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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXXIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the MADRAS PRESIDENCY in each
AUGUST of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
Number
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily Sick p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from
Injuries and
Sudden
Deaths out
of -
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
A U G U S T
OF EACH YEAR.
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 .
Fever , Remi t t ent and
Continued.
A p o p l e x y .
De l i r i um Tr e me ns .
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 .
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
. . .
11,075
791
71.4
15
1..35
1 . 3 5
. . .
. . .
. . .1
1 ...
1
. . .
5
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . ....
5
1871
. . .
10,895
658
60.4
17
1.56
1.56
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 1
. . .
. . . .
. . .
1
3
. . . 6
. . . ....
2
2
... ...
...
2
1872
. . .
11,447
757
66.1
17
1.49
1 . 4 9
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
2 ...
3
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
3
1
. . .
. . ....
2
1 8 7 3
. . .
11,473
750
65.4
13
1.13
1 . 1 3
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
. . ....
4
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
. . ....
1
1874
. . .
11,434
694
60.7
9
.79
. 7 9
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . ....
1
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . . ...
1
1875
...
11,059
640
57.9
9
.81
. 7 2
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 ...
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
. . ....
1
1876
. . .
11,170
679
60.8
17
1.52
1 . 4 3
1
. . .
5
. . .
1
. . ....
2
. . .
5
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . ....
1
1877
. . .
11,027
754
68.4
13
1.18
1.18
. . .
. . . . . . .
4
. . .
. . . .
. . . ....
3
. . .
4
. . .
. . .
2
. . . . . .
. . . . .
. . ....
...
1878
. . .
10,940
750
68.6
24
2.19
1.19
11
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . . ...
1 ...
4 ...
. . .
1
3
...
. . .
1
1
1879
. . .
10,609
769
72.5
20
1.89
1 . 7 0
2
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
2 ...
2
1
4
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
. . ....
4
15
. . . 17
...
6
6
1
23
1
36
...
1
17
12
. . .
. . . 1
18
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Mouth
111,129
7,242
65.2
154
1.39
1.25 . 14 ... .15
... .05 .05 .01 .21 .01 .33
... .01 .15 .11
...
... .'01
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CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH AUGUST.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died (lilt
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)
...
101
84
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . .
188
1'7
. . .
Cholera
...
• . . .
...
. . .
...
...
1
1
...
11
3
17
.2
88'24
Small pox
...
1
. . .
...
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
7
1
8
3
4
4
11
7
. . .
4
49
. 4
3 4 . 6 9
Fever, Intermittent
...
395
146
72
156
71
99
87
79
1 3 2
2 6 0
1 , 4 9 7
1 3 . 5
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued...
79
82
104
50
91
145
167
141
1 9 1
1 7 2
1 , 2 2 2
1 1 . 0
. 4 9
Apoplexy
...
1
1
2
1
. . .
5
1
. . .
1
3
15
. 1
4 0 . 0 0
Delirium Tremens
. . .
14
10
3
1
2
2
7
7
2
1
49
. 4
2 . 0 4
Dysentery
. . .
91
105
112
113
86
80
82
106
121
80
9 7 6
. 8 . 8
2 . 3 6
Diarrhœa
. . .
97
102
136
89
40
78
87
63
105
67
8 6 4
7 . 8 .12
Hepatitis
81
70
68
80
84
83
61
56
40
54
6 7 7
6 . 1
5 . 3 2
Spleen disease
...
5
5
...
2
3
1
2
...
1
...
19
. 2
. . .
Respiratory diseases
...
60
65
52
41
51
41
64
40
47
40
5 0 1
4 . 5
. 2 0
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
3
14
8
11
15
13
14
14
6
6
1 0 4 . 9
1 1 . 5 1
Scurvy
...
...
1
1
...
1
. . .
1
. . .
...
1
5
. 0 ...
Rheumatism
...
65
58
59
58
47
25
59
34
38
22
4 6 5
4 . 2
Venereal diseases•..
137
174
150
137
176
169
186
193
201
1 6 2
1 , 6 8 5
1 5 . 2
Eye diseases
...
44
22
25
23
22
22
23
13
19
21
2 3 4
2 . 1
.53
Abscess and Ulcer
...
105
124
118
85
91
87
96
102
60
85
953
8 . 6
Wounds and Accidents
141
103
97
76
73
109
93
71
77
83
9 2 3
8 . 3
All other Causes
...
269
265
211
211
182
251
295
238
1 9 9
2 0 0
2 , 3 2 1
2 0 . 9
1,595
1,348
1,330
1,22 1
1,039 1,215
1,337
1,164
1,251
1,264
12,764
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each August.
144.0
123.7
116.2
106.4
90.9
109.9
119.7
105.6
114.4
119.1
1 1 4.9