ccxxviii SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCX.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA in each SEPTEMBER of the
TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
Number
Daily Sick
Number
Daily Sick
Per 1,000 of
Strength. .
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from
Injuries and
Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
SEPTEMBER
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 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 . He 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 .
All Causes. Excluding
Cholera.
1870
55,448
3,961
71.4
86
1.55
1.53 1 ... 7 1 12 8 3 11 ... 19 ... 1 7 10 ... ... ... 6
1871
56,951
3,703
65.0
75
1.32
1.28 2 ... 13 ... 14 2 2 6 1 19 1 ... 7 2 ...
. . . . . . 6
1872
58,382
3,950
67.7
232
3.97
2.07 111 ... 24 1 11 10 2 21 3 20 ... 2 12 4 ... ... ... 11
1873
58,596
3,772
64.4
93
1.59
1.38 12 ... 10 2 13 4 ... 9 1 17 1 1 7 4 ... ... ... 12
1874
59,237
3,937
66.4
88
1.49
1.47 1 ... 23 2 8 3 1 10 ... 12 ... 1 6 7 ... ... ... 14
1875
58,108
3,575
61.5
121
2.08
1.14 55 ... 7 1 5 6 1 7 1 10 ... 3 5 7 ...
. . . ... 13
1876
57,584
3,774
65.5
85
1.48
1.13 20 ... 20 ... 9 4 ... 12 1 5 ... 3 3 1 ... ... ... 7
1877
56,901
3,574
62.8
53
.93
.83 6 ... 9 ... 4 4 ... 10 ... 8 ... 2 3 4 ...
. . . . . . 3
1878
55,990
4,571
81.6
151
2.70
1.50 67 1 29 4 6 5 2 7 ... 14 ... 2 4 4 ... ... ... 6
1879
59,457
5,120
86.1
152
2.56
1.63 55 ... 29 3 11 7 1 12
1
6 ... 2 3 4 ... ... ... 18
330 1 171 14 93 53 12 105 8 130 2 17 57 47 ... . . . . . . 96
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
576,654
39,937
69.3
1,136
1.97
1.40 .57 .00 .30 .03 .16 .09 .02 .18 . 01 .23 .00 .03 . 10 .08 ... ... ... .17
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER. OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH SEPTEMBER.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (of 1872, 1873 and 1876)
...
. . .
1,309
47
...
...
186
...
...
...
1,542
2.7
. . .
Cholera
2
4
155
14
1
76
29
9
95
69
454
.8
72.69
...
Smallpox
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
4
.0
25.00
Enteric Fever
1 5
3 2
3 5
30
3 9
1 5
4 0
3 0
68
67
371
.6
46.09
Fever, Intermittent
3 , 2 4 6
1,962
2,171
2,431
2,763
1,745
2,584
1,168
3,806
6,976
28,852
50.0
.05
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
1,175
915
1,396
1,179
1,236
1,028
1,120
722
1,562
1,646
11,979
20.8
.78
Apoplexy
1 6
8
15
8
11
14
8
9
15
22
126
.2
42.06
Delirium Tremens
2 1
24
31
12
25
23
17
21
12
21
207
.4
5.80
Dysentery
223
199
336
332
281
210
217
172
314
339
2,623
4.5
4.00
Diarrhœa
369
317
464
350
318
408
310
206
382
444
3,568
6.2
.22
Hepatitis
276
305
312
373
367
240
275
213
249
290
2 , 9 0 0
5.0
4.48
Spleen disease
22
41
16
36
22
31
24
36
15
43
286
.5
. 7 0
Respiratory diseases
207
258
232
308
357
252
207
216
281
309
2,627
4.6
.65
Phthisis Pulmonalis
42
47
44
58
66
46
40
35
37
38
453
.8
10.38
Scurvv
3
. . .
1
3
1
. . .
. . .
1
6
2
17
. 0
. . .
R h e u m a t i s m
263
2 5 6
276
342
347
2 3 5
2 4 8
221
222
286
2,696
4.7
. 4 8
Venereal diseases
637
696
587
866
952
722
625
933
1,064
1,156
8,238
14.3
Eye diseases
137
109
132
149
133
107
89
76
72
87
1,091
l.9
Abscess and Ulcer
391
345
352
526
511
396
375
426
437
460
4,219
7.3
Wounds and Accidents
3 7 1
367
318
445
467
376
419
389
372
435
3,959
6.9
All other Causes
8 3 5
760
861
1,206
1,223
877
1,002
990
1,026
1,124
9,904
17.2
8,251
6,646
9,043
8,716
9,120
6,801
7,815
5,873
10,036
13,81586,116
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each September.
148.8
116.7
154.9
148.8
153.9
117.0
135.7
103.2
179.2
232.4
149.4