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.
CCCXXV.
TABLE showing the RATIO of SICKNESS and MORTALITY for the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA
in each YEAR and for the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength
in each
Year.
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 .
DIED PER
1,000.
DIED PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
A l l C a u s e s .
E x c l u d i n g C h o l e r a .
C h o l e r a .
S m a 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
C o 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 -
mo n i 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 .
1870
... 10,086 *
75.05 73.76 1.29 ...
. 30 . 59 . 30 . 3 0 3.87 6.54 .10 8.33 10.01 2.28 3 . 8 7
.20 3.17 14.97 11.01 3.17 1.68 3.07
1871
... 10,700 39.7 74.21 73.28 .93 ... 3.18 1.78 1.59 . 1 9 1.03 5.14 .47 5.98 12.71 3.18 2.80 . . .
2 . 5 2 13.93 8.22 4.11 1.68 4.77
1872
... 11,657 39.4 99.08 88.96 10.12
. 5 1 2.32 . 26 . 5 1 . 4 3 .86 6.52 .26 7.89 14.67 3.26 3.94 . 26 3.77 19.04 12.10 5.15 2.32 4.89
1873
. . . 11,860 33.6 60.29 59.36 .93
. 5 9 1.69 . 59 . 09 ...
. 6 8 4.71 .25 5.39 9.70 1.94 2.70 .09 3.37 11.21 7.50 3.63 2.53 2.70
1874
... 12,393 32.0 55.35 55.19 .16
. 0 8 2.50 . 3 2 ...
. 4 0 .80 2.75 .40 7.50 8.96 1.70 2.10 .24 2.82 9.36 6.30 3.79 2.02 3.15
1875
. . . 12,359 30.7 69.75 64.65 5.10 ... 3.96 . 5 7 ...
. 0 8 .32 3.40 .97 6.96 11.09 2.02 2.35 ... 2.99 14.48 7.04 3.32 2.02 3.07
1876
... 11,882 28.6 55.88 54.28 1.60 ... 2.27 . 4 2 ...
. 0 9 .34 2.77 .09 7.32 9.93 1.60 3.03 .34 2.61 10.18 5.81 3.53 1.18 2.77
1877
... 11,266 24.9 50.33 48.73 1.60
. 1 8 . 1 8 . 3 6 ...
. 1 8.44 2.93 .26 6.04 9.68 1.07 2.57 ... 1.77 10.56 5.77 3.28 . 71 2.75
1878
... 10,423 33.7 79.73 77.33 2.40
. 5 8 3. 07 . 3 8 ...
. 3 8 1.05 4.42 .38 9.50 14.78 2.59 4.13 ...
3 . 8 4 14.30 8.15 4.80 2.49 2.49
1879
...
8,993 33.8 75.06 73.28 1.78 ... 7.01 . 56 . 44 . 3 3 2.67 4.34 .44 8.78 10.56 2.45 1.67 ... 3.67 10.45 8.56 4.34 3.23 3.78
TEN YEARS ... 111,619 †32.869.04 66.40 2.6 4
. 2 0 2.58 . 5 7.28 . 2 3 1.13 4.30 .37 7.31 11.17 2.19 2.91 .12 3.04 12.84 7.97 3.90 1.96 3.33
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
ADMITTED PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH IN EACH YEAR.
Admitted
per 1,000 on
the Average
of the Ten
Years.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1 8 7 8 .
1879.
Dengue
...
...
. . .
75.3
1.8
...
...
1.6
.1
. . . ...
8. 2
Cholera
...
1 . 4
1.8
13.2
1.3
.2
6.7
2.2
2 . 0
3.6
2.0
3.5
Small pox
...
.2
.3
1.8
2.8
2.3
.2
.3
3 . 2
2 . 2
1.6
1 . 5
Measles
...
10.1
52.6
31.9
21.1
53.2
55.3
49.6
18.2
48.3
70.7
40. 9
Hoopi ng Cough
. . .
6.9
20.2
4.4
8.3
10.8
11.2
7.3
10.8
8.0
8.4
9.7
Scarlet Fever
...
1 . 5
10.3
2.0
.7
.2
...
.3
1.2
.5
1.9
1. 8
Enteric Fever
...
. 6
.8
1.3
.4
.9
.4
1.0
.7
1.9
1.0
.9
Intermittent Fever
...
148.9
109.6
118.2 105.0
100.6
99.7
85.0
63.0
128. 2
178.2
111. 4
Remittent and Continued Fevers
. . .
8 9 . 5
72.5
104.2
76.9
94.8
74.0
77.5
67.1
106. 8
79.8
84. 3
Apoplexy
. . .
.5
.8
.9
.7
. 8
1.7
.5
.4
1.1
. 8
.8
Dysentery
...
27.4
23.8
27.6
22.3
17.3
24.0
18.8
19.7
27.7
19.6
22.7
Diarrhœa
...
1 0 8 . 4 109.1
127.3
89.8
74.6 104.1
81.8
77.9
99.1
78.8
95.1
Hepatitis
. . .
1.2
2.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.2
.9
1.6
1 . 4
Spleen disease
...
. 9
2.5
1.2
2.3
1.7
2.3
1.5
.7
1 . 8
5.5
2. 0
Respiratory diseases
. . .
4 2 . 6 51.2
49.2
46.9
53.7
53.0
48.6
51.3
63. 6
67.5
52. 4
Eye diseases
...
1 2 7 . 1 167.4
134.0 144.7
141.9
136.4
115.7
119.9
140. 8
111.4
134. 3
Anæmia and Atrophy
...
6 6 . 6 77.9
109.7
87.9
96.9
85.8
77.9
69.2
94. 8
106.2
87.2
Tubercular diseases
...
1 0 . 2
10.8
9.9
7.2
6.3
7.5
8.3
6.3
9.8
8.1
8.4
Meningitis and Hydrocephalus
. . .
3 . 5
4.3
4.9
2.6
2.7
3.2
2.3
2. 3
3 . 0
3.6
3 . 2
Convulsions
. . .
11.2
14.6
19.3
13.9
12.5
15.0
14.4
13.5
19. 6
16.6
15. 0
Dentition
...
45.2
38.7
34.4
40.3
43.8
39.9
42.4
40.5
49. 8
41.5
41.5
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
14.8
14.0
14.4
14.1
15.7
15.5
16.4
16.3
17. 5
14.3
15. 3
Injuries
...
1 4 . 9
15.8
14.1
14.7
16.2
14.2
16.2
13.0
14.6
15.2
14.9
All other Causes
...
3 4 . 1
45.0
45.9
34.1
46.6
43.1
41.2
42.1
37.9
45.3
41.6
767.7
846.3
946.4
741.1
795.0 794.7
712.3
640.6
881.5
879.6
798. 0
* See Note at foot of Table CCCXXII.
† See Note at foot of Table CCCXXII.