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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
X.—WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY, 1870-79.
CCCXXX.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN 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
Number
Daily
Sick.
D a i l y S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f A v e r -
a g e 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 ma 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
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 .
H e 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 t i o n .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
1870
...
1,435
4 5 31.4
25 1 7 . 4 2
12.55
7
...
. . . . . .
3
1
2
3
1
1
. . .
. . .
1
3
3
1871
. . . 1,421
42 29.5
26
1 8 . 3 0
1 6 . 1 9
3 ...
. . . ...
3 ...
4
2
1
3
3
. . . 1
3
3
1872
...
1,495
49 32.8
22 14.72
1 4 . 7 2 ...
. . .
1 ...
2
2
2
2
. . .
7 . . .
. . . 2
2
2
1873
. . . 1,541
43 27.9
23 14.92 13.63
2
. . . 1 ...
2
1
4
2
1
3
. . .
. . . 1
4 2
1874
...
1,530
39 25.5
31 20.26 20.26 ...
2
1 . . .
1
. . . 3
1
4
5
4
. . . 1
5
4
1875
. . . 1,441
40 27.8
27 18.74 17.35
2
... 2
1
3
. . . 5
1
2
4
1
. . . 1
1
4
1876
...
1,417
36 25.4
27 19.05 12.70
9
...
2
. . . 3
. . . 2
2
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
2
3
4
1877
. . . 1,400
42 30.0
37 26.43 20.72
8 ...
1
. . . 2
1
3
. . . 1
3
2 ...
3
8
5
1878
. . . 1,299
42 32.3
35 26.95 23.10
5 ... 1 . . .
5
2 3
3
1
3
1
2
. . . 6
3
1879
...
1,165
35 30.0
18 15.45 15.45 ... ... ... ...
4
3
2
. . . . . .
. . .
1 1
1
3
3
36
2
9
1 28 10 30 16 11 29 12
3 13 38 33
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
TEN YEARS
... 14,144 413 29.2 271 19.16 16.61 2.55
. 1 4 . 63
2.05
.71 2.12 1.13 .78 2 . 0 5
.85
. 2 1 .92
2 . 6 9 2. 33
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 c a s e s
treated.
1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879.
D e n g u e
... ...
...
94
18
1 . . .
2
. . .
...
...
115
8 . 1 ...
Cholera
...
9 6
1
2
. . .
2
12
11
5
. . .
48
3.4
75.00
Smallpox
... ...
3
6
1
3
. . .
3
8
3
1
28
2.0
7.14
Enteric Fever
...
1
1
2
2
1
5
4
4
. . . ...
2 0
1.4
45.00
Intermittent Fever
. . . 260
9 6 126
77
41
75
61
77
123
188
1,124
79.4
. 0 9
Remittent and Continued Fevers
...
78
77
124
111
120
98
135
121
205
105
1,174
83.0
2.39
Apoplexy
...
3 ...
2
3
. . .
...
2
1
1
3
15
1.1
66.67
Dysentery
...
36
61
59
58
65
43
42
64
57
33
518
36.7
5.79
Diarrhœa
. . .
8 6 71
9 6 83
40
56
64
75
69
39
679
48.0
2.36
Hepatitis
...
23
20
33
4 0 19
37
40
32
29
17
290
20.5
3.79
Spleen disease
...
1
1
. . .
. . .
1
2
1
1
. . .
1
8
.6
...
Respiratory diseases
. . . 67
72
45
50
53
43
30
110
67
57
594
42.0
2.02
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
11
14
16
12
10
8
11
11
13
5
111
7 . 8
26.12
Anæmia and Atrophy *
...
380 291
412
405
360
298
392
441 466
381
3,826
270.5
.34
Rheumatism
. . . 30
17
30
28
27
24
31
27
40
34
288
20.4 ...
Eye diseases
...
65
89
104
83
51
43
61
9 0
33
46
665
47.0
...
Abortion
. . .
29
33
24
22
15
30
23
20
20
18
234
16.5
2.14
Diseases peculiar to Women
. . .
58
67
40
68 48
63
71
64
53
50
582
41.1
1.47
Abscess and Ulcer
...
48
49
41
27
36
32
33
39
24
23
352
24.9
Injuries
...
18
25
12
16
21
14
17
12
15
22
172
12.2
All other Causes
. . .
84
249 245
206
155
132
75
73
67
53
1,339
94.7
1,287 1,242 1,512 1,312 1,067 1,005 1,110 1,281 1,290 1,076
12,182
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Year.
8 9 6 . 9 874.0 1,011.4 851.4 697. 4
697.4 783.3 915.0 993.1 923.6
8 6 1 . 3
* Sec Note (a) at foot of Table CCCXXII.