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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXXVIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BOMBAY PRESIDENCY in each
JANUARY of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
Number
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily Sick
per 1,000 of
Strength
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Injuries and
Sudden
Deaths out
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
JANUARY
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 .
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 .
All Causes.
Excluding
Cholera.
1870
...
10,376
577
55.6
16
1.54
1.54
...
...
...
1
5
...
1
1
...
1
...
1
1
4
...
...
...
1
1871
...
10,223
517
50.6
12
1.17 1.17
... ...
2
...
1 1
... ... ...
1
...
1
2
3
... ... ...
1
1872
...
11,002
542
49.3
11
1.00
1.00
...
...
1
... ...
1
... ... ...
2
...
2
...
5
... ... ... ...
1873
...
10,329
538
52.1
15
1.45 1.45
... ...
1
...
1
1
...
1
...
5
... ...
2
2
... ... ...
2
1874
...
10,892
557
51.1
7
. 64
. 64
... ...
1
...
1
... ...
1
...
2
...
1
...
1
... ... ... ...
1875
...
8,821
460
52.1
5
.57
. 57
... ... ... ...
1
... ... ... ...
1
...
1
...
1
... ... ...
2
1876
...
10,295
459
44.6
7
.68 .68
...
...
1
...
...
... ... ... ...
3
...
2
...
1
...
...
...
1
1877
...
10,078
520
51.6
13
1.29 1.29
... ...
1
... ...
1
...
1
...
3
...
3
...
2
... ... ...
2
1878
...
10,535
588
55.8
4
.38
. 38
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
...
1
... ... ...
1
... ... ...
1
1879
...
8,727
593
68.0
17
1.95 1.95
... ...
2
... ... ...
...
5
... ... ...
2
4
2
... ... ...
2
...
...
9
1
9
4
1
10
...
19
...
13
9
22
...
...
...
10
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
101,278
5,351
52.8
107
1.06
1.06
...
...
.09
.01
.09
.04
.01
.10
...
.19
...
.13 .09
.21
...
...
...
.10
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH JANUARY.
Total
Admitted
during the
Mouth.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out o f e a c h h u n d r e d
c a s e s
treated.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1870.
1877.
1878.
1879.
D engue (of 1873)
...
...
. . .
...
19
...
...
...
...
...
...
19
.2
. . .
Cholera
... ... ... ...
. . .
... ... ...
1
... ...
1
. 0
...
Smallpox
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
11
1
. . .
14
.1
...
Enteric Fever
...
1
2
3
2
1
2
...
3
1
2
17
.2
52.94
Fever, Intermittent
...
399
401
264
315
213
190
236
221
405
454
3,098
30.6
.03
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
...
65
68
46
34
51
40
10
42
24
36
416
4.1
2.16
Apoplexy
...
...
3
1
...
...
2
1
1
...
1
9
.1
44.44
Delirium Tremens
...
2
8
5
1
5
6
2
3
5
...
37
.3
2.70
Dysentery
...
12
24
23
38
19
11
18
19
17
26
207
2.0
4.83
Diarrhœa
...
43
46
47
28
25
29
28
20
39
72
377
3.7
...
Hepatitis
...
27
55
31
43
23
29
38
27
29
20
322
3.2
5.90
Spleen disease
...
1
4
1
1
4
7
3
4
3
7
35
.3
...
Respiratory diseases
...
46
84
72
82
134
48
58
81
67
105
777
7.7
1.67
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
6
12
6
14
5
8
4
2
3
7
67
. 7
32.84
Scurvy
...
...
2
2
... ...
...
. . .
...
...
...
4
.0
...
Rheumatism
...
31
58
48
32
40
24
29
36
45
39
382
3.8
. 38
Venereal diseases
...
161
172
250
125
160
162
156
132
214
210
1,742
17.2
Eye diseases
...
14
22
20
13
25
9
9
12
16
7
147
1.5
Abscess and Ulcer
...
60
98
78
67
101
56
70
72
76
48
726
7.2
Wounds and Accidents
...
46
78
86
66
100
62
90
83
91
73
775
7.7
All other Causes
...
116
134
142
96
125
76
107
132
168
134
1,230
12.1
1,030
1,271
1,126
976
1,032
76
859
902
1,204
1,241
10,402
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each January.
99.3
124.3
102.3
94.5
94.8
86.3
83.4
89.5
114.3
142.2
102.7