ccl SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.-MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXXII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN' ARMY of the MADRAS PRESIDENCY in each
JULY of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR .
Average
Strength.
Average
N u m b e r
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily Sick
per 1,000
o f S t r e n g t h .
Number of
Deaths (ex-
clud
i ng
Deaths from
Injuries and
I Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
JULY
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 .
Apopl exy.
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 .
At r ophy and Anæmi a.
Al l other Causes.
All Causes.
Excluding
Cholera.
1870
...
11,028
775
70.3
12
1.09
. 45
7
... ... ... ...
2
...
...
...
2
...
...
1
... ... ... ... ...
1871
...
10,913
690
63.2
14
1.28
1.19
1
...
3
...
1
...
1
2
...
2
...
1
...
1
...
... ...
2
1872
...
11,456
680
59.4
13
1.13
1.13
...
...
3
...
1
3
...
1
...
1
... ...
2
1
... ... ...
1
1873
...
11,497
698
60.7
18
1.57
1.22
4
...
1
...
1
...
...
3
...
5
...
1
2
1
... ... ... ...
1874
...
11,428
659
57.7
13
1.14
1 . 1 4
...
1
2
... ...
1
... ... ...
4
...
1
1
1
... ... ...
2
1875
...
11,080
673
60.7
13
1.17
.99
2
...
1
... ...
2
... ... ...
3
... ...
1
2
... ... ...
2
1876
...
11,112
636
57.2
9
.81
.81
...
... ... ...
1
... ...
2
...
2
...
...
1
1
... ... ...
2
1877
...
11,061
709
64.1
16
1.45
1.36
1
...
1
...
1
1
...
2
...
2
...
1
1
1
...
...
...
5
1878
...
11,031
719
65.2
21
1.90
1 . 3 6
6
... ... ... ...
2
...
6
...
3
...
1
1
...
... ... ...
2
1879
...
10,646
737
69.2
29
2.72
1 . 3 2
15
...
5
...
1 1
...
2
...
3
...
...
1
1
... ... ...
36
1
16
...
6
12
1
18
...
27
...
5
11
9
...
...
...
16
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
111,252
6,976
62.7
158
1 . 4 2
1.09 .33
.01
.14
...
.05
.11
.01
.16
...
.24
...
.05
.10
.08
...
...
...
.14
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH JULY.
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 and 73)
...
...
...
213
25
...
. . .
... ... ... ...
238
2.1
...
Cholera
...
9
1
...
6
...
2
2
2
17
26
63
.5
57.14
Smallpox
... ... ... ...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
. 0
100.00
Enteric Fever
...
7
5
8
2
6
3
4
9
1
5
50
.4
32.00
Fever, Intermittent
...
399
73
86
218
73
62
89
105
145
230
1,480
13.3
...
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
...
63
55
128
86
142
138
142
195
244
204
1,397
12.6
.43
Apoplexy
... ... ...
4
1
2
3
...
1
3
2
16
.1
75.00
Delirium Tremens
...
8
10
4
1
4
6
4
8
5
3
53
.5
1.89
Dysentery
...
57
74
96
117
125
59
79
98
125
103
933
8.4
1.93
Diarrhœa
...
83
65
158
99
90
94
78
106
126
174
1,073
9.7
...
Hepatitis
...
51
63
52
106
85
67
71
79
55
55
684
6.2
3.95
Spleen disease
...
12
1
...
5
4
1
1
...
2
1
27
.2
...
Respiratory diseases
...
51
40
57
42
66
38
64
42
54
57
511
4.6
.98
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
10
17
8
7
8
7
9
14
3
2
85
.8
10.59
Scurvy
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
2
.0
...
Rheumatism
...
52
68
61
61
59
28
45
47
66
55
542
4.9
.37
Venereal diseases
...
145
136
193
164
181
169
156
247
235
200
1,826
16.4
Eye diseases
...
22
22
26
19
18
21
16
30
22
33
229
2.1
Abscess and Ulcer
...
108
97
136
139
108
92
81
110
114
91
1,076
9.7
Wounds and Accidents
...
100
89
103
96
106
66
93
91
86
110
940
8.4
All other Causes
...
227
273
290
272
251
196
203
214
228
233
2,387
21.5
I
I
I
1,404
1,089
1,623
1,466
1,330
1,052
1,135
1,398
1,531
1,585
13,613
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each July.
127.3
99.8
141.7
127.5
116.4
94.9
102.1
126.4
138.8
148.9
122.4