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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
I.—STATISTICS OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF THE MADRAS
PRESIDENCY, 1870-79.
V.*
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY
of MADRAS during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate
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 .
Enteric Fever.
F e v e r s . 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 .
Respiratory disease.
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
... 108,075
6,415
59.4
159
1.47
5 ...
12 ... 12
4 2
22 ...
37 1
5
11
18 1 ...
...
11
1
17
February
... 108,865
6,513
59.8
148
1.36
6 ...
15 ... 4
2 1
22 ...
29 ...
2
19
12 ... ...
. . . 10
1 25
March
... 111,254 5,894
53.0
133
1.19
6 3
5
. . . 3
8 2
17 1
25
. . . 7
17
9
. . .
. . . 1
17
1
11
April
... 112,176 6,069
54.1
167
1.49
38 2
14 1 6
27 5
12 1
15 ...
. . . 14
5 ...
. . . ...
15
. . . 12
M a y . . .
111,929
6,343
56.7
201
1.80
36 3
11 1 7
58 3
16 ...
20 ...
1
9
5
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 7
. . .
1 4
J u n e . . .
111,598
6,655
56.9
164
1.47
21 ...
13
. . . 5
23 4
15 ...
30 ...
3
6 13 ... ... ...
15 1
15
July
... 111,252
6,976
62.7
177
1.59
36 1
16 ... 6
12 1
18 ...
27 ...
5
11
9 ... ... ...
16
. . . 19
August
... 111,129
7,242
65.2
178
1.60
15 ...
17 ... 6
6 1
23 1
36 ...
1
17
12 ... ... 1
18
5
19
September ... 110,502 7,284
65.9
181
1.64
12 ...
26 ... 5
5 1
33 1
32
. . . ...
17
10 ... ... ...
23
1
15
October ...
108,474 7,084
65.3
161
1.48
2 1
13
. . . 4
5 4
32 ...
38
. . .
5
15
1 1 2 ... ...
12
1
16
November ... 110,253
6,833
62.0
132
1.20
5 ...
5
. . . 7
4 1
18 ...
34 ...
1
13
14 ... ... ...
12
1
17
December ... 109,248
6,425
58.8
152
1.39
4 ...
10 ... 2
3 1
28 1
26 ...
5
22
12
. . .
. . .
2
10
1
25
186 10 157 2 67 157 26 256 5 349 1 35 171 130 3 ... 4 176 13 205
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strengths.
For the Ten
Years
... 110,396 6,644
60.2 1,953
17.69 1.68
. 0 9 1.42 .62
142 .24 2.32 .04 3.16
. 0 1
. 3 2 1.55 1.18
. 0 3 ...
. 0 4 1.59 .12 1.86
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 1872-73 and 1876)
...
103
8
67
57
202
169
238
188
148
68
13
12
1,273
11.5
Cholera
...
8
12
8
65
80
28
63
17
19
5
7
6
318
2.9
58.49
Smallpox
...
5
6
16
11
7
1
1
...
2
2
2
2
55
.5
18.18
Enteric Fever
...
47
33
27
37
36
25
50
49
62
26
10
29
431
3.9
36.43
Fever, Intermittent
883 1,239
991
968 1,098
1,345
1,480 1,497 1,673
1,711
1,278
1,308
15,471
140.2
. 0 1
Fevers, Remittent and Continued ...
774
780
1,052 1,309 1,376 1,377
1,397
1,222 1,271
1,328 1,109
947
13,942
126.3
. 4 8
Apoplexy
12
13
21
4 4
136
64
16
15
12
11
8
6
358
3.3
43.85
Delirium Tremens
...
52
32
45
41
39
41
53
49
38
44
42
35
511
4.6
5.09
Dysentery
...
722
595
489
523
571
690
933
976
896
758
645
688
8,486
76.9
3.02
Diarrhoea
...
458
453
525
561
580
687
1,073
864
565
456
428
508
7,158
64.8
. 0 7
Hepatitis
681
574
513
513
575
574
684
677
703
697
642
584
7,417
67.2
4.71
Spleen disease
. . .
13
25
24
34
19
28
27
19
13
29
13
24
268
2.4
. 3 7
Respiratory diseases
598
569
576
562
534
446
511
501
463
551
520
507
6,338
57.4
. 5 5
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
94
74
76
55
70
79
85
104
79
9 8
103
113
1,030
9.3
12.62
Scurvy
...
...
1
3
1
2
1
2
5
2
2
2
1
22
.2
. . .
Rheumatism
. . .
392
392
402
400
404
458
542
465
450
475
395
350
5,125
46.4
Venereal diseases
. . . 2,069 1,818 2,040 2,088 1,724 1,643
1,826 1,685 1,743 1,750
1,755 1,733
21,874
198.1
Eye diseases
...
108
95
131
125
128
176
229
234
181
203
173
137
1,920
17.4
Abscess and Ulcer
908
945
993
1,205
1,207
1,230 1,076
953
897
909
777
789 11,889
107.7
. 4 7
Wounds and Accidents
...
889
967
1,067
983
918
897
940
923
804
848
834 1,086 11,156
101.1
All other Causes
... 1,834 1,710 1,843
2,135
2,242 2,145 2,387 2,321 2,063
2,150
1,913 1,796
24,539
222.3
10,650 10,341 10,909 11,717 11,948 12,104 13,613 12,764 12,084 12,121 10,669 10,661
139,581
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
98.5
95.0 98.1 104.5 106.7 108.5 122.4 114.9 109.4 111.7
9 6 . 8 97.6
1264.4
* This is the aggregate of the Statistics of the European Army of the Madras Presidency for the 10-Year Period. The Provincial Tables of Madras which follow do not
include Troops on Active Service and on the March .