EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1872.
III.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of the MADRAS
PRESIDENCY during the Year 1872, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
MONTHS.
Average Strength.
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 r e n g t h .
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
Di e d o u t o f Ho s p i t a l . Sui ci dal Deat hs.
Cholera.
Smallpox. Ent er i c Fever .
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 .
Fever , cont i nued.
Apoplexy.
De l i r i um Tr e me ns .
Dy s e n t e r y .
Diarrhœa.
Hepatitis.
S p l e e n D i s e a s e .
Re s pi r a t or y Di s e a s e s .
Hear t Di seases.P h t h i s i s P u l mo n a l i s . Dropsy.Scurvy.
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a .
Wo u n d s a n d Ac c i d e n t s . Al l ot her Causes.
January
...
1 1 , 1 4 9
6 3 9
57.3
1 1
. 9 9
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1 ... ... ... 1 ... 2
. . .
... 1 3 ... ... ... ... 1 1 ...
February
...
1 1 , 0 1 4
6 7 3
61.1
1 4
1 . 2 7
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
... ... 1 3 ... 2
. . .
... ... 4 ... ... ... ... 2 1 1
March
...
1 2 , 0 1 7
6 4 0
53.3
1 1
. 9 2
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
... 2 ... 1 ... 1
. . .
... 1 2 ... ... ... ... 2 ... ...
April
...
1 1 , 6 0 5
6 1 8
53.3
1 7
1 . 4 7
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
... 5 2 1 ... 1
. . .
... 3 ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 ...
May
...
1 1 , 5 4 0
6 7 5
58.5
2 3
1 . 9 9
. . .
2 1
. . .
. . .
2 11 ... 3 ... 2
. . .
... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 ...
June
...
1 1 , 5 0 0
7 0 0
60.9
2 2
1 . 9 1
1
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
2 3 1 1 ... 6
. . .
1 1 2 ... ... ... ... 1 ... ...
July
...
1 1 , 4 5 6
6 8 0
59.4
1 4
1 . 2 2
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
1 3 ... 1 ... 1
. . .
... 2 1 ... ... ... ... 1 1 ...
August
...
1 1 , 4 4 7
7 5 7
66.1
1 8
1 . 5 7
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
... 2 ... 3 ... 3
. . .
... 3 1 ... ... ... ... 2 ... 1
September...
1 1 , 3 9 4
8 0 0
70.2
2 4
2 . 1 1
. . .
. . .
6
. . .
. . .
... ... ... 7 ... 3
. . .
... 3 ... ... ... ... ... 4 1 ...
October
...
1 1 , 3 4 7
7 5 3
66.4
2 7
2 . 3 8
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1 1 1 ... 4 ... 10
. . .
... 4 1 ... ... ... 1 1 2 ...
November ...
1 2 , 1 0 6
6 8 3
56.4
1 1
. 9 1
1
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
... ... ... 1 ... 3
. . .
... 2 2 ... ... ... ... 1 1 ...
December ...
1 1 , 9 4 8
6 2 3
52.1
2 7
2 . 2 6
. . .
. . .
4
. . .
. . .
... 1 ... 6 ... 4
. . .
... 4 3 ... ... ... ... 3 2 ...
2
2 27
. . .
2 6 28 4 32 ... 38
. .
1 24 19 ... ... ... 1 20 11 2
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f t h e A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
For the year...
1 1 , 5 4 4
6 8 7
59.5
2 1 9
1 8 . 9 8
. 1 7
. 1 7
2.34
. 6 9
2.43.35 2.77... 3.29
. . .
.09 2.081.65... ... ... .09 1.73.96.17
CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS.
N U M B E R O F A D M I S S I O N S I N T O H O S P I T A L I N E A C H M O N T H .
Tot al Admi t t ed duri ng t he Year.
Admi t t ed per 1, 000 of St rengt h.
Di ed out of each hundr ed cases t r eat ed.
J a n .
Feb.
M a r c h .
A p r i l .
May.
J u n e .
July.
A u g .
S e p t .
Oct. Nov. Dec.
Dengue.
...
3 0
2
3 1
5 5
201
1 6 3
2 1 3
1 0 4
1 0 1
47
7
2
956
82.8
...
Cholera
...
. . .
...
. . .
1 ...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
2
...
4
.4
50.00
Smallpox
...
4 1
6
1 4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
16
1.4
12.50
Enteric Fever
...
5 6
9
5 7
4
8
8
1 0
3
...
13
78
6.8
34.62
Fever, Intermittent ...
5 9
51
4 2
6 2
64
5 5
8 6
7 2
2 5 8
415
205
158
1,527
132.3
...
,, Remittent
...
1 4
10
8
8 ...
1
2
3
4 3
1
18
72
135.4
.51
,, Continued
...
4 7
90
1 4 3
1 7 3
204
1 9 1
1 2 6
1 0 1
1 0 7
88
85
136
1,491
Apoplexy
...
1 1
3
9 18
1 3
4
2
. . .
2
1
2
56
4.8
50.00
Delirium Tremens ...
7 10
4
9 4
3
4
3
3 4
3
...
54
4.7
7.41
Dysentery
...
8 1
71
4 0
5 1
58
6 0
9 6
1 1 2
1 1 1
125
84
94
983
85.1
3.26
Diarrhœa
...
6 0
45
4 9
4 5
56
5 1
1 5 8
1 3 6
7 5
58
71
84
888
76.9
...
Hepatitis
...
6 3
63
4 4
5 0
38
4 6
5 2
6 8
6 6
82
51
62
685
59.3
5.55
Spleen Disease
...
. . .
7
4
5 1
1
. . .
. . .
2 1
...
2
23
2.0
...
Respiratory Diseases ...
9 4
94
9 2
7 8
40
5 8
5 7
5 2
3 4
52
43
54
748
64.8
.13
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
2 0
16
9
8 7
8
8
8
6 10
10
20
130
11.3
14.62
Scurvy
...
. . .
1
3
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
...
1
7
.6
...
Rheumatism
...
5 5
31
5 3
5 4
42
4 9
6 1
5 9
3 4
51
40
46
575
49.8
.57
Veneral Diseases ...
1 8 6
177
1 8 1
2 2 8
144
1 1 8
1 9 3
1 5 0
1 2 6
144
116
137
1,900
164.6
Eye Diseases
...
1 7
16
2 1
1 6
9
1 9
2 6
2 5
2 6
22
14
12
223
19.3
Abscess and Ulcer...
1 1 7
117
1 0 6
1 5 2
133
1 3 4
1 3 6
1 1 8
8 7
124
118
85
1,427
123.6
Wounds and Accidents ...
1 0 4
125
1 1 1
1 2 4
106
9 3
1 0 3
9 7
6 6
92
73
94
1,188
102.9
All other Causes
...
2 1 2
179
2 1 5
2 6 8
236
2 4 5
2 9 0
2 1 1
1 6 3
219
175
226
2,639
228.6
1 , 1 7 6
1,113
1 , 1 7 4
1 , 4 0 2
1,372
1 , 3 1 3
1 , 6 2 3
1 , 3 3 0
1 , 2 7 9
1,543 1,099 1,246 15,670
A d m i t t e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f t h e A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h i n e a c h M o n t h .
1 0 5 . 5
101.1
9 7 . 7
1 2 0 . 8
119.0
1 1 4 . 2
1 4 1 . 7
1 1 6 . 2
1 1 2 . 3
136.0 90.8 104.3 1357.4