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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE EUROPEAN ARMY OF INDIA.
I.—STATISTICS OF PROVINCES, 1870-79.
XIX.
TABLE showing the AGGREGATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the HILL
STATIONS of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879, and the Prevalence of the Principal
Diseases in each Month.
MONTHS.
Aggregate
Strength
for each
Month of
the Ten
Years.
Average
Number Daily
Sick.
Number
Daily
Sick per
1,000 of
Strength.
N u m b e r
of
Deaths.
Died p e r
1,' 0 0 0
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 .
Fever, Intermittent.
Fevers, Remittent and Continued.
Apoplexy.
Delirium
T r e m e n s .
Dysentery.
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 .
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
...
22,817
891
39.0
24
1.05
. . .
...
1 1
1
. . . . . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . . 5
4
1 1 ... ...
5
...
3
February
...
24,695
961
38.9
15
.61
. . .
. . . ... ...
. . . ...
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 7
3
2
. . .
...
. . .
3 ...
. . .
March
...
29,506 1,209
41.0
18
. 6 1
. . .
. . .
1 1 ... ... ...
1 ...
2
. . . 4
2
. . . . . .
...
. . .
6 ...
1
April
...
40,912
1,913
46.8
22
.54 ... ...
3
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
2 1 3
5
. . . . . .
... 1
4
1
1
May
...
52,332 2,650
50.6
48
.92
3
. . .
7 ...
4
1
. . .
7 ...
3 ... 3
4
1
. . .
...
1 11
1
2
June
...
54,607 2,803
51.3
53
.97
4
. . .
8 1
4
1 1
5 2
5 ...
3
4
2 ... ... ...
4
4
5
July
...
56,710
3,059
53.9
71
1.25
6 ...
17
. . .
5
. . . 1
8
. . .
9 ... 1
10
1
. . .
...
. . .
6 ...
7
August
...
57,221
3,006
52.5
110
1.92
41 ...
18
...
4
1 . . . 9 ...
13 1 2
5
4 ...
1
1
5
1
4
September ...
57,174 2,830
49.5
59
1.03
11 ...
7 1
3
. . . ...
8 2
6 ... 3
6
1 ... ...
...
5
1
5
October
...
50,049
2,305
46.1
45
.90
2
. . .
9
. . .
6 ... 1
2 ...
4 ... 1
4
4
. . . ...
. . .
8 ...
4
November ...
32,982
1,411
43.7
21
.64
. . . ...
2
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
3 2
3 ... 1
1
2 ...
...
. . .
6 ...
1
December ...
22,436
939
41.9
25
1.11
. . . ...
1
. . .
. . . ... ...
2
. . .
5
. . . 2
2
2
. . .
...
. . .
5 ...
5
67
74 4
27 3 4
48 6
52 2 35
50
20 1
1 3
68
8
38
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the Ten
Years
...
41,787
2,001
47.9
511
12.23 1.60 ... 1.77
.74
0.7 .10 1.15 .14 1.25 .05
. 84 1.20
48 .02
. 0 2 .07 1.63 .19 .91
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted Admitted
Died out
of each
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APRIL. MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
Nov. DEC.
during
the Ten
Years.
per 1,000
of
Strength.
hundred
cases
treated.
Dengue (of 1872)
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
. . .
Cholera...
...
. . .
. . .
1
6
8
9
58
12
3
1 ...
9 8
2 . 3
6 8 . 3 7
Smallpox
. . . ...
...
1
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
1
. 0
...
Enteric Fever...
2
3
3
9
21
23
44
48
41
14
3 ...
211
5.0
3 5 . 0 7
Fever, Intermittent
...
172
156
219
640 1,256 1,279 1,360 1,249
996
668
321
176
8 , 4 9 2
2 0 3 . 2
.84
Fevers, Remittent and Continued
50
55
83
281
409
436
582
456
512
254
6 4
4 3
3 , 2 2 5
7 7 . 2
15.00
Apoplexy...
. . .
1
1
2
2
4
2
4
2
1
1
. . .
2 0
. 5
1 5 . 0 0
Delirium Tremens ...
3
2
7
2
7
6
6
1 2
9
8
2
1
6 5
1 . 6
6 . 1 6
Dysentery
. . .
33
25
28
6 8
137
132
114
125
102
75
39
24
9 0 2
2 1 . 6
5 . 3 2
D iarrhœa
69
51
64
144
228
280
617
491
267
139
6 7
6 8
2 , 4 8 5
5 9 . 5
3.32
Hepatitis
54
42
76
120
147
192
228
224
217
145
8 2
3 9
1 , 5 6 6
3 7 . 5
3 . 3 2
Spleen disease
...
5
7
10
29
2 7
24
32
20
18
21
9
3
205
4 . 9
. 9 8
Respiratory diseases
...
269
300
281
383
439
317
286
259
285
277
187
167
3 , 4 5 0
8 2 . 6
1 . 0 1
Plithisis Pulmonalis...
8
11
15
18
20
31
28
25
40
32
13
11
2 5 2
6 . 0
7.94
Scurvy
...
...
1
. . .
1
4
1
. . .
3
1
2
...
1 3
. 3
7 . 6 9
. 5 7
Rheumatism
124
120
163
253
353
356
370
315
302
214
149
115
2,834
67.8
Venereal disease...
339
397
570
909
847
732
814
838
694
638
472
311
7 , 5 6 1
1 8 0 . 9
Eye diseases
...
21
20
28
63
82
54
52
51
49
50
23
20
5 1 3
1 2 . 3
Abscess and Ulcer
...
120
136
139
243
244
240
251
243
233
204
126
85
2,264
54.2
Wounds and Accidents
...
172
213
294
312
469
404
399
410
4.28
3 9 2
2 0 6
192
3 , 8 9 1
9 3 . 1
All other Causes
...
222
181
269
450
673
647
769
648
7 2 4
5 0 9
2 8 7
1 9 8
5 , 5 7 7
1 3 3 . 5
1,663 1,720 2,252 3,927
5,368
5,169
5,964 5,476 4,934 3,645 2,054 1,453
43,625
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
72.9
69.6
76.3
96.0 102.6
94.7 105.2
95.7
86.3
72.8
62.3
64.8
1,044.0