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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
I.—STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1870-79.
XXV.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in SOUTHERN
INDIA 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.
Avera g e
Numer
Daily
Sick.
Number
Daily
Sick per
1,000 of
Strength.
N u m b e r o f
Deaths.
D i e d p e r
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 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 .
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 .
January . . .
45,061
2,807
62.3
63
1.38
3
. . .
8
. . . 5
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
18 1
. . .
6
8
. . .
. . .
. . .
6 . . .
5
February . . .
45,534
2,917
64.1
58
1.27
3
. . .
7
. . . 3
. . .
1
8
. . .
8
. . .
2
7
5
. . .. . . . . .
3 . . .
11
March . . .
48,475
2,684
55.4
45
.93
5
. . .
3
. . . 1
3
. . .
3
. . .
7
. . . 3
7
3
. . . . . . . . .
8 . . .
2
April . . .
48,461
2,710
55.9
48
.99
3
. . .
8
. . .
2
10
1
3
1
5
. . . . . .
6
1
. . .. . . . . .
5 . . .
3
May . . .
47,514
2,779
58.5
62
1.30
1
. . .
1
1
2
21
3
7
. . .
6
. . .
. . .
4
2
. . .. . . . . .
7 . . .
7
June . . .
47,390
2,848
60.1
59
1.24
6
. . .
6
. . . 3
7
1
6
. . .
10
. . . 1
3
5
. . .. . . . . .
5
1
5
July . . .
47,430
2,996
63.2
61
1.29
7
1
8
. . . 2
5
1
2
. . . 14
. . . 3
4
1
. . .. . . . . .
7 . . .
6
August . . .
47,560
3,032
63.8
51
1.07
1
. . .
3
. . . 2
2
1
7
. . .
10
. . . . . .
6
2
. . .. . . . . .
4
3
10
September . . .
47,297
3,037
6 4 . 2
44
.93
1
. . .
5
. . . 1
. . .
1
3
1
9
. . . . . .
4
3
. . . . . . . . .
10 . . .
6
October . . .
46,528
2,982
64.1
51
1.10
1
. . .
4
. . . 1
2
1
9
. . .
10
. . . 2
4
5
2 . . . . . .
2
1
7
November . . .
46,283
2,992
6 4 . 6
37
.8
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
1
. . .
5
. . .
10
. . .
. . .
4
5
. . .. . . . . .
3 . . .
3
December . . .
44,635
2,774
62.1
63
1.41
3
. . .
6
. . . 2
1
1
4
. . .
9
. . .
2
1 1
4
. . .. . . . . .
7
. . .
13
36
1
59
1 28
52 11
60
2
116
1 13
6 6
44
2 . . . . . .
67
5
78
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years
46,847
2,880
61.5
642
13.70
.77 .02 1.26 .62
1.11 .23 1.28 .04 2.48 .02 .28 1.41
.94 .04 . . . . . . 1.43 .11 1.66
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during the
Ten Years.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APRIL. MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
N ov.
DEC.
Dengue (of 1872-73) . . .
102
7
36
31
77
52
122
5 8
71
36
3
9
604
12.9
Cholera . . .
5
3
7
7
3
7
9
2
3
2
3
4
55
1.2
65.45
Smallpox . . .
3
1
6
3
1
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
2
. . .
18
.4
5.56
Enteric Fever . . .
30
20
14
20
13
12
20
14
17
6
3
20
189
4.0
31.22
Fever, Intermittent . . .
281
709
587
474
497
497
485
420
346
332
391
408
5,427
115.8
.02
Fevers, Remittent and Continued . . .
349
328
520
644
554
562
641
531
534
559
526
496
6,244
133.3
.45
Apoplexy . . .
4
4
8
14
63
13
9
3
4
3
. . .
3
128
2.7
40.63
Delirium Tremens . . .
24
16
13
16
18
19
25
22
14
18
17
13
215
4.6
5.12
Dysentery . . .
218
192
160
208
214
252
337
302
239
228
203
245
2,798
59.7
2.15
Diarrhœa . . .
170
169
236
221
179
242
284
211
155
138
177
196
2,378
50.8
.08
Hepatitis . . .
252
220
218
208
207
216
243
258
245
248
252
248
2,815
60.1
4.12
Spleen disease . . .
5
9
16
21
12
16
12
12
10
9
7
8
137
2.9
.73
Respiratory diseases . . .
154
198
233
255
235
200
222
198
174
207
199
176
2,451
52.3
.53
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
39
30
27
22
28
41
43
42
34
52
48
52
458
9.8
9.61
Scurvy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
. . .
. . .
5
.1
. . .
Rheumatism . . .
142
130
176
190
177
204
.
187
224
174
186
1 5 6
129
2,075
44.3
.
.31
Venereal diseases . . .
844
747
8 7 0
886
780
755
879
836
932
837
896
837
10,099
215.6
Eye diseases . . .
34
42
47
52
63
86
133
104
92
92
86
57
888
18.9
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
399
442
419
578
585
593
516
443
414
459
400
360
5,608
119.7
Wounds and Accidents . . .
355
400
453
446
379
413
396
404
348
397
373
464
4,828
103.1
All other Causes . . .
794
698
830
956
956
906 1,015
967
831
917
801
779
10,450
223.1
4,204 4,365
4,876 5,252
5,043
5,086 5,579
5,052
4,639
4,727
4,543
4,504
57,870
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
93.3
95.9
100.6 108.4 106.1
107.3
117.6 106.2
98.1
101.6
98.2
100.9
1,235.3