EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1876.
IV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and :MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of the BOMBAY
PRESIDENCY daring 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 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 r e n g t h .
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
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 .
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 s 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 .
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 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 .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
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 .
January
... 10,295
459
44.6
10
97
. . .
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
... ... ... ...
3
. . . 2
. . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
. . .
February
... 10,588
495
46.8
8
. 7 6 . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . ...
1 . . . 2
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5
March
. . . 10,294
483
4 6 . 9
14 1.36
. . .
. . . 1 . . . . . .
. . . 1
. . . . . . . . . 3
. . . 2 2 3
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1
. . .
April
. . . 10,224
496
48.5
13
1.27
. . .
. . . 1 . . . . . .
. . . 2
. . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . .
. . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
. . .
. . .
May
... 10,223
524
51.3
7
.68 1
. . . 2
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
. . .
. . .
June
10,209
553
54.2
9
.88
. . .
. . . 1 . . . . . .
. . . 2
. . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .
. . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
1
July
... 10,199
570
55.9
9
.88 1
. . . ... ...
. . .
3
. . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
1
August
. . . 10,180
573
56.3
10
. 9 8
. . . . . . 1
. . . 2
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . . 2
. . . 1 1
. . . .. ... ... ... ... ... 2
September
. . . 10,144
6 0 8 59.9
13
1.28 ...
. . . 5 .. 1 ... ...
. . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1
1
October
... 10,050
619 61.6
14
1.39
. . . . . . 4
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . ... ... 1
. . . 1 1 1 ... ...
. . . . . . 2 4
. . .
November
... 10,217
597 58.4
8
.78 ...
. . . 2 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 2 . . .
1
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
. . .
December
.., 10,277
542
52.7
1 1
1 . 0 7 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . 3 . . . 3 . . . 1
. . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
. . .
1
2 ... 19 ... 3 ... 8 ... 10 ... 23 ... 8 10 10 ...
. . . . . . . . . 9 18
6
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 10,242
543
53.0
126 12.30 .19 ... 1.86
.29
.78 ...
. 9 8 ... 2.24 ... .78 .98 .98 ...
. . . ... ... .88 1.75 .59
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
eases
treated.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept.
Oct. Nov.
Dec.
Cholera
... ...
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
2
. . .
...
...
. . .
5
.5
40.00
Smallpox
... ...
2
3
3
2
. . .
1
. . . ...
...
...
3
14
1.4
...
Enteric Fever
...
. . .
2
1
4
7
3
...
2
12
7
4
2
44
4.3
43.18
Fever, Intermittent ...
236
207
202
224
271
221
350
400
412
698
544
393
4,218
411.8
...
Remittent
„
...
4
5
6
8
10
2
4
19
4
14
9
7
92
. 3 0
Continued
...
6
25
39
79
133
95
4 3
73
125
100
70
97
885
9 5 . 4
Apoplexy
...
1
2
1
5
3
7
10
...
...
3
...
1
33
3.2
24'24
Delirium Tremens
...
2
4
2
5
4
5
3
9
2
6
2
4
48
4.7
. . .
Dysentery
...
18
23
11
20
19
11
29
39
35
31
20
26
282
27.5
3'55
Diarrhœa
...
28
43
20
20
34
42
51
93
45
37
26
40
479
46.8
. . .
Hepatitis
...
38
30
34
41
60
44
31
39
32
41
36
20
452
44.1
5'09
Spleen Disease
3
3
4
5
9
8
3
2
3
4
2
1
47
4.6
. . .
Respiratory Diseases ...
58
74
47
36
54
49
32
28
29
48
38
52
545
53'2
1.47
Phthisis Pulmonalis ... I
4
6
5
3
11
3
3
4
9
7
7
2
64
6.2
15.62
Scurvy
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
3
.3
. . .
Rheumatism
...
29
40
37
56
48
26
34
40
30
32
35
26
443
43.3
.30
Venereal Diseases
...
156
244
156
169
208
153
139
157
122
1 1 1
119
97
1,831
178'8
Eye Diseases
...
9
17
24
27
25
20
14
26
ll
21
14
11
219
21'4
Abscess and Ulcer ...
70
96
72
107
98
85
83
89
6 6
84
62
57
969
9 4 . 6
Wounds and Accidents ...
90
115
84
80
89
77
53
95
76
105
59
80
1,003
97.9
All other Causes
,,,
107
166
121
152
193
139
156
187
150
175
142
125
1,813
177'0
859 1,172
869 1,044 1,280 1,000 1,041 1,304 1,163 1,524 1,189 1,044
13,489
-
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
83.4 110.7 84.4 102.1 125.2
98.0 102.1
128.1 114.7 151.6 116.4 101.6
1 3 1 7 . 0