SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCIX.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA in each AUGUST of the
T E N - Y E A R
P E R I O D 1 8 7 0 - 1 8 7 9 .
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
A v e r a g e
N u m b e r
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily
S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f s t r e n g t h .
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from Injuries
Deaths and sudden Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
AUGUST
OF EACH YEAR.
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 , R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n t i n u e s .
A p o p l e x y .
D e l i r i u m T r e me n s .
Dy s e n t r y .
D i a r r h œ a .
Hepat i t i s.
S p l e e n d i s e a s e .
Respi r at or y di seasea.
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 e 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 C a u s e s .
All Causes. Excluding
Cholera.
1870
55,675
3,857
69.3
86
1.54
1.54 ... ... 10
1 15
6
. . . 8 ... 15 ... ... 10 11 ...
. . .
1
9
1871
57,087
3,786
66.3
9 3
1.63
1.59
2
. . . 11 ...
10
7 2 12
1 18
. . .
. . . . . 9
6 ...
1 1 13
1 8 7 2
58,817
3,622
61.6
256
4.35
1.45 171
. . .
14
... 10
9
1 15
2 11
. . . 2
5
5
. . . . .
. . . 1 10
1873
58,762
3,636
61.9
57
.97
.90
4
. . . 6
1
6
2
1
5
1 10
1
. . .
5 8
. . .
. . . ... 7
1874
59,347
3,995
67.3
63
1.06
1.06
. . .
. . . 13 ...
7
5
1
5
. . . 11 .... 1
6 4
1
. . . ... 9
1875
58,315
3,474.
59.6
137 2 . 3 5
. 9 3 83
. . . 4 ...
3
6 ...
4
. . .
9 2
3
6 7
. . . .
. . . ... 10
1876
57,763
3,445
59.6
104
1 . 8 0
1.28 30
. . . 18 ...
4.
7 ...
6
. . . 14 1
3
7
6
. . .
. . . ... 8
1877
57,025
3,595
63.0
60
1.05
1.02
2
. . . 13 ...
5
9 ...
4
. . . 13
1
1
4
3
. . .
... 5
1878
5 6 , 1 1 6
3,995
7 1 . 2
1 3 4 2 . 3 9
1 . 1 4 70
. . . 17 ...
7
2
2 8
. . . 13
. . .
. . . 2
5
. . .
. . .
1 7
1879
For the Month
59,644
4,793
80.4
187
3.14
1.91 73 ... 25
2 17
9 ... 18
4 13 ...
.2
6
5 ...
. . .
... 13
435 ... 131
4 81 62
7 85
8 127
5 12
6 0 60
1
1
4 91
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
578,551
33,198
66.0
1,177
2.03
1..28 .75 .... .23 .01 .15 .11 .01 .15 .01 .22 .01
. 0 2 .10 .10
. 0 0 .00 .01 .15
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH AUGUST.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases treated.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1974.
1875.
1376.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (01,1872 and 1873)
. . .
. . .
721
86
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
807
1.4
. . .
Cholera
5
2
282
10
. . .
121
45
4
85
96
650
1.1
66.92
Smallpox
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
.0
...
Enteric Fever
23
16
24
15
34
11
28
24
40
49
264
. 4
49.62
Fever, Intermittent
3,150
2,694
1,413
1,637
1,839
1,621
2,072
1,483
1,792
3,518
21,219
3 6 . 7
.02
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
1,272
1,193
914
776
1,013
929
969
1,225
1,030
1,170
10,491
1 8 . 1
. 8 0
Apoplexy
6
13
26
7
6
23
13
56
9
21
180
. 3
34.44
Delirium Tremens
40
43
25
17
15
30
26
14
18
10
238
. 6
2.94
Dysentery
297
293
342
232
228
262
260
227
280
287
2,708
4 . 7
3 . 1 4
Diarrhœa
601
476
814
423
366
654
517
278
515
549
5,193
8 . 9
.15
Hepatitis
341
359
285
287
305
305
293
255
213
232
2 , 8 7 5
5 . 0
4 . 4 2
Spleen disease
34
31
24
27
33
41
29
29
22
32
3 0 2
. 5
1 . 6 6
Respiratory diseases
266
357
265
323
303
296
308
273
225
214
2 , 8 3 0
4 . 9
.42
Phthisis Pulmonali
45
58
48
44
46
53
48
47
29
31
449
. 8
13.36
S c u r v y
5
3
2
2
2
1
2
3
...
7
27
.0
3.70
Rheumatism
361
299
304
291
329
308
326
255
239
208
2,920
5 . 0 . 4 7
Venereal disease
8 0 2
918
651
765
765
956
883
971
1,139
866
8 , 7 1 6
1 5 . 1
Eye diseases
178
161
126
108
149
106
128
82
76
9 7
1 , 2 1 1
2 . 1
Abscess and Ulcer
477
547
386
421
490
517
510
561
428
5 2 1
4 , 8 5 8
8 . 4
Wounds and Accidents
407
408
350
315
347
518
494
4 6 0
340
321
3,990
6 . 9
All other Causes
1,032
1,245
965
954
1,088
1,143
1,229
1,096
976
934
10,662
1 8 . 4
9,342
9,116
7,967
6,770
7,358
7,895
8,181
7,343
7,456
9,163
80,591
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each August.
167.8
159.7
135.5
115.2
124.0
135.4
141.6
128.8
132.9
153.6
139.3