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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
I.—STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1870-79.
XXIX.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the
HILL STATIONS and CONVALESCENT DEPOTS of MADRAS and BOMBAY PRESIDENCIES during the
TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each, Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate
Strength
for each
Month of
the Ten
Years.
Average
Number
Daily
Sick.
Number
S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f
Strength.
Number
of
Deaths.
Died per
1,000 of
Strength.
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
S u i c i d a l D e a t h s a n d o t h e r D e a t h s o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x .
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 .
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 .
At r ophy a nd Anæmi a .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January . . .
4,572
286
62.6
5
1.09
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
2
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
February . . .
4,016
233
58.0
7
1.74
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
March . . .
6,249
338
54.1
5
.80
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
1 . . .
. . .
. . . 1
1
. . .
. . .
April . . .
10,494
71.4
68.0
10
.95
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
1
1 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
3
May . . .
11,521
875
75.9
13
1.13
. . .
. . .3
. . .
. . .
3 . . .
2
. . .
1
. . .
2
1
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
1 . . .
. . .
June . . .
10,631
823
77.4
17
1.60
. . .
. . .
5
. . .
. . . 1
2
1
. . .
2
. . . 1
1
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
2
. . .
2
July . . .
9,510
761
8 0 . 0
1 4
1.47
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
3
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
4 1
1
August . . .
9,469
733
77.4
17
1.80 . . .
. . . 3
. . .
1
1 . . .
3 .
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
4
2
1
September . . .
9,407
680
72.3
8
. 8 5
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .. . .
2
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . . . . .
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
October . . .
9,129
656
71.9
10
1.10
1
. . . 1
. . .
1
. . .. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
3 . . .
. . .
November . . .
7,712
499
6 4 . 7
12
1.56
. . .
. . . 3.
. . .
1
. . .. . .
1
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
. . . . . .
1 . . .
. . .
December . . .
5,422
360
66.4
6
1.11
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
3
1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
1
2
. . .
18
. . .
4 7
2
12
3
15
. . . 8
15
6
1
. . . 2
18
3
8
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years
8,178
580
70.9
124
15.16
. 2 5
. . . 2.20
.49
.85 .25 1.46 .37 1.83
. . . .98 1.83
. 7 3 .12
. . . .25 2.20
.37
. 9 8
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total Admitted during the
T e n Y e a r s .
Admitted per 1,000 of
Strength.
Died
out of each
hundred cases treated.
JAN.
FEB.
MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE.
JULY. AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
NOV.
DEC.
Dengue (of 1872) . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Cholera . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
4
.5
50.00
Smallpox . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
.2
. . .
Enteric Fever . . .
1
1
4
3
4
5
4
6
4
3
1
. . .
36
4..4
50.00
Fever, Intermittent . . .
135
93
198
343
466
405
479
300
260
402
349
225
3,655
446.9
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued . . .
18
21
51
99
139
137
159
96
95
79
54
19
967
118.2
.41
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
11
5
1
2
1
1
1
. . .
26
3.2
26.92
Delirium Tremens . . .
. . .
. . .
2
2
6
2
10
1
6
2
. . .
1
32
3.9
6.25
Dysentery . . .
7
6
23
62
55
43
31
59
36
28
13
14
379
46.3
3.17
Di arrhœa . . .
10
10
20
69
80
58
68
45
28
30
19
11
448
54.8
.67
Hepatitis . . .
20
16
28
56
56
60
68
31
48
42
26
21
472
57.7
3.18
Spleen disease . . .
2
1
3
8
8
9
12
6
4
3
1
3
60
7.3
. . .
Respiratory diseases . . .
41
27
41
86
84
73
77
70
47
52
42
34
677
82.8
1.18
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
9
3
8
12
14
11
11
8
11
9
7
3
106
13.0
5.66
Scurvy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
.5
. . .
Rheumatism . . .
1 8
2 9
4 2
70
71
59
70
49
60
5 5
33
2 6
582
71.2
. 6 3
Venereal diseases . . .
5 8
30
176
227
198
152
150
110
127
109
78
60
1,475
180.4
Eye diseases . . .
8
3
10
31
24
28
12
15
10
11
6
8
166
20.3
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
29
32
83
123
94
91
56
72
75
6 0
27
39
783
95.8
Wounds and Accidents . . .
22
19
30
71
72
63
72
70
73
65
30
36
635
77.7
All other Causes . . .
137
95
162
312
302
219
270
260
222
241
185
123
2,528
309.1
516
386
895
1,579
1,685
1,421
1,553
1,201
1,107
1,193
878
623
13,037
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
112.8
96.1
143.2
150.5
146.3
133.7
163.3
126.8
117.7
130.7
113.8
114.9
1,594.2