CCXXiv SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OP INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCVI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA in each MAY of the
TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k
Number
Daily Sick
p e r 1 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
'
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from
Injuries and
,
Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
MAY
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x .
Ent e r i c Fe ve r .
F e v e r , I n t e r m i t t e n t .
F e v e r , 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 .
Dysent ery.
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 s .
All Causes.
E x c l u d i n g C h o l e r a .
1870
56,214
3,629
64.6
107
1.90
1.80
6 2 15 ...
22 23 ...
8
. . .
5 ...
6
0
3
. . .
. . .
...
11
1871
57,453
3,333
58.0
101
1.76
1.20
33
. . .
4 ...
9
6
2 7
. . .
1 0
. . . 4
8
8
. . .
. . . 1
9
1872
59,282
3,227
54.4
106
1.79
1.40
23
4
13
...
9
18
1
9
1
10
. . .
6
5
3
. . .
. . . ...
4
1 8 7 3
59,157
3,153
53.3
72
1.22
1.20
1
3
17 ...
1
20
1
5
...
0
. . .
2
6
2 ... ... ...
5
1874
59,652
3,208
53.8
52
.87
.85
1
. . . 10 ...
3
1 0 ...
3
. . . 10
. . . ...
3
5
. . .
. . . ...
7
1 8 7 5
58,808
3,275
55.7
69
1.17
1.02
9 ...
9 ...
8
6 ...
4
. . . 9
. . . 1
6
3
. . .
. . . ...
12
1876
58,106
3,147
54.1
64
1.10
.96
8 .., 13 ...
2 12
... 3
. . . 7
. . . 1
7
3
. . .
. . . 1
7
1 8 7 7
57,166
3,028
53.0
58
1.01
.96
3 ... 15
1
... 15
1
2
1
7 ...
3
1
4 ... ... ...
5
1878
50,505
3,189
61.7
99
1.75
1.26
28
2 25 . .
. . . 17
1
3
. . . 4
. . .
2
4
2
. . .
. . . ...
11
1879
For the Month
60,329
4,164
69.0
224
3.71
2.01 103 ... 29
3 18 24 2 11
. . .
6 ...
7
6
3 ... ... ... 11
215 11 150
4 72 151
9 55
3 77
1 32 52 36 ... ...
2 82
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
582,672
33,653
57.8
952 I
1.63
1.26 .37 .02 .26 .01 .12 .26
.02 .09 .01 .13 .00 .05 .09 .06
. . .
. . . .00 .14
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MAY.
Total
Admitted
during the
Mouth.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Di ed out of each hundred cases
treated.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (of 1872, 1873 and 1876)
...
. . .
867
4
...
...
5
...
. . .
...
876
1.5
...
Cholera
5
72
34
2
2
20
9
6
41
120
311
.5
69.13
S m a l l p o x
1 0
4
9
18
8
...
5
2
3
6
65
. 1
16.92
Enteric Fever
32
16
25
29
21
25
41
41
73
80
3 8 6
. 7
3 8 . 8 6
Fever, Intermittent
2,179
1,975
942
1,422
966
1,050
1,279
1,386
912
2,187
14,298
24.5
.03
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
1,631
1,354
743
765
1,047
894
1,086
1,018
920
1,287
10,745
1 8 . 4
. 6 7
Apoplexy
56
12
34
34
23
21
27
27
30
72
339
. 6
4 4 . 5 4
Delirium Tremens
26
19
19
16
12
22
18
16
19
7
174
. 3
5 . 1 7
Dysentery
168
204
174
137
151
153
163
133
180
223
1,736
3 . 0
3 . 1 7
D i a r r h œ a
362
304
304
213
224
247
260
341
319
467
3 , 0 4 1
5.2
.10
Hepatitis
2 0 3
299
219
277
240
220
280
248
218
160
2,454
4.2
3.14
S p l e e n d i s e a s e
32
30
24
31
30
37
38
30
14
21
287
.5
.35
Respiratory diseases
439
412
306
310
355
322
419
389
276
358
3,586
6.2
.89
Phthisis Pulmonalis
37
45
34
30
27
26
40
33
26
24
322
.6
11.18
Scurvy
5
2
1
3
1
2
4
1
1
1
21
.0
. . .
R h e u m a t i s m
323
368
274
283
246
253
307
317
235
215
2,821
4,8
. 4 1
Venereal diseases
989
1,071
794
739
835
889
1,111
1,091
1,150
1,063
9,732
1 6 . 7
Eye diseases
122
132
130
99
82
124
102
104
104
103
1,102
1 . 9
Abscess and Ulcer
486
614
479
395
461
439
439
490
385
396
4,584
7.9
Wounds and Accidents
493
567
420
396
467
418
497
598
434
421
4,711
8.1
All other Causes
1 , 0 3 6
1,018
838
890
950
854
1,102
1,084
841
1,005
9,618
16.5
8,724
8,518
6,670
6,093
6,148
6,019
7,232
7,408
6,181
8,216
71,209
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each May.
155.2
148.3
112.5
103.0
103.1
102.4
124.4
129.6
109.4
136.2
122.2f