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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS—DINAPORE, 1870-79.
XLVIII.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying DINAPORE
during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate
Strength
for each
Month of
the Ten
Years.
A v e r a g e
N u m b e r
D a i l y
Sick.
Number
Daily
Sick per
1,000 of
Strength.
Number
of
Deaths.
Died per
1,000 of
Strength.
CAUSES OF DEATHS I N HOSPI TAL.
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
S u i c i d a l D e a t h s , a n d o t h e r
D e a t h s o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
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 .
January
. . .
8 , 3 1 9
488
58.7
11
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
6 . . . 1
1
1
. . . . . . . . .
1
. . .
. . .
February
. . . 8,626
542
62.8
8
. . .
. . . . . .
1
. . . . . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
2 . . . . . .
1 ...
. . . . . . . . .
1
. . .
2
March
. . .
8,773
528
60.2
16
. . .
. . . . . . 2
. . . 2
1
. . .
2 . . . 3
. . . 1
1
. . .
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . .
3
April
. . .
8,642
527
6 1 . 0
11
. . .
3
1
2 . . . . . . . . . 1
2 . . .
1 . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
1
May
. . .
8,683
597
68.8
17
. . .
. . .
2
5
. . . . . .
3 . . . 1 1
2 . . . . . . 2
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
1
. . . . . .
June
. . .
8,655
603
69.7
15
. . .
3
. . .
3 . . . 1
4 . . . 2 1
1 . . . . . .
. . . ...
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
July
. . .
8,632
624
72.3
19
. . .
3 . . .
. . . . . . . . .
2 . . .
3 . . .
4 . . . . . . 1
1
. . . . . . . . . 3
. . . 2
August
. . .
8,618
640
74.3
17
. . .
. . . . . .
1
. . . 1
1 . . .
4 . . .
3 . . . . . .
1 ...
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . . 5
September
. . .
8,595
609
70.9
16
. . .
. . . . . .
2
. . . . . .
2 . . . 3 1
3 . . . . . .
1 ...
. . . . . . . . .
2
. . . 2
October
. . .
8,375
573
68.4
15
. . .
3
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
1 1
1 . . .
5 . . . . . . 2
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
1
. . . 1
November
. . .
8,088
509
62.9
16
. . .
5
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
4 . . . . . .
. . . 2
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . . 2
December
. . .
8,027
476
59.3
10
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
3 . . . . . .
2 ...
. . .
. . . . . .
1
. . .
2
18 3
16
. . . 5
14 3
21 3
37
. . . 2
12
4
. . . . . . . . . 13
. . . 20
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years
8,503
500
65.9
171
20.11 2.12 .35
1 . 8 8 .59
1.65 .35 2.47 .35 4.35
. . . .24 1.41
. 4 7 . . . . . . . . . 1.53
. . . 2.35
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Ten
years.
Admitted
per 1,000
o f
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG.
SEPT. OCT.
NOV.
D E C .
Dengue (of 1872)
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
179
190
43
19
1
. . .
435
51.2
. . .
Cholera
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
7
. . .
4
5
. . .
. . .
3
6
2
27
3.2
66.67
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
4
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
7
.8
42.86
Enteric Fever
. . .
1
3
5
3
5
3
1
4
4
. . .
2
1
32
3.7
50.00
Fever, Intermittent
. . .
9 4 105
170
222
213
187
173
121
106
170
163
125
1,849
217.5
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued . . .
27
26
55
140
93
99
112
79
137
161
90
30
1,049
123.4
. 4 8
Apoplexy
. . .
. . . . . .
1
3
7
13
4
1
3
1
. . .
. . .
33
3.9
42.42
Delirium Tremens
. . .
2
5
4
3
7
3
4
. . .
5
1
2
3
39
4.6
7.69
Dysentery
. . .
57
31
46
31
53
41
58
56
29
41
29
31
503
59.2
4.17
Diarrhœa
. . .
52
32
73
92
94
75
89
81
60
41
47
41
777
91.4
.39
Hepatitis
. . .
57
47
60
42
67
60
76
86
76
49
60
42
722
84.9
5.12
Spleen disease
. . .
1
4
5
. . .
3
3
5
1
7
7
5
1
42
4.9
. . .
Respiratory diseases
. . .
63
53
69
47
52
34
70
46
64
58
54
45
655
77.0
.31
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
4
2
2
5
3
3
3
2
5
7
5
6
47
5.5
8.51
Scurvy
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
1
1
. . . . . .
1
5
. 6
. . .
Rheumatism
. . .
62
50
39
34
45
52
72
66
47
42
27
28
5 6 4
6 6 . 3
. 3
8
Venereal diseases
. . . 200
210
219
204
200
164
157
163
161
165
153
180
2,176
255.9
Eye diseases
. . .
2 2
13
23
17
23
33
38
46
18
24
13
14
284
33.4
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
51
56
68
54
69
89
95
78
67
76
39
42
784
92.2
Wounds and Accidents
. . .
43
45
71
59
57
54
48
36
37
47
45
57
599
70.4
All other Causes
. . .
1 1 1
133
146
111
148
172
179
169
195
150
142
127
1,783
209.7
847
815 1,057 1,075 1,144 1,093 1,369 1,226 1,065 1,062
833
776
12,412
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
101.8
94.5 120.5 124.4 131.8 126.3 158.6 142.3 123.9 126.8 109.2
96.7
1,459.7