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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS—BARRACKPORE, 1870-79.
XLIV.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying BABRACK.
PORE during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
A g g r e g a t e Strength
for each
Month of
the Ten
Years.
Average
Number
Daily
Sick.
Number
Daily
Sick per
1,000 of
Strength.
Number
of
Deaths.
Died per
1,000 of
Strength.
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 .
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 .
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 . S c u r v y .
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
. . .
3,314
216
65.2
7
. . .
. . . . . . ...
1 1
... ... ... ...
2 ...
. . .
. . .
1
. . . . . . . . . ... . . .
2
February ...
3,990
237
59.4
5
. . . ... ... ... ... ...
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 3 ...
. . .
. . .
. . . ... ...
. . . 1 . . .
. . .
March
...
4,234 243
57.4
1
. . .
... ... ... ... . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
. . .
. . .
April
. . . 4,277
224
52.4
7
. . .
... 1
1 ... 1
1 ...
2
. . . . . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . ... . . .
1
May
...
4,305
254
59.0
7
. . .
1 . . .
...
. . . . . . 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
. . . . . . 1 ... . . .
1
June
. . . 4,361
277
63.5
6
. . .
... ... ... ... 1
2 ... ... ...
2 ...
. . . 1
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
July
...
4,411
281
63.7
7
. . .
. . . . . .
1
. . . 1
. . . . . . . . .
. . . 1 ...
1 ...
1
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . .
1
August
...
4,380
311
71.0
9
. . .
...
... 3
. . . 1
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
2 ...
. . . 1 ... ... ... ...
1 . . .
1
September ...
4,365
309
70.8
8
. . .
. . .
. . . 3
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
2 1
. . . 1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
October
. . .
4,242 297
70.0
10
...
. . .
. . . 2
. . . 1
. . . . . .
4
. . .
3 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . ...
. . .
. . .
November ...
3,539
289
81.7
11
. . .
1 . . .
...
. . . 3 ... ...
1
. . .
4 ...
. . . 1
. . .
. . . . . . . . . 1 ... ...
December ...
3,258
230
70.6
7
. . .
... ... ... ... 1 ... ...
2 1
1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 ...
1
2 1 10 1 10
7 ...
9 1 20 1 1
4
3 ... ... 1
6
...
8
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years
4,056
264
65.1
85 20.96 .49
. 2 5 2.46 2.71 1.72 ... 2.22 . 2 5 4.93 .25 .25 .99 .74 ...
. . . .25 1.48 ... 1.97
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during the
Ten Years.
Admitted
per 1000
of
Strength.
Died out o f e a c h
hundred
cases
treated.
JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.
Dengue (of 1872)
...
...
. . .
...
37
163
35
3
2 ...
...
...
. . .
240
59.2
. . .
Cholera
...
...
. . . ...
...
1 ...
...
...
...
...
1 ...
2
.5
100.00
Smallpox
. . . ...
. . .
1
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
1
.2
100.00
Enteric Fever
. . . ...
. . .
1
1
2 ...
3
2
5
2
1
2
19
4.7
52.63
Fever, Intermittent
. . .
140
7 5
66
74
58
56
47
57
70
136
229
230
1,238
305.2
.08
Fevers, Remittent and Continued . . .
4 0
4 9
8 4 113
189
283
156
135
121
172
173
89
1,604
395.5
.62
Apoplexy
. . . ...
1
1
5
5
3
. . .
1
1
2
1
1
21
5.2
33.33
Delirium Tremens
. . .
4
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1 ...
2
3
2
2
. . .
15
3.7
. . .
Dysentery
...
29
23
17
27
35
26
43
51
42
43
22
28
386
95.2
2.33
Diarrhœa
...
28
11
23
20
32
23
63
63
54
46
30
23
416
102.6
.24
Hepatitis
...
33
34
30
20
31
44
41
55
30
38
34
23
413
101.8
4.84
Spleen disease
...
1
1
1
. . .
...
1 ...
...
4
2
. . .
3
13
3.2
7.69
Respiratory diseases
...
20
28
27
9
23
19
24
26
17
10
24
27
254
62.6
.39
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
2
1
3
3
5
5
7
2
4
1
2
1
36
8.9
8.33
Scurvy
... ...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
Rheumatism
. . .
8
19
24
19
23
24
29
18
22
17
15
9
227
56.0
.29
Venereal diseases
. . .
62
93
107
61
77
50
72
83
52
71
47
49
824
203.1
Eye diseases
. . .
3
8
8
5
9
4
4
4
4
7
9
11
76
18.7
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
26
23
50
40
37
35
47
53
38
34
26
18
427
105.3
Wounds and Accidents
...
41
67
63
68
61
56
61
62
50
51
43
46
669
164.9
All other Causes
...
49
71
117
114
101
101
152
162
149
126
89
46
1,277
314.8
486
504
624
616
852
766
752
778
666
760
748
606
8,158
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
146.7 126.3 147.4 144.0 197.9 175.6 170.5 177.6 152.6 179.2 211.4 186.0
2,011.3