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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870.79.
CCLVIII.
TABLE showing the RATIO in which the EUROPEAN ARMY of BENGAL PROPER has been, affected by the CHIEF
CAUSES of SICKNESS and MORTALITY in, each MONTH of the YEAR.
MONTH.
A v e r a g e s t r e n g t h o f t h e T e n Y e a r s , 1 8 7 0 . 7 9 .
D a i l y S i c k . r a t e p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h
D E A T H . R A T E O F E A C H M O N T H P E R 1 , 0 0 0 O F S T R E N G T H
D E A T H . R A T E P E R 1 , 0 0 0 O F S T R E N G T H I N E A C H M O N T H
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 .
O t h e r F e v e r s .
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 .
D r o p s y . Scur vy.
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 .
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
I n t e r m i t t e n t .
R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n t i n u e d .
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 .
J anuary
18,722 49.3 1.28
1 . 1 7 .11 .00 .00 .05
. 0 5 .05
. 0 0
. 1 1 .00 .27 .00 .00 .11 .11 .00 .00 .05 .05
. 1 1 .21
February
19,670 47.8 .81
. 8 1
. 0 0 .00 .05
. 0 0
. 0 5 .05 .00
. 0 0 .00
. 2 1
. 0 0 .00
. 1 0
. 2 5 .00 .00 .05 .05 .00 .00
March
19,049 46.1
. 8 4 . 5 8 .26 .00 .10 .00
. 0 0 .00 .00 . 00 .00
. 1 0 .00
. 0 0 .05 .10 .00 .00 .00 .10 .00 .10
April
19.192 47.3 .78 .73 .05
. 0 5
.05
. 0 0
. 0 5 .10
. 0 0
. 1 0 .00 .05 .00 .00
. 1 0
. 1 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .10
May
19,061 51.3 1.31 1.16 .15 .00 .00
. 0 0
. 0 0 .21
. 0 0
. 0 0 .05 .11 .05 .00 .11 .11 .00 .00 .05 .26 .00 .21
J u n e
19,023 54.5 .95 .95 .00 .00 .00 .00
. 0 5 .16 .05
. 1 1 . 0 0 .20
. 0 0 .00 .11 .05 .00 .00 .00 .11 .00 .11
July
18,994 59.9 1.21 1.16 .05 .00 .05 .00
. 1 1 .05 .00
. 1 1 00
. 1 1 .00 .16 .05 .25 .00
. 0 0 .00 .16 .00 .11
August
18,944 63.71
1 . 6 9 1.69 .00 .00
. 1 6 .00
. 1 1, . 0 0 .00
. 2 1 .05 .31 .00 .00
. 0 6 .11 .00 .00 .00 .21 .00 .37
September 18,936 63.3 1.27 1.22 .05 .00 .27 .00
. 0 5 .00 .00
. 0 5 .00 .21 .05
. 0 0 .05 .11 .00 .00 .00 .11 .00 .32
October
18,816 60.6 1.81 1.76
. 0 5
. 0 0
. 1 1 .00
. 1 6 .05 .05
. 2 7 .00 .48 .05 .11 .21 .00 .00 .00 .00 .16 .00 .11
November
18,107 55.8 1.38 1.32 .06 .00 .00
. 0 0
. 3 2
.00 .06
. 1 1 .00 .27 .06 .00 .11 .06 .00 .00
. 0 0 .27 .00 .06
December . . . 18,449 52.1 1.14 1.08 .06 .00 .00
. 0 0 .05 .00 .00
. 2 0 .06 .32
. 0 0 .06 .06 .06 .00 .00 .00 .06 .00 .20
TOTAL ... 18,914 54.3 14.43 13.58 .85 .05 .79 10. 6
.69 .16 1.27 .16 2.46 .21 .32 1.22 1.32 .00 .00.16 1.53 .10 1. 90
MONTH.
ADMISSION.RATE PER 1,000 OE STRENGTH IN EACH MONTH. A d m i s s i o n . r a t e o f e a c h M o n t h f r o m a l l c a u s e s p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
D e n g u e .
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 .
OTHER FEVERS.
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 . P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
S c u r v y
R h e u m a t i s m
V e n e r e a l d i s e a s e s
E y e d i s e a s e s
A b s c e s s a n d U l c e r
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s
I n t e r m i t t e n t .
R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n t i n u e d .
January
.1 .1
. 0 .1 19.6 7.9 .1
. 4 4.0 3.7 4.4 .3 3.7 .9 .0 3.2 18.2
. 6 7.5 8.5 11.9 95.2
February
.0 .0 .0 .3 9.7 7.7 .0
. 2 2.9 2.2 3.6 .4 4.8 .4 .0 2.6 17.0 1.3 6.1 8.7 13.2 81.1
March
. 4
. 3 .1 .3 7.7 10.6 .3 .2 2.7 2.3 3.9
. 2
4.4
.6 .0 3.1 20.5
1 . 5 7.5 9.5 15.9
9 2 . 0
April
10.2 .1 .0 .1 9.6 15.3 .5 .2 3.3 2.8 3.2 .3 3.0 .5 .0 3.3 16.0 1.2 6.2 7.9 16.1 99.8
May
16.2 .2 .0 .2 9.4 18.8 .3 .2 3.7 3.2 4.8 .4 3.9 .8 .0 4.7 15.8 1.3 6.7 8.2 17.4 116.2
June
3.7.1 .0 .1 9.8 27.4 .5 .4 3.1 2.9 6.0
. 4 3.5 .8 .0 4.2 12.8 .8 7.5 7.4 17.2 108.6
July
3.2 .1
. 0 . 2 12.2 31.4 .1 .1 4.9 6.4
5 . 6 . 2 4.5 1.4
. 0 5.1 14.6
. 7 8.5 7.4 22.8 129.4
August
1.9 .0 .0 .2 14.5 33.2 .0 .5 6.0 6.8 6.2 .3 5.0
1 . 1 .0 4.2 16.0 .9 9.2 7.8 23.6 137.4
September
.1 .1 .0 .4 12.6 22.8 .2 .4 5.0 5.1 5.4 .6 3.2 1.3
. 0 3.6 13.0 .7 7.7 6.5 24.6 113.3
October
.0 .0 .0 .1 13.7 22.5 .2
. 3 4.8 4.7 5.8 .4 3.5 .9
. 0 3.8 16.4 .9 6.0 7.3 23.0 114.3
November
. 0 .1 .0 .1 26.3 23.6 .1
. 3 3. 6 3.8 4.4 .2 4.7
1 . 3 .0 3.4 15.2 1.1 5.9 6.3 17.1 117.5
December
.
.0 .2 .0 .1 30.6 12.1 .0 .0 4.1 3.7 4.2 .2 4.8 .9 .0 3.2 15.5 1.3 4.8 7.9 13.8 107.4
TOTAL
36.0 1.2
. 1 2.1 173.9 232.9 2.5
3 . 1 48.0
4 7 . 5 57.6
3 . 9
48.8 10.8.1
4 4 . 4
191. 3
1 2 . 5
8 3 . 8
9 3 . 6 216.6 1310. 7