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S I C K N E S S A N D M O R T A L I T Y I N T H E E U R O P E A N A R M Y O F I N D I A .
IV.—MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE, 1870-79.
CCXL III.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the EUROPEAN ARMY of the BOMBAY PRESIDENCY in each
NOVEMBER of the TEN-YEAR PERIOD 1870-79.
YEAR.
Average S t r e n g t h .
Average N u m b e r
Daily Sick.
N u m b e r
Daily Sick
per 1,000 of
S t r e n g t h .
Number of
Deaths (ex- c l u d i n g
Deaths from
injuries and
Sudden
Deaths out
of
Hospital).
DIED PER 1,000 OF
STRENGTH IN
NOVEMBER
OF EACH YEAR.
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
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 n d C o 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 .
D y s e n t e r y
D i a r r h o e 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 .
All Causes. Excluding
Cholera.
1870
...
10,630
635
59.7
12
1.13
1 . 1 3 . . .
...
1 ... 2 2
. . . . . . 2 1 . . . ... 1 ...
1 . . . . . . 2
1871...
11,011
604
5 4 . 9
11
1.00
1 . 0 0 . . .
...
. . .
1 2 ...
2 . . . 1 1 . . . ... ... 2
. . . . . . . . . 2
1872.......
10,541
634
60.1
14
1.33
1 . 3 3 ... ... 3 1 1 ... ... .1
. . . 2 ... . . . . 1 3
. . . ... ... 2
1873...
11,203
5 7 4
5 1 . 2
9
. 8 0
. 8 0 . . . ... . . .
... ... 1
. . . 2
1 1 . . . 2 1 1
. . . . . . . . . . . .
1874...
10,276
586
57.'0
5
. 4 9
. 4 9 . . . ... . . .
... 1 ...
. . . . . . . . . 3 . . . ... ... 1
. . . . . . . . . . . .
1875...
10,630
5 9 4
5 5 . 9
19
1.79
1 . 7 9 . . . ... . . .
... ... 2
. . . 5
. . . 2 . . . 1 4 4
. . . . . . . . . 1
1876...
10,217
597
5 8 . 4
7
. 6 9
. 6 9 . . . ... 2 ... ... ...
. . . 1
. . . 2 . . . ... 1 1
. . . . . . . . . . . .
1877...
9,938
6 9 0
69.4
6
.60
. 6 0 . . . ... . . .
... ... 1
. . . . . . . . . 2 . . . ... ... ...
. . . . . . . . . 3
1878...
9,351
824
88.1
2 9
3 . 1 0
2 . 3 5 7 ... 5 ... 3 ...
. . . 1
1 6 . . . ... 1 ...
. . . . . . . . . 5
1879...
10,403
972
93.4
21
2 . 0 2
2 . 0 2 . . . ... 2 ... 2 2
. . . 1
. . . 2 . . . 8 ... 2
. . . . . . . . . 2
7 ... 13 2 11 8 2 11 5 22 ... 11 9 14 1 ... ... 17
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Month
104,200
6,710
6 4 . 4
133
1 . 2 8
1.21 .07 ... .12 .02 11 .08 .02 .11 .05 .21 ... .11 .08 .13 .01 ... ... .16
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH NOVEMBER.
.
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Total
Admitted
during the
Month.
Admitted
per 1,000
of
Strength.
Died o u t
of each
h u n d r e d c a s e s t r e a t e d .
Dengue (of 1871 and 1873)
...
. . .
. . .
95
5
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
...
100
1 . 0
. . .
Cholera
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
...
. . .
10
...
11
.1
6 3 . 3 4
Smallpox
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
...
...
...
...
1
. 0
...
Enteric Fever
...
2
. . .
3
. . .
2
...
4 ...
4
5
20
.2
6 5 . 0 0
Fever, Intermittent
...
788
422
878
393
387
617
544
455
1,005
1,335
6,824
65.5
.03
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
178
158
113
57
71
129
79
119
201
1.49
1,254
12.1
.88
Apoplexy
...
3
...
1
1
...
2
...
1
...
4
12
.1
6 6 . 6 7
Delirium Tremens
...
8
6
1
2
2
7
2
2
4
. . .
34
.3
.3
5 . 8 8
Dysentery
...
19
11
31
23
20
43
20
19
2 4
18
2 3 6
2 . 3
4 . 6 6
Diarrhoea
...
6 8
45
26
54
71
37
26
30
77
52
4 8 6
4 . 7
1 . 0 3
Hepatitis
...
60
45
26
38
50
36
36
27
24
20
3 6 2
3 . 5
6 . 0 8
Spleen disease
2
6
4
6
2
1
2
1
11
7
4 2
. 4
. . .
Respiratory diseases
...
64
41
2 9
65
45
83
38
58
54
111
5 8 8
5 . 6
1 . 8 7
Phthisis Pulmonalis
12
2
6
7
6
11
7
4
2
8
6 5
. 6
2 1 . 5 4
Scurvy
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
1
...
1
...
...
2
. . .
4
. 0
...
Rheumatism
34
46
2 5
32
33
31
35
42
36
34
3 4 8
3.3
Venereal diseases
...
155
148
109
162
121
191
119
181
202
177
1 , 5 6 5
15.0
Eye diseases
...
22
1 8
5
25
14
26
14
14
16
10
1 6 4
1.6
53
Abscess and Ulcer
...
61
61
84
87
73
112
6 2
5 6
67
76
7 3 9
7.1
Wounds and Accidents
...
88
89
57
88
100
108
59
69
57
56
771
7.4
All other Causes
...
167
126
74
128
130
183
142
174
164
133
1,421
13.6
1,731
1,232
1,567
1,174
1,127
1,620
1,189
1,252
1,960
2,195
15,047
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each November.
1 6 2 . 8
111.9
148.6
104.8
109.7
152.4
116.4
126.0
209.6
211.0
1 4 4 . 1