SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
CCXXXV
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXVII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY in each
APRIL of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH 1N
APRIL
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
YEAR.
Average
Strength .
Average
Nu D a i l y
Daily
mber.
Sick .
Number
Dairy Sick
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from I n j u r i e s a n d
sudden
Deaths
of
Hospital).
Chol er a.
Smal l pox.
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 l i r i u m T r e m e n s .
D y s e n t e r y .
Di ar r hœa.
H e p a t i t i s .
S p l e e n d i s e a s e .
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 .
Dr opsy.
Scurvy.
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a . A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
All Causes. Excluding
C h o l e r a .
1870
...
34,169
2,051
60.0
50
1.46
1.35
4
2
5 ...
7
1 ...
6 ...
7 ...
3
7
4 ... , ... ...
4
1871
...
35.787
1,932
5 4 . 0
37
1 . 0 3
. 9 5
3 ...
2 ... 11
2 ...
1 ...
3 ...
3
3
5 .„ ... ...
4
1872
...
37,057
1,819
49.1
29
.78
.65
5 ...
3 ...
2
1 . .
.
1 ...
3
2
4
3
5
1873
...
36,929
1,947
52.7
37
1 . 0 0
1 . 0 0 ...
.3
9 ...
3 ...
1
2 ...
2 ...
6
4 6 .,. ... ...
1
1874
37,322
1,997
53.5
33
.88
. 8 8
.
. .
2 8 ... .,.
1
2
4 ...
7
.
...
1
2 1 ... ... ...
5
1875
...
37,397
2,003
53.6
32
.86
. 6 4 8 ...
6 ...
3
3 ... . . ...
3
1
3
1
1 ... ...
1
2
1876
37,110
1,886
5 0 . 8
31
.84
.67
6 ...
4 ... ...
4 ...
.1
1
3 ... ...
1
4 .., ...
1
6
1977
...
36,101
1,734
.48.0
22
.61
.58
1 ...
5 ...
2 .
...
1 ...
3 ...
1
3
3 ... ... ...
3
1878.
...
35,516
2,057
57.9
33
.93
. 9 3 ..
3 12 .
...
1 ...
7
4
1
2
5
1879
...
39,164
2,356
60.2
85
2.17
1.71 18 1 21 1 11
4 ... 10 ...
3
1
4 ...
5 ... ...
4
45 11 75
1 39 17
3 26
1 41
2 23 29 33 ... ...
4 39
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
366,552
19,782
54.0
389
1.06
.94 .12 .03 .20 .00 .11 .05 .01 .07 .00 .11 .01 .06 .08 .09 ... ... .01 .11
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH APRIL.
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)
...
...
...
1 9 6
. . .
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
196
.5
. . .
Cholera
...
9
3
6
1
. . .
10
10
1
. . .
34
74
. 2
6 0 . 8 1
Smallpox
...
1
3
2
30
13
. . .
. .
1
16
7
73
.2
1 5 . 0 7
Enteric Fever
...
9
8
7
23
20
15
11
8
45
58
204
.6
36.76
Fever, Intermitted
...
1,081
878
649
952
639
785
504
524
510
1,274
7,796
21.3
.01
Fevers, Remittent and Continued ...
516
530
416
772
543
695
352
297
633
754
5,508
15.0
.71
Apoplex
...
8
7
7
7
8
6
9
5
2
13
72
.2
23.61
Delirium Tremens
...
17
11
8
9
9
3
5
2
3
4
71
.2
4.23
Dy s e n t e r y
...
1 0 0
84
84
97
92
64
83
59
141
223
1,027
2.8
2.53
D i a r r h œ a
...
223
210
207
188
168
228
131
174
297
398
2,224
6.1
.04
H e p a t i t i s
...
1 5 6
146
176
162
105
114
109
105
112
100
1,285
3.5
3.19
Spleen disease
...
10
24
18
17
10
22
14
20
9
24
168
.4
1.19
Respiratory disease
...
217
255
249
427
316
187
261
184
257
318
2,671
7 . 3
.86
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
32
24
25
23
14
9
21
19
11
19
197
.5
16.75
S c u r v y
... ...
. . .
. . .
1
2
3
...
...
. . .
...
2
8
.0
...
Rheumatism
...
215
1S7
204
201
203
187
205
169
177
199
1,947
5.3
Venereal disease
...
676
673
935
649
673
715
671
544
1,126
1,056
7,718
21.1
Eye diseases
...
77
87
82
99
88
91
65
50
92
71
802
2.2
.33
Abscess and Ulcer
...
253
268
299
307
275
240
202
207
278
266
2,595
7.1
Wounds and Accidents
...
292
269
336
365
290
304
299
325
368
350
3,198
8.7
All other Causes
492
477
558
641
509
526
454
467
581
650
5,361
1 4 . 6
4,384
4,144
4,465
4,972
3,978
4,201
3,4906
3,161
4,658
5,826
43,195
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each April.
1 2 8 . 3
115.8
120.5
134.6
106.6
112.3
91.8
87.6
131.2
148.8
117.8