lvi SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS—FORT WILLIAM, 1870-79.
XL.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying FORT
WILLIAM during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate
Strength
for each
Month of
the Ten
Years.
Average
Number
Daily
Sick.
Number
Daily
Sick per
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 s , 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 .
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 .
Dropsy.
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
. . .
8,756
421
48.1
6
. . . 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...
1 ...
1
. . . . . . 1 ... ... ... ... ...
. . . . . .
February ...
9,009
426
47.3
4 ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
...
. . . 1
. . . . . . 2
1
. . .
...
. . . ... . . .
. . .
March
...
8,797
413
4.6.9
9 ...
5 . . . . . . ... ... . . . ... ... ...
2 . . . . . . . . . 1
. . .
...
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
April
... 8,836
434
49.1
7
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
. . .
...
1
. . . ...
. . .
1 . . . . . . 1 2
. . .
...
. . . ... ...
1
May
. . . 8,794 447
50.8
9
. . .
1 . . . . . .
. . .
...
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
2 . . . . . . . . . 1
. . .
...
. . . 3
. . . 2
June
. . . 8,822
501
56.8
8
...
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
...
1 1
1 ...
1 . . . . . . 1 ...
. . .
... ...
1 ...
2
July
. . . 8,802 578
65.7
8
. . . 1
. . . . . .
. . . ...
1 . . .
...
. . .
. . . . . . 1 1 3
. . .
...
. . . . . . ...
1
August
. . . 8,778
575
65.5
13
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
... ... ... ...
1
3 . . . . . . 2 1
. . .
...
. . . 2 ...
4
September ...
8,789
566
64.4
8
...
1 . . . ... ... ... . . .
. . . 1
. . . 1 . . . . . . ...
. . .
. . . ... ... 2
. . . 3
October
. . . 8,720
525
60.2
11
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
...
1
. . .
1
. . .
4 . . . 1 1 ...
. . .
... ... 1
. . . 2
November
. . . 7,974
422
52.9
5
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . ... . . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . . . . . . . . 1 ...
. . . ... . . . 2
. . . 1
December ... 8,554 439 51.3
6
. . . . . .
. . . . . . ... ...
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
1 . . . . . . . . . 1
. . . ... . . .
. . .
1
2
11 ... ... ... ...
4 1
7 1 17 ... 2 10 10 ... ... ... 12 1 18
Died per 1,009 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years 8,719
479
54.9
94 10.78 1.26 . . .
. . . ... ... .46 1.1
. 8 0 .11 1.95 ...
. 2 31.15 1.15 ... ... ... 1.38 .11 2. 07
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
T o t a l
Admitted
during the
Ten Years.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
c a s e s
treated.
JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1878)
. . .
...
. . .
7
74
48
29
52
46
10 ...
...
. . .
266
30.5
...
Cholera
...
2
...
5
1
1
1
2 ...
2
. . . ...
2
16
1 . 8
68.75
Smallpox
. . . ...
1 ...
. . . ...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. 1
...
Enteric Fever
...
2
4
3
. . .
2
. . . ...
2
. . . ...
...
...
1 3
1.5
...
Fever, Intermittent
. . . 105
59
48
58
68
79
118
112
80
47
101
147
1,022
1 1 7 . 2
...
Fevers, Remittent and Continued ...
52
5 4
48
74
83
155
291
263
179
93
8 2
78
1,452
1 6 6 . 5
. . .
Apoplexy
...
. . .
...
3
3
1
4
1
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
14
1 . 6
28. 57
Delirium Tremens
. . .
2
2
2
2
4
5
2
7
4
2 2
. . .
3 4
3 . 9
2. 94
Dysentery
...
24
13
20
18
25
20
29
36
35
28
2 3
2 2
2 9 3
3 3 . 6
2 . 3 9
Diarrhœa
. . . 22
12
17
28
14
19
32
29
27
20
14
29
263
30.2
.38
Hepatitis
...
31
25
30
32
45
61
51
44
46
43
29
25
462
53.0
3. 68
Spleen disease
. . .
2
3
1
3
5
4
4
2
4
4
3 ...
3 5
4.0
...
Respiratory diseases
. . . 28
43
37
35
29
31
32
45
26
35
2 4
3 4
3 9 9
4 5 . 8
. 5 0
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
6
3
5
5
7
8
11
13
13
9
10
10
100
11.5
10. 00
Scurvy
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
1 . . .
...
1
. 1 . . .
Rheumatism
. . . 36
25
26
34
42
39
43
39
28
3 2
2 3
2 7
3 9 4
4 5 . 2
.42
Venereal
dis
eases
...
171
158
183 154 133
126
124 123
118
127
111
145
1,673
1 9 1 . 9
Eye diseases
...
8
9
11
12
6
7
7
6
5
6
3
9
89
10.2
Abscess and Ulcer
...
61
62
57
46
59
70
67
82
68
44
4 2
4 6
7 0 4
8 0 . 7
Wounds and Accidents
...
77
70
76
48
48
54
51
54
48
58
4 6
5 7
6 8 7
7 8 . 8
All other Causes
. . .
99
110
132
132
125
150
176
1 7 7
1 9 9
1 8 7
1 2 3
1 1 9
1 , 7 2 0
1 9 8 . 3
728
653
711
759
745
862 1,093 1,080
893
737
636
750
9,647
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Mouth.
83.1 72.5 80.8 85.9 84.7 97.7 124.2 123.0 101.6 84.5 79.8 87.7
1,106.4