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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS—BOMBAY, 1870-79.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying BOMBAY
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 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 .
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 .
Dr 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 .
January
5,220 331 63.4 7
1
2
1
2
1
February
5,440 322 59.2
6
2
3
1
March
4,832 295 61.1
8
2
1 1
3
1
April
4,743 298 62.8 3
1
1
1
May
4,804 322 67.0 5
1
.2
1
1
June
4,745 316 66.6 6
1
1
1
1
2
July
4,685 293 62.5
9
1
4
1
2
1
August
4,635 315 68.0 9
2
4
1
1
1
September
4,518 344 76.1
2
1
1
October
4,336 375 86.5 7
2 1
1
1
1
1
November
4,523 347 76.7
6
2 1
1 1
1
December
4,691 336 71.6 6
1
2
2
1
3 3 5 5 1 7 1 18
3 8 5
7 1 7
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years 4,764 325 68.2 74 15.53
. 63 1. 68 1.05 .21 1.47 .21 3.77 .63 1.68 1.05
1.47
. 2 1
1 . 4 7
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total Admitted during the
Ten Years. Admi t t ed
per 1, 000
of St rengt h.
Died out
of each
hundred cases treated.
J AN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.
Dengue (of 1872)
6 70 77 27
2
4
186
39. 1
Cholera
1
1
2
.4
Smallpox
1
1
1
3
. 6
Enteric Fever
2
2
4
.8 75. 00
Fever, Intermittent
2 1 3 176 152 182 248 228 301 394 598 902 632 344 4,370 917.3
.07
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
14 21 33 62 52 32 20 30 38 83 29 36
450
94.5
1. 11
Apoplexy
1
2
1
1
2
4
11
2.3 45. 45
Delirium Tremens
3
2
5
1
2
2
4
4
1
1
2
4
31
6. 5
3. 23
Dysentery
20 20 14 16 20 12 13 17 12 16 37 52
249
52.3
2. 81
Diarrhœa
35 14 19 24 31 11 36 26 19 29 34 47
325
68.2
.31
Hepatitis
35 22 27 26 26 16 24 18 14 21 21 33
283
59.4
6. 36
Spleen disease
1
2
1
4
1
2
1
3
2
17
3. 6
Respiratory diseases
24 27 34 17 24 30 27 35 10 16 22 19
285
59.8
1. 05
Phthisis Pulmonalis
8
2
5
1
3
2
5
2
1
7
5
4
45
9. 5 11. 11
Scurvy
1
1
.2
Rheumatism
24 28 27 24 12
1 6
22 29 31 19 19 11
262
55.0
. 4 4
Venereal diseases
129 118 96 124 94 79 104 97 79 77 68 78 1,143 239.9
Eye diseases
6
3
7
7
5
7
3
2
7
2
5
3
57
12.0
Abscess and Ulcer
41 45 31 69 49 45 44 41 53 40 49 51
558 117.1
Wounds and Accidents
46 47 48 65 58 40 31 36 32 30 34 47
514 107.9
All other Causes
78 84 78 62 75 91 62 70 73 59 84 103
919 192.9
678 612 577 691 771 694 724 806 970 1,311 1,045 836 9,715
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
129.9 112.5 119.4 145.7 160.5 146.3 154.5 173.9 214.7 302.4 231.0 178.2
2 , 0 3 9 . 3