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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
X.—WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY, 1870-79.
CCCXXIV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA
in each YEAR and for the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength
in each
Year.
Average
Number
Daily
Sick.
D a i l y S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f
S t r e n g t h .
N u m b e r
o f
D e a t h s .
D I E D
P E R 1 , 0 0 0 .
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
A l l C a u s e s .
E x c l u d i n g C h o l e r a .
Chol era.
S m a l l p o x .
M e a s l e s .
H o o p i n g C o u g h .
S c a r l e t F e v e r .
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 n t i t i o n . C o n v u l s i o n s .
M e n i n g i t i s a n d H y d r o -
c e p h a l u s .
T a b e s M e s e n t e r i c a .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
D y s e n t e r y .
D i a r r h œ a .
A n æ m i a a n d A t r o p h y . B r o n c h i t i s , a n d P n e u -
m o n i a .
C r o u p a n d D i p h t h e r i a .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
1870
... 10,086 *
*
757 75.05 73.76 13 ... 3 6 3 3 39 66
1
84 101 23 39 2 32 151 111 32 17 31
1871
... 10,700
425 39. 7 794 74.21 73.28 10 ... 34 19 17 2 11 55 5 64 136 34 30 ... 27
1 4 9 88 44 18 51
1872
... 11,657
459 39.4 1,155
9 9 . 0 8 88.96 118 6 27 3 6 5 10 76 3 92 171 38 46 3 44 222 141 60 27 57
1873
. . . 11,860
398 33. 6 715
6 0 . 2 9 59.36 11 7 20 7 1 ... 8 56 3 64 115 23 32 1 40 133 89 43 30 32
1874
... 12,393
397 32.0 686 55.35
5 5 . 1 9 2 1 31 4 ... 5 10 34 5 93 111 21 26 3 35 116 78 47 25 39
1875
. . . 12,359
379 30.7
8 6 2 69.75 64.65 63 ... 49 7 ... 1 4 42 12 86 137 25 29 ... 37 179 87 41 25 38
1876
... 11,882
340 28.6 664 55.88 54.28 19 . . . 27 5
. . . 1 4 33 1 87 118 19 36 4 31 121 69 42 14 33
1877
. . . 11,266
280 24.9 567 50.33 48.73 18 2 2 4 ... 2 5 33 3 68 109 12 29 ... 20 119 65 37 8 31
1878
... 10,423
351 33.7
831 79.73 77.33 25
6 32 4 ... 4 11 46 4 99 154 27 43 ... 40 149 85 50 26 26
1879
...
8,993
304 33.8 675 75.06 73.28 16 ... 63 5 4 3 24 39 4 79 95 22 15 ... 33 94 77 39 29 34
295 22 288 64 31 26 126 480 41 816 1,247 244 325 13 339 1,133 890 435 219 372
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
TEN YEARS ...
111,619 3,333 32.8† 7,706 69.04 66.40 2.64 .20 2.58
. 5 7 .28 .23 1.13 4.30
. 3 77.31 11.17 2.19 2.91 .12 3.04 12.84 7.97 3.90 1 . 9 6 3.33
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH YEAR.
Total
Admitted
during the
Ten Years.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
1870. 1871. 1872.
1 8 7 3 . 1874. 1875. 1876.
1 8 7 7 . 1878.
1879.
Dengue
. . .
...
. . .
878
21 ...
...
19
1
. . . ...
919
8.2
...
Cholera
...
14
19
1 5 4
16
3
83
26
22
38
18
393
3.5
75.06
Smallpox
...
2
3
21
33
2 8
2
3
36
23
14
165
1.5
13.33
Measl es
. . . 102
563
372
250
659
684 589
205
504 636
4,564
40.9
6.31
Hoopi ng Cough
...
70
216
51
99
134
139
87
122
83
76
1,077
9.7
5.94
Scarlet Fever
...
15
110
23
8
2
. . .
4
14
5
17
198
1.8
15.66
Enteric Fever
. . .
6
9
16
5
11
5
12
8
20
9
101
.9
25.74
Intermittent Fever
... 1,509 1,173 1,378
1 , 2 4 5 1,247 1,232 1,010 710 1,336 1,603
12,436
111.4
1.01
Remittent and Continued Fevers
. . . 903
776 1,215
912 1,175
915
921
756 1,113
718
9,404
84.3
5.10
Apoplexy
...
5
9
11
8
10
21
6
5
11
7
93
.8
44.09
Dysentery
...
276 255 322
264
214
296
223
222
289
176
2 537
22.7
13.36
Diarrhœa
1,093 1,167 1,484
1 , 0 6 5 924 1,287
972
878 1,033
709 10,612
95.1
13.50
Hepatitis
. . . 12
25
15
16
16
17
18
13
9
14
155
1.4
. . .
Spleen disease
...
9
27
14
28
21
29
18
8
19
49
222
2.0
...
Respiratory diseases
...
430
548 573
556
666
655
577
578
663
607
5,853
52.4
11.17
Eye diseases
... 1,282 1,791 1, 562
1,716 1, 758
1,686 1,375 1,351 1,468 1,002
14,991
134.3
. . .
Anæmia and Atrophy
. . .
672
833 1,279 1,043 1,201 1,061
9 2 6 780 988
955
9,738
87.2
9.14
Tubercular diseases
...
103
115
115
85
78
93
9 9 71
102
73
934
8 . 4
36.19
Meningitis and Hydrocephalus
. . .
35
4 6
57
31
3 4
39
2 7 26
31
32
358
3.2
68.16
Convulsions
...
113
156 225
165
155
186
171
152
204
149
1,676
15.0
74.40
Dentition
... 456 414 401
478
5 4 3
493
504 456
519
373
4,637
41.5
17.60
Abscess and Ulcer
. . . 149 149
168
167
195
191
195
183
183
129
1,709
15.3
4 . 4 3
Injuries
. . .
150
169 1 6 4
174
201
175
191
146 152
137
1,659
14.9
All other Causes
. . .
344 482
5 3 4
405
578
533
4 9 0 474 395
407
4,642
41.6
7,743 9,055 11,032 8,790 9, 853
9,822 8,463 7,217 9,188 7,910 89,073
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Year.
767.7 846 3 946. 4
741.1 795. 0
794.7 712.3 640.6 881.5 879.6
7 9 8 . 0
* See Note at foot of Table CCCXXII.
† See Note at foot of Table CCCXXII.