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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY, IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXLV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BOMBAY PRESIDENCY in each
AUGUST of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average
Strength.
Average
Number D a i l y S i c k .
Number
Daily
S i c k
Per 1,000 of
Strength.
Number of
Deaths (ex-
cluding
Deaths from
I n j u r i e s
and Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN August
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
Cholera.
S m a l l p o x .
E n t e r i c F e v e r . Fever , I nt er mi t t ent .
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 . De l i r i um Tr e me ns . Dysent cry. Di arrhœa.
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 .
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 . At r o p h y a n d An æ mi a .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
A l l C a u s e s .
Excluding
Cholera.
1870
...
11,023
676
61.3
16
1.45
1 . 4 5 ...
. . .
2 1
3
. . ....
2
2
. . . 2
. . .
2 2
. . .
. . ....
2
1871
...
10,980
683
62.2
8
.73
.73 ...
. . . 1 ...
. . .
1 ...
1
1
1
1
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . ....
3
1872
. . .
10,998
547
49.8
24
2.18
1.36
9
. . .
3 ...
. . .
1 ...
4
4
. . . 2
1
. . . 1
. . .
. . ....
3
1873
...
10,497
529
50.4.
5
.48
. 4 8 ...
. . .
. . ....
. . .
. . . 1 ...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . ....
1
1874
...
10,569
633
59.9
10
.95
. 9 5 ...
. . .
1 ...
1
2 ...
...
...
. . . ...
. . .
2
. . . ...
... ...
2
1875
. . .
10,297
632
61.4
47
4.56
1.07
36
...
1
...
1
1 ...
...
...
. . . 3
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . ....
3
1 8 7 6
...
10,180
573
56.3
8
.79
. 7 9 ...
. . .
1 ...
2
1 ...
1
1
. . . 2
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
1877
...
10,117
671
66.3
9
.89
. 7 9 1
. . .
. . ....
2
. . ....
1
1
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . ....
2
1978
...
9,680
702
72.5
28
2.89
1.14
17
. . .
2 ...
3
. . ....
2 2
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
1
. . . ...
...
4
1879
...
10,233
835
81.6
15
1.47
1.47
...
. . . 2
...
3
. . . ...
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
. . .
. . ....
2
63
. . .
14
1
15
6
1 12
2
13
1
4
6
10
. . .
. . ....
22
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
104,574
6,481
62.0
170
1.63
1.03
.60 ... .13 .01 .14 .06 .01 .12 .02 .12
.01 .04 .06
.10 ...
...
...
.21
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH AUGUST.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Total
Admitted
during the
Mouth.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Dengue (of 1872 and 1873)
. . .
. . .
151
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
151
1.4
...
Cholera
..
. . .
...
11
...
...
50
2
2
20
...
85
.8
74.12
Smallpox
. . .
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
4
1
5
1
10
4
2
4
1
2
34
.3
41. 1 8
Fever, Intermittent
. . .
698
681
372
334
309
476
400
430
677
1,089
5,466
52.3
.02
Fevers, Remittent and Continued...
342
183
87
60
88
175
92
105
125
129
1,386
13.3
1.08
Apoplexy
. . .
. . .
1
3
. . .
2
5
. . .
. . .
1
2
14
.1
42.86
Delirium Tremens
...
10
16
4
4
5
12
9
...
6
2
68
.7
1.47
Dysentery
...
34
42
72
14
25
49
39
43
54
17
389
3.7
3 09
Diarrhœa
123
98
123
39
45
162
93
53
99
72
907
8.7
.22
Hepatitis
...
44
44
29
32
44
37
39
25
45
31
370
3.5
3.51
Spleen disease
. . .
1
11
...
9
5
5
2
3
10
9
52
.5
1.92
Respiratory diseases
. . .
46
51
17
64
41
65
28
42
29
40
423
4.1
. 9 5
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
13
9
10
4
5
6
4
4
8
6
69
.7
14.49
Scurvy
...
. . .
. . .
...
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
4
.0
. . .
Rheumatism
. . .
44
63
59
46
60
54
40
32
36
34
468
4.5
Venereal diseases
173
174
96
169
128
159
157
154
173
195
1,578
15.1
Eye diseases
. . .
18
29
25
25
20
27
26
12
15
5
202
1.9
.48
Abscess and Ulcer...
1 0 2
98
80
77
98
110
89
66
77
73
870
8.3
Wounds and Accidents
68
73
62
78
66
106
95
89
60
48
745
7.1
All other Causes
157
321
136
138
197
194
187
157
180
106
1,773
17.0
1,877
1,895
1,342
1,092
1,148
1,697
1,304
1,221
1,616
1,862
15,054
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each August.
170.3
172.6
122.0
104.0
108.6
164.8
128.1
120.7
166.9
182.0
144.0