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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXX.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY in each
JULY of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength
A v e r a g e
Number
Daily Sick.
Number
Daily S i c k
P e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from
Injuries and S u d d e n
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
J U L Y
OF EACH YEAR.
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 .
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 .
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 C h o l e r a .
1870
...
3 3 , 6 6 6 2,329
6 9 . 2
61
1.81
1.63 6 ... 1 ... 5 14 1 4 ... 10 1 1 4 8 ...
. . . ... 6
1871
. . . 35,300
2,296
6 5 . 0
45
1.27
1.25 1 ... 10 . . . 7 1 1 5 ... 9 ... 2 ... 6 ... ... 1 2
1872
... 36,523
2,125
58.2
69
1.89
1.23 2 4 . . . 9 ... 2 5 ... 4 ... 11 ... 4 2 4 ... ... ... 4
1873
... 30,862 2,238
6 0 . 7
47
1 . 2 8
1.25 1 1 8 ... 2 7 ... 2 ... 6 ... 2 5 5 1 ... ... 7
1874
. . . 37,437
2,411
6 4 . 4
58
1.55
1.47 3 . . . 8 ... 6 12 2 4 ... 6 ... ... 10 3 ... ... ... 4
1 8 7 5
. . .
3 6 , 9 8 4 2,201
6 1 . 9
53I
1 . 4 3
1 . 2 2 8 . . . 3 ... 5 2 0 ... 1 ... 7 ... 2 3 1 ... ... ... 3
1876
. . . 36,516
2,167
5 9 . 3
6 8
1.86
1 . 3 4 19 . . . 3 1 2 25 1 4 ... 1 ... 3 1 4 ... ... ... 4 '
1877
... 35,954
2,077
57.8
47
1.31
1.31 . . . . . 5 ... 5 10 1 4 1 7 ... . . . 4 5 ... ... ... 5
1878
... 35,507
2,449
6 9 . 0
73
2.06
1 . 7 7 10 . . . 17 ... 1 21 1 3 ... 6 ... 1 3 5 ... ... ... 5
1879
. . . 38,867
3,030
78.0
188
4.84
2.21 102 ... 21 ... 14 18 2 9 3 4 ... 2 3 2 ... . . .
... 8
174 1 85 1 49 1 3 3 9 40 4 67 1 17 35 43 1 ... 1 48
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
3 6 3 , 6 1 6 23,413
64.4
709
1.95
1 . ' 4 7 . 4 8 . 00 .23 0 0 . 1 3 . 3 7 .03 .11 .01 .19 .00 .05 .10 .12 .00 ... .00 . 13
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH JULY.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
1870. 1871. 1872. 1873.
1874. 1875. 1876.
1877. 1 8 7 8 .
1879.
Total Admitted
during the
Month.
A d m i t t e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0
o f S t r e n g t h .
Died out
of each
hundred cases
treated.
Dengue (of 1872, 1873 and 1876) ... ...
...
2.41
22 ...
...
5 ...
...
...
268
. 7
. . .
Cholera
...
19
2
3 8
2
2
17
23 ...
14
144
261
.7
6 6 . 6 7
S m a l l p o x
.. ...
. . .
4
3 . . .
2 ...
1
2
1
13
. 0
7 . 6 9
Enteric Fever
...
3
10
11
16
2 2
4
15
11
44
4 1
177
5
4 8 . 0 2
Fever, Intermitted
...
1 , 5 1 3 1,304 741
1 , 0 4 2 , 1,210
841
945
978
884 2,344 11,802
3 2 . 5
-01
Fevers, Remittent and Continued... . . . 840
652
6 6 8 817
972 674
6 3 9 711
950 1, 266 8, 189
2 2 . 5
. 6 0
A p o p l e x y
...
21
7
2 1
3 2
31
45
5 9
3 9
6 7
6 4
3 8 6
1 . 1 346
Delirium Tremens
20
19
1 7
8
14
10
8
7
11
9
123
. 3
7. 32
D y s e n t e r y
...
8 4
8 3
1 0 8
7 4
1 0 8
7 9
5 5
5 4
9 6
1 9 1
9 3 2
2 . 6
4 . 2 9
D i a r r h œ a
215
3 1 8 447 218
346
277 130
141
200
500 2,792
7 . 7
.14
H e p a t i t i s
173
220 211
220
189 139 152 145
195
1 6 6 1,810
5 . 0
3 . 7 0
Spleen disease
. . .
3 2
2 7
22
3 8
16
3 2
3 4
1 3
20
31
265
. 7
. 3 8
Res pi r at or y di s eas es
...
1 2 1
1 9 6 225 233 259 205
191
128 194 168 1, 920
5. 3
. 8 9
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
3 8
2 2
3 8
44
3 9
3 0
2 5
19
24
20
299
. 8 14. 38
S c u r v y
..
3 ...
3
2
2 ...
...
. . .
...
2
12
. 0 ...
R h e u m a t i s m
... . . . .
2 1 0 188
2 2 2 211
267
162
2 1 6 186
209 212 2083
5 . 7
Ve n e r e a l d i s e a s e s
... ...
4 7 3 465
544 565 673 547 476 517
889
775 5, 924
1 6 . 3
E y e d i s e a s e s
...
6 7
6 8
8 6
4 8 107
5 6
3 2
46
47
59
6 1 6
1 . 7
Abs e e s s a nd Ul c e r
. ..
3 0 7
2 8 7
3 4 1
3 3 3 365
3 3 1
2 9 0
3 5 8 445
3 6 0
3 , 4 1 7
9 . 4
. 3 9
Wounds and Accidents
...
2 1 0
199 257
2 7 2
2 7 9
2 4 0
2 2 5
2 6 4
2 9 7
2 4 6
2 , 4 8 9
6 . 9
Al l y o t h e r Ca u s e
. . ..,
5 6 1 538 716
782
8 2 2 603
625
621
8 2 4 790 6, 882
18' 9
4,910 4,605 4,961
4 , 9 8 2 5,723 4,294 4,145 4,239 5,412 7,389 50,660
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each July.
145. 8 130.4 135.8 135.2 152.9 116.1 113.5 117.9 152.4 190.1
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