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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY in each
SEPTEMBER of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
A v e r a g e
N u m b e rD
a il
y
S i c k .
Number
Daily Sick
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from
Injuries
sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
SEPTEMBER
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS .
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x .
En 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 d .
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 .
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
..
33,510
2,532
75.6
53
1.58
1.55
1
. . .
4 ...
7
5
2
9 ... 14
.
..
1
2
4
. . .
. . . 4
1871
...
35,127
2,428
69.1
48
1.87
1.31
2
_...
...
8 ...
.
13
2
1
2 ... 11
1 ...
4
2 ... ... ...
2
1872
...
36.068
2,530
70.2
184
5.10
2.22 104
...
9
1 10 10
2 12
3 14
. . . 2
7
3
. . . . .
. . . 7
1873
...
36,742
2,444
66.5
62
1.69
1.36
12
...
5
2 10
2
...
3
1 11
1
1
4
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
1874
...
37,315
2,581
69.2
70
1.88
1.85
1
...
... 18
2
8
2
...
...
9 ...
6 ...
. . .
6
6 ... ... ... 12
1875
...
36,822
2,276
61.8
83
2.25
.81
53 ...
1 ...
3
5 ...
2 . . . . . 4
. . .2
2
5 ... ... ...
6
1876
...
36,274
2,458
67.8
58
1.60
1.10
18
...
8 ...
8
3
...
6
1
3 ...
3
2
1 ... ... ...
5
1877
...
35,814
2,131
59.5
26
.73
.73
...
...
...
6 ...
4
3
...
. .
2 ...
5 ...
1
2
3 ... ... ...
...
1878
...
35,431
2,892
81.6
113
3.19
1.50
60
1 17
3
4
3
.2
5
. . . 8
. . . 2
1
3 ...
...
4
1879
...
38,753
3,400
87.7
119
3.07
1.70
53 ... 23
2 10
5
1
7
..
. 1
1
...
...
2
3
1
...
...
... ... 10
304
1 99 10 77 40
8 57
6 77
2 14 33 30 ...
... ... 58
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
361,856
25,672
70.9
816
2.25
1.41 .84
.00 .27 .03 .21 .11
.02 .16 .02 .21 .01
.04
.09 .08 ...
...
...
.16
CAUSES OF ADMISSION .
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH SEPTEMBER.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Dengue (of 1872)
...
...
...
1,126
. . .
. . .
. . .
186
. . .
. . .
. . .
1,372
3.6
...
Cholera
...
1
2
143
14
...
71
27
...
8 4
67
410
1.1
74.15
Smallpox
. . .
...
...
...
...
1
. . .
. . .
...
1
1
2
.0
50.00
Enteric Fever
...
9
17
12
19
27
9
1 4
26
49
62
244
.7
40.57
Fever, Intermittent
...
2,418
1,340
1,272
1,723
2,088
1,125
2,122
602
2,472
4,832
19,994
55.3
.05
Fevers, Remittent and Continued...
834
726
1,156
998
980
722
816
457
1,126
1,312
9,127
25'.2
.84
Apoplexy
...
8
5
13
6
6
8
6
8
11
15
86
.2
46.51
Delirium Tremens...
1 2
11
22
8
16
13
7
8
8
17
122
.3
6.56
Dysentery
...
132
108
181
181
133
127
120
59
138
232
1,411
3.9
4.01
Diarrhœa
...
222
199
337
235
238
302
203
121
215
353
2,425
6.7
.25
Hepatitis
...
175
198
210
224
212
138
174
129
158
186
1,804
5.0
4.27
Spleen disease
...
21
28
13
26
11
27
20
30
11
30
217
.6
.92
Respiratory diseases
...
139
172
161
204
246
174
145
141
193
198
1,773
4.9
.79
Phthisis Pulmonalis
•...
27
30
34
39
41
32
27
26
23
24
303
.9
9.90
Scurvy
. . .
2
...
1
3
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
10
. 0
. . .
Rheumatism
,..
181
156
195
227
232
157
169
160
140
201
1,818
5.0
Venereal diseases
.,.
373
453
359
465
597
499
374
504
701
634
4,959
13.7
Eye diseases
81
57
90
85
96
64
65
46
39
66
689
1.9
.46
Abscess and Ulcer
...
215
202
187
308
296
233
240
271
277
294
2,523
7.0
Wounds and Accidents
201
204
190
252
233
230
259
249
240
285
2,393
6.6
...
All other Causes
...
492
470
566
776
761
554
616
638
634
751
6,258
17.3
5,543
4,378
6,268
5,793
6,265
4,485
5,590
3,475
6,522
9,561
57,880
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each September.
165.4
124.6
173.8
157.7
167.9
121.8
151.1
97.0
184.1
216.7
159.9