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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS—ROORKEE, 1870-79.
LXX.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying ROORKEE
daring the TEN YEARS from, 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate Strength
for each M o n t h o f
the Ten
Years.
Average
Number D a i l y
S i c k .
Number
Daily Sick per
1,000 of
Strength.
Number o f
Deaths.
Died per
1,000 of
Strength.
CAUS ES OF DEATHS I N HOS P I TAL.
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 . D r o p s y .
S c u r v y .
A t r o p h y a n d A n œ m i a .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
4,794 183 38.2 4
1
1
1
1
February
4,276 176 41.2
6
2
1
2
1
March 4,305 202 46.9
7
1
1
3
1
1
April
4,019 163 40.6 2
1 2
1
May
3,972 185 46.6
1 1
4
5
2
June
3,957 189 47.8 12
1
1
3
1
2
2
2
J u l Y
3 , 9 6 9 206 51.9 3
1
1
1
A u g u s t 3,910 227 58.1 4
1
2
1
September
3 , 8 6 7 245 63.4
4
2
1
1
October
3 , 8 5 5 239 62.0 6
2 1
1
1
1
November
3 , 3 4 9 174 52.0 2
1
1
December
3,590 154 42.9 5
1
1
2
1
7
6
2 5
5 1 10
3 5 5
10
7
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years 3,989 195 48.9 66 16.55 1. 76
1.51 . 5 0
1 . 2 5
1 . 2 5 . 2 5 2 . 5 1 .75 1 . 2 5 1 . 2 5
2 . 5 1 1 . 7 6
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during the
Ten Years.
Admitted per 1,000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS. JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL.
M A Y . JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. Nov. DEC.
Dengue (of 1872)
1
1
2
.5
Cholera
4
2
5
11
2.8 6 3 . 6 4
Smallpox
1
1
2
.5
Enteric Fever
1
1 12
3
1
3
21
5.3 2 8 . 5 7
Fever, Intermittent
67 101 76
6 0 76 77 85 159 242 173 60 57
1,233 309.1
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
11 11 27 40 59 39 60 71 66 52 15
5
456 114.3
.44
Apoplexy
1
3
1
2
7
1.7 7 1 . 4 3
Delirium Tremens
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
10
2.5
Dysentery
14
7
7
8 13
8
9 16 15
9 17
1 8
141
35.3 3 . 5 5
Diarrhœa
10 12 19 15
7
7 14 29 17
1 5 9
6
160
40.1
.63
Hepatitis
10 12 16 18 19 15 27 24 31 20 10
1 2
214
53.6 4 . 6 7
Spleen disease
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1 2
3.0
Respiratory diseases
39 46 38 31 33 19 26 24 20 24 31
2 7
3 5 8 89.7
. 8 4
Phthisis Pulmonalis
2
4
2
1
2
1
1
2
15
3.8 3 3 . 3 3
Scurvy
1
1
. 3
Rheumatism
14
2 5
1 6
2 2
1 6
1 5 14
1 3
1 2 20
2 2 19
208
52.1
Venereal diseases
99 56 71 40 67 47
8 0 37 31 62 32
5 9
681 170.7
Eye diseases
9
4
4
8 10
8
8
4
6 10
4
7
82
20.6
. 6 7
Abscess and Ulcer
24 19 24 32 26 29 41 26 21 37 16 20
315
79.0
Wounds and Accidents
39 26 34 33
9 16 20 19 16 18 16 30
276
69.2
All other Causes
54
4 4
65
5 7
50
56 74 71 65 66 34 44
680 170.5
394 370 401 367 403 348 460 499 558 508 269 308 4,885
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
82.2 86.5 93.1 91.3 101.5 87.9 115.9 127.6 144.3 131.8 80.3 85.9
1 , 2 2 4 . 6