SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION
CCL
STATEMENT contrasting in the different PRESIDENCIES the LIABILITY in each MONTH
A.—GENERAL DEATH-RATE AND DEATH-RATES FOR THE CHIEF CAUSES OF MORTALITY.
DISEASES
CONTRASTED IN
THE DIFFERENT
PRESIDENCIES.
PRESI DENCI ES.
DEATH-RATE OF EACH MONTH PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH. Ratio per
1,000 of
Strength for
the Year
.
J A N .
FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE.
JULY.
A U G .
SEPT. OCT. NOV. D E C .
DEATH-RATE
(All Causes).
Army of Bengal
... 1. 27
.93
1 . 0 4
1.31
1.92
2 . 6 6
2.07
2. 48
2.36 1.93
1. 47
1 . 5 5
21.00
Army of Madras
... 1.47
1. 36
1 . 1 9
1. 49
1.80
1 . 4 7
1 . 5 9
1. 60
1.64
1. 48
1. 20
1 . 3 9
1 7 . 6 9
Army of Bombay
... 1.18
.88
1 . 0 6
.98
1.04 1 . 5 2
1.40
1. 78
1.66
1. 39
1. 39
.97
1 5 . 2 7
Army of India ... 1.30
1. 00
1 . 0 7
1. 28
1.74 2 . 2 3
1 . 8 6
2. 18
2.10 1.75
1. 40
1.42
1 9 . 3 4
DEATH-RATE FOR ALL
CAUSES, EXCLUD-
I NG CHOLERA.
Army of Bengal
... 1. 26
.93
1 . 0 0
1. 19
1.46 1 . 8 6
1 . 5 9
1. 50
1.52 1. 57
1. 39
1. 53
1 6 . 8 2
Army of Madras
... 1. 42
1. 30
1. 14
1. 15
1.48 1 . 2 8
1 . 2 6
1. 46
1.53 1. 46
1.15
1. 35
1 6 . 0 1
Army of Bombay
... 1. 18
.88
1 . 0 6
. 89
. 93 1 . 3 8
1 . 1 3
1. 18
1.53
1.31
1. 32
.95
1 3 . 7 4
Army of India ... 1. 29
.99
1 . 0 4
1. 12
1.37
1.67
1.45
1. 43
1.53 1. 51
1.33
1. 40
16.12
CHOLERA
. . . Army of Bengal
...
. 0 1 .00
. 04 .12
. 4 6
. 8 0
.48
.98
. 84 .36
. 08
.02
4 . 1 8
Army of Madras
...
. 0 5 . 06
. 0 5
.34
. 32 .19 .33 .14 .11 .02 .05 .04
1.68
Army of Bombay
...
0 . 0 .00
. 0 0
.09
. 11
.14
.27
.60
. 13
.08
.07
.02
1 . 5 3
Army of India ...
. 0 1 .01
. 0 3
. 16
. 37 .56
.41
.75
. 57 .24
.07
.02
3 . 2 2
SMALLPOX
. . . Army of Bengal
...
. 0 1 .01
. 0 2
.03
. 02
.01
.00
.00
. 00
.00
.00
.01
.12
Army of Madras
...
. 0 0 .00
. 0 3
.02
. 03
.00
.01
.00
. 00
.01
.00
.00
.09
Army of Bombay
...
. 0 0 .00
. 0 1
.03
. 01
.00
.00
.00
. 00
.00
.00
.00
.05
Army of India ...
. 0 1 .01
. 0 2
.02
.02
.01
.00
.00
. 00
.00
.00
.01
.10
ENTERIC FEVER
. . . Army of Bengal
...
. 0 9 .09
. 0 9 .20
. 34 .31
.23
. 28
. 27
.19
.10
. 0 9
2 . 2 8
Army of Madras
...
. 1 1 .14
. 0 4 .13
. 10
.12
.14
.15
. 24 .12
.05
. 0 9
1 . 4 2
Army of Bombay
...
. 0 9 .09
. 0 5
.14
. 15
.12
.07
.13
. 44 .22
.12
. 1 1
1.75
Army of India ...
. 1 0 .10
. 0 8
.18
. 2
6
.24
.19
.23
. 30
. 1 8 .09
. 0 9
2 . 0 3
INTERMITTENT FEVER Army of Bengal
...
. 0 1 .01
. 0 1
.00
. 0 1 .01
.00
.01
. 03
. 0 2 .03
. 0 3
.17
Army of Madras
...
. 0 0 .00
. 0 0
.01
. 0 1 .00
.00
.00
. 00
. 0 0 .00
. 0 0
.02
Army of Bombay
...
.01
.00
. 0 0
.02 .01
.00
.01
.01
. 01
. 0 4 .02
. 0 1
.17
Army of India ...
. 0 1 .01
. 0 0 .01
. 0 1 .01
.00
.01
. 02
. 0 2 .02
. 0 2
.14
FEVERS, REMITTENT
AND CONTINUED.
Army of Bengal
...
. 0 6 .03
. 0 8 .11
. 1 7 .18
.14
.17
. 2 1
. 2 1 .15
. 0 7
1.57
Army of Madras
...
. 1 1 .04
. 0 3
.05
. 0 6 .04
.05
.05
. 0 4
. 0 4 .06
. 0 2
.60
Army of Bombay
...
. 0 9 .05
. 0 5
.10
. 0 2 .08
.06
.14
. 1 1
. 1 1
. 1 1
. 0 6
.97
Army of India ...
. 0 7 .04
. 0 6
.10
. 1 2 .13
.11
.14
. 1 6
. 1 6 .12
. 0 6
1 . 2 8
APOPLEXY
. . . Army of Bengal
. . .
. 0 2
. 0 1
. 0 2
.05
. 1 7 .56
.37
.13
. 1 1
. 0 4 .02
. 0 3
1 . 5 3
Army of Madras
...
. 0 4 .02
. 0 7
.24
. 5 2 .21
.11
.05
. 0 4
. 0 4 .04
. 0 3
1 . 4 2
Ar my of Bomba y
. . .
. 0 4 .02
. 0 3 .09
. 3 0 .61
.18
.06
.08
. 0 5 . 0 8
.02
1.5 6
Army of India
. . .
. 0 2 .02
. 0 3 .09
. 2 6 .50
.28
.11
. 0 9
. 0 4 .03
. 0 3
1 . 5 2
DELIRIUM TREMENS A r m y o f B e n g a l
. . .
. 0 1 .01
. 0 0 .01
. 0 1 .04
.02
.02
. 0 2
. 0 2 .01
. 0 0
.17
Army of Madras
...
. 0 2 .01
. 0 2 .04
. 0 3 .04
.01
.01
.01
. 0 4
. 0 1
.01
. 2 4
Ar my o f Bo mb a y
. . .
. 0 1 .00
. 0 0 .01
. 0 2 .02
.05
.01
. 0 3
. 0 2 .02
. 0 1
.19
Army of India
. . .
. 0 1 .00
. 0 1 .02
. 0 2 .03
.03
.01
. 0 2
. 0 2
. 0 1
. 0 1
.18
DYSENTERY
. . . A r m y o f B e n g a l
. . .
. 0 9 .03
. 0 7 .07
. 1 1 .11
.11
.13
. 1 5
. 1 8 .17
. 1 4
1 . 3 7
Army of Madras
...
.20
.20
. 1 5 .11
. 1 4 .13
.16
.21
. 3 0
. 2 9 .16
. 2 5
2 . 3 2
Ar my o f Bo mb a y
. . .
. 1 0 .06
. 1 1 .05
. 0 1 .03
.10
.12
. 1 4
. 0 9 .11
.07
. 9 8
Army of India ...
.12
.07
. 0 9 .07
. 0 9 .10
.12
.15
. 1 8
. 1 9 .15
. 1 5
1 . 4 8
DIARRHŒA
. . . A r m y o f B e n g a l
. . .
. 0 0 .00
. 0 0 .00
. 0 1 .01
.01
.01
. 0 2
. 0 1 .02
. 0 1
.12
Ar my o f Ma d r a s
. . .
.00
.00
. 0 1 .01
. 0 0 .00
.00
.01
. 0 1
. 0 0
. 0 0
.01
. 0 4
Ar my o f Bo mb a y
. . .
. 0 0 .01
. 0 0 .00
. 0 0 .00
.05
.02
. 0 1
. 0 4 .05
. 0 0
.17
Army of India
. . .
.00
.00
. 0 0 .00
. 0 1 .01
.02
.01
. 0 2
. 0 2 .02
. 0 1
.12
HEPATITIS
. . . A r m y o f B e n g a l
. . .
. 1 4 .14
. 1 3 .11
. 1 3 .13
.18
.22
. 2 1
. 2 4 .24
. 1 6
2.04
Ar my o f Ma d r a s
...
. 3 4 .27
. 2 3 .13
. 1 8 .27
.24 .32
. 2 9
. 3 5 .31
. 2 4
3 . 1 6
Ar my o f Bo mb a y
. . .
.18
.12
. 2 0 .14
. 0 8 .12
.07
.12
. 2 0
. 0 8 .21
. 1 6
1.71
Army of India
. . .
.19
.16
. 1 6 .12
. 1 3 .15
.17
.22
. 2 3
. 2 3 .25 .18
2 . 1 9
RESPIRATORY DIS-
EASES.
Army of Bengal
...
.29
.14
. 0 9 .06
. 0 8 .05
.05
.02
. 0 4
. 0 7 .11
. 2 5
1 . 2 5
Army of Madras
. . .
.05
.02
. 0 6 .00
. 0 1 .03
.05
.01
. 0 0 .04
. 0 1
. 0 5
. 3 2
Ar my o f Bo mb a y
. . .
. 1 3 .03
. 0 9 .02
.03
.05
.03
.04
. 0 3 .05
.11 .11
. 7 0
Army of India
. . .
.21
.10
. 0 9 .04 .05 .04
.05
.02
. 0 3 .06
.10
. 1 9 .97
PHTHISIS PULMONA-
LIS.
Ar my o f Be n g a l
. . .
. 1 1 .11
. 0 9 .09
.07
.09
.12
.11
. 0 8 .10
.10
. 1 4 1.20
Army of Madras
...
.16
.10
. 0 8 .04
.04
.12
. 0 8 .11
. 0 9 .10
.12
. 1 0 1.18
Ar my o f Bo mb a y
. . .
. 2 1 .11
. 1 2 .06
.04
.06
.08
.10
. 0 7 .09
.13
. 0 4 1.09
Army of India
. . . .14
.10
. 0 9 .07
.06
.09
.10
.10
. 0 8 .10
.11
. 1 2 1.28
HEART DISEASES . . . Ar my o f Be n g a l
. . .
.11
.07
. 1 0 .08
.10
. 0 8
.10
.10
. 0 9 .11
.09
. 1 5 1.14
Army of Madras
. . .
.10
.17
. 1 5 .13
. 0 8 .05
.10
.15
. 1 5 .14
. 1 2
. 2 0
1 . 5 5
Army of Bombay
. . .
.09
.07
. 1 2 .04
. 0 8 .03
.12
.06
.07
.10
.08
. 12
.97
Army of India
. . .
.11
.09
. 1 1 .08
.09
.07
.10
.10
.10
.11
.10
. 13
1.19
ALL OTHER CAUSES . . . Ar my o f Be n g a l
. . .
. 3 2 .28
. 3 0 .38
.24
.28
.26 .30
.29
.38
.35
. 4 5 3.86
Ar my o f Ma d r a s
. . .
. 2 9 .33
. 2 7 .24
.28
.27
.31
.39
.36
.29
.27
. 3 5 3.65
Ar my o f Bo mb a y
. . .
.23
.32
. 2 8 .20
.18
.26
.31
.37
.31
.42
.28
. 2 4
3 . 4 3
Army of India ...
.30 .29
. 3 0 .32
.25
.29
.28 .33
. 3 0 .38
.33
. 4 0 3.74
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