AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1870-79.
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X.—WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY, 1870-79.
CCCXXI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY during the NINE-YEAR PERIOD 1871-79, and the prevalence of the PRINCIPAL
DISEASES in each MONTH.
MONTHS.
A g g r e g a t e S t r e n g t h i n e a c h
M o n t h o f t h e N i n e Y e a r s .
A v e r a g e N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k .
N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0
o f S t r e n g t h .
N u m b e r o f D e a t h s i n e a c h
M o n t h o f t h e N i n e - Y e a r
Per i od.
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
S ma l l p o x .
M e a s l e s .
H o o p i n g C o u g h .
S c a r l e t F e v e r . 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 s , R e m i t t e n t a n d
C o n t i n u e d .
Ap o p l e x y . D e n t i t i o n .
C o n v u l s i o n s .
M e n i n g i t i s a n d H y d r o -
c e p h a l u s .
T a b e s M e s e n t e r i c a . P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
D y s e n t e r y .
Di a r r h œa .
A n æ m i a a n d A t r o p h y .
B r o n c h i t i s a n d P n e u -
m o n i a . C r o u p a n d D i p h t h e r i a .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
... 18,929
442 23.3
81 4.28 ...
...
3
. . . ...
1
. . .
2 ...
6 16 3 5 1 3 9 16 6 3 7
February
... 19,420
465 23.9
55 2.83 ... ... 6 ... 1 1 1
3 ... 4 13 1 1 ... 1 6 9 3 2 3
March
... 19,544 495 25.3
107 5.47
. . . 1 10 1 1 ... 2 5 ... 8 25 6 2 ... 5 13 12 5 3 8
April
... 19,495
543 27.9
118 6.05 4 2 12 1 1 ... ... ... ... 19 30 5 2 ... 6 21 5 3 ... 7
May
... 19,505
593 30.4
95 4.87 7 ... 5 ... ...
. . . 1 4 ... 7 15 6 5 ...
8 14 11 5 2 5
June
... 19,678
582 29.6
76 3.86 . . . ... 1 1 ... ...
. . . 2 1 14 15 5 2 ... 5 9 10 6
. . . 5
July
... 19,626
677 34.5
148 7.54 3 ... 1 ... 1 ... 2 7 ... 18 25 7 7 ... 4 37 22 6 2
6
August
... 19,617
876 44.7
189 9.63 7 ... ... ... ... 1 7 7 ... 28 22 2 7 ... 13 66 17 5 2 5
September ... 19,598
863 44.0
171 8.73 4 ... ... ... ... 3 3 10 1 26 36 5 7 ...
6 42 17
6 3 2
October
... 19,524 762 39.0
103 5.28 . . . ... . . . 1 ... 1 5 8 2 11 22 3 2 ... 3 18 16 3 3 5
November
... 19,510
620 31.8
90 4.61 . . . ... ... 1 ... ... 5 7 ... 8 18 4 6 ... 2 11 17 8 1 2
December
... 18,713
446 23.8
67 3.58 ... 1 ... ... ... 1 2 5 ... 3 12 3 5 ... 3 8 8 7 4 5
25 4 38 5 4 8 28
6 0 4 152 249 50 51 1 59 254 160 63 25 60
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
NINE YEARS ... 19,430
614 31.6 1,300 66.91 1.29 .21 1.96 .26 .21 .41 1.44 3.09 .21 7.82 12.81 2.57 2.62 .05 3.04 13.07 8.23 3.24 1.29 3 . 0 9
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted d u r i n g
the Nine
Years.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred c a s e s
t r e a t e d.
JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.
Dengue
. . .
1
. . .
19
55
43
62
84
30
15
6
5
6
326
16.8
. . .
Cholera
. . . . . .
. . .
...
4
10 ...
4
9
5
. . . ...
...
32
1.6
78.12
Smallpox
...
5
7
10
6
6
8
1 ...
...
...
. . .
1
44
2.3
9. 09
Measles
. . . 120
121
100
55
59
29
17
12
5
7
6 31
562
28.9
6. 76
Hooping Cough
. . .
8
24
21
8
12
26
17
12
10
21
7
5
171
8.8
2.92
Scarlet Fever
. . .
5
4
5
6
1 ...
5 ...
...
...
1
3
30
1.5
13.33
Enteric Fever
... ...
2 ...
2
2
. . . ...
3
11
3
. . . 2
25
1.3
32. 00
Intermittent Fever
... 198
121
143
169
156
197
285
379
4 9 0
590 4 0 8
266
3,402
175.1
.82
Remittent and Continued Fevers . . .
58
38
97
108
107
76
101
125
1 6 4
165 171
89
1,299
66.9
4.62
Apoplexy
. . . ...
1
2
2
1
1
. . .
1
2
3 ...
...
13
.7
30.77
Dysentery
. . .
14
12
25
29
18
23
4 1
73
56
29
2 4
19
363
18.7
16.25
Diarrhœa
. . .
80
76
147
137
156
124
258 310
170
120
102
78
1,758
90.5
14.45
Hepatitis
. . .
3
3
. . .
2
9
3
4
4
2
4
2
1
37
1.9 ...
Spleen disease
...
3
. . .
1
2
2
. . .
4
3
4
3
2
1
25
1.3 . . .
Respiratory diseases
. . .
70
64
65
43
58
48
57
82
90
9 8
84
76
835
43.0
10. 54
Eye diseases
. . .
74
48
72
156
97
53
287 509
393
257
8 4
72
2,102
108.2 ...
Anæmia and Atrophy
. . .
87
91
124 123
145
125
157
120
131
148
102
122
1,475
75.9
10. 85
Tubercular diseases
. . .
15
12
7
9
16
13
12
13
12
12
15
10
146
7.5
35. 62
Meningitis and Hydrocephalus
. . .
4
3
6
8
5
8
7
5
5
5
6
5
67
3.4
74.63
Convulsions
...
20
15
27
36
19
22
34
26
44
30
25
14
312
16.1
79.81
Dentition
. . .
47
37
54
95
68
74
106
121
87
67
60
50
866
44.6
17. 55
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
13
16
14
26
35
4 6
38
28
30
21
1 6
17
300
15.4
4. 21
Injuries
...
31
24
34
22
23
29
24
36
23
27
21
19
313
16.1
All other Causes
...
58
58
91
68
70
72
70
64
51
50
43
54
749
38.5
914
777 1,064 1,171 1,118 1,039 1,613 1,965 1,800 1,666 1, 184
941
15,252
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
48.3 40. 0
54.4
60. 1
57.3 52.8 82.2 100.2 91.8 85.3 60. 7
50.3
7 8 5 . 0