SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCL.
TABLE showing the RATIO in which the EUROPEAN ARMY of INDIA has been affected by the CHIEF CAUSES of
SICKNESS and MORTALITY in each MONTH of the Year.
MONTH.
A g g r e g a t e S t r e n g t h o f t h e T e n Y e a r s , 1 8 7 0 - 7 9 .
D a i l y S i c k - r a t e p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
DEATH - RATE OF EACH MONTH PER 1, 000 OF STRENGTH
DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH IN EACH MONTH.
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 .
Smallpox.
E n t e r i c F e v e r .
OTHER FEVERS.
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 .
At r o p h y a n d An æmi a .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
I n t e r m i t t e n t .
R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n t i n u e d .
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 .
January ...
569,507
55.0
1.30
1.29
.01
. 0 1
. 1 0
.01
.07
.02
. 0 1 .12
.00
.19
.01
.21
.11
.14
.00
.00
.00
.13
.02
. 1 4
February ...
572,582
54.4
1.00
.99
.01
. 0 1 .10
.01
.01
.02
. 0 0 .07
.00
.16
.00
.10
. 0 9
.10
.00
.00
.01
.12
.01
. 1 5
March
...
579,703
51.8
1.07
1.04
.03
. 0 2
. 0 8
.00
.06
.03
. 0 1 .09
.00
.16
.00
.09
.11
.09
. 0 0
.00
.01
.15
.02
. 1 2
April
...
584,156
53.3
1.28
1.12
.16
. 0 2 .18
.01
.10
.09
. 0 2 .07
.00
.12
.00
.04
. 0 8
.07
. 0 0
.00
.01
.11
.01
. 1 9
May
...
582,672
57.8
1.74
1.37
.37
. 0 2 .26
.01
. 1 2
.26
. 0 2 .09
.01
.13
.00
.05
.09
.06
. 0 0
.00
.00
14
.01
. 1 0
June
...
581,733
60.6
2.23
1.67
.56
. 0 1
.24
.01
.13
. 5 0
. 0 3 .10
.01
.15
.00
.04
.07
.09
.00
.00
. 0 0
.13
.02
. 1 3
July
...
579,850
63.0
1.86
1.45
.41
. 0 0 .19
.00
.11
. 2 8
. 0 3 .12
.02
.17
.00
.05
.10
.10
. 0 0
. 0 0
.00
.14
.01
. 1 3
August
...
578,551
66.0
2.18
1.43
.75
. 0 0 .23
.01
.14
. 1 1
. 0 1 .15
.01
.22
.01
. 0 2
. 1 0
.10
.00
.00
. 0 1
.16
.01
. 1 4
September...
576,654
69.3
2.10
1.53
.57
. 0 0 .30
.02
. 1 6
.09
. 0 2 .18
.02
.23
.00
.03
.10
.08
.00
.00
.00
.17
.01
. 1 2
October
... 570,239
69.0
1.75
1.51
.24
. 0 0 .18
.02
.16
.01
. 0 2 .19
.02
.23
.00
.06
. 1 1
. 1 0
.01
.01
.01
.17
. 0 1
. 1 7
November...
579,072
63.8
1.40
1.33
.07
. 0 0 .09
.02
.12
.03
. 0 1 .15
.02
.25
.00
.10
.10
. 1 1
.00
.00
.01
. 1 5
. 0 1
. 1 5
D e c e m b e r . . . 574,277
57.7
1.42
1.40
.02
. 0 1
.09
.02
. 0 6
.03
. 0 1 .15
.01
.18
.00
.19
.13
.12
.00
.00
.01
.14
.03
. 2 2
TOTAL ...
577,416
60.1
19.31 16.12
3.22
. 1 0 2.03
1.42
1.52
. 1 8 1.48
.12
2.19
.03
. 9 7
1.19
1.18
.01
.02
.07
1.71
.14
1.76
MONTH.
ADMISSION-RATE PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH IN EACH MONTH.
A d m i s s i o n - r a t e o f e a c h M o n t h f r o m a l l C a u s e s p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
D e n g u e .
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 .
OTHER FEVERS.
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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
S c u r v y .
R h e u m a t i s m .
V e n e r e a l d i s e a s e s .
E y e d i s e a s e s .
A b s c e s s a n d U l c e r .
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
I n t e r m i t t e n t .
R e mi t t e n t a n d Co n -
tinued.
January
...
. 2
.0
.1
. 3 21.7
4.8
.1
.3
3.0
3.4
3.5
.4
8.9
.7
.0
4.9 20.4
1.3
6.9
8.0
12.3
101.2
February
...
.0
.0
.1
.2
16.5
5.0
.1
.2
2.4
3.0
3.3
.4
7.8
.5
.0
4.7 19.0
1.3
6.7
8.0
12.3
91.5
March
...
. 6
.0
.1
.2
15.8
7.7
.1
.3
2.4
3.9
3.4
.4
6.9
.6
.0
4.9
20.0
1.7
7.4
9.0
13.8
99.2
April
...
1.2
. 3
.2
.5
19.6
13.6
.3
.3
3.0
5.6
3 . 7
.4
6.5
.5
.0
4.8 20.0
2.0
8.1
8.8
15.5
114.9
May
...
1 . 5
.5
.1
.7
24.5
18.4
.6
.3
3.0
5.2
4 . 2
. 5
6.2
.6
.0
4.8
16.7
1.9
7.9
8.1
16.5
122.2
June
...
.9
.8
.0
.4
26.3
18.0
1.2
.3
2.9
4.9
4.5
.5
4.8
.7
.0
4.8 14.9
1.6
8.4
7.1
16.4
119.4
July
...
1.9
.6
.0
.4
31.1
18.7
.8
.4
3.8
8.1
5.0
.6
5.0
.8
.0
5.4
16.2
1.8
9.4
7.3
19.1
136.4
August
...
1.4
1.l
. 0
.5
36.7
18.1
.3
.4
4.7
9.0
5.0
.5
4.9
.8
.0
50.
15.1
2.1
8.4
6.9
18.4
139.3
September
...
2.7
.8
.0
.6
50.1
20.7
.2
.4
4.5
6.2
5.0
.5
4.6
.8
.0
4.7
14.3
1.9
7.3
6.9
17.2
149.4
October
...
2.7
. 3
.0
.3
60.7
18.4
. 1
. 4
4.0
4.6
4.7
.6
5.2
.9
. 1
4.5
15.4
1.8
6.8
7.4
16.3
155.2
November
...
1.1
.1
.0
.2
51.2
11.3
.1
.2
3.4
4.1
3.9
.5
6.3
.9
.0
4.1
15.2
1.4
6.2
6.9
14.0
131.1
December
...
.5
.0
.1
.3
35.7
7.2
.0
.2
3.4
4.5
3.5
.6
8.4
.8
.0
4.1
16.5
1.2
6.0
9.2
12.9
115.1
TOTAL
...
14.8
4.7
.7
4.6
389.4
162.2
3.9
3.6
40.4
62.6
49.8
6.0
75.4
8.3
.4
56.8 203.5
19.8
89.6
93.6 184.7 1,474.8