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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.-MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXIV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY in each
JANUARY of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
N u m b e r
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily Sick
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex-
eluding
Deaths from
Injuries and
Sudden
out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
JANUARY
OF EACH YEAR
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
Smal l pox .
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 s , R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n t i n u e d .
Apopl exy.
D e l i r i u m T r e m e n s .
Dysent er y. Di ar r hœa.
He 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 s .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
Dr o p s y .
Sc 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 ...
33,119
1,563
56.2
52
1.57
1.57
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
6 1
1
6
. . . 12
. . . 9
4
2 ...
. . . . . .
1 0
1871 ...
34,170
1,751
51.2
43
1.40
1.10
. . .
1 3
. . . 2
2
1
. . .
. . . 8
. . . 11
7
5 ... ..
. . .
8
1872 ...
35,713
1,811
50.7
41
1.23
1.93
. . . 3
4
1 1 ...
. . .
4
. . . 7
1 8
3
6 ...
1 . . . 5
1873 ...
36,431
1,781
49.0
35
.96
.96
. . .
. . . 1
1
2 ...
. . . 4
. . . 3
. . . 11
5
6 ...
. . . . . . 2
1874...
35,713
1,755
49.1
29
.81
.81
. . .
. . . 1
. . . 2 ...
. . . 4
1
3
1
5
6
1
1
. . . . . . 4
1875 ...
38,054
2,052
53.9
28
.74
. 7 4
. . .
. . . 5
. . .
1 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . . 10 3
2 ...
. . .
. . .
4
1876 ...
36,597
1,874
51.2
35
.96
. 9 6
. . .
. . .
6
. . .
1 ...
1
4
. . .
1
. . .
7
4
4 ...
. . .
1
6
1877 ...
30,690
1,581
51.3
26
.71
. 6 8
1
. . .
3
. . .
1 ...
. . .
5
. . .
4
. . .
5
2
1 ...
. . .
. . .
4
1878 ...
35,440
1,971
55.6
24
.68
.65
1
. . . 4
. . . 2 ...
. . .
1
. . .
5
. . . 4
1
5 ...
. . . . . .
1
1879 ...
38,110
2,700
73.
82
2.5
2.5
. . .
1 7
2
2 2
1 5
. . . 9
. . .
3 3
5
6 ...
. . .
1
8
2
5 34 5 20
6
4 33
1 54 2 103 40 38
1
1
2 52
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
360,136
19,532
54.2
403
1.12
1.11 .01 .01 .09 .01 .06 .02 .01 .09 .00 .15 .01 .29
. 1 1 .11 .00 .00 .01 .14
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS IN TO HOSPITAL IN EACH JANUARY.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strengths.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Dengue (of 1873)
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
10
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
10
. 0
. . .
Cholera
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
2
. 0
1 0 0 . 0
Smal l pox
. . .
1
2
4
2
1
2
. . .
1
10
5
28
.1
17.86
Enteric Fever
. . .
17
7
9
9
6
20
4
8
15
95
8,398
.3
35.79
Fever, Intermittent
1,208
1,251
537
775
656
592
763
708
536
1,372
8 , 3 9 8
23.3
.06
Fevers, Remittent and Continued ...
110
158
172
152
117
185
151
149
115
215
1,524
4.2
1 . 3 1
Apoplexy
1
3
. . .
. . .
1
3
. . .
. . .
2
3
13
. 0
46.15
Delirium Tremens
...
13
9
14
5
3
5
7
9
3
6
74
.2
5.41
Dysentery...
89
89
91
69
62
41
75
67
61
158
802
2.2
. 4 . 1 1
Diarrhœa
82
135
153
117
62
78
102
84
111
185
1,109
3.1
09
Hepatitis
119
121
122
121
98
86
71
118
76
81
1,013
2.8
5.33
Spleen disease ...
11
24
15
15
13
23
15
22
12
19
169
.5
1.18
Respiratory diseases
...
284
393
282
296
309
399
355
391
317
683
3,702
10.3
2.78
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
19
30
22
19
24
26
16
29
15
18
211
.6
18.01
Scurvy
4
1
1
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
8
. 0
12.50
Rheumatism ...
173
235
249
192
195
187
181
253
179
163
2,007
5.6
Venereal diseases...
701
817
911
568
745
798
666
758
905
921
7,790
21.6
Eye diseases
...
43
51
82
52
46
54
44
41
36
30
482
1.3
.49
Abscess and Ulcer
...
205
248
280
240
209
235
200
237
222
212
2,288
6.4
Wounds and Accidents
...
209
305
321
305
256
312
233
334
336
257
2,868
8.0
All other Causes...
2 5 3
409
432
415
309
430
332
460
414
513
3,967
11.0
3,525
4,301
3,695
3,362
3,110
3,462
3,231
3,659
3,359
4,856
36,560
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each January.
106.3
125.9
103.4
92.3
87.0
01.0
83.3
99.7
94.8
127.4
101.5