SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
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IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXXIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY in
each OCTOBER of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Aggregate
Str ength.
Average
Number
Daily Sick.
Number Daily Sick per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex-
eluding
Deaths from
Injuries and
S u d d e n
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
OCTOBER
OF EACH YEAR.
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S .
C h o l e r a .
Smal 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 .
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 .
Respi r at or y di seases.
Hear t di seases.
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 .
At r ophy and Anæmi a.
Al l ot her Causes.
All Causes.
Excluding
Cholera.
1870
...
33,406
2,382
71.3
73
2.19
2.10
3
...
4
...
11
2
2
10
...
19
...
2
5
3
...
...
1
11
1871
...
35,017
2,238
63.9
48
1.37
1.37
...
...
4
...
7
1
2
3
1
12
...
2
5
5
...
...
...
6
1872
...
35,
869
2,478
69.1
114
3.18
1.78
50
...
6
...
12
...
...
10
1
15
...
6
3
4
...
...
...
7
1873
...
36,537
2,225
60.9
49
1.34
1.26
3
...
2
1
9
1
...
5
1
9
...
...
7
6
...
...
...
5
1874
...
36,898
2,421
65.6
29
.79
.79
...
...
3
...
...
1
1
6
...
6
...
1
5
1
...
...
...
5
1875
...
36,520
2,329
63.8
43
1.18
.88
11
...
5
...
2
...
...
2
...
5
1
1
8
...
...
...
7
1876
...
36,488
2,533
69.4
68
1.86
1.07
29
...
6
...
5
2
...
5
1
5
...
...
4
1
...
...
...
10
1877
...
35,697
1,985
55.6
28
.78
.62
6
...
2
...
2
1
...
1
...
4
...
1
4
1
...
...
...
6
1878
...
31,877
2,912
83.5
79
2.27
2.15
4
...
23
4
12
2
1
11
...
5
...
2
1
7
...
...
1
6
1879
...
37,290
3,575
95.9
97
2.60
2.01
22
...
12
2
16
4
1
12
1
6
...
10
4
2
...
...
1
4
128
...
67
7
76
14
7
65
5
86
1
25
39
38
...
...
3
67
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
358,599
25,078
69.9
628
1.75
1.39
.30
...
.19 .02
.21
.04 .02
.18
.01
.21
.00
.07
.11
.10
...
...
.01
.19
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH OCTOBER.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
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, 1873 and 1876)
...
...
...
1,006
2
. . .
. . .
34 5
. . .
...
...
1,353
3.8
. . .
Cholera
...
4
...
66
3
...
15
44
6
6
22
166
.5
77.11
Small pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Enteric Fever
...
8
8
11
11
11
7
12
8
41
17
134
.4 50.00
Fever, Intermittent
2,701
1,853
2,159
1,797
1,886
1,662
2,829
981
3,675
4,908
24,451
68.2
.03
Fevers, Remittent and Continued...
679
558
1,169
463
557
689
803
436
1,425
642
7,421
20.7
1.02
Apoplexy
...
4
2
4
1
1
3
6
10
12
3
46
.1
30.43
Delirium Tremens...
21
11
12
9
13
7
8
12
9
4
106
.3
6.60
Dysentery
...
110
115
188
112
89
111
112
69
188
183
1,277
3.5
5.09
Diarrhœa
...
149
165
264
114
121
148
164
112
199
190
1,626
4.5 .31
Hepatitis
...
164
199
245
148
147
126
194
128
145
117
1,613
4.5
5.33
Spleen disease...
18
39
27
26
12
38
36
16
18
43
273
.8
.37
Respiratory diseases
131
207
237
167
217
186
229
227
178
218
1,997
5.5
1 . 2 5
Phthisis Pulmonalis
28
32
46
24
25
37
46
31
31
22
322
.9
1 1 . 8 0
Scurvy
...
...
1
4
...
...
...
1
1
1
10
18
.1
...
Rheumatism
...
138
218
234
147
196
151
194
162
138
147
1,725
4.8
Venereal diseases
...
437
611
459
338
464
474
536
707
886
529
5,441
15.2
Eye diseases
...
82
74
83
57
46
69
66
35
50
35
597
1. 7
.56
Abscess and Ulcer
...
196
239
228
190
181
195
220
217
275
196
2,137
6.0
Wounds and Accidents
...
199
275
236
205
252
288
316
297
259
229
2,556
7. 1
All other Causes
389
568
659
464
531
518
661
543
600
604
5,537
1 5 . 4
5,458
5,175
7,337
4,278
4,749
4,724
6,822
3,998
8,136
8,119
58,796
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each October.
163.4
147.8
204.5
117.0
128.7
129.4
186.9
112.0
233.3
217.7
164.0
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