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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS—ST. THOMAS' MOUNT, 1870-79.
CLXXXIV.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying
ST. THOMAS' MOUNT during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
M O N T H S .
Aggregate Strength for each
Month of
the Ten
Years. Average Number Daily Sick.
N u m b e 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 .
Number of Deaths. Died per
1,000 of
Strength.
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
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
Co 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 . Dysentery.
Di a r r h œa .
H e p a t i t i s .
S p l e e n d i s e a s e 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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
Dr ops 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
3,590
233
64.9
14 ...
...
. . . ...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
2
. . . 7
. . . . . . 3 ...
. . . . . . ... 1 ...
1
February
3,747 256
68.3
5
... ... ... ...
. . . ... ... ...
2 . . .
1 . . . . . . 1 1
. . . . . . ... ... ...
. . .
March
3,806 217
57.0
4 ...
...
. . . ...
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
1
. . . 1
. . . . . . . . . ...
. . . . . . ... 2 ...
. . .
April
3,765
230
61.1
9
...
. . .
. . . 2
. . .
...
2 . . .
2 . . . ... . . . . . . . . . ...
. . . . . . ... 3 ...
. . .
May
3,609
252
69.8
11 ...
... ... ...
. . . ...
7 . . .
1 . . . ... . . . . . . . . . ...
. . . . . . ... ... ... 3
June
3,574
223
62.4
7
...
... ... ... ... ...
1
. . .
. . . . . . 2
. . . . . . 1 2
. . . . . . ... ... ...
. . .
July
3,683
219
59.5
6
. . .
. . . . . . ...
. . . ... 1 1
. . . . . .
3 . . . . . . . . . ...
. . . . . . ... 1 ...
1
August
3,540 215
60.7
4
...
... . . . ...
. . ....
. . .
. . .
1 . . . 1 . . . . . .
2
. . .
. . . . . . ... ... ...
. . .
September
3,565 234
65.7
6 ...
...
. . . 1
. . .1
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . 1 . . . . . .
1 1
. . . . . . ... 1 ...
1
October
3,553
242
68.1
5 ...
1 . . . 1
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
2 . . . ... . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . ... ... ... 1
November
3,567
239
67.0
3
...
... . . . ...
. . . ... . . .
. . .
1 . . . 1 . . . . . .
1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
. . .
December
3,667
241
65.7
6
. . .
...
1 ...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
2 . . . ... . . . . . .
. . . 1
. . . . . . ... 1 ...
1
1
. . . 5 ... 1 11 1 14 ... 17 ... ...
9
5
. . . . . . ...
9 ...
7
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten Years 3,639
233
64.0
80
21.98
. 2 8 ... 1.37
. 2 8 3.02 .28 3.85 ... 4.67 ... ... 2.47 1.37 ... ... ... 2.47 ... 1.92
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during the
Ten Years.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.
Dengue (of 1872)
2
2
10
25
72
9
4
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
126
34.6
. . .
Cholera
. . . . . .
. . . ...
1 ...
...
...
...
1
. . .
. . .
2
.5
5 0 . 0 0
Smallpox
. . . ...
1
1 ...
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
2
. 5
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
1
2
1
. . .
1
8
2 . 2
6 2 . 5 0
Fever, Intermittent
14
4
6
14
6
8
21
25
1 2
1 1
5
6
9
1 1 6
3 1 . 9
. . .
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
29
29
44
67
73
40
2 5
3 0
3 0
3 9
1 7 1 4
4 3 7
1 2 0 . 1
. 2 3
Apoplexy
. . . ...
1
4
31
4
1
. . .
. . .
- . . .
. . .
. . .
4 1
1 1 . 3
2 6 . 8 3
Delirium Tremens
3
. . . ...
1
4
1
3
1
1
1
4
3
2 2
6 . 1
4 . 5 5
Dysentery
38
30
19
22
18
13
24
2 2
2 1
2 8
2 2
2 4
2 8 1
7 7 . 2
4 . 9 8
Diarrhœa
10
18
25
14
12
10
2 3
7
1 4
27
1 9
23
2 0 2
5 5 . 5
. . .
Hepatitis
32
17
34
26
21
19
2 5
3 6
2 3
2 3
3 8 2 3
3 1 7
8 7 . 1
5 . 3 6
Spleen disease
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
1
1
1
. . .
. . .
3
. 8
. . .
Respiratory diseases
12
14
21
1 8
7
1 0
1 8
1 8
1 2
2 2
1 2
1 7
1 8 1
4 9 . 7
. . .
Phthisis Pulmonalis
3
4
1
4
3
5
3
1
4
5 3
9
4 5
1 2 . 4
1 1 . 1 1
Scurvy
. . . ...
...
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. 3
. 6 1
Rheumatism
8
15
13
14
9
14
1 6
1 2
1 5
1 4
1 5
3
1 4 8
4 0 . 7
Venereal diseases
6 7
48
72
90
83
43
71
5 0
70
5 5
7 5
6 3
7 8 7
2 1 6 . 3
Eye diseases
4
4
2
2
4
3
5
8
1 0
9
3
6
6 0
1 6 . 5
Abscess and Ulcer
32
38
35
50
52
65
59
3 6
3 7
3 9
3 6
2 9
5 0 8
1 3 9 . 6
Wounds and Accidents
32
58
54
40
44
34
4 0
2 9
3 5
4 6
4 2
3 8
4 9 2
1 3 5 . 2
All other Causes
61
45
66
69
71
75
97
80
5 9
8 1
4 8
7 0
8 2 2
2 2 5 . 9
347
326
404
463
512
353
436 344 347 397
340 332
4,601
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
96.7 87.0 106.2 123.0 141.9 98.8 118.4 97.2 97.3 111.7 95.3 90.5
1,264.4