SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY IN INDIA.
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IV.-MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXXI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of
the
EUROPEAN
ARMY
of
the
MADRAS
PRESIDENCY
in
each
JUNE of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79,
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
N u m b e r
DailyS i c k .
N
u m b e r D a i l y S i c k
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from
Injuries and
Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
D I E D P E R 1 , 0 0 0 O F
STRENGTH IN
JUNE
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 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 .
Dysentery.
Di ar r hœa.
H e p a t i t i s .
S p l e e n d i s e a s e .
Respi r at or y di seases.
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 .
Scurvy.
At r ophy and Anæmi a.
Al l ot her Causes.
All Causes.
Excluding
Cholera.
1870
...
11,036
774
70.1
14
1.27
1 . 0 0
3
...
... ...
...
1
1
4
...
2
... ...
1
2
...
...
... ...
1871
...
10,938
665
60.8
11
1.01
.73
3
...
... ...
1
...
. . . 2
...
3
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
1872
...
11,500
700
60.9
22
1.91
1.83
1
...
3
...
2
3
1
1
...
6
...
1
1
2
...
...
...
1
1873
...
11,565
634
54.8
16
1.38
1 . 2 1
2
...
1 ...
...
2
...
1
...
6
... 1
...
2
...
...
... 1
1874
...
11,493
591
51.4
10
.87
. 87
... ...
1 ...
...
1
...
1
...
4
... ...
1
1
...
...
... 1
1875
...
11,126
672
60.4
7
.63
. 63
... ...
2 ...
...
... ...
...
...
2
... ...
...
1
...
...
... 2
1876
...
11,214
589
52.5
19
1.69
1.43
3
...
1 ...
...
8
...
2
...
...
... ...
1
2
...
...
...
2
1877
...
11,047
638
57.8
12
1.09
.91
2
...
4 ...
...
2
1
...
...
. . .
... 1
1
...
...
...
... 1
1878
...
11,027
718
65.1
25
2.27
2.09
2
...
1
...
2
6
1
3
...
4
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
4
1879
10,652
674
63.2
12
1.13
. 66
5
...
... ...
...
...
... 1
...
3
... ...
...
1
...
...
... 2
21
...
13
...
5
23
4
15
...
30
...
3
6
13
...
...
...
15
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
111,598
6,655
59.6
148
1.33
1.14
.19
...
.12
...
. 0 4
.21
.04
.13
...
.27
...
.03
.05
.12
...
...
...
.13
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH JUNE.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)
...
...
...
163
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
169
1.5
...
Cholera
...
6
2
1
4
...
...
2
6
2
5
28
.3
75.00
Smallpox
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
.0
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
1
3
4
1
1
4
...
10
1
...
25
.2
52.00
Fever, Intermittent
...
475
94
55
184
69
130
69
62
82
125
1,345
12.1
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
...
83
62
192
64
92
150
200
147
249
138
1,377
12.3
.36
Apoplexy
...
6
...
13
4
1
3
20
4
12
1
64
.6
35.94
Delirium Tremens
...
13
11
3
2
3
2
2
1
3
1
41
.4
9.76
Dysentery
...
70
77
60
70
71
85
63
69
80
45
690
0.2
2.17
Diarrhœa
...
101
72
51
77
51
72
60
72
42
89
687
6.2
. . .
Hepatitis
...
56
60
46
67
58
78
56
49
55
49
574
5.1
5.23
Spleen disease
...
14
2
1
6
2
. . .
1
...
1
1
28
.3
. . .
Respiratory diseases
...
55
48
58
47
39
35
39
45
41
39
446
4.0
.67
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
5
11
8
12
6
10
10
4
5
8
79
.7
16.46
Scurv y
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
...
1
1
.0
. . .
Rheumatism
...
74
44
49
45
45
40
37
38
44
42
458
4.1
.31
Venereal diseases
...
137
144
118
123
129
231
154
201
192
214
1,643
14.7
Eye diseases
...
28
10
19
23
16
26
7
11
15
21
176
1.6
Abscess and Ulcer
...
166
132
134
130
113
128
97
125
108
97
1,230
11.0
Wounds and Accidents
...
108
94
93
94
83
101
90
77
77
80
897
8.0
All other Causes
...
278
230
245
224
173
230
187
178
195
205
2,145
19.2
1,676
1,096
1,313
1,183
953
1,325
1,094
1,099
1,204
1,161
12,104
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each June.
151.9
100.2
114.2
102.3
82.9
119.1
97.5
99.5
109.2
109.0
108.5
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