AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1870-79.
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I.—STATISTICS OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF THE BOMBAY
PRESIDENCY, 1870-79.
VIII *
GENERAL STATISTICS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of
BOMBAY in each Year of TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879.
I.—DAILY SICK.RATE OF EACH MONTH OF THE TEN YEARS.
YEAR.
Period of
Occupation.
Average
Strength of
each Year
and for the
Period.
NUMBER DAILY SICK PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
Average
Daily Sick.rate
for each Year
and the
Period.
JAN.
FEB.
MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY.
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
Nov.
DEC.
1870
... For the Year
10,509
55.6
51.8
55.6
52.6
57.8
62.0
55.8
61.3
64.7
68.8
59.7
52.6
58.3
1871...
„
10,840
50.6
47.0
51.4
51.4
54.0
60.0
63.8
62.2
57.8
56.1
54.9
44.8
54.6
1872...
„
10,819
49.3
44.2
43.0
47.4
45.4
45.5
46.3
49.8
56.8
60.7
60.1
54.0
50.3
1873...
„
10,665
52.1
48.9
47.5
46.3
47.3
47.2
50.0
50.4
53.2
58.8
51.2
45.5
49.8
1874...
„
10,529
51.1
47.7
49.3
46.5
43.5
47.5
57.9
59.9
59.2
65.2
57.0
54.1
53.2
1875...
„
10,181
52.1
47.4
46.1
50.8
50.2
51.4
58.3
61.4
62.7
60.8
55.9
46.1
53.6
1876. . .
„
10,242
44.6
46.8
46.9
48.5
51.3
54.2
55.9
56.3
59.9
61.6
58.4
52.7
53.0
1877 ...
„
10,092
51.6
48.1
47.3
46.8
53.8
56.6
61.2
66.3
68.9
68.5
69.4
57.6
58.0
1878 ...
„
9,825
55.8
57.4
53.9
50.2
54.6
57.1
60.6
72.5
93.7
98.8
88.1
68.6
67.3
1879...
„
9,883
68.0
65.7
60.2
63.1
72.7
71.9
76.3
81.6
95.8
98.1
93.4
85.3
78.0
Ten Years, 1870-79 ...
103,587
52.8
50.2
49.9
50.3
53.0
55.3
58.5
62.0
66.9
69.4
64.4
55.7
57.4
II.—COMPOSITION OF THE ADMISSION-RATE OF EACH YEAR AND OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD.
YEAR.
ADMITTED INTO HOSPITAL PER 1,000 OF THE AVERAGE STRENGTH IN EACH YEAR.
Admission
-
rat e of each
Year and of
the Period.
C h o l e r a .
E n t e r i c F e v e r .
O t h e r F e v e r s .
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 .
Phthisis Pul-monalis.
R h e u m a t i s m .
V e n e r e a l d i s - e a s e s .
E y e d i s e a s e s .
A b s c e s s a n d U l c e r .
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
1870 ...
.1
3.0 746.4
1.4
6.7 22.0 78.4
41.4
2.4
64.8
10.6
48.6
180.4
21.7
91.0
73.9 167.3
1,563.1
1871 ...
.2
2.3 691.6
3.4 6.2 23.2 59.2
44.5
5.7
60.9
9.2
56.4 174.4
26.9
93.1
90.2 170.2
1,517.6
1872 ...
4.3 3.7 611.2 5.1 4.1 34.6 63.9
34.9
4.0
48.5
9.5
51.1
154.8
18.1
92.4
81.1
367.2
1,588.5
1873 ...
...
1.6 486.1
2.8
3.5 27.1 43.8
52.0
5.6
70.0
8.6
50.2 181.1
25.0 103.4
95.4 159.9
1,316.1
1874 ...
.3
3.0 439.1
2.7 5.1 23.7 45.6
48.0
8.2
64.4
6.8
54.5
170.8
21.7 110.9
101.6 179.8
1,286.2
1875 ...
7.9 2.7 518.0 6.3
6.2 29.0 70.7
40.4
7.8
69.0
6.8
46.7
174.4
25.5 108.3
110.0 174.3
1,404.0
1876 ...
.5
4.3 507.2 3.2 4.7 27.5 46.8
44.1
4.6
53.2
6.2
43.3 178.8
21.4
94.6
97.9 178.7
1,317.0
1877 ...
1.8 3.0 492.0
3.8 5.1 28.6 54.6
33.7
4.2
64.9
5.0
47.1
205.0
17.1
95.2 110.2 194.3
1,365.6
1878
... 5.9 4.6 905.9
5.7 3.6 35.3 74.3
37.1
7.0
60.5
5.3
50.3
230.6
17.3
91.8 100.8 212.1
1,848.1
1879...
.4 2.9 1,241.0 4.5 2.2 25.6 71.8
31.4
11.2
83.7
8.7
46.0
269.9
14.7
92.5
94.4 172.4
2,173.3
Ten Years, 1870-79 ... 2.1
3.1 659.9 4.2 4.7 27.6 60.8
40.9
6.0
63.9
7.7
49.5 191.1
21.0
97.4
95.4 198.2
1,533.5
III.—DEATH-RATE OF EACH YEAR AND OF THE PERIOD, AND THE CHIEF CAUSES OF MORTALITY.
YEAR.
DIED PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
Total
Deaths.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
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 .
O t h e r F e v e r s .
Apoplexy.
D e l i r i u m T r e - m e n s .
D y s e n t e r y a n d D i a r r h œ a .
Hepatitis.
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 - c a s e s .
P h t h i s i s P u l - m o n a l i s .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
V i o l e n t D e a t h s .
A.
Cholera.
B.
All other Causes.
C.
All
Causes.
a
Violent
Deaths.
b
Diseases.
1870 ...
.10
1.14
15.03
16.27
171
1
...
18
37
18
3
15
12
...
8
10
17
20
12
1871 ...
.09
1.66
12.27
14.02
152
1
...
16
11
13
6
13
20
...
3
14
16
21
18
1872 ...
3.33
1.66
13.87
18.86
204
36
2
24
8
28
2
13
20
...
7
10
18
18
18
1873 ...
...
1.03
10.69
11.72
125
...
...
14
6
15
2
7
25
1
4
13
11
16
11
1874 ...
.19
1.62
8.83
10.64
112 2
...
14
8
12 ...
6
18
...
6
11
4
14
17
1875.. .
5.30
1.37
14.25
20.92
213
54
1
18
13
22
5
13
18
...
8
9
13
25
14
1876 ...
.19
2.34
9.77
12.30
126 2
...
19
3
8
...
10
23
...
8
10
10
9
24
1877 ...
1.29
2.57
8.23
12.09
122
13
...
14
5
15
1
6
10
...
5
6
9
12
26
1878 ...
4.79
2.24
13.43
20.46
201
47
2
25
11
19
1
12
23
...
1
7
5
26
22
1879
...
.30
1.61
13.87
15.78
156
3
...
19
16
12
...
24
8 ...
22
10
10
16
16
Ten Years, 1870-79 ...
1.53
1.71
12.03
15.27
1,582
159
5
181
118
162
20
119
177
1
72
100
113
177
178
IV.—PREVALENCE OF CHOLERA IN EACH MONTH DURING THE TEN YEARS.
YEAR.
ADMISSIONS FROM CHOLERA IN EACH MONTH OF T II E TEN YEARS, 1870-79.
Total
Admissions.
JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APRIL.
MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
Nov.
DEC.
1870 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1871... ...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1 ...
...
...
2
1872 ...
...
...
...
3
3
3
13
11
12 1
...
...
46
1873 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1874
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
3
1875 ...
...
...
...
...
11
10
2
50
5
1 1
...
80
1876 ...
...
1
...
...
1 ...
1
2 ...
...
...
...
5
1877...
1
...
...
...
1
2
8
2
1
2 ...
1
18
1878
... ...
... ...
8
2
...
7
20
6
5
10 ...
58
1879
... ...
...
...
...
2
1
1
...
...
...
...
. . .
4
Ten Years, 1870-79 ...
1
1
...
11
21
17
34
85
25
9
11
2
217
* See note at foot of preceding Table.