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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXXIV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the MADRAS PRESIDENCY in each
SEPTEMBER of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR .
Average
Strength .
Average
N u m b e r
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily Sick
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from
Injuries and
Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
S E P T E M B E R
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x . Ent er i c Fever . Fever, Int ermi t t ent .
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 . Apoplexy.
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 .
He 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 .
Hear t di s eas e.
P h t h i s i s P u l mo 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 . Al l o t h e r Ca u s e s .
All Causes.
Excludi
ng Cholera.
1870
10,941
717
65.5
16
1.46
1 . 4 6
. . .
. . .2
...
2 1
. . .
2
. . .2
. . .
. . .3
3
. . .
. . . ...
1
1871...
10,854
641
59.1
14
1.29
1.29
. . .
. . . 1
...
. . . ...
. . .
3
. . .4
. . .
. . .3
...
. . .
. . . ...
3
1872 ...
11,394
800
70.2
23
2.02
2 . 0 2
. . .
. . .6
...
. . . ...
. . .
7
. . .3
. . .
. . .3
...
. . .
. . . ...
4
. . .
1873
11,381
771
67.7
17
1.49
1.49
...
. . . 1 ...
2 ...
. . . 5
. . . 3
. . .
. . . 3
2
. . .
. . . ...
1
...
1874
11,402
733
64.3
9
.79
. 7 9
. . .
. . .1
...
. . .1
1
. . .
. . . 4
. . .
. . ....
1
. . .
. . . ...
2
1875...
11,038
656
59.4
17
1.54
1 . 5 4
. . .
. . .1
...
. . .1
. . .
3
1 5
. . .
. . .3
...
. . .
. . . ...
3
1876...
11,166
708
63.4
16
1.43
1 . 2 5
2
. . .7
...
. . ....
. . .
3
. . .2
. . .
. . ....
...
. . .
. . . ...
1
1877...
10,972
746
68.0
17
1.55
1.09
5
... ...
...
. . . ...
. . .
7
. . . 3
. . .
. . . 1
1
. . .
. . . ...
...
1878 ...
10,887
773
71.0
14
1.29
1.01
3
...
4
...
1
1
...
1
...
2
. . .
. . . 1 ...
. . .
. . . ...
1
1879...
10,467
739
70.6
22
2.10
1.91
2 ... 3
...
. . .1
. . .
2
. . .4
. . .
. . ....
3
. . .
. . . ...
7
12
...
26
...
5
5
1
33
1
32
...
...
17
10
...
...
...
23
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
110,502
7,284
65.9
165
1.49
1.38 .11 ...
.23 ... .01 .04 .01 .30 .01 .30 ...
... .15 .09 ...
...
... .21
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH SEPTEMBER.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
c a s e s
treated
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)
...
...
...
101
47
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
148
1.3
. . .
Cholera
...
1
1
...
. . .
...
...
2
8
5
2
19
.2
63.16
Smallpox
...
1
. . .
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
. 0
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
3
9
10
9
5
2
14
2
6
2
62
.6
41.94
Fever, Intermittent
...
229
92
258
151
111
115
50
91
206
370
1,673
15.1
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued...
68
68
111
89
117
113
175
126
223
181
1,271
11.5
.39
Apoplexy
...
2
1
. . .
. . .
2
1
2
...
1
3
12
.1
41.67
Delirium Tremens
...
3
7
3
1
3
3
8
6
4
...
38
.4
2.63
Dysentery
...
75
68
111
128
114
64
62
90
112
72
896
8.1
3.68
Diarrhœa
...
75
56
75
66
41
37
62
46
67
40
565
5.1
.18
Hepatitis
...
59
57
66
102
104
68
69
55
56
67
703
6.4
4.55
Spleen disease
...
1
3
2
2
3
...
1
...
...
1
13
. 1
. . .
Respiratory diseases
...
39
55
34
67
71
31
33
33
41
59
463
4.2
. . .
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
5
8
6
12
19
9
4
4
8
4
79
. 7
12.66
Scurvy
. . .
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
. 0
. . .
Rheumatism
52
50
34
64
70
26
49
26
38
41
450
4.1
Venereal diseases
. . .
127
110
126
218
192
141
129
242
206
252
1,743
15.8
Eye diseases
. . .
29
18
26
24
15
17
13
16
12
11
181
1.6
.64
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
104
85
87
116
110
79
69
66
90
91
897
8.1
Wounds and Accidents
...
103
85
66
95
101
67
84
62
61
80
804
7.3
All other Causes
191
171
163
287
246
188
236
179
19 5
207
2,063
18.7
1,167
945
1,279
1,479
1,324
961
1,062
1,052
1,331
1,484
12,084
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each September.
106.7
87.1
112.3
129.9
116.1
87.1
95.1
95.9
122.3
141.8
109.4