SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
CCXXiX
IV.-MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA in each OCTOBER of the
TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average N u m b e r
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily Sick
per 1,000 of
S t r e n g t h .
Number of
D e a t h s ( e x -
cluding
Deaths from
Injuries and
Sudden Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
O C T O B E R
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
.
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 , R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n t i n u e 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 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 .
Pht hi s i s Pul mona l i s .
D r o p s y .
Seur vy.
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a .
Al l ot her Caus es .
All Causes. Excluding
CI 1
Cholera. era.
1870
53,511
3,720
69.5
103
1.92
1.87
3 ...
9
1 12
3
2 14
1 24 ...
3
9
4 2 ...
15
1871
56,077
3,458
61.7
78
1.39
1.39
. . . ...
9 ...
9 2 4
6
1 16 ...
3 11
6 ...
1 ... 10
1872
58,112
3,894
67.0
153
2.63
1.76
5 1
. . . 9
1 16
3
1 15
1 26 ...
6 7
7 ... ... ... 10
1873
58,405
3,603
61.7
66
1.13
1.08
3 ...
2
1
9
1 ... 11
1 11 ...
2 12
8 ... ... ...
5
1874
58,792
3,869
65.8
52
.88
.88
. . .
. . . 8
1
2
1
1 11 ...
9
. . . 2
6
4 ...
1 ...
6
1875
57,693
3,586
62.2
6 2
1.07
. 8 5 13
. . . 6
. . . 2
. . . 2
3 ... 13
1
1
1 11 ... ... ...
9
1876
57,688
3,809
66.0
93
1.61
1.11 29 ... 11 ...
5
3 ...
9
1 8 ...
1
6
2 ... ... ... 18
1877
56,735
3,408
60.1
49
.86
.72 8 ...
4
1
3
2 ...
7
1
6 ...
1
5 3
. . . ...
... 8
1878
55,480
4,653
83.9
118
2 . 1 3
1.96
9
1 31
4 14
5
2 15
. . . 10 ...
3
2 10 ... ...
1 11
1879
57,746
5,325
92.2
117
2.03
1.65 22 ... 14
2 20
4 1 15
3
9 ... 13
5
3 ... ...
1
5
138 1 103 11 92 24 13 106 9 132
1 35 64 58
2
2
3 97
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
570,239
39,325
69.0
891
1 . 5 6
1.31 .25 .00 .18 .02.16.04 . 0 2
. 02 .19 .02 .23 • 00 .06 . 11 .10 .00 .00 .01 .17
-
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH OCTOBER.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,001
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)
. . .
. . .
1,150
30
. . .
. . .
3.45
. . .
. . .
. . .
1,525
2.7
...
Cholera
4
...
67
3
...
17
45
11
11
22
180
. 3
70.67
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
.0
50.00
Enteric Fever
13
15
18
11
14
7
25
19
56
21
199
.4
51.76
Fever, Intermittent
3,678
2,554
3,959
2,340
2,4.87
2,265
3,586
1,675
5,470
6,602
34,616
60.7
.03
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
929
827
1,416
641
844
961
1,128
723
2,061
943
10,473
1 8 . 4
. 8 8
Apoplexy
6
3
9
3
4
7
10
14
19
6
81
. 1
2 9 . 6 3
Delirium Tremens
34
28
22
11
21
17
20
24
19
8
204
. 4
6.37
Dysentery
184
221
345
218
185
189
218
185
300
259
2,304
4 . 0
4 . 6 0
Diarrhœa
237
283
378
190
1 7 9
215
238
246
360
275
2 , 6 0 1
4.6
. 3 5
Hepatitis
238
316
371
272
266
222
301
236
267
209
2 , 6 9 8
4.7
4 . 8 9
Spleen disease
24
48
32
33
30
44
44
21
30
62
368
.6
. 2 7
Respiratory diseases
231
295
345
294
307
277
339
318
281
298
2,985
5.2
1.17
Phthisis Pulmonalis
44
54
75
46
41
49
63
48
46
40
506
. 9
11.46
Scurvy
. . .
1
5
...
2
1
1
1
1
11
23
.0
8.70
Rheumatism
2 2 5
337
330
243
284
211
273
247
234
201
2,585
4.5
Venereal diseases
688
942
720
6 3 1
769
743
800
1 , 1 9 0
1,353
926
8,762
1 5 . 4
Eye disease
119
1 0 9
125
112
64
117
110
95
80
67
998
1.8
. 5 3
Abscess and Ulcer
348
457
425
330
34`2
339
398
413
463
346
3,861
6.8
wounds and Accidents
347
471
406
384
423
443
498
459
452
362
4,245
7.4
All other Causes
7 1 5
977
1,003
807
913
865
1,073
951
1,037
941
9,282
16.3
8,064
7,938
11,207
6,600
7,175
6 , 9 8 9
9,515
6,876
12,541
11,593
88,498
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each October.
150.7
141.6
192.8
113.0
122.0
121.1
164.9
121.2
226.0
200.8
155.2