SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
CCXXXi
W.-MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA in each DECEMBER of the
TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR..
Average.
Strength.
Average Number
D a i r y S i c k . .
Number
D a i r y S i c k
y
per 1,000 of
S t r e n g t h .
Number of
Deaths(ex- c l u d i n g
Deaths from
Injuries and '
• Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospitals).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
DECEMBER
OP EACH YEAR.
.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
c h o l e r a .
Smallpox.
Enteric
Fever.
Fever,
Intermittent.
Fevers, Remittent and Continurd.
Apoplexy.
Delirium Tremens
D y s e n t e r y .
D i a r r h œ a
H e p i t i s .
Spleen disease.
Respiratory
diseases.
He 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 .
Dropy.
Scurvy.
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
53,231
2,770
52.0
83
1 . 5 6
1.54 1
1
6
. . .
5
...
1
8 ... 13 ... 12 12
4 ... ...
3 17
1871
5 6 , 8 1 8
2,872
5 0 . 5
69
1.21
1 . 2 0 1
. . . . . . 4
...
5
1 1 . . . . . .
9
1
8 „. 18 12 6 ... ...........
. . . 4
1872
59,121
3,161
53.5
72
1.22
1.20
1 ....... 6
1
5
1 ,.. 13 ... 13 ...
6 11
7 ........ ......... . . . . . . .
8
1873
58,395
3,009
51.5
61
1.01
1.03
1 ...
2 ...
1
3 ... 11
1
9 ,..
7
8
8 ... ...
. . . 9
1874
58,936
3,339
56.6
50
.85
.85
1
3
1
2 ...
6
1
7 ..,
6
5 12 ... ... ...
6
1875
57,139
3,036
53.1
51
. 8 9
2 8 9 ...
...
5
"
5
1
1
6
1 11 ...
5
4
4 ... ...
...
8
1876.
57,591
3,213
55.8
48
83
.83
...
...
S
. . . 2
1
1
9 ... 13 ...
3
5
4 ... ...
1
4
1577
56,651
3,171
56.0
5S
1.62
.9 1
1
6
3
2 ...
3 ... 12 ...
4
8
6 ... ...
2
6
1878
56,603
4,095
72.3
85
1.50
1.43
...
6
...
0 4 3 ... 15
2
9 ... 13
6
7
1 ...
1
8
1879
For the Month
59,742
4,150
74.6
9 5
1.50
1.59 ...
1 11
3
5
1 ...
8
1
6 ... 31
6
9 ... ...
1
9
13
4 54 11 35 15
3 88
7 101
. . . 108 77 67
1
1
8 79
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
574,277
33,125
57.7
672
1 . 1 7
1.15 .02 .01 .10 .02 .06 .03 .01 .15 .0l .18 ... .19 .13 .12 .00 .00 .01 .13
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN A EACH DECEMBER.
Total Admitted
during the
Month..
Admitted per 1, 000
of
Strength..
Died out
of
each
hundred
Cases
treated.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
187-1.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue (of 1872, 1873 and1876)
...
...
283
8
...
...
18
...
...
...
309
. 5
. . .
Cholera
1
2
1
2
...
2
...
6
4
...
18
. 0
72.22
Smallpox
1
2
1
...
1
...
1
14
3
2
28
.1
14.29
Enteric Fever
11
15
22
7
17
10
16
18
19
18
153
.3
35.29
Fever, Intermittent
2,137
1,198
2,171)
1,507
1,179
1,726
1,-158
1,470
3,257
4,070
20,481
35.7
.05 ,
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
358
285
521
295
533
371)
395
390
653
289
4,10 1
7.2
.85
Apoplexy
1
4
3
...
3
2
1
3
7
2
26
.0
57.69
Delirium Tremens
20
13
9
18
11
9
14
14
12
8
1.28
.21
2.31
Dysentery
1.40
197
2-17
206
165
167
157
150
311
210
1,956
3.4,1
4.50 I
Diarrhœa
190
250
341
217
163
238
201
227
.147
2 8 8
2,571
4.5
.27
Hepatitis
179
182
261
258
25)1
156
193
180
150
200
2,018
3.5 1
5'00 :
Spleen disease
1.7
22
25
36
50
30
25
21
27
68
321
. 6
...
Respiratory diseases
401
386
388
412
57)
336
391
308
673
906
4,808
8.4
2.25
Phthisis Pulmonalis
3 5
47
71
33
58
36
46
45
35
40
446
8.4
15'02
Scurvy
1
1
2
3
3
1
2
1
4
18
.0
5.56 i
Rheumatism
193
228
258
237
314
169
2 2 6
212
215
275
2,357
4.1
Venereal diseases
696
917
769
955
1,077
855
754
1,092
1,128
1,177
9,450
16 . 5
. 5 7
Eye diseases
81
80
69
112
61
63
66
B o
40
58
698
1.2
Abscess and Ulcer.
31 1
373
359
385
415
3o0
301
318
31.0
396
3,471
6:0
Wounds and Accidents
437
580
471
518
650
4 14
569
539
-190
605
5,303
9 2
All other Causes
529
610
791
755
889
558
735
732
861
907
7,406
12.9
5,754
5,4-34
7,074
5,994
6,752
5,511
5,575
5,801
8,655
9,523
66,073
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each December.
108.0
95.6
119.6
102.6
114.6
96.1
96.8
102.4
152.9
159.4
115.1