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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
X.—WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY, 1870-79.
CCCXVI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BENGAL
PRESIDENCY during the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79, and the prevalence of the PRINCIPAL DISEASES in each MONTH.
MONTHS.
A g g r e g a t e S t r e n g t h f o r e a c h
M o n t h o f t h e T e n Y e a r s .
A v e r a g e N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k .
N u m b e r 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 .
N u m b e r o f D e a t h s i n e a c h
M o n t h o f t h e T e n Y e a r s .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
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 .
A p o p l e x y . D y s e n t e r y .
D i a r r h œ a .
He p a t i t i s .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
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 .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a .
C h i l d - b i r t h a n d A b o r -
t i o n .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
... 34,915
966 27.7
60 1.72
1
1
3
. . .
5
2
5
5
4
8
7
. . .
4
8
7
February
... 35,339
911
25.8
40 1.13
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
7
. . . . . . 4
2
7
6
1
4
4
4
March
... 35,575 1,019 28.6
41 1.15
1 ...
3
. . . 3
3
1
3
1
6
4
2
2
9
3
April
... 35,320 1,305 36.9
70 1.98
10
1
2
. . .
6
. . . 7
7
7
9
1 4
2
7 7
May
... 34,990 1,664
47.6
92
2.63
13
5
7
. . . 10
8
8
3
8
7
4
4
3
7
5
June
. . .
34,880 1,774
50.9
93 2.67
6
. . .
4
. . . 18 17
5
6
7
7 ...
2
1 11
9
July
... 34,798 1,840
52.9
96 2.76 17 ...
4
. . . 17 11
7
3
1 13
2
5
2
9
5
August
. . .
34,601 2,079 60.1
122 3.53
36 ...
3
3
7
3
9
7 10 18
4
2
2
8 10
September
... 34,508 2,124
61.5
143 4.14
45 . . .
4
1 21
2 16
7
6 14
3
4
6
9
5
October
. . .
34,324 1,777 51.8
81 2.36
10 ...
2
1 17 ...
9
5
5
9
3
5
3
8
4
November
... 33,994 1,402 41.2
73 2.15
7
. . .
1
. . . 14 ...
7
6
6
7
3
1
2 11
8
December
... 33,707 1,062 31.5
76 2.25
2
2
3
. . .
19
1
9
4
7
7
. . .
3
5
9
5
148 10 36
5 144 47 83 60 64 112 37 33 36 100 72
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
TEN YEARS
... 34,746 1,495 43.0
987 28.41 4.26 .29 1.04
4.29
1.35 2.39 1.73 1.84 3.22 1.06 .95 1.04 2.88 2 . 0 7
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total Admitted
during the
Ten Years.
Admitted per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
o f e a c h
hundred
c a s e s
treated.
JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV.DEC.
Dengue
...
1 ...
2
32
14
8
40
27
134
96
24
15
393
11.3
...
Cholera
. . .
1
. . . 3
14
18
7
31
56
61
16
10
2
219
6.3
67. 58
Smallpox
...
5
4
3
18
18
4
3
. . . ...
...
3
17
75
2.2
13. 33
Enteric Fever
...
3
3
1
6
16
6
6
7
6
3
3
4
64
1.8
56. 25
Intermittent Fever
...
308
259
315
442
646
705
767
792 1,029 1,187 1,041
593
8,084
232.7
.06
Remittent and Continued Fevers ...
123
125
179
406
615
643
578
504
568
553
345
223
4,862
139.9
2. 96
Apoplexy
...
2
. . .
3
1
16
21
19
5
2
4
1 ...
74
2.1
6 3 . 5 1
Dysentery
...
55
42
6 4
103
97
103
113
147
140
120
89
72
1,145
33.0
7. 25
Diarrhœa
. . .
71
91
127
204
189
157
297
394
285
193
149
89
2,246
64.6
2. 67
Hepatitis
...
32
49
42
92
83
91
66
76
84
69
44
56
784
22.6
8. 16
Spleen disease
...
1 0
7
13
7
17
15
15
16
12
16
1 2
8
148
4.2
...
Respiratory diseases
...
136
133
106
150
131
91
95
94
76
9 4
9 6
105
1,307
37.6
2. 83
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
32
25
38
31
32
34
37
34
22
25
28
32
370
10.6
30.27
Atrophy and Anæmia
...
409
422
5 3 4
874
923
832
835 1,006
902
723
538
423
8,421
242.4
.43
Rheumatism
...
49
56
53
65
78
63
78
70
56
52
44
43
707
20.4
...
Eye Diseases
. . .
34
19
45
232
303
167
351
541
376
158
83
34
2,343
67.4
. . .
Abortion
...
48
56
60
64
84
75
70
64
58
58
43
38
718
20.7
1. 95
Diseases peculiar to Women
. . .
82
89
100
128
121
124
136
115
124
97
5 2
59
1,227
35.3
1. 97
Abscess and Ulcer
...
61
48
63
77
71
84
116
100
80
77
43
60
880
25.3
Injuries
. . .
26
18
37
27
41
31
28
37
32
24
25
16
342
9.9
All other Causes*
...
162
156
257
289
276
282
297
355
269
215
183
140
2,881
82.9
1,650 1,602 2,045 3,262 3,789 3,543 3,978 4,440 4,316 3,780 2,856 2,029
37,290
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
47.3
45.3 57.5
92.4 108.3 101.6 114.3
128.3 125.1 110. 1
84.0 60.2
1,073.2
* See second Footnote at Table CCCXIV.