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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
III.—STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL STATIONS—KURRACHEE AND GHIZRI ,
1870-79.
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TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying KUR-
RACHEE and GHIZRI during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate Strength
for each M o n t h o f
the Ten
Years.
Average Number Da i l y S i c k .
N u m b e r
Dai l y
Sick per
1,000 of
Strength.
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
C o n t i n u e d .
Apopl exy.
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 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 .
D r o p s 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
6,899 336 48.7 11
2
7
1
1
February
7,119 366 51.4 6
3
1
1
1
March
7,028
3 4 0 48.4 9
4
2
1
2
April
7,718 354 45.9 8
2
1
1
2
2
May
7 , 9 8 5 383
4 8 . 0 11
2
4
3
1
1
June
8,005
4 3 4 54.2 15
3
2 5
1 2
1
1
July
7,999
4 2 5
5 3 . 1
1 3
3
2 1
1
1 2
2
1
A u g u s t 7,934
4 0 6 51.2
1 0
3
1 1
1
2
2
September
7,936
4 6 3 58.3 9
6
2
1
October
8,018
4 4 4 55.4 19
4
2
1 2 1 3
1
1
4
November
8,095
4 8 3 59.7 8
1 1 1
3
2
December
7,641
4 1 3 54.1 7
1 1
2
1
2
2
28
9 13 2 10 2 9
4 5 18
12
12
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten
Years
7,698 404 52.5 126 16.37.26
3.63 1.17 1.69 .26 1.30 .26 1.17 .52 .65 2.34
1.56
1. 56
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)
4
50 65 58
177
23.0
Cholera
1
2
3
. 4
6 6 . 6 7
Smallpox
2
3
5
. 7
Enteric Fever
2 3
7
8
6
4 5
7
4
4 6
6 . 0
6 0 . 8 7
Fever, Intermittent
244 188 154 202 310 394
3 6 0 300
3 4 1
3 2 2
4 1 2
3 6 6
3 , 5 9 3
4 6 6 . 7
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
18 33 79 91 112 129 137 131 157 178 198 157
1 , 4 2 0
1 8 4 . 4
. 6 3
Apoplexy
7 10
1
2
1
1
1
23
3 . 0
5 6 . 5 2
Delirium Tremens
3
2
2
2
5
4
2
9
3
1
3 3
4 . 3
6 . 0 6
Dysentery
24 26 27 19
8
7 25 39 34 27 21 17
2 7 4
3 5 . 6
3 . 6 5
Diarrhœa
34 57 73 92 73 73 61 104 53 46 24 42
7 3 2
9 5 . 1
. 2 7
Hepatitis
15 11 13 10 12 16 24 20 24 24 17 11
1 9 7
2 5 . 6
4 . 5 7
Spleen disease
1
2
2
1
2
3
7
2
4
3
3
6
3 6
4 . 7
Respiratory diseases
4 7 41 27 22 39 51 42 37 27 31 33
4 3
4 4 0
57.1
. 9 1
Phthisis Pulmonalis
4
4
3
1
4
3
5
4 3
4
7
2
44
5 . 7
4 0 . 9 1
Scurvy
1
1
1
3
. 4
Rheumatism
22 22 27 20 31 20 28 24 26 29 26 23
2 9 8
3 8 . 7
.38
Venereal diseases
85 74 54 61 83 54 62 59 71 51
6 5
6 3
7 8 2
1 0 1 . 6
Eye diseases
8
8
9 12 12 10 18
9 20 17
1 7
7
1 4 7
1 9 . 1
Abscess and Ulcer
57 47 42 70 84 110 106 81 55 58 57 53
8 2 0
1 0 6 . 5
Wounds and Accidents
6 9 53
6 8 73 53 60 57 61 78 82 72 74
8 0 0
1 0 3 . 9
All other Causes
65 92 110 146 124 156 143 128 148 115 109 118
1 , 4 5 4
1 8 8 . 9
704 664 698 830 963 1,096 1,085 1,010 1,052 1,051 1,130 1,044
1 1 , 3 2 7
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
102. 0 93.3 99.3 107.5 120.6 136.9 135.6 127.3 132.6 131.1 139.6 136.6
1 , 4 7 1 . 4