AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1870-79.
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X.—WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY, 1870-79.
CCCXV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA during
the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79, and the prevalence of the PRINCIPAL DISEASES in each MONTH.
MONTHS.
A g g r e g a t e S t r e n g t h i n e a c h
M o n t h o f t h e T e n Y e a r s .
A v e r a g e N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k .
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 i n e a c h
M o n t h .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
S ma 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 c 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
Co 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 -
moni 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 .
January
. . .
108,990 2,260 20.7
383
3.51
. . . 3 13 4 1 1 4 13 1 26 64 11 21 2 12 42 61 46 26 32
February
...
110,314 2,260
20.5
307 2.78
6 2 17 4 1 1 5 10 1 21 60 10 16 ...
8 30 32 40 16 27
March
...
110,934 2,528
22.8
486 4.38
2 2 52 8 4 ...
3 25 1 41 86 19 18 ...
17 67 61 45 11 24
April
...
109,989 3,377
30.7
712 6.47 13 5 39 4 2 4 7 34 4 90 130 26 27 1 31 144 71 34 10 36
May
...
109,458, 4,090 37.4
763
6.97 30 3 49 5 4 2 6 47 7 86 137 34 30 1 35 138 77 27 16 29
June
...
109,822 4,129 37.6
643
5.85 14 2 38 6 2 1 2 61 7 72 111 31 23 2 25 104 73 31 12 26
July
...
109,960 4,514 41.1
781
7.10 43 ...
32 10 3 2 7 49 3 90 116 22 29 2 32 179 98 24 15 25
August
...
110,177 5,312 48.2
985
8.94 84 ...
20 8
9 2 10 50 2 140 116 17 39 ...
58 253 96 32 16 33
September
... 110,354 5,066 45.9
860 7.79 74 ...
10 2 ...
6 11 53 2 116 122 23 36 1 40 200 77 35 20 32
October
...
109,879 4,215
38.4
591
5.38 22 ...
2 3 ...
4 21 46 7 47 110 13 25 3 29 100 69 28 24 38
November
...
108,698 3,339
30.7
550 5.06
7 ...
4 1 1 1 29 52 5 41 85 20 27 ...
25 87 85 35 20 25
December
...
107,117 2,474 23.1
500
4.67 . . .
5 11 6 1 1 16 29 1 38 87 12 22 1 21 64 67 51 30 37
295 22 287 61 28 25 121 469 41 808 1,224 238 313 13 333 1,408 867 428 216 364
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
TEN YEARS ...
109,641 3,630 33.1 7,561 68.96 2.69 .20 2.62 .56 .26 .23 1.10 4.28 .37 7.37 11.16 2.17 2.35 .12 3.04 12.84 7.91 3.90 1.97 3.32
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during the
Ten Years.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.
Dengue
...
13
2
28
115
105
80
164
80
183
95
36
1 8
9 1 9
8.4
. . .
Cholera
. . . ...
7
2
17
41
18
62
114
90
29
11
2
393
3.6
75.06
Smallpox
...
24
19
39
32
20
13
3
2
. . .
1
1
11
1 6 5
1.5
13.33
Measles
...
327
461
662 620
724 541
334
232
110
126
138
284
4,559
41.6
6.30
Hooping Cough
...
69
76
100
98
90
151
160
71
52
54
41
85
1,047
9.5
5.83
Scarlet Fever
...
15
16
25
29
13
10
42
22
1
2
2
6
183
1.7
15.30
Enteric Fever
...
3
3
2
15
9
8
8
14
21
9
2
6
100
. 9
25.00
Intermittent Fever
. . . 562
377
473
651
808
799 962 1,149 1,518 2,035 1,811
945
12,090
110.3
1.00
Remittent and Continued Fevers ...
328
292 514
774
939
926
877
898 1,095 1,142
929
501
9,215
84.0
5.10
Apoplexy
...
1
2
6
11
11
10
10
7
14
13
6
2
9 3
. 8
44.09
Dysentery
...
113
89
132
241 198
186 287
382
315
248
170
147
2,508
22.9
13.28
Diarrhœa
...
358 369 675 1,134 1,034
890 1,386 1,731 1,103
700
588
431
10,399
94.8
13.54
Hepatitis
. . .
7
11
8
14
26
11
17
12
15
16
10
6
153
1.4
. . .
Spleen Disease
. . .
14
11
11
16
18
26
19
27
26
19
23
12
222
2.0
. . .
Respiratory Diseases
. . . 554 508
510
464 448
382
373
438
544
575
471
500
5,767
52.6
11.17
Eye Diseases
...
189
164
343 1,391 1,415
944 2,416 3,498 2,341 1,418
526
232
14,877
135.7 ...
Anæmia and Atrophy
. . . 617
569 645
848 936
908
979
904 828
907
778
719
9,638
87.9
9.00
Tubercular Diseases
. . .
64
58
55
92
120
67
89
78
89
74
75
56
917
8.4
35.55
Meningitis and Hydrocephalus
. . .
15
18
26
47
44
42
37
29
25
24
28
15
350
3.2
68.00
Convulsions
. . .
86
79
112
176
178
144
161
158
162
166
126
103
1,651
15.1
74.14
Dentition
...
229
187
293
497
510
493
478
575
450
333
2 8 9
235
4,569
41.7
17.69
Abscess and Ulcer
...
82
75
108
123
205
204 198
165
176
150
105
94
1,685
15.4
4.41
Injuries
. . . 143
128
145
152
124
130
126
161
155
144
109
111
1,628
14.8
All other Causes
...
302
408
483
457
437
387
385
407
359
383
279
273
4,560
41.6
4,115 3,929 5,397 8,014 8,453 7,370 9,573 11,154 9,672 8,663 6,554 4,794
87,688
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
37.8 35.6 48.6 72.9
77.2
67.1
87.1 101.2 87.6 78.8
6 0 . 3
44.8
799.8
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