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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXIX.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the MADRAS PRESIDENCY in each
APRIL of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
Y E A R . Average
Strength.
Average N u m b e r
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily S i c k
per 1,000 of
S t r e n g t h .
Numb er of D e a t h s
( e x -
cluding
Deaths from
Injures and
Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
A P R I L
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a . S ma 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 e l i r i u m T r e m e n s .
D y s e n t e r y . Di a r r h œa . 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
. .
1 1 , 1 3 9
695
62.4
39
3.50
1 . 6 2 21 ... 5 1 2 1 2 1 ... 2 ... ... 1 1 ...
. . .
...
2
1 8 7 1
...
11,061
600
54.2
15
1 . 3 6
1.36
. . . . . . ... 1 ... 1 3 1 2 ... 3 ... ... 1 1 ...
. . .
...
2
1872
...
1 1 , 6 0 5
618
53.3
16
1.38
1 . 3 8
. . . . . . ... 3 ... ... 5 2 1 ... 1 ... . . . 3
. . . . . . . . .
... 1
1873
. . . .
11,596
622
53.7
15
1.29
. 8 6
5 . .
... 1 ... ... 3 . . . 3 ... 2 ...
. . . 1
. . . . . . . . .
...
. . .
1874
...
11,542
580
50.2
11
.95
.87
1 ... 1 ... ... 2 . . . . . . 2 ... 2 ...
. . . 2
. . . . . . . . .
...
1
1875
. . .
11,148
582
5 2 . 2
6
. 5 4
. 5 4
. . .
... ... ... 1 1 . . . 1 ... 1 ... ...
. 1 . . . . ... ...
. . .
1876
. . .
11,333
563
49.7
18
1.59
. 7 9
9 ... ... ... ... 5 . . . ... ... 1 ...
. . . 1
. . . . . . . . .
...
2
1877
...
11,050
537
4 8 . 6
9
. 8 1
. 8 1
. . .
... 1 ... ... 1 . . . 1 ... 1 ...
. . . 3
1 . . . . . .
...
1
1878
...
11,194
635
5 6 . 7
21
1.88
1 . 7 0
2 2 2 ...
2 4 . . . 1 1 2 ... ... ...
1 . . . . . .
...
4
1 8 7 9
. . .
10,508
637
60.6
5
. 4 8
. 4 8
. . .
... ... ... ... 2 . . . ... ... ... ... . . .
1
. . . . . . . . .
..
2
38 2 14 1 6 27 5 12 1 15 ... . . . 14 5 ... ... ... 15
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
112,176
6,069
54.1
155
1. 38
11.04
. 3 4 .02 .12 .01 .05 .23 .05 .11 .01 .13 ... ... .13 .05 . . . ... ... .13
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH APRIL.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
o f S t r e n g t h .
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)
. . .
. . .
. . .
55
2
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
57
.5
. . .
Cholera
. . .
2 8
...
1
12
... 1
. . .
2 0
1
2
...
65
. 6
5 8 . 4 6
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
...
1
2
4
3
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
11
. 1
18.18
Enteric Fever
. . .
1 2
2
5
6
2
4
. . . .
3
. . .
1
37
.3
37.84
Fever, Intermittent
...
369
79
62
113
41
4 0
1 8
41
70
135
968
8.6
.10
Fevers, Remittent and Continued... . . .
58
72
181
159
159
114
1 0 8
99
189
170
1,309
11.7.
.46
Apoplexy
...
1
9
9
7
2
1
5
2
3
5 4 4
.4
61,36
Delirium Tremens
...
9
7
9
2
2
1
4
3
1
3
41
.4
12.20
Dysentery
. . .
55
34
51
76
56
41
34
37
83
56
523
4.7
2.29
Diarrhœa
. . .
60
40
45
91
33
38
87
51
71
45
561
5.0
.18
Hepatitis
. . .
55
38
50
77
54
58
39
2 3
65
44
513
4.6
2.92
Spleen disease
. . .
13
4
5
4
1
2
. . .
. . .
4
1
3 4
. 3 ...
Respiratory diseases
. . .
6 3
6 1
7 8
72
41
34
6 6
4 3
55
49
562
5.0
. . .
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
3
9
8
4
5
5
9
7
3
2
55
.5
. 9 . 0 9
Scurvy
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
.0
...
R heumatism
3 9
51
5 4
48
... 39
27
4 0 .
37
3 6
2 9
400
3 . 6
Venereal diseases
...
1 7 3
205
228
158
165
220
182
181
260
316
2,088
1 8 . 6
Eye diseases
. . .
9
2 0
16
1 7
17
3
7
9
11
16
12 5
1.1
Abscess and Ulcer
1 1 8
1 1 9
152
157
103
110
85
107
129
125
1,205
1 0 . 7
.41
Wounds and Accidents
..
1 0 9
97
124
104
67
88
76
82
114
122
983
8:8
All other Causes
. . .
169
204
268
300
177
184
219
132
214
268
2.135
19.0
1,343
1,051
1,402
1,412
969
973
999
868
1,313
1,387
11,717
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each April.
120.6
95.0
120.8
121.8
84.0
87.3
88.1
78.6
117.3
132.0
104.5