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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS-TRICHINOPOLY, 1870-79.
CLXXXII.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among thee EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying
TRICHINOPOL Y during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and thee Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
S u i c i d a l D e a t h s , a n d o t h e r
D e a t h s o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
MONTHS.
Aggregate
Strength
for each
Month
o f t h e
T e n
Years.
Average
Number D a i l y
Sick.
Number Daily
Sick per
1,000 of
Strength.
Number
of
Deaths.
Died per
1,000 of
Strength.
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x .
E n t e r i c I n t e r m i t t e n t .
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 l i r i u m T r e m e 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 .
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 .
Seur vy.
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 .
January
2,518
192
76.3
3
...
1
... ... ...
. . . ... ...
1
. . . ...
1
...
. . . ... ... ... ...
... ...
. . .
February
2,587
189
73.1
6
...
. . .
...
. . . ...
2 ... ... ...
. . .
1 ... 1
. . . 1 ... ... ...
1 ...
. . .
March
2,765
188
68.0
4
. . .
. . . ... ... ...
. . . 1 ... ...
. . .
1 ... ...
...
1 ... ... ...
1 ...
. . .
April
2,769
189
68.3
5
...
. . .
...
. . . ...
. . . 5 ...
. . .
. . .
. . . ... ...
. . . ... ... ... ...
. . . ...
. . .
May
2,767
183
66.1
11
... ...
... ... ...
. . . 4 2
...
. . . 2 ... ...
1 ... ... ... ... 2 ...
. . .
June
2,756
211
76.6
7
. . .
. . . ...
. . . ...
. . .
2 ... 1
. . . 2 ... ...
. . . ... ... ... ... 1 ...
1
July
2,764
208
75.3
6
. . . 2
... ... ...
. . . 1 ...
...
. . . ... ... 1
. . .
. . . ... ... ... 1 ...
1
August
2,762
185
67.0
4
...
. . . ... ... ...
. . . . . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . . ... ...
. . .
1 ... ... ...
1 ...
2
September
2,725
188
69.0
7
. . . 1
... ... ...
. . . ... ... ...
1
2 ... ...
1
. . . ... ... ...
1 ...
1
October
2,719
217
79.8
8
. . .
. . .
...
. . . ...
1 1 ...
. . .
. . . 2 ... ...
1 1 ... ... ...
1 ...
1
November
2,661
208
78.2
2
...
. . .
...
. . . ...
. . . ... ...
... ...
2 ... ...
. . .
. . . ... ... ...
. . . ...
. . .
December
2,468
174
70.5
1
. . .
. . .
...
. . . ...
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
1 ... ...
. . . ... ...
...
...
...
...
. . .
4
... ...
. . .
3 14 2
2
1
13 1 2
3 4
. . .
... ...
9 1 ...
6
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years
2,688
194
72.2
64
23.81 1.49 ... ...
1.12 5.21 .74
. 74
. 3 7 4.84 .37 .74 1.12 1.49 ... ... ... 3.35
. . .
2.23
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 (of 1872)
70
4
7
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
18
20
2
1
122
45.4
. . .
Cholera
1
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . .
2
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
6
2.2
66.67
Smallpox
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. 4
. . .
Enteric Fever
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. 4
. . .
Fever, Intermittent
31
22
29
16
12
8
1 7
14
1 3
13
3 8
2 7
2 4 0
8 9 . 3
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
12
17
44
68
46
50
33
23
30
21
19
23
386
143.6
.78
A poplexy
. . .
1
. . .
5
6
5
2
2
. . .
1
2
. . .
1
2 3
8 . 6
6 0 . 8 7
Delirium Tremens
. . .
...
2
2
2
3
3
. . .
...
...
. . .
. . .
1 2
4 . 4
16.67
Dysentery
8
12
5
15
9
24
14
28
14
14
1 2
1 2
167
6 2 . 1
1.20
Diarrhœa
14
5
10
7
11
18
15
10
12
10
15
8
1 3 5
50.2
.74
Hepatitis
12
19
10
11
20
20
21
12
18
19
10
21
193
71.8
6.74
Spleen disease
1 ...
...
3
. . .
. . .
...
1
. . . ...
...
...
5
1 . 8
20.00
Respiratory diseases
10
5
8
9
13
1 2
9
10
4
7
10
3
100
3 7 . 2
2 . 0 0
Phthisis Pulmonalis
2
3
2
. . .
2
2
3
3
1
3
1
1
23
8 . 6
17.39
Scurvy
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . .
Rheumatism
8
7
2
1 1
8
1 1
1 0
1 0
1 0
7
5
8
97
3 6 . 1
Venereal diseases
...
48
43
59
46
39
34
46
33
48
46
28
54
524
1 9 4 . 9
Eye diseases
2
3
2
2
1
5
3
8
6
3
5
. . .
40
14.9
55
Abscess and Ulcer
19
31
26
48
51
54
35
30
33
47
20
22
416
154.8
W ounds and Accidents
14
23
23
33
29
36
29
25
27
19
27
27
312
116.1
All other
Causes
5 8
51
48
57
56
61
63
52
50
83
49
52
680
253.0
310
246
278
333
305
343
305
259
288
314
241
261
3,483
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
.
123.1
95.1
100.5 120.3
110.2 124.5
110.3
93.8 105.7 115.5
90.6 105.8
1,295.8