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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXL.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BOMBAY PRESIDENCY in each
MARCH of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEARS.
Average
Strength .
Average
N u m b e r
Daily Sick.
N u m b e r 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 ( e x - c l u d i n g D e a t h s f r o m I n j u r i e s a n d s u d d e n D e a t h s o u t o f H o s p i t a l s . )
D I E D P E R 1 , 0 0 0 O F S T R E N G T H I N M A R C H O F E A C H Y E A R .
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
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 .
De l i r i u m T r e me 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 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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o 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 æmi a .
Al l o t h e r Ca u s e s .
All Causes.
Excluding
Cholera.
1870
...
9,040
503
55.6
11
1.22
1 . 2 2 ...
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . ....
2
. . .
2
. . .
1 1
3
. . .
. . .... ...
1871
...
10,223
526
51.1
12
1.17
1 . 1 7 ...
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . ....
2
. . .
3
. . .
1 2
1
. . .
. . .... 2
1872
...
10,854
467
43.0
6
.55
.55
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . . ...
1
. . .
. . . 1
1
. . .
. . .... 3
1873
...
10,630
505
47.5
9
.85
.85
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
. . .
4
. . .
. . . 2
. . .
. . .
. . .1
1
1874
...
10,767
531
49.3
7
.65
. 6 5 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . ....
1
. . . 1
. . .
2
2
. . .
. . .
. . ....
1
1875
. . .
10,055
464
46.1
16
1.59
1.59
...
1
1
. . .
2
1
...
. . . ...
3
. . .
2
1
1
. . . ...
...
4
1876
. . .
10,294
483
46.9
13
1.26
1 . 2 6 ...
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1 ...
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
2 2
3
. . .
. . .... 1
1877
. . .
10,080
477
47.3
4
.40
. 4 0 ...
. . .
1
. . . ...
...
...
...
. . .
1
. . .
. . . 1
1
. . .
. . .... ...
1878
. . .
10,301
555
53.9
4
.39
. 3 9 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . ....
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .... 3
1879
. . .
9,255
557
60.2
14
1.51
1 . 5 1 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1 ...
5
. . .
2
. . .
1 ...
2
. . .
. . .... 1
...
1
5
...
5
3
...
11
. . . 21
...
9
12
12
. . . ...
1
16
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
101,499
5,068
50.0
96
.95
.95
. . .
. 0 1
.05
... .05 .03 ...
. 1 1 ... .20 ... .09
.12
. 1 2 ...
... .01 .16
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MARCH.
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
cases
treated.
Dengue (of 1872)
...
...
...
2 6 4
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
264
2 . 6
. . .
C holera
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
Smallpox
... ...
. . .
2
1
...
3
2
. . .
...
8
. 1
12.50
Enteric Fever
...
4
2
. . .
1
5
2
1
1
2
2
20
.2
25.00
Fever, Intermittent
...
294
330
157
180
300
163
202
143
233
355
2,357
23.2
...
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
...
126
128
106
37
152
69
45
48
54
72
857
8.4
.58
Apoplexy
...
1
1
2
...
2
4
1
...
. . .
1
12
.1
25.00
Delirium Tremens
...
4
7
2
2
5
2
2
3
4
...
31
.3
. . .
...
Dysentery
...
19
24
7
38
15
21
11
19
15
16
185
1.8
5.95
Diarrhœa
...
29
33
35
39
33
57
20
36
37
42
361
3.6
. . .
Hepatitis
...
31
44
17
46
57
36
34
25
25
20
335
3.3
6.27
Spleen disease
...
7
2
3
7
5
6
4
2
2
2
40
.4
. . .
Respiratory diseases
...
6 7
81
41
60
80
82
47
55
54
54
624
6.1
1.44
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
5
8
10
11
5
3
5
5
1
5
58
. 6
20.69
Scurvy
...
1
1
...
. . .
. . .
•••
...
. . .
1
. . .
3
.0
. . .
Rheumatism
...
61
40
29
50
69
48
37
29
51
32
446
4.4
Venereal diseases
...
1 8 5
160
162
169
213
179
156
161
178
232
1,795
17.7
Eye diseases
...
20
22
17
18
30
28
24
17
12
12
200
2.0
. 5 1
Abscess and Ulcer
...
94
61
80
93
113
118
72
64
65
77
840
8.3
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s
...
72
75
54
82
105
116
84
96
95
95
874
8.6
All other Causes
...
1 3 4
104
135
155
169
137
121
122
126
85
1,288
12.7
1,154
1,129
1,123
989
1,358
1,091
869
828
955
1,102
10,598
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each March.
127.7
110.4
103.5
93.0
126.1
108.5
84.4
82.1
92.7
119.1
1 0 4 . 4