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.
CCCXXVII.
TABLE showing the RATIO of SICKNESS and MORTALITY for the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BENGAL
PRESIDENCY in each YEAR and for the TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength
in
each Year.
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 .
DIED PER 1,000.
DIED PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
Al l C a u s e s .
E x c l u d i n g C h o l e r a .
Chol er 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 s , R e m i t t e n t a n d
Co n t i n u e d .
A p o p l e x y .
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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l 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 .
A n æ m i a a n d A t r o p h y .
C h i l d - b i r t h a n d A b o r -
tion.
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
1870
...
3,519 49.5 32.68 28.99
3.69 ...
†
7.67
3.13
2.56 1.99
1.70 3.97
1.14 1.42
1.14 3.13
1.14
1871
...
3,680 50.0 28.53 26.08
2.45
.27
.81 5.17
.54 2.99 2.45
1.90 4.08 1.90
.81
. 5 4
2.72
1.90
1872
...
3,838 48.5 46.12 30.23 15.89
. 26
1.30
4.95
1.04 4.43
3.13
1.56 4.17
.52
1.83
1.83 3.38
1.83
1873
. . . 3,858 43.0 22.81 21.77 1.04
.52 1.04 3.63
.52
1.81
1.81
1.81
3.37
.52
.78
.26 2.33
3.37
1874
...
3,866 39.6 20.69 20.43
.26 ...
.77 3.62
.52 2.07
1. 04
2.07 2.84 1.04 .77
2. 07
2.58
1.04
1875
...
3,722 45.7 30.63 23.38
7.25 ...
1.07 4.30 1.07
1.88
2.15
1.07
2.15
1.34 .54
1. 34
4.30 2.15
1876
. . . 3,498 36.9 22.87 20.58 2.29 ...
.57 2.29
1.72
2.57
. 8 6
1.43
2.57
1.43
.86
.86 2.85 2.57
1877
. . . 3,194 31.6 18.16 17.53
.63 ...
1.57 2.50
1.57
1.57
. 94
2.81
2.50
.63
.31
.31
1.57
1.25
1878
. . . 2,896 41.4 32.46 27.28
5.18
1.04 2.07 5.52
1.38 1.04
1. 04
2.41
3.80
1.04 1.04 1. 04
2.41
3.45
1879
. . . 2,675 41.9 28.41 25.42
2.99
1.12 1.50
2.99 2.62
2.62
1.50
1.87
2.62
1.12
1.12
.74
3.36
2.24
TEN YEARS ... 34,746 43.0 28.41 24.15
4.26
.29 1.04 4.29
1.35 2.39 1.73
1.84 3.22
1.06
.95
1. 04
2.88 2.07
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
ADMITTED PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH IN EACH YEAR.
Admitted per
1,000 on the
Average of
the Ten Years.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue
...
...
...
92.0
. 8
.5
.5
9 . 5
. . .
...
...
1 1 . 3
Cholera
...
5.4
3.5
23.4
1.3
.3
11.0
4. 0
. 9
7.6
4.1
6.3
Smallpox
...
.9
1.1
1.0
3.1
. 5
.5
.6
2.5
7.9
5.6
2.2
Enteric Fever
...
...
1.6
1.6
2.3
1.3
1.3
1.1
3.4
2.8
3.7
1 . 8
Intermittent Fevers
...
346.4
253.8
194.1
197.3
217.5
224.6
197.3
161.6
210.6
348.4
232.7
Remittent and Continued Fevers
...
158.0
145.4
168.6
161.7
163.5
118.5
118.9
93.6
153.3
100.2
139.9
Apoplexy
. . .
3.1
1 . 1
2.9
1.3
.5
3.0
2.3
2.2
2.1
3.4
2.1
Dysentery
...
42.1
40.0
47.9
37.0
25.1
30.4
27. 4
23.8
27.3
23.2
33.0
Diarrhœa
...
75.6
66.0
89.4
62.5
58.2
82.5
52.9
40.4
55.6
54.6
64.6
H e p a t i t i s
...
21.0
24.7
24.2
21.5
17.1
19.6
21.7
22.5
25.5
30.6
22.6
Spleen disease
...
5.4
1 . 1
3.1
4.4
4.1
4.6
4. 0
6.0
4.5
6.4
4.2
Respiratory diseases
. . .
38.1
41.1
35.7
37.6
41.6
25.2
43.7
36.3
37.6
40.0
37.6
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
11.9
12.2
11.7
9.6
9.3
13.4
6 . 6
11.6
11.4
8.2
10.6
Anæmia and Atrophy *
...
207.5
306.8
299.3
244.2
233.1
300.1
274.2
242.0
341.2
317.8
274.5
Rheumatism
...
17.6
19.8
27.3
18.7
18.4
22.3
20.6
19.4
18.0
20.6
20.4
Eye diseases
...
63.9
94.6
77.1
63.0
78.1
63.4
52.3
33.8
85.6
57.6
67.4
Abortion
...
19.0
25.0
24.5
21.2
21.7
19.9
18.0
15.3
23.5
16.8
20.7
Diseases peculiar to Women
...
31.0
36.4
34.7
35.8
35.7
38.9
36.6
32.6
35.9
35.1
35.3
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
26.7
25.0
26.6
29.6
31.8
23.9
20. 0
22.9
20.0
24.3
25.3
Injuries
. . .
9.7
9.5
11. 2
10.1
10.1
10.5
7.7
10.0
10.4
9.0
9.9
All other Causes
. . .
60.2
63.6
49.1
50.0
50.2
55.6
50.6
39.8
39.7
43.7
50.8
1,143.5 1,172.3 1,245.4 1,013.0 1,018.6 1,069.9
970.0
820.6 1,120.5 1,073.3
1,073.2
* See Note (a ) at foot of Table CCCXXII.
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