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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXVIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the MADRAS PRESIDENCY in each
MARCH of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
N u m b e r
Daily Sick.
N u m b e r
Daily Si
c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from
Injuries and
Sudden
Deaths
o u t
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
MARCH
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
Sma l l p o x .
En 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 .
Ph t h i s i s Pu l mo 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
. . .
10,806
676
62.6
25
2.31
1.85
5
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
3
...
7
...
3
2
1
. . .
. . . ...
4
1871
. . .
11,056
590
53.4
7
.63
. 6 3
... ...
...
...
1 ...
1
1
...
2
. . .
1
1
...
. . .
. . . ...
...
1872
. . .
12,017
640
53.3
11
.92
.92
...
...
2 ...
. . .
2 ..
1
. . . 1
. . .
. . . 1
2
. . .
. . . ...
2
1873
. . .
11,563
645
55.8
12
1.04
1.04
...
...
1
...
1
2
...
1
...
4
. . .
. . .2
...
. . .
. . . ...
1
1874
. . .
11,559
517
44.7
9
.78
. 7 8...
...
1
...
. . .1
...
1
. . . 1
. . .
1 2
...
. . .
. . . ...
2
1875
...
11,144
543
48.7
4
.36
. 3 6...
...
...
...
. . . ..
...
1
. . .
...
. . .
1 ...
...
. . . ...
...
2
1876
. . .
10,839
518
47.8
11
1.01
1.01 ...
...
... ...
1
...
1
. . . 1
. . .
. . .4
2
. . .
. . . ...
2
1877
...
11,271
554
49.2
9
.80
. 7 11
...
1
...
. . .
...
. . .
1 ...
. . .
. . .1
2
. . .
. . .
2
1878
. . .
10,896
618
56.7
20
2.39
2 . 3 9...
3
...
...
. . . 2
1
5
. . . 8
. . .
. . .3
2
. . .
. . . 1
1
1879
. . .
10,103
593
58.7
7
.69
. 6 9...
...
...
...
. . .
...
3
. . . 1
. . .
1 1
...
...
1
6
3
5 ...
3
8
2
17
1
25
. . . 7
17
9
. . .
. . .
1
17
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
111,254
5,894
53.0
121
1.09
1.04 .05 .03 .05 ...
. 0 3 .07 .02 .15 .01
.23 ... .06 .15 .08
...
...
.01
.15
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MARCH.
Total
Admitted
during the
M o n t h .
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
c a s e s t r e a t e d .
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1871.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873
. . .
...
. . .
31
36
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
67
.6
. . .
Cholera
. . .
7
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
8
.1
75.00
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
. . .
6
3
1
. . .
. . .
1
4
1
16
.1
18.75
E n t e r i c F e v e r
. . .
1
. . .
9
8
4
. . .
1
2
2
. . .
27
.2
18.52
F
ver, Intermittent
. . .
467
61
42
84
54
59
19
30
51
124
991
8.9
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Coninue
d
. . .
57
60
151
148
124
98
86
70
150
108
1,052
9.5
.29
Apoplexy
. . .
3
2
3
4
4
1
1
1
1
1
21
.2
38.10
Delirium Tremens
. . .
11
7
4
4
4
6
4
1
2
2
45
.4
4.44
Dysentery
. . .
68
31
40
54
64
71
34
35
65
27
489
4.4
3.48
Diarrhæa
. . .
62
54
49
76
48
42
35
68
64
27
525
4.7
.19
H e p a t i t i s
. . .
62
52
4 4
71
65
60
38
37
53
31
513
4 .6
4 .87
Spleen disease
. . .
12
. . .
4
2
. . .
2
1
2
. . .
1
24
.2
. . .
Respiratorydiseases
. . .
70
76
92
53
74
41
46
45
46
33
576
5.2
1.22
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
9
10
9
9
11
10
4
5
4
5
76
.7
11.84
Scurvy
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
3
. 0
. . .
Rheumatism
. . .
47
39
53
41
61
33
30
36
20
42
402
3.6
.53
Venereal diseases
. . .
184
162
181
146
221
295
205
187
228
231
2,040
18.3
Eye diseases
. . .
16
14
21
20
17
8
6
10
8
11
131
1.2
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
142
113
106
102
117
104
76
74
85
74
993
8.9
Wounds and Accidents
. . .
138
102
111
125
117
112
75
79
102
106
1,067
9.6
All other Causes
. . .
...
239
187
215
229
156
190
181
136
167
143
1,843
16.6
1,595
970
1,174
1,215
1,142
1,132
8 4 2
820
1,052
967
10,909
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each March.
147.6
87.6
97.7
105.1
98.8
101.6
77.7
72.8
96.5
95.7
9 8 . 0