EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1876.
III.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of the MADRAS
PRESIDENCY during the Year 1876, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
M O N T H S .
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 HOSPITAL.
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
S u i c i d a l D e a t h s .
Chol 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 , R e m i t t e n t
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 s 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 .
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
... 10,610
561
52.9
9
.851
. . .
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1
. . . . . . 2
. . . 1 ... 2 ...
. . . . . .
. . . ...
...
1
February
... 10,736
568
52.9
10
. 9 3
...
. . . 3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 2 ...
. . . . . . . . .
... 2
1
March
... 10,839
518
47.8
1 1
1. 01...
. . .
...
. . . . . . 1
. . . . . . 1 . . . 1
. . . . . .
4 2 ...
. . . . . . . . .
2 ...
. . .
April
... 11,333
563
49.7
1 9
1. 689
. . .
...
. . . . . . . . . 5
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . . . . .
1 ... ...
. . . . . . . . .
2 1
. . .
May
... 11,245
563
50.1
1 7
1. 511
. . .
2
. . . . . . 1
6
. . . 1 . . . 3
. . . . . .
... ... ...
. . . . . . . . .
2 1
. . .
June
... 11,214
589
52.5
2 2
1. 963
. . .
1
. . . . . . . . . 8
. . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 2 ...
. . . . . . 1 2 2 . . .
July
... 11,112
636
57.2
1 3
1. 17...
. . .
...
. . . . . . 1
. . . . . . 2 . . . 2
. . . . . .
1 1 ...
. . . . . . . . .
2 3
1
August
... 11,170
679
60.8
20
1 . 7 9 1 ... 5 ... 1 ... ... ... 2 ... 5
. . . . . . 1 1 ...
. . . . . . 1 1 2 ...
September
... 11,166
708
63.4
1 7 1.522
. . .
7
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . . 3 . . . 2
. . . . . .
... ... ...
. . . ... ... 1 1 ...
October
... 11,150
657
58.9
16
1.43 ... ... 1 ... ... ... 1 ... 4 ... 2
. . . ... 1 ... ... ...
. . . ... 6 ... 1
November
... 11,108
661
59.5
8
.72...
. . .
1
. . . . . . 1
. . . . . . 2 . . . 2
. . . . . .
1 1 ...
. . . . . . . . .
... ...
. . .
December
... 10,714
628
58.6
1 2 1.12...
. . .
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 . . . 2
. . . . . .
2 ... ...
. . . 1 . . .
1 2 . . .
17 ... 22 ... 1 4 21 2 19
. . . 22 ... 1 14 11 ... ... 1 2 19 14 4
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 11,034
611
55.4
174 15.77 1.54 ... 1.99
. 4 6 1.90 .18 1.72 ... 2.00
. . . .09 1.27 1.00 ...
. . . . 0 9 .18 1.72 1.27 .36
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total Admitted
during the Year. Admitted
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.
Nov. Dec.
Dengue
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
2
6
.5
...
Cholera
. . .
2
3
...
20
3
2
. . .
1
2
1
. . .
. . .
34
3.1
50.00
Smallpox
. . . ...
1
. . .
. . . ...
...
...
...
. . . ...
..
1
2
. 2
...
Enteric Fever
. . .
5
1
1
. . .
4
. . .
4
11
14
6
1
2
49
4.
44.90
Fever, Intermittent ...
29
55
19
18
28
69
89
87
50
59
61
31
595
53.
...
„ Remittent
. . .
2
1
3
1
1
3
5
4
4
5
2
1
32
146.2
.31
, , C o n t i n u e d
...
61
87
83
107
189
197
137
163
171
206
105
75
1,581
Apoplexy
...
1
2
1
5
16
20
...
1
2
1
. . . ...
49
4.4
42.86
Delirium Tremens
. . .
8
2
4
4
3
2
4
7
8
6
. . .
3
51
4.6
3.92
Dysentery
. . .
47
48
34
34
57
63
79
82
62
75
53
71
705
63.9
2.70
Diarrhœa
...
19
39
35
87
74
60
78
87
62
37
41
49
668
60.5
...
Hepatitis
. . .
52
53
38
39
65
56
71
61
69
66
74
54
698
63.3
3.15
Spleen Disease
. . . ...
1
1
. . .
1
1
1
2
1
4
2
3
17
1.5
...
Respiratory Diseases ...
68
80
46
66
57
39
64
64
33
62
45
42
666
60.4
.15
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
6
9
4
9
4
10
9
1.4
4
10
6
16
101
9.2
10.89
Scurvy
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
...
...
1
.1
...
Rheumatism
...
30
3 8
30
40
49
37
45
59
49
47
29
23
476
43.2
.50
Venereal Diseases
...
216
204
205
182
183
154
156
186
129
153
149
118
2,035
184.4
Eye Diseases
...
9
7
6
7
9
7
16
23
13
23
17
19
156
14.1
Abscess and Ulcer ...
74
95
76
85
126
97
81
96
69
94
63
58
1,014
91.9
Wounds and Accidents ...
90
100
75
76
98
90
93
93
84
77
67
93
1,036
93.9
All other Causes
...
1 3 8 191
181
219
242
187
203
295
236
237
201
178
2,508
227.3
857 1,017
842
999 1,209 1,094 1,135 1,337 1,062 1,169
920
839
12,480
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
80.7
94.7
77.7 88.1 107.5 97.5 102.1 119.7 95.1 104.8
82.8
78.3
1131.0