EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1876.
VI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in BENGAL PROPER 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 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 e s , 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 . Di a r r h œa .
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 .
Dr ops 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 .
January
... 1,552
87
56.1
2
. . .
. . .
. . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 . . .
. . . . . . ... ...
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
February
... 2,172
108
49.7
1
...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
. . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
March
2,073
108
52.1
3
. . . 2
. . . ... ... ...
. . . ...
. . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... 1 ...
. . . ... ... ...
. . .
April
2,052
105
51.2
1
. . .
. . . ... ...
. . . ... ... 1
. . . . . . . . . ...
. . . . . . ...
. . . ...
. . . . . . ... ... ...
May
2,036
87
42.7
3
. . . 3
. . .
. . .
. . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
. . .
. . . ... ... ...
June
. . . 2,025
88 43.5
2
. . .
. . . ... ... ...
. . . ... ...
1 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
July
... 2,011
104
51.7
5
...
. . . ... ... ... 1 ... ...
. . . 1
...
. . . 1
. . . 1
. . . . . . . . . ... 1
...
August
... 2,008
126
62.7
3
. . . ... ...
1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
. . . . . . ... ... 1
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ...
September
. . . 1,999
121
60.5
3
. . . ... ...
1 ...
. . . ... ... ...
1 . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
October
... 1,993
140 70.2
2
. . . ... ... ... ... ...
1
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
November
. . . 2,078
141
67.9
1
...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
. . . . . .
. . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
. . . . . . . . .
December
. . .
2 , 0 9 8 145
9.1
3
. . .
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
2
... ... ...
. . .
... ... ... ... ...
1
5 . . . 2 ... 1 1 1 2 3 ... 2
. . . 1 . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
4
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 2,008
113
56.3
29 14.44 2.49 ... 1.00
1.00
.49 1.00 1.49 ... 1.00 ... .49 ... 2.49 ... ... ... ...
1 . 0 0
1.99
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted d u r i n g
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
...
. . .
2
. . .
3
. . .
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
5
2.5 100.00
Smallpox
... ...
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . . ...
...
...
...
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
. . .
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
3
. . . ...
...
5
2.5
4 0 . 0 0
Fever, Intermittent ...
25
7
15
20
13
10
5
28
31
71
153
180
558
277.9
. . .
, , R e m i t t e n t
...
2
1
2
2
. . .
. . .
2
4
4
23
13
1
54
2 5 3 . 5
'
. 39
„ Continued
...
15
33
20
23
22
19
26
99
31
8 0
78
9
455
Apoplexy
... ...
...
2
1
. . .
1
...
...
. . . ...
...
4
2.0
25.00
Delirium Tremens
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
...
4
2.0
5 0 . 0 0
Dysentery
...
7
5
2
12
12
7
8
15
9
9
7
9
102
50.8
2.94
Diarrhuœa
...
9
7
9
3
9
15
8
13
6
7
9
7
102
50.8
. . .
Hepatitis
...
5
4
8
5
8
11
7
10
9
6
13
12
98
48.8
2 . 0 4
Spleen Disease
...
2
1
1
...
...
. . .
...
...
...
1
. . . ...
5
2 . 5
. . .
Respiratory Diseases
...
15
20
12
9
10
12
16
16
12
8
14
7
1 5 1
75.2
. 6 6
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
4
2
. . . ...
. . .
2
4
. . .
2
2
2
2
2 0
10.0
2 5 . 0 0
Scurvy
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
Rheumatism
...
6
9
2
1
4
3
9
5
8
11
10
8
76
37.8
.15
Venereal Diseases
...
37
58
38
27
45
34
31
31
23
41
31
27
4 2 3
2 1 0 . 6
Eye Diseases
...
1
4
3
3
. . .
1
. . .
1
1
5
2
4
137
6 8 . 2
Abscess and Ulcer
...
16
19
11
9
8
10
8
14
13
13
9
7
1 3 7
68.2
Wounds and Accidents ...
11
24
24
15
10
11
6
19
8
9
13
17
167
83.2
All other Cause
... ...
1 4
4 6 41
43
23
38
39
41
45
52
40
49
474
236.1
169
240
193
173
172
174
169
297
206
338
395
339
2,865
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
108'9 110'5
93.1 84.2 84.5 85'9
8 4 . 0 147.9 103.1 169.6 190.1 161.6
1426.8