xvi
SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA
.
I.—STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1870-79.
IX.
TABLE showing the AGGREGA TE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEA N TROOPS serving in
BENGAL PROPER during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate
Strength
for each
Month of
the Ten
Years.
Average
Number
Daily
Sick.
Number
Daily
Sick per
1,000 of
Strength.
Number
of
Deaths.
Died per
1,000 of
Strength.
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s
S u i c i d a l D e a t h s , a n d o t h e r D e a t h s o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
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 , 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 .
Dysentery.
D i a r r h œ a . Hepatitis.
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 .
Dropsy.
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 .
January
...
18,722
923
49.3
24
1.28
2 ... ...
1
1
1
...2
...
5
......
2
2
......1
1
2
4
February
...
19,670
940
47.8
16
.81
... ...
1 ...
1
1 ...... ...
4 ......
2
5 ...... 1
1 ...
...
March
...
19,049
878
46.1
16
.84 5
...2
...... ... ... ...
... 2
......
1 2
.........2
...
2
April
...
19,192
907
47.3
15
.78
1
1
1 ...
1
2 ...
2 ...
1 ......
2
2 ............ ...
2
May
...
19,061
977
51.3
25
1.31
3 ...... ......
4 ......
1
2
1 ... 2
2
...... 1
5 ...
4
June
...
19,023
1,036
54.5
18
.95 ... ...... ... 1
3
1 2
...4
...... 2 1
... ...
...
2 ...
2
July
...
18,994
1,138
59.9
23
1.21 1
...
1 ...
2
1 ...
2 ...
2 ...
3
1 5
...... ...
3 ...
2
August
...
18,944
1,207
63.7
32 1.69
... ...3
...2
... ...
4
1
6 ......
3
2 ......... 4 ...
7
September ...
18,936
1,199
63.3
24
1.27
1 ...
5 ... 1 ... ...
1 ...
4
1 ...
1 2
.........
2 ...
6
October
...
18,816
1,141
60.6
34
1.81 1
...
2 ...
3
1
1
5 ...
9
1
2 4
... .........
3 ...
2
November ...
18,107
1,010
55.8
25
1.38
1 ...... ... 6
...
1
2 ...
5
1 ...
2
1 .........
...
1
December
...
18,449
962
52.1
21
1.14
1 ...
... ...
1
...
...
4
1
6 ...
1
1
1
...
... ...
1 ...
4
16
1
15
1 19
13
3
24 3
50 4
6
23
25 ...... 3
29
2
36
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years
18,914
1,027
54.3
273
14.43
.85 .05
.79
1.06 .69 .16 1.27 .16 2.64 .21 .32 1.22 1.32 ... ... .16 1.53 .10 1.90
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during the
Ten Years.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died o
ut of each hundred
cases treated.
JAN.
FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY.
AUG. SEPT.
OCT. NOV.
DEC.
Dengue (of 1872)
...
1
...
7
196
309
71
60
36
1
...
...
...
681
36.0
...
Cholera ...
2
...
5
1
3
2
2 ...
2
1
2
3
23
1.2
69.57
Smallpox ...
...
1 1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
.1
50.00
Enteric Fever
...
2
6
5
1
4
2
3
4
7
2
1
2
39
2.1
38.46
Fever, Intermittent
...
366
191
147
184
179
186
232
274
238
258
476
558
3,289
173.9
.03
Fevers, Remittent and Continued ...
147
152
202
294
358
522
597
629
431
423
427
223
4,405
232.9
.43
Apoplexy
...
2
1
5
10
7
9
1
1
3
4
2
1
46
2.5
28.26
Delirium Tremens ...
8
3
4
4
4
7
2
9
7
5
6
...
59
59
3.1
5.08
Dysentery
...
75
57
51
63
70
58
93
113
96
91
65
76 908
48.0
2.64
Diarrhœa ...
70
44
44
53
61
55
122
128
97
88
68
69
899
47.5
.33
Hepatitis
...
83
71
75
62
91
115
107
117
102
110
79
78
1,090
57.6
4.59
Spleen disease ...
6
7
4
5
8
7
4
6
12
7
4
3
73
3.9
5.48
Respiratory diseases ...
69
94
84
57
74
66
86
95
60
65
85 88
923
48.8
.65
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
17
7
12
10
15
16
26
21
25
16
23
17
205
10.8
12.20
Scurvy ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 1
...
...
1
.1
...
Rheumatism
...
59 51
59
64
90
80
96
80 69
71
61
60 840
44.4
.44
Venereal diseases
...
341
334
391
308
301
243
277
304
247
309
276
287
3,618
191.3
Eye diseases ...
12
26
29
23
24
16
14
17
14
17
20
25
234
12.5
Abscess and Ulcer
...
140
120
144
120
128
143
161
174
145
113
107
90
1,585
83.8
Wounds and Accidents
...
160
171
181
152
156
140
141
148
124
137
115
146
1,771 93.6
All other Causes
...
222
260
303
309
332
327
433
447
465
433
310
255
4,096
216.6
1,782
1,596
1,753
1,916
2,214
2,065
2,457
2,603
2,145
2,151
2,127
1,981
24,790
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
95.2
81.1
92.0
99.8 116.2 108.6 12
9.4
137.4 113.3 114.3
117.5 107.4
1,310.7