SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
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IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY in
each AUGUST of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
Number
Daily Sick.
Number Dai l y Si ck per 1, 000 of St r engt h.
-
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding S e a t h s f r o m I n j u r i e s a n d S u d d e n D e a t h s o u t o f H o s p i t a l ) .
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
AUGUST
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
Cholera.
Smallpox.Enteric fever. F e v e r , I n t e r mi 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 me 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 .
Sp 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 . Dropsy.Scurvy
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
...
33,577
2,390
71.2
55
1.64
1.64
. . .
. . .
8
...
11
5
...
5
. . .
8 ...
...
6
9 ...
...
1
2
1871
...
35,212
2,445
69.4
68
1.93
1.87
2
...
9
...
10
6
1
8
. . . 11 ...
...
7
4 ...
1
1
8
1872
...
30,372
2,319
63.8
215
5.91
1.46 162
...
8
...
10
6
1
8
2
6
...
1
2
3 ...
...
1
5
1873
...
36,792
2,357
64.1
39
1.06
. 9 54
...
5
1
4
2
...
1
1
8
...
...
4
4
. . . ...
. . .
5
1874
37,344
2,667
71.4
41
11.8
1.18
...
...
9
...
6
3
1
4
...
8 ...
...
3
3
1
...
. . .
6
1875
...
36,959
2,202
59.6
81
21.9
.95
46
...
3
...
2
4
...
1
...
6
2
2
4
5
...
...
. . . 6
1876
...
30,413
2,193
60.2
79
2.17
1.37
29
...
12
...
1
7
...
3
...
7
1
2
5
5
...
...
. . .
7
1877
. . .
35,881
2,170
60.5
38
1.06
1.03
1 ...
8
...
3
9 ...
...
...
9
1
1
2
1
...
...
. . .
3
1879
...
35,496
2,543
71.6
82
2.31
1.13
42
...
17
...
2
2
2
5
. . .
8 ...
...
1
1
...
...
. . .
2
1879
...
38,802
3,189
82.2
152
3.92
2.09
7
. . .
21
2
14
6 ...
15
2
7
...
1
3
3
...
...
...
7
357
... 100
3 63
50
5
50
5
78
4
7
37
38
1
1
3
51
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
362,818
24,475
67.5
853
23.5
1.37 .98 ... .28 .01 .17 .14 .02
. 1 4 .02 .21 .01 .02 .10 .10 .00 .00 .01
. 1 4
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH AUGUST.
CAUSES OF ADMISSION.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
T o t a l Ad mi t t e d d u r i n g t h e Mo n t h .
Admi
tted per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
o f e a c h h n d r e d e a s e s
treated.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)
. . .
. . .
. . .
406
2
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
468
1.3
. . .
Cholera
. . .
4
2
271
10
70
42
2
54
93
548
1.5
65.15
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
. . .
...
1
...
. . .
. . .
1
. 0
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
12
14
11
11
20
3
15
13
39
43
1 8 1
. 5
55.25
Fever, Intermittent
2,057
1,867
90)
1,117
1,149
1,016
1,585
974
983
2,169
14,250
393
.02
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
. . .
851
928
723
6 6 6
834
609
710
979
714
869
7,883
21.7
.80
Apoplexy
...
5
11
21
6
4
13
12
56
7
16
151
.4
33.11
Delirium Tremen
...
1 6
17
18
12
8
1 6
10
7
10
7
121
.3
41.3
Dysentery
. . .
172
146
158
105
117
185
139
78
105
190
1, 343
3.7
3.72
Diarrhœa
. . .
381
276
555
295
281
411
337
162
311
410
3,422
9.4
.15
Hepatitis
. . .
216
245
188
175
177
185
193
174
128
147
1,828
5.0
4.27
Spleen disease
...
28
15
24
19
25
3 5
25
26
11
23
231
. 6
1.73
Respiratory diseases
...
1 6 0
241
196
218
211
190
216
191
149
134
1,906
5.3
.37
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
29
35
30
29
26
34
30
29
15
19
276
.8
13.77
Scurvy
. . .
5
2
1
1
1
. . .
1
3
...
4
18
.1
5.56
Rheumatism
. . .
252
178
186
187
222
229
227
189
165
152
1,987
5.5
Venereal diseases
...
492
570
405
459
461
628
540
624
765
509
5,453
1 5 . 0
Eye diseases
. . .
116
110
76
60
107
57
79
57
42
71
775
2 . 1
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
270
325
188
259
301
320
325
393
291
363
3,035
8.4 .45
Wounds and Accidents
...
198
232
191
191
208
303
306
300
203
190
2,322
6.4
All other Causes
. . .
606
659
618
605
709
698
747
701
597
628
6,508
18.1
5,870
5,873
5,295
4,457
5,171
4,983
5,540
4,958
4,589
0,037
52,773
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each August.
174.8
166.8
145.6
121.1
138.5
134.8
152.1
138.2
129.3
155.6
145.4