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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCLXXXII.
TABLE showing the NUMBER of DEATHS out of each HUNDRED CASES treated in each MONTH in the EUROPEAN
ARMY of the MADRAS PRESIDENCY on the TOTALS for the PERIOD 1870-79.
DISEASES.
DIED OUT OF EACH HUNDRED CASES TREATED IN EACH MONTH.
Annual
Average.
JAN.
FEB.
MAR. APRIL.
MAY. JUNE.
JULY.
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
NOV.
DEC.
Cholera
. . . 62.50
50.00
75.00
58.46
45.00
75.00
57.14
88.24
63.16
40.00
71.43
66.67
58.49
Smallpox
. . . ...
...
18.75
18.18
42.86
...
100.00
...
...
50.00
...
...
18.18
Enteric Fever
. . . 25.53
45.45
18.52
37.84
30.56
52.00
32.00
34.69
41.94
50.00
50.00
34.48
36.43
Fever, Intermittent
. . . ...
...
...
.10
.09
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
.01
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
. . . 1.55
.51
.29
.46
.51
.36
.43
.49
.39
.30
.63
.21
.48
Apoplexy
. . . 33.33
15.38
38.10
61.36
42.65
35.94
75.00
40.00
41.67
45.45
50.00
50.00
43.85
Delirium Tremens
. . . 3.85
3.12
4.44
12.20
7.69
9.76
1.89
2.04
2.63
9.09
2.38
2.86
5.09
Dysentery
. . . 3.05
3.70
3.48
2. 29
2.80
2.17
1.93
2.36
3.68
4.22
2.79
4.07
3.02
Diarrhœa
. . . ...
...
.19
.18
...
...
...
.12
.18
...
...
.20
.07
Hepatitis
. . . 5.43
5.05
4.87
2. 92
3.48
5.23
3.95
5.32
4.55
5.45
5.30
4.45
4.71
Respiratory diseases
. . . .84
.35
1.22
...
.19
.67
.98
.20
...
.91
.19
.99
.55
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. . . 19.15
16.22
11.84
9. 00
7.14
16.46
10.59
11.44
12.66
11.22
13.59
10.62
12.62
All other Causes*
. . .
.40
.50
.55
.41
.38
.33
.37
.60
.65
.47
.44
.59
.47
ACTUALS UPON WHICH THE RATIOS ABOVE SHOWN ARE CALCULATED.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS AND DEATHS FROM THE CHIEF DISEASES IN EACH MONTH.
TOTAL.
JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APRIL. MAY.
JUNE. JULY.
AUG. SEPT.
OCT.
NOV.
DEC.
Cholera
. . . Cases ...
8
12
8
65
80
28
63
17
19
5
7
6
318
Deaths ...
5
6
6
38
36
21
36
15
12
2
5
4
186
Smallpox
. . .
Cases ...
5
6
16
11
7
1
1
...
2
2
2
2
55
Deaths ...
. . .
. . .
3
2
3
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
10
Enteric Fever
...
Cases ...
47
33
27
37
36
25
50
49
62
26
10
29
431
Deaths ...
12
15
5
14
11
13
16
17
26
13
5
10
157
Fever, Intermittent
. . . Cases ...
883
1,239
991
968
1,098
1,345
1,480
1,497
1,673
1,711
1,278
1,308
15,471
Deaths ...
...
...
...
1
1
. . .
...
. . .
...
. . . ...
...
2
Fevers, Remittent and
Continued.
Cases ...
774
780
1,052
1,309
1,376
1,377
1,397
1,222
1,271
1,328
1,109
947
13,942
Deaths ...
12
4
3
6
7
5
6
6
5
4
7
2
67
Apoplexy
. . . Cases ...
12
13
21
44
136
64
16
15
12
11
8
6
358
Deaths ...
4
2
8
27
58
23
12
6
5
5
4
3
157
Delirium Tremens ...
Cases ...
52
32
45
41
39
41
53
49
38
44
42
35
511
Deaths
. . .
2
1
2
5
3
4
1
1
1
4
1
1
26
Dysentery
. . . Cases ...
722
595
489
523
571
690
933
976
896
758
645
688
8,486
Deaths ...
22
22
17
12
16
15
18
23
33
32
18
28
256
Diarrhœa
...
Cases ...
458
453
525
561
580
687
1,073
864
565
456
4 2 8
508
7,158
Deaths ...
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . . ...
...
1
1
. . .
...
1
5
Hepatitis
. . .
Cases ...
681
574
513
513
575
574
684
677
703
697
6 4 2
584
7,417
Deaths . . .
37
29
25
15
20
30
27
36
32
38
34
26
349
Respiratory diseases ...
Cases ...
598
569
576
562
534
446
511
501
463
551
520
507
6,338
Deaths . . .
5
2
7
. . .
1
3
5
1
...
5
1
5
35
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . . Cases ...
9 4
74
76
55
70
79
85
104
79
98
103
113
1,030
Deaths ...
18
12
9
5
5
13
9
12
10
11
14
12
130
All other Causes*
. . .
Cases ...
6,316
5,961
6,570
7,028
6,846
6,747
7,267
6,793
6,301
6,434
5,875
5,928
78,066
Deaths
. . .
25
30
36
29
26
22
27
41
41
30
26
35
368
* Excluding Suicidal Deaths and other Deaths by Violence out of Hospital.