SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
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IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY in each
DECEMBER of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
Number
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily Sick
per 1,000 o f S t r e n g t h .
N u m b e r o f D e a t h s ( e x - c l u d i n g D e a t h s f r o m I n j u r i e s a n d s u d d e n D e a t h s o u t o f H o s p i t a l s . )
D I E D P E R 1 , 0 0 0 O F S T R E N G T H I N D E C E M B E R O F E A C H Y E A R .
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
Smallpox.
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 .Del i ri um Tremens.Dysentery. Diarrhœa.
H e p a t i t i s .Spl een di sease.
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 mo n a l i s .
DropsyScurvy. A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a .
All other Causes.
All Causes.
E x c l u d i n g C h o l e r a .
1870
. . .
32,516
1,703
52.4
62
1.91
1.91
. . .
1
5
...
2
...
1
5
...
10
...
9
10
4
...
...
3
12
1S71
...
35,383
1,770
50.0
48
1.36
1.33
1 ...
3
...
4
1
...
5
1
4
...
16
7
4
...
...
...
2
1872
...
36,818
1,927
52.3
33
.90
.87
1
...
...
1
3
. . . ...
6
...
5 ...
6
5
3 ... ...
...
3
1873
...
31,959
1,816
51.9
34
.97
.97
. . . ...
1
...
...
2 ...
2
1
3 ...
6
5
6 ...
1
...
7
1874
...
38,531
2,095
54.4
37
.96
.96
...
1
1
1 ...
...
... 5
1
5
...
6
3
9
...
...
...
5
1875
...
36,215
2,024
55.9
34
.94
.94
...
...
4
...
5
. . . ...
4
1
5 ...
5
1
2
3
...
...
...
7
1876
...
36,600
2,043
55.8
28
.77
.77
...
...
3 ...
2
1 ... 4
...
8 ... 2
3
... ...
. . .
2
1877
. . .
36,060
1,973
54.7
38
. 9 7
.97
3
1
4
...
3
2
...
2
...
8
...
3
2
5
... ...
1
4
1878
...
37,590
2,802
74.5
70
1.81
1.81
2 ...
6 6
3
3
...
13 1
7
... 10
4
7 ...
...
1
7
1879
...
38,S37
2,843.
73.2
74
1.91
1.91
...
1
6
2
5
1 ...
7
1
3
... 29
3
S
...
...
1
7
7
4
33
10
27
10
1
53
6
58
...
92
43
51
...
1
6
50
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
363,509
20,996
57.8
458
1.26
1 . 2 4 .02. '01
.09
.03 .07 .03 .00 .15 .02 .16
...
.25 .12 .14 ... .00 .02 .15
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH DECEMBER.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1373.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died o ut
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1876)
...
. . .
...
156
. . .
...
...
1 6
. . .
...
...
172
. 5
. . .
Cholera
. . .
...
2
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
2
. . .
10
. 0
70.00
Smallpox
. . .
1
2
1
. . .
1
...
. . .
1 3
3
2
2 3
. 1
1 7 . 3 9
Enteric Fever
....
7
7
4
7
1 4
7
1 2
1 4
1 4
1 3
9 9
. 3
33.33
Fever, Intermittent
...
1,689
839
1,298
1,104
1,100
1,430
1,034
983
2,338
2,612
14,427
39.7
.07
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
. . .
156
162
309
129
3 5 6
2 1 1
215
2 0 5
4 0 6
1 6 2
2 , 3 1 1
6 . 4
1 . 1 7
Apoplexy
...
...
1
1
...
2
1
...
2
4
2
1 3
. 0
7 6 . 9 2
Delirium Tremens
. . .
11
6
9
7
5
5
7
4
8
2
6 4
. 2
1.56
Dysentery
...
83
108
103
89
6 1
7 8
6 0
6 1
2 1 5
1 4 3
1,001
2 . 8
5.29
Diarrhœa.
. . .
124
164
184,
105
8 9
1 5 9
1 1 2
1 2 9
3 4 0
1 8 2
1,588
4 . 4
.38
Hepatitis
. . .
106
107
148
121
138
76
119
100
96
109
1,120
3.1
5 . 1 8
Spleen disease
...
13
14
18
29
45
22
21
12
21
49
244
. 6
. . .
Respiratory diseases
. . .
283
277
274
308
465
243
297
209
547
691
3,594
9.9
2.56
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
24
22
41
20
37
23
28
24
25
2 1
265
. 7
19.25
Scurvy
. . .
. . .
1
1
3
3
1
2
. . .
. . .
4
15
. 0
6.67
Rheumatism
...
131
171
177
144
237
113
177
162
1 5 1
223
1,686
4.6
Venereal diseases
...
480
648
455
587
736
566
539
702
779
722
6,214
17.1
Eye diseases
. . .
43
61
48
62
48
42
36
26
30
42
438
1 . 2
. 5 8
Abscess and Ulcer
...
175
207
206
198
227
167
189
185
192
215
1,961
5.4
Wounds and Accidents
. . .
254
362
308
273
415
266
396
348
306
384
3,312
9 . 1
All other Causes
...
277
327
452
399
534
341
432
409
557
531
4,256
1 1 . 7
3,857
3,488
4,194
3,586
4,513
3,751
3,692
3,592
6,034
6,109
42,816
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each December.
118.0
93.0
113.9
102.6
117.1
103.6
100.9
99.6
160.5
157.3
1 1 7 . 8