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REPORT ON THE SICKNESS AND MORTALITY OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY
Excluding cholera, hepatitis was the principal cause of death in the European
Army of India during the ten-year period 1870-79,13 . 59 per cent. of the deaths
being due to that cause. Enteric fever and suicidal deaths and other deaths by
violence come next on the list, causing respectively 12 . 59 and 11 . 79 per cent.
of the total deaths. Next come apoplexy, dysentery and fevers, not enteric ;
about 9 per cent. of the total deaths being due to each of these causes. After
these come heart diseases and phthisis pulmonalis, each contributing over
7 per cent. of the death-rate ; and then follow respiratory diseases with a per--
centage of 6.02.
53. The two following tables give the statistics of regiments in the first
Experience of regiments in the first year of their year of their Indian service for the ten-
Indian service.
year period 1870-79 as compared with
the experience of the Army generally : —
Table giving the admissions, number daily sick, total deaths, and deaths front the principal
diseases among regiments sit the first year of their Indian service and in the Army generally for
the ten years 1870-79.
Y e a r s .
STRENGTH.
ADMISSIONS.
DAILY SICK.
DEATHS.
DEATHS PROM
E N T E R I C F E V E R
OTHER
FEVERS.
APOPLEXY.
DYSEN-
T E R Y
AND
DIAR-
RHCEA.
HEPATITIS.
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
1870 54,578 4,331 89,800 6,479 3,428
249 1,152
124
87 18 140 30 91 20 115 14
179 14
1871 56,806 4,372 82,345 5,638 3,291
223
996
78
92 23 99 14 47
3 83 12
155 3
1872 58,870 4,000 88,130 6,517 3,306
24S 1,425
118
110 12 81 11 114 15 119 7
144 6
1873 58,,769 4,608 78,054 7,266 3,253
282
899
102
79 38 65
2 76 10 83 7
137 1 8
1874 59,308 3,934 80,520 7,152 3,409
275
806
103
101 40 51
3 56 11 75 8
128 11
1875 58,409 4,959 78,141. 6,443 3,315
252 1,021
117
84 24 61
7 101 14 57 6
108 4
1876 57,858 4,304 78,773 6,219 3,277
271
886
115
105 31 34
4 94 24 70 10
97 4
1877 57,260 4,192 71,992 5,750 3,196
262
728
64
92 20 32
2 70 11 5 2
93 10
1878 56,475 4,719 93,257 9,632 3,821
. 3 8 3 1,212
158
206 56 80 22 98 14 102 17
127 5
1879 59,082 4,851 110,552 10,277 4,431
404 2,041
122
212 40 175
7 128 23 165 1 0 .99 6
Ten
years 577,416 44,269 851,564 71,373
1
34,719 2,849 11,166 1,101 1,168 302 818 102 875 145 920 93 1,267
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Table comparing the admission-rale, daily sick-rate, total death-rate, and the death-rates front
the principal diseases of regiments in the first yearof their Indian service, with the corre-
.sponding rates of the Army generally for the ten years 1870-79.
YEARS.
STRENGTH.
RATIO PER 1,000 OP STRENGTH.
Admission-rate.
D a i l y s i c k - r a t e .
Death-rate.
DEATH-RATE FROM
Enteric fever.
Other
fevers.
Apoplexy.
Dysentery
and
diarrlicœa. .
Hepatitis.
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
A r m y g e n e r a l l y . N e w r e g i m e n t s .
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
A r m y g e n e r a l l y .
N e w r e g i m e n t s .
1870
. . . 54,578 4,331 1,645 1,496 63 57 21 . 11 28. 63 1 . 59 4. 16 2.57 6.93 1.61.67
1 . 4 2 4 . 6 2 2.11 3.23 3.28 3.23
1871
. . . . . , 56,806 4,372 1,450 1,290 58 51 17 . 53 17'84 1 . 62 5-26 1'74 3'20 .83 .68 1 .46 2.74 1 2'73 '6S
1872
... 58,870 4,000 1,497 1,629 56 62 24. 21 29.-50 1'87 3'00 1.38 2 . 75 1.93 3'75 2. 02 1 . 75 2.45 1'50
1873
.., 58,769 4,608 1,328 1,577 55 61 15. 30 22. 11 1 . 34 8. 25 1 . 11 .43 1'29 2'17 141 1 . 52 2'33 3'91
1874
, „ 59,30S 3,934 1,358 1,818 57 70 13.58 26-18 110 10'17 '86 '76 .95 2-SO 1-26 2 . 03' 2.16 2'80
1875
... 58,409 4,959 1,338 1,299
5 7 51 17 .48 23 . 59 1 .44 4. 84 1..04 1 .41 1-73 2-82 .98 1 .21 1.85 .81
1876
.., 57,858 4,304 1,361 1,444
5 1 6 3 15 . 32 26 .72 1 . 82 7'20 '59 '93 1'63 5 . 58 1 . 21 2 . 32 1 . 68 '93
1877
...
57,260 4,192 1,257 1,371
5 6 6 2 12 . 71 15 .27 1.60 4.77 -56 '48 1'22 2. 62 '59 -48 1-62 2.3S
1878
- 56,475 4,719
1 6 5 1 2,011
6 8 8 1 21 .46 33'48 3'61 11'87 1'43 4. 66 1'73 2.97 1.80 3 . 60 2.25 1'06
1879
...
59,082 4,851 1,871 2,118 75 83 34. 55 25 . 15 3-59 8'25 2'96 •.44 2'17 4'74 2'79 2 . 06 1'68 1.24
Ten years.., 577,416 44,269 1,475 1,612 60 61 19 . 34 24'87 2.03 6'82 1.42 2'30 1'52 3'28 1-60 2 . 10 2'19 1.83