
23,370 1,489 63.7
41
15
2
4 1
4 1 3
1 1
2
4
3
September 23,463 1,387 59.1
21
2
4
4
1 2 2
2
4
October
22,424 1,289 57.5
19
2
1
2
1 5
4
2
2
November
21,967 1,267 57.7
18
1 2
5
1
6
2
1
December
19,385 1,070 55.2 15
1 1
1 3
4
2 1
1
1
40 1 22 2 12 11 3 20 5 30
8 21 24
2
26 3 20
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten
Years
20,984 1,172 55.9 250 11.91
1 . 9 1
.05 1. 05 .67 .52 .14 .95 .24 1.43
. 3 8 1.00 1.14
.10
1.24
. 14
. 9 5
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during the
Ten Years.
Admitted per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred cases
treated.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.
Dengue (of 1872)
243 450
8 0
26
49
43
67
39
5
3
1,005
47.9
Cholera
1
3
3
22
24
2
55
2.6
7 2 . 7 3
Smallpox
4
2
2
9
3
1
1
22
1.0
4. 55
Enteric Fever
2
1
5
7
7
1
11
5
5
1
1
46
2.2
47. 83
Fever, Intermittent
458 362 514 546 611 874 1,281 1,116 978 860 917 752
9,269 441.7
.02
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
75
60 273 349 410 392 477 369 286 368 391 226
3,676
175.2
. 3 3
Apoplexy
2
2
7
3
1
2
1
1
2
21
1.0
5 2 . 3 8
Delirium Tremens
5
2
6
1 0
5
5
2
1 7 4
1 1
8
2
7 7
3 . 7
3 . 9 0
Dysentery
30 30
30
31
18
47
96
98
64 47
48
62
601
28.6
3. 33
Diarrhœa
3 1 40
51
75
99 154 333 199 95
82
61 119
1,339
63.8
.37
Hepatitis
53
44 37
45
36
36 51
52
50
51
49
63
567
27.0
5. 29
Spleen disease
6
1
5
10
9
8
17
12
11
8
5
7
99
4 . 7
Respiratory diseases
116
89 105 123
93
80
70 103 104 100 127 123
1,242
59.2
. 6 4
Phthisis Pulmonalis
7
15
5
8
10
24 19
14
19
24
10
12
167
8.0
14. 37
Scurvy
1
1
2
2
1
4
11
.5
18. 18
Rheumatism
55
69
71
93 117
97
99
93 103
77
6 1 56
991
47.
.36
Venereal diseases
289 280 431 413 373 326 355 410 414 404 392 324
4,417
210.5
Eye diseases
24
23
43
45
59
52
59
54 52
55
37
25
521
21.8
Abscess and Ulcer
157 133 187 205 213 195 173 154 162 161 156 151
2,047
97.6
Wounds and Accidents 102 138 174 197 178 146 153 158 171 204
1 9 1
1 7 4 1,986
94. 7
All other Causes
162 177 235 287 311 281 303 288
2 4 8
3 0 8
2 4 0
2 2 8
3,068
146.2
1,579 1,473 2,415 2,908 2,640 2,754 3,565 3,218 2,839 2,805 2,701 2,330 31,227
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
97.0 91.9 131.8 131.9
1 2 0 . 0 119.5 151.8 137.7 121.0 125.1 123.0 120.2
1 , 4 8 8 . 1