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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
X.—WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY, 1870-79.
CCCXXXII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the MADRAS
PRESIDENCY in each YEAR and for the TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength
in each
Year.
Average
Num-
b e r
Daily
Sick.
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 .
DIED PER
1,000.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
A l l C a u s e s .
E x c l u d i n g C h o l e r a .
C h o l e r a .
S m a 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 e 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 .
A p 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 .
D i a r r h œ a .
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 -
mo 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 .
1870
. . .
2,467
60 24.3
151 61.21 59.59
4
... 2
. . .
... 2 2 5 ... 26 25 5 12 ... 7 25 19 8 4 5
1871
. . .
2,534
61 24.1
127 50.12
4 8 . 5 4 4 ... 2 3 2
. . . . . . 5 l 15 26 8 9
. . . 6 16 14 8
1 7
1872
. . .
2,794
70 25.1
191 68.36 68.36
. . . 2 8 ... 1
3 ... 13 1 14 37 8 5
1 9 34 21 13 9
12
1873
. . .
2,880
64 22.2
148 51.39 49.30
6
. . . 9
. . .
. . .
. . . ... 10 ... 16 19 4 8
. . . 15 18 24 5 9 5
1874
. . .
3,048
57 18.7
134 43.96 43.96
. . .
. . . 6 1
. . .
. . . ... 3 ... 23 22 5 5 ... 11 19 16 9 5 9
1875
. . .
3,039
54 17.8
148 48.70 47.05 5 ... 4 ... ... ...
. . . 5
. . . 23 28 6 2
. . . 8 26 14 8 5 14
1876
...
2,920
51 17.5
164 56.16 53.76 7 ...
6 1
. . .
. . . ... 5 ... 24 34 7 14 1 8 21 14 8 6 8
1877
.. .
2,880
65 22.6
174 60.42 56.25 12 1 ...
. . .
. . .
2 2 8 ... 20 32 3 12
. . . 9 30 27 5 2 9
1878
...
2,658
64 24.1
182 68.47 68.47
. . . . . .
6 . . . ...
. . . . . . 6 1 15 62 5 13 ... 14 26 10 14 4 6
1879
...
2,273
53 23.3
102 44.88 43.56
3
. . . 2
1
. . .
... 3 3 3 20 13 3 3 ... 8 11 8
8 7 6
41 3 45 6 3 7 7 63 6 196 298 54 83 2 95 226 167 86 52 81
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
TEN YEARS
. . .
27,493
599 21.8 1,521 55.32 53.83 1.49 .11 1.64 .22
. 1 1 .25 .25 2.29 .22 7.13 10.84 1.96 3.02 .07 3.46 8.22 6.07 3.13 1.89 2.95
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH YEAR.
Total
Admitted
during the
Ten Years.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879.
D e n g u e
. . .
...
...
140
16 ...
...
2
...
...
...
158
5.8
. . .
Cholera
. . . 5
10 ...
10 ...
6
10
16
2
3
62
2.3
66.13
Smallpox
... ...
...
9
4
4
. . .
1
7
1
2
28
1.0
10.71
Measles
. . . 61
143
103
148
133
90
127
20
2 0 6
52
1,083
39.4 4.16
Hooping Cough
...
6
38
10
10
32
4
35
5
25
20
185
6.7
3. 24
Scarlet Fever
. . .
. . .
11 8
. . . ...
. . .
1
1 ...
. . .
21
.8
14.29
Enteric Fever
...
5
. . .
6
1
. . .
1
3
6
. . .
. . .
22
.8
31.82
Intermittent Fever
...
200
109
102
68
47
84
42
93
155
195
1,095
39.8
.64
Remittent and Continued Fevers
. . . 116
135
212
171
169
183
179
219
309
172
1,865
67.8
3. 38
Apoplexy
. . . . . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
5
3
12
.4
50.00
Dysentery
. . . 94
106
80
112
70
78
73
113
117
52
895
32.6
10.61
Diarrhœa
. . . 201
209
267
203
187
218
187
260
270
141
2,143
78.0
10.55
Hepatitis
. . .
1
7
2
3
5
3
6
4
3
1
35
1.3
. . .
Spleen disease
...
3
. . . ...
...
...
...
2
. . .
1
2
8
. 3
...
Respiratory diseases
. . . 144
193
204
154
161
125
144
160
187
176
1,648
59.9
8.37
Eye disease
...
376
292
4 5 8 377
172
295
241
486
115
257
3,069
111.6
...
Anæmia and Atrophy
...
1 7 0 207
222
323
316
230
1 9 8
192
130
196
2,184
79.4
7.65
Tubercular Diseases
. . .
27
40
24
16
15
21
31
20
30
20
244
8.9
34.84
Meningitis and Hydrocephalus
...
5
13
10
5
8
9
9
6
7
10
82
3.0
65.85
Convulsions
...
2 7
35
58
30
31
38
50
42
74
28
413
15.0
72.15
Dentition
...
115
94
69
77
132
129
131
124
92
67
1,030
37.5
19.03
Abscess and Ulcer
. . . 56
41
55
48
33
44
6 1
66
6 4
43
511
18.6
Inj uri es
. . . 50
43
34
49
54
35
43
29
38
41
416
15.1
3.41
All other Causes
. . .
104
112
199
110
128
136
154
179
161
120
1,403
51.0
1,766 1,839 2,273 1,935 1,697 1,730 1,731 2,048 1,992 1,601
18,612
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Year.
715.9 725.7 813.5 671.9 556.7 569.3 592.8 711.1 749.4 704.3
677.0