lxvi SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS—BENARES, 1870-79.
L.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying BENARES
during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate
Strength
for each
Month of
the Ten
Years.
Average
Number Daily
Si ck.
Number
Daily
Sick per
1,000 of
Strength.
Number
of
Deaths.
Died per
1,000 of
Strength
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
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 .
Dr 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 .
January
. . . 5,224
333
63. 7
4
. . .
. . .
. . . ... . . . ... . . .
. . .
. . . ...
1 . . . . . . 1 ... ... ... . . . . . .
. . .
2
February
. . . 4,855
331
68. 2
1
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . ... . . .
. . . . . . ... . . .
. . . . . .
1 ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
March
. . . 5,166
329
63. 7
6
. . .
1
. . .
. . . . . .
...
. . . . . .
... ...
. . . . . . . . .
2 1
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . . 1
April
. . . 5,051
326
64. 5
10
. . .
2
. . .
. . . . . .
2
1
. . .
1 ...
2 . . . . . .
. . .
...
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . . 1
May
...
5,030
349
69. 4
11
. . .
3
. . .
. . . . . .
1
2
. . .
... ...
4 . . . . . .
. . .
1
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
June
...
5,022
382
76.1
9
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
1
7
. . .
... ...
1 . . . . . .
. . .
...
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
July
...
4,988
373
74. 8
13
. . .
1
. . .
1 . . .
...
3
. . .
1 ...
2 . . . . . .
. . .
2
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . . 2
August
...
4,980
409
82. 1
14
...
4
. . . 2
. . . 3
. . . . . .
... ...
4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
September ...
4,972
425
85. 5
11
...
2 ...
2 1 3 ... ...
2 ...
1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
. . . ...
October
...
4,921
414
84. 1
7
...
... ...
1 ... 1
1 ...
1 ...
1
. . . . . . ... ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
November ...
4,699
331
70. 4
5
. . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 ...
. . . . . . . . . 1 1
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . . 1
December ...
4,949 297
60. 0
1 0
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
...
1
. . .
. . .
...
3 . . . . . .
1
1 ... . . . . . .
1 ... 2
13 ...
7 1 11 15 ...
6 ... 19 ... ...
6
6 ... ... ...
5 1 11
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years 4,988 358
71. 8
101 20.25 2.61 ... 1.40 2. 41
3.01 ... 1.20 ... 3.81 ... ... 1.20 1.20 ... ... ... 1.00 . 2 0 2 . 2 1
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
d u r i n g t h e
Ten Years.
Admitted p e r 1 , 0 0 0
of S t r e n g t h .
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.
Dengue (of 1872)
... ...
. . .
...
...
6
2
22
25
42
14 ...
...
111
22.3 ...
Cholera
...
. . .
. . .
1
3
6 ...
1
10
1
. . .
. . . ...
22
4 . 4 59. 09
Smallpox
... ...
...
1
2
. . .
. . . ...
...
...
. . . ...
...
3
.6
. . .
Enteric Fever
... ...
. . . ...
...
. . .
. . .
1
3
3
2
1
2
12
2.4
58. 33
Fever, Intermittent
...
43
41
57
51
90
118
111
107
111
161
115
67
1,072
214.9
.09
Fevers, Remittent and Continued ...
17
22
22
53
52
69
78
9 5
8 8 35
33
22
586
117.5
1. 88
Apoplexy
... ...
...
...
2
5
15
7 1
... ...
...
1
31
6.2
48. 39
Delirium Tremens
. . .
3
2
2
2
1
. . .
2
1
2
4
3
1
23
4.6
. . .
Dysentery
...
6
6
8
11
9
10
12
24
27
21
12
7
153
30.7
3. 92
Diarrhœa
. . .
17
18
33
27
39
16
48
50
43
18
20
16
3 4 5
69.2
. . .
H e p a t i t i s
. . .
16
16
9
11
34
22
23
30
45
42
18
15
281
56.3
6.76
Spleen disease
. . .
1 ...
...
2
2 ...
1
2
... ...
1
. . .
9
1.8
...
Respiratory diseases
...
41
23
30
22
28
11
21
22
26
17
32
43
316
63.4
. . .
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
. . .
3
1
4
4
5
5
2
3
3
5
1
36
7.2
16. 67
Scurvy
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1 ...
...
...
1
2
.4
...
Rheumatism
...
29
18
29
23
16
24
19
23
20
25
27
13
266
53.3
.25
Venereal diseases
... 194 212 197 179
208
159
200
158
153
174
117
170
2,121
425.2
Eye diseases
...
6
1
15
7
7
8
15
13
9
9
7
8
105
21.1
Abscess and Ulcer
...
65
51
56
50
54
72
107
70
71
54
63
47
760
152.4
Wounds and Accidents
...
43
39
49
63
41
46
43
33
25
36
39
63
520
104.2
All other Causes
...
6 4
65
47
77
70
67
94
87
89
82
69
62
873
175.0
545
517
557
589
672 644 810
757
758
697
562
539
7,647
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
104.3 106.5 107.8 116.6 133.6 128.2 162.4 152.0 152.5 141.6 119.6 108.9
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