SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
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IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXXV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY the MADRAS PRESIDENCY
in, each OCTOBER of the TEN - YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
S t r e n g t h .
Average
Number
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily Sick
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from
Injuries and S u d d e n
Deaths out
of
Hospitals).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
OCTOBER
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
All Causes.
Excluding
Cholera.
1870
...
9,805
629
64.1
16
1 . 6 3
1.63
...
...
2
. . .
. . .
1 ...
4
. . .
4 ...
. . .3
...
2 ...
. . . ...
1871
...
10,139
607
59.9
15
1.48
1.48
...
...
2
. . .
. . .
. . . 2
3
. . .
4 ...
1 2
...
. . . ...
. . . 1
1872
11,347
753
66.4
24
2.12
2 . 1 2
... ...
1
. . .
2
1
...
4
...
10
...
..
4
1 ...
...
...
1
1873
...
11,404
762
66.8
12
1.05
1.05
...
...
. . . ...
. . .
...
... 6
. . .
1 ...
1 3
1
. . . ...
. . ....
1874
...
11,381
761
66.9
11
.97
.97
... ...
2
. . .
. . .
. . ....
4
. . .
2 ...
1 ...
2
. . . ...
. . ....
1875
11,014
639
58.0
14
1 . 2 7
1.18
1
...
1
...
...
...
2
...
...
7 ...
...
...
2 ...
...
...
1
1876
...
11,150
657
58.9
15
1.35
1 . 3 5 ... ...
1
. . .
. . .
1 ...
4
. . .
2 ...
. . .1
. . .
. . . ...
. . .6
1877
10,940
731
6 6 . 8
17
1.55
1 . 4 6
1 ...
1
. . . 1
1
...
6
...
2 .....
...
1
2 ...
....
.....
2
1878
...
10,855
778
71.0
12
1 . 1 1
1 . 1 1 ...
1
2
. . .
. . . 1 ...
...
. . . 3 ...
1
1
2
. . . ...
...
1
1879...
10,439
767
73.5
8
.77
.77
...
...
1
. . .
1
. . ....
1
. . .
3 ...
1 ...
1
. . . ...
. . ....
2
1
13
...
4
5
4
32
...
38
...
5
15
11
2 ...
...
12
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
108,474
7,084
65.3
144
1.33
1.31
.02 .01 .12
...
.03 .05 .03 .30 ...
.35
...
.05 .14 .10 .02 ...
... .11
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH OCTOBER.
Tot al
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
o f e a c h h u n d r e dc
a s e s
treated.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)
...
...
...
47
21
...
. . .
...
...
...
...
68
. 6
. . .
Cholera
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
1
1
3
. . .
...
5
. 1
4 0 . 0 0
Smallpox
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
.0
50.00
Enteric Fever
3
2
3
. . .
1
. . .
6
7
3
1
26
.2
50.00
Fever, Intermittent
...
182
49
415
87
59
106
59
129
295
330
1,711
15.8
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued...
48
76
91
94
123
112
211
157
287
129
1,328
12:2
. 3 0
Apoplexy
...
1
...
2
...
1
1
1
2
2
1
11
.1
45.45
Delirium Tremens
...
4
7
4
. . .
5
5
6
4
7
2
44
.4
9.09
Dysentery
...
57
89
125
88
69
60
75
87
62
46
758
7.0
4 . 2 2
Diarrhoea
...
44
53
58
48
32
28
37
75
58
23
456
4.2
...
Hepatitis
...
40
74
82
81
90
62
66
65
72
65
697
6 . 4
5.45
Spleen disease
...
3
4
1
1
5
1
4
4
2
4
29
.3
. . .
Respiratory diseases
...
56
46
52
75
59
47
62
50
65
39
551
5.1
. 9 1
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
3
15
10
10
10
9
10
12
9
10
98
.9
11.22
Scurvy ...
..
. . .
1
...
...
. . .
...
...
...
1
2
.0
...
Rheumatism ....
47
.60
51
58
56
30
47
44
45
37
475
4.4
Venereal diseases
...
133
162
141
133
178
155
153
256
250
186
1,750
16.1
Eye diseases
...
19
13
22
26
9
19
23
39
14
19
203
1.9
.45
Abscess and Ulcer
...
82
123
124
64
86
58
94
107
87
84
909 8 . 4
Wounds and Accidents
...
94
103
92
91
88
67
77
69
105
62
848
7.8
All other Causes
...
184
258
219
228
226
179
237
214
217
188
2,150
19.8
1,000
1,134
1,543
1,106
1,097
940
1,169
1 , 3 2 4
1,581
1,227
12,121
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each October.
102.0
111.8
136.0
97.0
9 6 . 4
85.3
104.8
121.0
145.6
117.5
111.7
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