WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS 1876.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS composing the ARMY
of INDIA 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 i n e a c h
M o n t h .
D e a t h - r a t e o f t h e Y e a r p e r
1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h . 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 s .
F e v e r s , 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 a n d
C o n t i n u e d .
A p o p l e x y . D y s e n t e r y . D i a r r h œ a .
H e p a t i s i s .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i 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 .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a .
C h i l d b i r t h a n d A b o r -
t i on.
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
6,048 139 23.0
8
1
1 1
1 1
1 1 1
February
6,193 139 22.4
8
1 1
1 4
1
March
6,257 159 25.4
6
1
1
1 2
1
April
6,328 193 30.5
8
1
2 1
1
1
1
1
May
6,027 212 35.2 16
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
1 1
4
June
5,996 216 36.0 16
1
3 4 2
1
3 2
July
5,976 240 40.2
9
2
2 2
1
1
1
August
5,969 270 45.2 15
5
1
1
2 1
2
2 1
September
5,986 267 44.6 16
5
2 1
1
1
2
3 1
October
6,010 234 38.9 10
1
2
2
1 2
1
1
November
5,971 180 30.1
3
1
1
1
December
5,836 149 25.5 11
1
1
2 1
1
1
3 1
18 1 4
12
9 13 7 5 11 7 5 5 16 13
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
6,050 200 33.1 126 20.83 2.98 .17
. 6 6
1 . 9 8
1.49 2.15 1.15 .83 1.82 1.15 .83 .83 2.64 2.15
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted durin
g
the Year.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
3
3
2
2
11
4
1
1
27
4.5 66. 67
Smallpox
3
1
1
1
2
8
1.3 12. 50
Dengue
3
2
19
10
1
1
36
6.0
Enteric Fever
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
9
1.5 44. 44
Intermittent Fever
39
56
51
43
76
68
71
98 121 175 109
62
969
160.0
Remittent and Continued
Fevers
2 4 20
30
54
63
89
61
52
72
94
52
38
649
107.3
1. 85
Apoplexy
1
1
1
2
4
3
1
13
2.2 69. 23
Dysentery
7
7
8
13
14
14
16
25
29
15
9
10
167
27.6
7. 78
Diarrhœa
1 6 17
18
27
29
18
34
63
29
23
17
8
299
49.4
2. 34
Hepatitis
6
6
11
13
20
10
9
14
14
20
8
5
136
22.5
3. 68
Spleen Disease
3
1
1
2
2
3
5
1
3
1
22
3.6
Respiratory Diseases
15
24
20
21
28
15
13
20
18
19
16
11
220
36.4
3. 18
Phthisis Pulmonalis
2
4
3
1
1
6
4
4
6
5
5
41
6.8 26. 83
Debility and Anæmia
71
83 123 162 193 149 154 232 153 142
93
70
1,625
268.6.31
Rheumatism
6 12
11
6
9
11
16 17
2
9
12
8
119
19.7
Eye Diseases
1 0 4
5
24
20
12
19
86
55
23
7
7
272
45.0
Childbirth
Abortion
10
8
6
8
8 11
4
1 1
6
1 4
2
1 0
98
16.2
1. 02
Diseases peculiar to
Women
19
19
14
24
27
20
20
24
27
19
14
20
247
40.8
2. 43
Abscess and Ulcer
3
10
8
11
12
14
22
16
7
16
7
12
138
22.8
Injuries
8
2
14
5
8
1
5
5
2
3
2
3
58
9.6
All other Causes
18
15
28
29
34 24
36
31
27
27
15
14
298
49.2
259 293 353 447 551 475 498 712 585 618 373 287
5,451
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
42.8 47.3 56.4 70.6 91.4 79.2 83.3 119.3 97. 7 102.8 6 2 . 5
49. 2
901.0