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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCLXXII.
TABLE showing the RATIO in which the EUROPEAN ARMY of SOUTHERN INDIA has been affected by the CHIEF
CAUSES of SICKNESS and MORTALITY in each MONTH of the YEAR.
MONTH.
A g g r e g a t e S t r e n g t h o f t h e T e n
Y e a r s , 1 8 7 0 - 7 9 .
D a i l y S i c k - r a t e p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f
St r e n g t h .
DEATH-
RATE OF
EACH
MONTH
PER 1,000
OF
STRENGTH
DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH IN EACH MONTH.
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 so
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 .
OTHER
FEVERS.
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 r y .
Diarrhœa.
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 .
Sc 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 .
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
I n t e r m i t t e n t .
R e m i t t e n t a n d
C o n t i n u e d .
A l l C a u s e s .
E x c l u d i n g
Ch o l e r a .
January ... 45,061 62.3 1. 38
1.31 .07 .00 .17 .00 .11 .00 .00 .07 .00 .40 .02 .00 .13 .17 .00 .00 .00 .13 .00
. 11
February ... 45,534 64.1 1. 27
1.20 .07 .00 .15 .00 .07 .00 .02 .18 .00 .18 .00 .04 .15 .10 .00 .00 .00 .07 .00
. 24
March ... 48,475 55.4 .93 .83 .10 .00 .06 .00 .02 .06 .00 .06 .00 .15 .00 .06 .15 .06 .00 .00 .00 .17 .00
. 04
April ... 48,461 55.9 .99 .93 . 0 6
.00 .17 .00 .04 .21 .02 .06 .02 .10 .00 .00 .13 .02 .00 .00 .00 .10 .00
. 06
May ... 47,514 58.5 1.30 1.28 . 0 2
.00 .02 .02 .04 .44 .06 .15 .00 .13 .00 .00 .08 .04 .00 .00 .00 .15 .00
. 15
June ... 47,390 60.1 1.24 1.11 .13 .00 .13 .00 .06 .15 .02 .13 .00 .21 .00 .02 .06 .10 .00 .00 .00 .10 .02
. 10
July ... 47,430 63.2 1.29 1.14 .15 .02 .17 .00 .04 .11 .02 .04 .00 .30 .00 .06 .08 .02 .00 .00 .00 .15 .00
. 13
August ... 47,560 63.8 1. 07
1.05 .02 .00 .06 .00 .04 .04 .02 .15 .00 .21 .00 .00 .13 .04 .00 .00 .00 .09 .06
. 21
September
47,297 64.2 .93 .91 .02 .00 .11 .00 .02 .00 .02 .06 .02 .19 .00 .00 .09 .06 .00 .00 .00 .21 .00
. 13
October ... 46,528 64.1 1.10
1 . 0 8
.02 .00 .09 .00 .02 .04 .02 .20 .00 .22 .00 .04 .09 .11 .04 .00 .00 .04 .02 .15
November
46,283 64.6 .80 .76 . 0 4
.00 .00 .00 .09 .02 .00 .11 .00 .22 .00 .00 .09 .11 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
. 06
December
44,635 62.1 1. 41
1.34 .07 .00 .14 .00 .04 .02 .02 .09 .00 .20 .00 .04 .25 .09 .00 .00 .00 .16 .00
. 29
TOTAL ... 46,847 61.5 13.7012.93 .77 .02 1.26 .62
1.11
. 2 3
1 . 2 8 .04 2.48 .02 .28 1.41 .94 .04 .00 .00 1.43
. 1 1 1.66
MONTH.
ADMISSION-RATE PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH IN EACH MONTH.
A d m i s s i o n - r a t e o f e a c h M o n t h f r o m
a l l C a u s e s p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
D e n g u e .
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 .
OTHER
FEVERS.
Ap o p l e x y .
D e l i r i u m T r e m e n s .
Dy s e n t e r y .
D i a r r h œ a .
He 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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
S c u r v y .
R h e u m a t i s m . V e n e r e a l d i s e a s e s .
E y e d i s e a s e s .
A b s c e s s a n d U l c e r .
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
I n t e r m i t t e n t .
R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n -
t i n u e d .
January
. . .
2 . 3
.1 .1 .7 6.2 7.7 .1
.5 4.8 3.8 5.6 .1 3.4 .9 .0 3.2 18.7 .8 8.8 7.9 17.6 93.3
February
... .2 .1 .0
. 4 15.6 7.2 .1 .3 4.2 3.7 4.8 .2 4.4
. 7 .0 2.9 16.4 .9 9.7 8.8 15.3 95.9
March
... .7 .2 .1 .3 12.1 10.7 .2 .3 3.3 4.9 4.5 .3 4.8 .6 .0 3.6 17.9 1.0 8.6 9.4 17.1 100.6
April
... .6 .1 .1 .4
9.8 13.3 .3 .3 4.3 4.6 4.3
. 4 5.3 .5 .0 3.9 18.3 1.1 11.9 9.2 19.7 108.4
Ma y
. . .
1 . 6
.1
.0 .3 10.5 11.7 1.3 .4 4.5 3.8 4.3 .3 4.9 .6 .0 3.7 16.4 1.3 12.3 8.0 20.1 106.1
June
. . .
1.1 .1
.0 .3 10.5 11.9
.3 .4 5.3 5.1 4.6 .3 4.2 .9 .0 4.3 15.9 1.8 12.5 8.7 19.1 107.3
July
. . .
2.6 .2 .0 .4 10.2 13.5 .2 .5 7 . 1
6.0 5.1 .3 4.7 .9 .0 3.9 18.5 2.8 10.9 8.4 21.4 117.6
August
. . .
1.2 .0 .0 .3 8.8 11.2 .1 .5 6.4 4.4 5.4 .2 4.2 .9 .0 4.7 17.6 2.2 9.3 8.5 20.3 106.2
September
. . .
1.5 .1 .0
. 4 7.3 11.3 .1 .3 4.9 3.3 5.2 .2 3.7 .7 .0 3.7 19.7 1.9 8.8 7.4 17.6 98.1
October
. . .
. 8 .0 .0 .1 7.2 12.0 .1
.4 4.9 3.0 5.3 .2 4.4
1 . 1 .0 4.0 18.0 2.0 9.8 8.5 19.7 101.6
November
. . .
.1
.1 .0 .1 8.4 11.4 .0 .4 4.4 3.8 5.4 .2 4.3 1.0 .0 3.3 19.4 1.9 8.6 8.1 17.3 98.2
December
. . .
.2 .1 .0
. 4 9.1 11.1 .1
.3 5.5 4.4 5.6 .2 3.9 1.2 .0 2.9 18.7 1.3 8.0 10.4 17.5 100.9
TOTAL
... 12.9 1.2 .4 4.0 115.8 133.3 2.7 4.6 59.7 50.8 60.1 2.9 52.3 9.8 .1 44.3 215.6 18.9 119.7 103.1 223.1 1235.3