EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1876.
XIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in RAJPOOTANA, MALWA, SCINDE
and ADEN during the Year 1876, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
MONTHS.
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
A v e r a g e N u m b e r D a i l y S i c k .
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 .
N u m b e r o f D e a t h s .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t e r n g t h .
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN lHOSPITAL.
D i e d 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 .
Fe ve r , Re mi t t e nt .
F e v e r , 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 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 .
At r o p h y a n d An æmi a .
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
A l l o t h e r c a u s e s .
January
. . .
4,502
200
44.4
6
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
... ... ...
. . .
...
. . . 2
. . . 2 ... 1
. . . . . .
... ...
...
1
February
... 5,196
235
45.2
6
...
...
. . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
. . . . . . ... ...
. . . . . .
... ...
...
5
March
... 5,487
239 43.6
3
...
...
. . . 1 ... ... ... ...
. . .
...
. . . . . .
. . . . . . ... ...
. . . . . .
... ...
.. 1
April
... 5,445
256
47.0
7 ...
... ...
1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
. . . 2
. . . . . . ... 1
. . . . . .
... ...
3 . . .
May
. . . 5,486
303
55.2
3
...
1 ...
1 ... ... ... ...
. . .
...
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 1 ...
. . . . . .
... ...
...
. . .
June
. . . 5,481
300
54.7
8
...
... ...
1 ... ... ... 2
. . .
...
. . . 1
. . . . . . ... 1
. . . . . . ... ... ...
3
July
. . . 5,535
293
52.9
7
...
1
. . .
. . .
... ... ...
3 ... 1
. . . ...
. . . . . .
1 ...
. . . . . .
... ... ...
1
August
... 5,542
300
55.8
3
...
... ...
1 ... 1
... ... ... ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ...
. . . . . .
... ... ...
. . .
September
... 5,535
363
65.6
10
...
. . . ...
4 ... 1 ... ...
. . .
2
. . . . . .
. . . . . . ... ...
. . . . . . ... ... 1 2
October
... 5,476
347
63.4
9
...
... ...
3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
. . . ... 1 ...
. . . . . .
... ...
2 3
November
. . . 5,336
319
59.8
5
...
. . .
. . .
2 ... ... ... ...
. . . ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 ...
. . . ... ... ...
1
December
... 5 394
288
53.4
4
...
...
. . .
. . .
... ... ... ...
. . .
2
. . .
1 ...
. . .
... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ...
2 ...
14 ... 2 ... 6
. . . 5 .. 7 ... 2 5 4 ...
. . . . . .
...
7 17
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 5,368
288
53.7
71 13.22 .37 ... 2.61
.37
1.12 . . . .93 ...
1 . 3 0
... .37 .93 .75 ... ... ... ...
1. 30
3.17
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADIMSSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
T o t a l A d m i t t e d
d u r i n g t h e T e a r .
A d m i t t e d
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Died out of
each
hundred
cases
treated.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Cholera
. . . ...
1
. . .
...
1
...
1
1
. . .
...
...
. . .
4
.7
50.00
Smallpox
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
. . . ...
...
...
3
4
.7
. . .
Enteric Fever
. . .
. . .
1
1
3
5
2
. . .
2
10
4
3
1
32
6.0
43.75
Fever, Intermittent ...
82
119
85
102
108
74
94
169
221
336
312
281
1,983
369.4
...
„ Remittent
. . .
1
4
3
3
5
. . . ...
14
3
9
8
4
54
146.4
. 2 5
„ Continued
. . .
4
11
20
59
114
57
41
6 7
124
94
62
79
732
Apoplexy
. . . ...
1
1
3
3
7
9
...
. . .
2 ...
...
26
4.8
23.08
Delirium Tremens
...
...
3
1
2
3
2
3
9
1
2
2
2
30
5.6
. . .
Dysentery
. . .
4
7
2
7
3
3
14
16
21
13
9
7
106
19.7
4.72
Diarrhœa
...
14
23
15
10
18
22
13
62
34
23
9
19
262
48.8
. . .
Hepatitis
...
13
14
12
22
17
32
24
21
15
22
19
10
251
46.8
2.79
Spleen Disease
. . .
3
2
2
1
8
5
3
. . .
2
2
1
1
30
5.6
...
Respiratory Diseases ...
37
37
23
22
25
25
18
15
17
25
19
32
205
55.0
. 6 8
Phthisis Plumonalis ...
1
2
1
1
8
. . .
1
4
5
5
4
1
33
6.1
12.12
Scurvy
...
...
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
3
.6
...
Rheumatism
...
11
13
18
27
36
24
21
26
21
17
22
14
250
46.6
3 6
Venereal Diseas`es
. . .
61
97
81
89
104
73
59
76
46
47
54
33
820
152.8
Eye Diseases
...
5
12
17
18
15
13
10
18
8
9
8
4
137
25.5
Abscess and Ulcer
...
33
36
33
44
55
53
59
60
41
58
30
24
526
98.0
Wounds and Accidents ...
42
64
46
45
47
38
33
52
39
56
34
47
543
101.2
All other Causes
...
4 6
9 4
62
70
103
88
99
1 2 3
1 0 5
112
86
82
1,070
199.3
357
54.2
424
528
709
518
503
735
713
836
682
644
7,191
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
79.3 104.3 77.3 96.9 129.2 94.5 90.9 132.6 128.8 152.7 127.8 119.4
1 3 3 9 . 6