KNESSCCccxxxivSSICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.-MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXVI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY
in each MARCH of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
A v e r a g e
Number
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily Sick
Strength.
1,000 of Injuries
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from
I n j u r i e s a n d
Sudden Deaths ou
t of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
MARCH
OF EACH YEAR
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
Smal l pox.
En t e r i c Fe v e r .
F e v e r , I n t e r mi 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 .
Apopl e xy.
De l i r i u m T r e me n s .
Dysentry.
Di a r r h œa .
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 .
He 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 .
Dropsy.
Scur vy.
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a .
Al l o t h e r Ca u s e s .
All Causes.
Excluding Cholera
1870...
33,441
1,907
57.0
50
1.50
1.47
1
...
7
1
7
...
...
7
...
10
...
3
2
3
...
...
...
9
1871...
34,690
1,879
54.2
33
.95
.89
2 ...
4
...
3
1
...
2
...
8
...
1
6
2
...
...
. . . 4
1872...
37,045
1,741
47.0
29
.78
.76
1
1
...
...
2
3
...
3
...
4
...
4
4
3
...
...
1
3
1873...
37,216
1,758
47.2
27
.73
. 7 3
. . .1
...
...
3 ...
...
3
...
4
...
7 3
1 ...
...
. . .5
1874...
37,837
1,800
47.6
28
.74
.71
1
1
2 ...
2 ...
...
2
...
4
...
1 5
4 ...
...
. . .6
1875...
38,183
1,932
50.6
35
.92
.86
2
1
3
...
3
3 ...
2
...
4
...
3
3
6
...
1
. . .
4
1876...
36,672
1,831
49.9
30
.82
. 7 4
3 ...
...
...
. . ....
...
1
...
7
...
2 5
6 ...
...
2 4
1877...
36,811
1,782
48.5
23
.62
.57
2
...
.3
...
1
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
4
3
...
...
1
7
1878...
35,948
1,950
54.2
23
. 6 4 .61
1
1
5
...
2
...
... ...
...
4 1
1
2
2
...
...
1
3
1879...
39,107
2,513
64.3
48
1.23
1.23
...
1
9
1
5
1
1 5
...
3
...
11
1
2 ...
...
. . .6
13
6
33
2
28
8
1
26
...
49
1
33
35
32
...
1
5
53
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
366,950
19,093
52.0
326
.89
.85 .04 .02 .09 .01 .O8 .02 .00 .07 ... .13 .00 .09 .10 .09 ... .00 .01 .14
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MARCH.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
out
Died
of each
hundred
eases
treated.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)
...
...
...
7
1
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
8
.0
. . .
Cholera ...
2
3
1
. . .
2
3
4
1
1
. . .
17
.0
7 6 . 4 7
Smallpox
...
4
. . .
2
6
5
2
. . .
1
14
7
41
.1
1 4 . 6 3
Enteric Fever...
10
6
3
8
6
5
9
4
16
23
90
.3
36.67
Fever, Intermittent...
1 , 0 9 1
752
430
476
537
534
483
385
333
781
5,802
15.8
. 0 3
Fevers, Remittent and Continued...
289
263
179
316
347
278
169
198
232
290
2,561
7.0
1.09
Apoplexy
...
1
3
4
2
7
7
5
...
3
2
34
.1
23.53
Delirium Tremens
...
23
9
7
8
5
8
5
8
6
4
83
.2
1.20
Dysentery
...
116
61
48
68
67
97
48
35
46
112
698
1.9
3 . 7 2
Diarrhou...
169
142
108
110
144
145
100
114
149
202
1,383
3.8
...
hepatitis...
1 6 5
136
113
129
113
137
110
85
73
85
1,146
3.1
4.28
Spleen disease...
21
19
12
28
17
27
17
15
8
19
183
.5
.55
Respiratory diseases...
2 7 8
284
222
318
404
262
259
256
214
312
2,809
7.7
1.17
Phthisis Pulmonalis...
26
18
14
22
20
42
13
17
2
11
185
.5
17.30
Scurvy
...
3
1
...
2
. . .
1
1
1
1
2
12
.0
8.33
Rheumatism...
234
198
193
171
22S
229
187
158
174
202
1,974
5.4
Venereal diseases...
819
720
789
589
823
996
735
616
890
768
7,745
1.1
Eye diseases ...
9 0
74
68
70
83
71
39
59
63
51
668
1.8
. 4 4
Abscess and Ulcer
...
253
244
217
249
312
269
222
211
244
207
2,427
6.6
Wounds and Accidents ...
332
286
292
302
358
403
322
375
319
284
3,273
8.9
All other Causes...
5 1 7
443
407
485
544
601
469
452
443
515
4,876
13.3
4,443
3,662
3,116
3,360
4,022
4,116
3,197
2,991
3,231
3,877
36,015
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each March.
132.9
105.6
84.1
90.3
106.3
107.8
87.2
81.3
89.9
99.1
98.1