EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1872.
VI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in BENGAL PROPER during the
Year 1872, 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 r e 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 .
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 i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
Dropsy. Scurvy.
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
...
1,820
112
61.6
1
...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
. . .
.............................. ...
February
... 1,832
114
62.2
2
...
... ... ... ...
1 ......... ... ... ... ... ...
1 ... ...... ... ... ... ...
March
... 1,965
109
55.5
...
...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
...
April
... 2,015
122
60.6
2 ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 1 ............... ...
May
... 2,013
149
74.0
6 ...
... ... ... ... ... ...
2 ......1 .........
2
1 ............... ...
June
... 2,007
143
71.2
1
...
...
... ... ... ... ...
1 ....................................... ...
J u l y . . .
1,994
143
71.7
6 ...
1 ......... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... 1 ............
1
1
August ...
1,984
148
74.6
3 ...
...
... ... ...
1 ...............
1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 ...
September ...
1,974
144
72.9
3
...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 ...........................
2
October
... 1,954
121
61.9
6
... ... .........
2 .........
1 ...
2 ...
1 ..................... ...
November ...
2,116
114
53.9
3 ...
1 ......................................................
1
1
December
... 2,018
114
56.5
3
... ... .........
1 ...............
1 ..................
... ...
...
1
2
.........
5 ...
3 ...
2
1
5 ...
3
4
3 ............
3
5
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year ...
1,974
128
64.8
36
18.23 1.01 ... ...
2.53
1.52 ... 1.01 .51 2.53 ... 1.52 2.03 1.52 ... ... ... ... 1.52 2.53
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
...
...
...
7
196
309
71
60
36
1 ...
...
...
680
344.5
...
Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
1
...
1
...
1
...
3
1 . 5
66.67
Smallpox ...
...
...
... ...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Enteric Fever
...
...
...
1 ...
1
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
2
1.0
...
Fever, Intermittent ...
28
13
13
17
25
45
53
41
26
26
28
30
345
174.8
...
„ Remittent ...
16
9
9
27
2
8
13
21
14
28
30
7
184
259.4
. 9 8
„ Continued ...
12
11
19
40
22
27
71
53
20
17
13
23
328
Apoplexy
...
...
...
1
2
2
3 ...
1
1
1 ...
1
12
6.1
25.00
Delirium Tremens
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
...
1 ...
4
2.0
. . .
Dysentery ...
...
7
5
10
9
8
6
15
18
15
11
8
11
123
62.3
1.63
Diarrhœa ...
14
4
1
6
14
6
19
19
21
9
2
8
123
62.3
. 8 1
Hepatitis ...
...
17
8
13
9
9
18
20
26
25
30
16
15
206
104.4
2.43
Spleen Disease
...
...
2 ...
1
3
2 ...
3
1
...
1
1
14
7.1
...
Respiratory Diseases ...
7
9
7
9
10
11
19
12
7
18
18
16
143
72.4
2.10
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
1
1
4
5
2
3
7
7
7
3
6
2
48
24.3
6.25
Scurvy
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
.5
. . .
Rheumatism
...
7
3
5
6
16
18
15
15
12
10
9
9
125
63.3
. 5 0
Venereal Diseases
...
47
42
47
33
22
21
32
21
21
24
20
41
371
187.9
Eye Diseases
...
...
3
2
1
3
4
6
...
1
2 ...
5
27
13.7
Abscess and Ulcer
...
13
16
9
10
14
19
19
12
15
9
12
6
154
78.0
Wounds and Accidents...
26
26
25
28
21
16
23
8
17
17
20
18
245
124.1
All other Causes
...
24
23
27
36
24
36
63
60
43
62
45
26
469
237.6
219
175
200
435
507
314
436
355
249
268
230
219
3,607
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
120.3
95.5 101.8 215.9 251.9 156.4 218.7 178.9 126.1 137.2 108.7 108.5
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