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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
X.—WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY, 1870-79.
CCCXXXVI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS AND MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY in each YEAR and for the TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength
in each
Year.
Average
Number
Daily Sick.
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 .
Number
of
Deaths.
DIED PER
1,000.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
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 .
Ch o l e r a .
S ma 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 .
Fev er , I nt er mi t t ent .
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 .
Ap 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 .
Tabes Mesent er i ca. 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 -
m o 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 .
1 8 7 0
...
1,975
*
*
145 73.42 73.42 ... ...
1 3 3 1 5 11
...
8 23 6 12
...
6 25 23 7 3 8
1 8 7 1
...
2,127
62 29.1
147 69.11 69.11 ... ...
3 ...
3 1 2 4
... 10 49 4 3
...
8 25 16 8 2 9
1 8 7 2
...
2,303
78 33.9 223 96.83 92.92 9 1 6 1 1 1 8 11 ... 12 39 11 11 ...
9 45 34 8 1 15
1873
...
2,227
56 25.1
108 48.50 48.50 ...
2 1 1
... ... 2 2 ... 10 25 5 3 ...
4 21 12 11 3 6
1874
...
2,392
75 31.4 124 51.84 51.84 ...
1 2 ... ...
3 1 5 2 21 22 5 6 1 7 13 18 6 5 6
1875
...
2,303
75 32.6 176 76.42 73.38 7 ... 12 1 ...
1 1 4 ... 18 34 8 12 ...
9 36 19 3 6 5
1 8 7 6
...
2,360
65 27.5
105 44.4944.49 ... ... ... ... ...
1 1 6 ... 23 15 2 4 ... 7 19 8 10 1 8
1877
...
2,203
58 26.3 117 53.11 50.39 6 ... . . . ... ... ...
2 6 1 17 17 3 5 ...
1 32 15 5 3 4
1 8 7 8
...
1,991
86 43.2
181 90.91 89.40 3 ... 13 1 ...
1 5 12 1 25 25 6 5 ...
9 47 18 6 3 1
1 8 7 9
...
1,524
60 39.4 119 78.08 78.08 ... ... 1 1 ... ... 6 10 ... 16 23 6 2 ...
5 16 20 6 1 6
25 4 39
8 7 9 33 71 4 160 272 56 63 1 65 279 183 70 28 68
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
TEN YEARS ...
21,405
615 †31.7 1,445 67.51 66.34 1.17 .19 1.82 .37 . 33 .42 1.54 3.31 .19 7.48 12.71 2.62 2.94 . 05 3.03 13.03 8.55 3.27 1.31 3.18
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH YEAR.
Total
Admitted
during the
Ten Years.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879.
Dengue
...
. . .
. . .
308
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
310
14.5
...
Cholera
...
. . .
...
11 ...
...
11
1
6
3
. . .
32
1.5
78.12
Smallpox
... ...
...
4
8
7 . . .
2
18
2
3
44
2.1
9.09
Measles
...
5
52
64
24
69
144
5
25
153
26
567
26.5
6.88
Hooping Cough
...
30
15
8
19
19
22
6
11
28
43
201
9.4
3.98
Scarlet Fever
...
15
28
2
4
. . . ...
1
8
3
. . .
61
2.9
11.48
Enteric Fever
...
1
4
2
2
5
3
5 ...
4 ...
26
1.2
34.62
Intermittent Fever
... 346
361
512
291
334
382
279
247
484
512
3,748
175.1
.88
Remittent and Continued Fevers
. . . 189
135
170
79
175
181
152
113
183
111
1,488
69.5
4.77
Apoplexy
. . .
. . .
1
2
2
2
2
. . .
2
2
. . .
13
.6
30.77
Dysentery
...
29
39
60
21
38
55
39
30
51
30
392
18.3
16.58
Diarrhœa
...
213
209
311
162
184
228
155
182
212
115
1,971
92.1
14.16
Hepatitis
...
2
4
3
4
8
6
6
2
1
3
39
1.8
...
Spleen diseases
... ...
2
2
1
3
2
4
. . . ...
11
25
1.2
. . .
Respiratory diseases
...
8 6
88
69
82
113
105
94
81
9 6 107
921
43.0
10.64
Eye diseases
...
114
295
200
241
281
295
192
284 203
111
2,216
103.5
. . .
Anæmia and Atrophy
...
100
88
205
104 150
170
172
205
228
153
1,575
73.6
11.62
Tubercular diseases
...
17
15
25
17
19
22
15
8
17
8
163
7.6
39.26
Meningitis and Hydrocephalus
...
8
6
14
6
8
11
2
6
7
7
75
3.5
74.67
Convulsions
...
25
51
47
34
28
41
19
26
32
34
337
15.7
80.71
Dentition
...
68
91
76
71
118
117
101
98 109
85
934
43.6
17.13
Abscess and Ulcer
...
24
26
35
26
41
39
46
42
30
15
324
15.1
4.35
Injuries
...
31
34
42
31
35
41
52
27
33
18
344
16.1
All other Causes
...
82
75
91
69
135
125
84
76
46
48
831
38.8
1,385 1,619 2,263 1,300 1,772 2,002 1,432 1,497 1,927 1,440
16,637
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Year.
701.3 761.2 982.6 583.7 740.8 869.3 606.8 679.5 967.8 944.9
777.2
* See Note at foot of Table CCCXXII.
† See Note at foot of Table CCCXXII.