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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTIONS OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXXIX.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BOMBAY PRESIDENCY in each
FEBRUARY of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
A v e r a g e
N u m b e r
D a i l y S i c k .
N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0 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 F E B R U A R Y O F E A C H Y E A R .
CAUSES OF DEATH.
C h o l e r a . Sma l l pox.
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 .
Dys ent er y.
Diarrhœa.
Hepat 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 .
All Causes. Excluding
Cholera.
1870
. . .
8,957
464
51.8
11
1.23
1 . 2 3
. . .
... 1
. . . 3
1
. . .
... 1 ... ... 1
1 2
. . . . . .
. . . 1
1871
. . .
10,874
511
47.0
15
1.38
1 . 3 8
. . .
... 1
. . . 1
1
. . .
1 ... 4 ... ...
1 4
. . . . . .
. . . 2
1872
. . .
10,282
455
44.2
8
.78
. 7 8
. . .
... 1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
1 ... 1 ... 1
2 1
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1873
. . .
10,478
513
48.9
9
.86
.86
. . .
...
3
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . 1 ...
2 ... ...
1 ...
. . .
1 1
...
1874
. . .
11,509
549
47.7
6
.52
52
. . .
... ...
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . 1 ... 1 ... 1
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
1 2
1875
. . .
9,606
455
47.4
7
.73
. 7 3
. . .
... ...
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
... ... 1 ... ...
1 1
. . .
. . .
. . . 3
1876
...
10,588
495
46.8
3
.28
.28
. . . ... ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1 ... 2
. . . ...
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
1877
. . .
10,069
485
48.1
5
.50
.50
. . .
...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
... ...
1
. . .
...
. . . 3
. . .
. . . . . . ...
1878
. . .
10,465
601
57.4
2
.19
.19
. . .
...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
... ... ...
. . .
...
1 ...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
1879
. . .
8,743
574
65.7
4
.40
. 4 6
. . .
...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1 ...
... ... ...
. . .
...
. . .
2
. . . ... 9 ...
5
2 ...
6
1 12 ...
3 7 11 ...
1
2
11
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
101,571
5,102
50.2
70
.69
.69
. . . ... .09 ... .05 .02 ... .06 .01 .11 ... .03 .07. .11 ... .01 . 0 2 .11
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH FEBRUARY.
T o t a l A d m i t t e d d u r i n g t h e M o n t h .
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)
...
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
C h olera
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. 0
. . .
Smallpox
...
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
2
1
1
. . .
6
. 1
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
1
1
2
3
. . .
. . .
2
5
1
1
16
. 1
56. 25
Fever, Intermittent
...
239
250
146
228
145
168
267
136
316
314
2,209
21.7
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued... ...
90
46
49
37
42
39
30
53
40
41
467
4.6
1.07
Apoplexy
....
3
1
4
1
1
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
2
14
.1
14.29
Delirium Tremens
...
3
3
3
2
2
. . .
4
3
1
4
25
.3
. . .
Dysentery
...
1 1
15
10
34
15
13
23
11
13
32
177
1.7
3.39
Diarrhœa
...
32
42
28
25
22
23
43
16
.42
35
308
3.0 .32
Hepatitis
...
21
28
17
50
36
28
36
27
23
16
282
2.8
4.26
Spleen diseases
...
1
2
2
3
8
7
3
5
4
3
38
.4
. . .
Respiratory diseases
...
66
66
43
75
9
75
74
48
68
76
688
6.8
. 44
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
10
12
3
9
. .
6
6
3
6
6
69
.7
15.94
Scurvy
...
1
1
1
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
6
.1
16.67
Rheumatism
...
40
36
28
47
67
38
40
37
48
36
417
4.1
Venereal disease
...
154
157
157
162
182
147
244
156
168
207
1,734
17.1
Eve diseases
...
13
18
17
17
20
10
17
8
18
8
146
1 . 4
Abscess and Ulcer
...
61
71
58
78
94
72
9 6
58
61
71
720
7 . 1
. 4 0
Wounds and Accidents
...
71
63
71
78
87
72
115
89
93
63
805
7.9
All other Causes
...
104
119
81
117
119
115
166
117
152
97
1,187
11.7
921
931
721
968
945
813
1.172
773
1,055
1,013
9,315
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each February.
102.8
85.6
70.4
92.4
82.1
84.6
110.7
76.8
100.8
115.9
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