EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1876.
XI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying the HILL STATIONS of the
BENGAL PRESIDENCY 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 HOSPITAL.
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 . 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 i a r r h œ a . He 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
... 3,718
123
33.1
1
...
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
. . . . . . . . .
... ... ...
...
... ... ... ...
...
1
. . .
February
. . . 4,000
131
32.7
2
...
. . . ... ... ... ...
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . ...
. . . 1 1
. . . . . . . . . ... ...
... . . .
March
... 3,970
169
42.6
2
...
. . .
. . .
. . . ... ...
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . ...
. . . . . . ...
. . .
. . . ... ... ... 2
. . .
April
. . . 4,928
230
46.7
4
... ...
. . . ... ... ...
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 1
. . . . . . ...
. . . . . . . . . ... ...
3
. . .
May
... 6,481
339
52.3
7
... ... ... ... ... ...
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .1
. . .
1 ...
1
. . . . . .
1 ...
2
1
June
...
6, 764
335
49.5
2
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 1
. . . . . . 1
. . .
. . . . . .
... ...
... . . .
July
. . .
6, 791
356
52.4
5
... ... ...
1 ...
1
. . .
... . . . 2
. . .
...
. . . ...
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
... ...
... 1
August
... 6,848
338
49.4
29
. . . 12 ... 6
...
. . . . . . 1 . . . 2
. . .
1
. . . 2
1 2
. . . . . .
... ...
1
1
September
. . .
6, 896
315
45.7
7
... ... ...
1 ...
. . . 1
. . . . . . 2
. . . 1
. . . 1 1
. . .
. . . . . .
... ...
... . . .
October
. . . 6,538
295
45.1
8
... ... ... 1
...
1 . . . . . . . . . 1
. . .
1
. . . ...
2 . . .
. . . . . .
... ...
2
. . .
November
... 4,876
194 39.8
3
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
. . .
...
. . . 1
. . . 1
. . . . . .
... ...
... . . .
December
. . . 2,909
111
38.2
2
...
...
. . . ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
. . . ...
. . .
. . . ... ... ... ... ... 1
12
. . . 9 ... 2 1 1 ... 8 ... 7 ... 6 6 4 ... ... 1 ... 11 4
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 5,393
246
45.6
72 13.35 2.23 ... 1.67
.55
.19 ... 1.48 ... 1.30 ... 1.11 1.ll .74 ... ... .19 ... 2.04 .74
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.
Cholera
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
16
...
...
...
...
16
3.0
75.00
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
...
...
...
. . . ...
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
Enteric Fever
. . .
1
2
3
. . .
5
1
6
9
1
3
1
. . .
32
5.9
28.12
Fever, Intermittent ...
18
12
17
31
186
215
198
190
99
109
30
5
1,110
205.8
...
„ Remittent
...
. . .
1
...
3
2
4
1
2
4
4
2
. . .
23
90.9
.61
„ Continued
...
17
16
9
50
66
65
67
47
62
49
11
8
467
Apoplexy
...
...
...
...
. ..
...
1
. . .
1
. . . ...
1
...
3
.6
33.33
Delirium Tremens
. . .
2
. . .
...
...
. ..
...
1
2
1
...
...
1
7
1.3
...
Dysentery
...
9
7
4
8
16
18
11
23
13
12
2
2
125
23.2
6.40
Diarrhœa
...
20
5
5
6
28
28
32
37
20
20
14
10
225
41.7
...
Hepatitis
...
5
9
9
14
22
23
25
30
37
26
14
6
220
40.8
3.18
Spleen Disease
... ...
...
...
6
10
6
12
5
5
3
4
1
51
9.4
. . .
Respiratory Diseases ...
32
28
21
49
70
42
28
35
31
30
16
11
393
72.9
1.53
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
1
1
. . .
3
7
7
7
6
6
10
2
1
51
9.4
7.84
Scurvy
. . .
. . . ...
. . . ...
...
1
...
. . .
...
1
...
. ..
2
.4
. . .
Rheumatism
...
26
21
16
22
28
49
32
31
31
27
19
15
317
58.8
.65
Venereal Diseases
...
75
94
74
111
94
65
70
114
63
81
91
27
959
177.8
Eye Diseases
...
4
4
5
5
8
8
5
10
4
11
2
2
68
12.6
Abscess and Ulcer ...
20
14
8
18
23
28
29
36
21
27
18
6
248
46.0
Wounds and Accidents... . . .
28
24
24
24
61
43
39
43
53
49
23
30
441
81.8
All other Causes
...
35
25
26
3 3
91
74
99
84
96
83
54
21
721
133.7
293
263
221
383
717
677
662
721
547
545
304
146
5,479
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
78.8 65.7
55.7
77.7 110.6 100.1 97.5 105.3
79.3 83.4 62.3 50.2
1 0 1 6 . 0