AGGREGATE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1870-79.
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X.—WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY, 1870-79.
CCCXXXI.
TABLE showing the RATIOS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY for the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the
MADRAS PRESIDENCY in each YEAR and for the TEN-YEAR PERIOD, 1870-79.
YEAR.
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h i n e a c h
Y e a r .
D a i l y S i c k p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f
S t r e n g t h . DIED PER 1,000.
DIED PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
A l l C a u s e s .
E x c l u d i n g C h o l e r a .
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 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 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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
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 .
A n æ m i a a n d A t r o p h y .
C h i l d - b i r t h a n d A b o r -
t i on.
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
1870
. . .
1,435 31.4 17.42 12.55
4 . 8 7 ...
. . .
2.09 .70 1.39 2.09 .70
.70 ...
...
. 7 02.09 2.09
1871
. . . 1,421
29. 5 18.30 16.19
2.11 ...
. . . 2.11
. . .
2.81 1.41
.71 2.11 2.11 ...
. 7 1 2.11 2.11
1872
. . . 1,495 32.8 24.72 14.72 ...
. . . .66 1.34 1.34 1.34 1.34 . . . 4.68 ...
. . .
1 . 3 4
1.34 1.34
1873
...
1,541
27. 9 14.92 13.63 1.29 ...
.65 1.29
.65 2.60 1.29
.65 1.95 ...
...
.65 2.60 1.29
1874
...
1,530 25.5 10.26 20.26 ...
1.31
.66
.66
. . . 1.96
. 66 2.61 3.26 2.61 ...
.66 3.26 2.61
1875
...
1,441 27.8 18.74 17.35 1.39 ...
1.39 2.78 ...
3.47
.69 1.39 2.78 .69
. . .
.69
.69 2.78
1876
...
1,417 25.4 19.05 12.70 6.35
. . .
1.41 2.12 ...
1.41 1.41
. . . ... ...
. . .
1. 41
2.12 2.82
1877
. . . 1,400 30.0 26.43 20.72 5.71 ...
.72 1.43
.72 2.14 ...
.72 2.14
1 . 4 3 ...
2.14 5.71 3.57
1878
...
1,299 32.3 26.95 23.10
3.85 ...
.77 3.85 1.54 2.31 2.31 .77 2.31 .77 1.54 . . .
4.62 2.31
1879
...
1,165 30.0 15.45 15.45
. . . ...
...
3.44 2.57 1.72 ...
. . .
...
.86 .86
.86 2.57 2.57
TEN YEARS ... 14,144 29.2 19.16 16.61 2.55 .14
.63
2.05 .71 2.12 1.13
.78 2.05 .85
.21
.92 2.69 2.33
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
ADMITTED PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH IN EACH YEAR.
Admitted per
1,000 on the
Average of
the Ten
Years.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Dengue
...
...
...
62. 9
11.6
.7
...
1. 4
...
...
. . .
8.1
Cholera
...
6.3
4.2
.7
1.3 ...
1.4
8.5
7.9
3.9
. . .
3.4
Smallpox
...
...
2.1
4.0
.6
1.9
. . .
2. 1
5.7
2.3
.9
2.0
Enteric Fever
...
.7
.7
1.3
1.3
.7
3.5
2. 8
2.9 . . .
...
1 . 4
Intermittent Fever
...
181.2
67.6
84.3
50.0
26.8
52.0
43.0
55.0
94.7 161.4
79.4
Remittent and Continued Fevers
...
5 4 . 4
54.2
83.0
72.0
78.4
68.0
95. 3
86.4 157.8
90.1
83.0
Apoplexy
. . .
2.1
. . .
1.3
1.9
. . .
. . .
1. 4
.7
.8
2.6
1.1
Dysentery
...
25.1
42.9
39.5
37.7
42.5
29.8
29. 6
45.7
43.9
28.3
36.7
Diarrhœa
...
59.9
50.0
64.2
53.9
26.2
38.9
45.2
53.6
53.1
33.5
48.0
Hepatitis
...
16.0
14.1
22.1
25.9
12.4
25.7
28. 2
22.8
22.3
14.6
20.5
Spleen disease
...
.7
.7
...
. . .
.7
1.4
.7
. 7
. . .
.9
.6
Respiratory diseases
. . .
4 6 . 7
50.7
30.1
32.5
34.6
29.8
21.2
78.6
51.6
48.9
42.0
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . .
7.7
9.8
10.7
7.8
6.5
5.6
7. 8
7.9
10.0
4.3
7.8
Anæmia and Atrophy *
...
264.8
204.8
275.6
262.8 235.3
206.8 276.6
315.0
358.7
327.0
270.5
Rheumatism
...
20.9
12.0
20.1
18.2
17.7
16.7
21.9
19.3
30.8
29.2
20.4
Eye diseases
. . .
4 5 . 3
62.6
69.6
53.9
33.3
29.8
43.1
64.3
25.4
39.5
4 7 . 0
Abortion
...
20.2
23.2
16.0
14.3
9.8
20.8
16.2
14.3
15.4
15.4
16.5
Diseases peculiar to Women
...
40.4
47.1
26.7
44.1
31.4
43.7
50.1
45.7
40.8
42.9
41.1
Abscess and Ulcer
...
3 3 . 4
34.5
27.4
17.5
23.5
22.2
23.3
27.8
18.5
19.7
24.9
Injuries
...
1 2 . 5
17.6
8.0
10.4
13.7
9.7
12. 0
8.6
11.5
18.9
12.2
All other Causes
...
58.6
175.2
163.9
133.7 101.3
91.6
52. 9
52.1
51.6
45.5
94.7
896.9
874.0 1,011.4
851.4 697.4
697.4
783.3
915.0
993.1 923.6
861.3
* See Note (a) at foot of Table CCCXXII.
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