EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1872
XV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in SOUTHERN INDIA 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 .
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
... 4,260
276
64.8
4 ...... . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . 1
. . . . . . 1 1
. . . . . . ...... 1 . . .
February
... 4,422
298
67.4
3 ...... . . . ... ... ...
. . . . . . 1
1
. . . ... . . . . . . ...1
. . . . . . ...... ... ...
March
... 5,486
302
55.0
5
... ...
. . . 1
. . . . . . . . . 1 ..
1
. . . ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... ... ...
. . . . . .
April ...
5,237
302
57.7
6
...... . . . 1
. . . . . . . . .
3 ...
1
. . . ... . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . ......
. . .
1
May ...
5,008
290
57.9
5 ... ... ... ...
. . .
. . . . . .
3 ...2
. . . ... . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . ...... ...
. . .
June ...
4,972
301
60.5
10 ... ... . . . 2
. . . . . . 1
1 ...
1
. . . 3
. . . . . .
1 1
. . . . . . ......
. . .
. . .
July ... 4,972
299
60.1
5 ...... ... 3
. . . . . . . . . 1
...... . . . 1
. . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . ......
. . . . . .
August
... 4,993
315
63.1
5
...... . . . 1 ...
. . . ...
1 ... ... ... ... ...
. . . 1 ... . . . . . . ... ...
1 1
September ... 4,989
317
63.6
4 ...... ... ...
. . . ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
. . . . . . ...... . . . . . . ......
2 1
October
... 5,049
305
60.4
5
... ...
. . .
... . . . . . . ... ... ... ... . . . 1
. . . . . . 1 1
. . . . . . ...1
1
. . .
November ... 4,989 291
58.3
2 ...... . . .
... . . . ...
. . . . . . ... ...
... ... ... 1 ... . . . . . . ......
. . .
1
December
... 4,998
281
56.2
13 ... ... . . . 4
. . . ... . . .
1 ... ... . . . 3
. . .
. . . 2 ... . . .
... ... ...
2 1
... ... 12 ... ... 1 11 1
6 ... 10 ...
. . . 7 6
... ... ...
1 7 5
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year ... 4,949
298
60.2
67 13.54 ... ... 2.43
. 2 0
2.22 .20 1.21
2.02 ... ... 1.42 1.21 ... ... ... .20 1.42 1.01
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
Admitted
per 1,00 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
c a s e s I
treated .
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Dengue
...
30
1 ...
30
77
52
122
58
71
36
3
1
481
97.2
...
Cholera
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
Smallpox
2
1
4
1
1 ...
. . . ...
...
. . .
...
. . .
9
18
...
Enteric Fever
...
2
3
6
1
3
2
5
5
. . .
. . .
. . .
13
40
8 . 1
3 0 . 0 0
Fever, Intermittent ...
26
19
22
14
13
7
15
6
10
11
16
30
189
38.2 . . .
„ Remittent
... ...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . . ...
...
...
2
4
1 2 7 . 7
. 1 6
„ Continued ...
24
40
88
84
71
44
52
24
37
27
38
99
628
Apoplexy
... ...
1
2
3
6
2
2
1
. . .
1 ...
2
20
4 . 0
55.00
Delirium Tremens
. . .
3
8
3
5
2
1
1
. . .
1
2
2
. . .
2 8
5 . 7
3 . 5 7
Dysentery
...
33
16
11
22 22 22
15
34
33
25
30
13
4 1
2 9 5
59.6
2 . 0 3
Diarrhœa ...
32
23
25
26
33
22
38
26
18
12
47
41
343
6 9 . 3
. . .
Hepatitis ...
25
24
20
31
25
27
23
23
27
32
11
30
298
60.2
3 . 3 6
Spleen Disease
. . .
. . .
5
4
2
1
1
. . . . . .
2
1
. . . ...
1 6
3 . 2
. . .
Respiratory Diseases
. . .
21
45
50
49
16
32
30
27
17
32
18
2 3
3 6 0
7 2 . 7
. . .
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
12
7
6
4
3
5
3
3
2
6
6
1 3
7 0
1 4 . 1
8 . 5 7
Scurvy
...
. . . ...
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
...
1
. 2
. . .
. 3 8
Rheumatism
. . .
24
10
24
25
26
29
32
43
22
25
18
20
298
6 0 . 2
Venereal Diseases
...
70
57
86
103
69
54
92
59
63
67
64
73
857
1 7 3 . 2
Eye Diseases ...
6
9
13
7
5
9
15
9
8
13
7
8
109
2 2 . 2
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
53
56
46
68
51
58
67
57
39
75
71
41
682
1 3 7 . 8
Wounds and Accidents
46
58
58
70
6 4
57
52
58
3 7
61
42
45
648
1 3 0 . 9
All other Causes
...
117
94
116
149
109
124
140 106
79
114
80
116
1,344
271.6
526
477
584
694
597
542
724538
458
546
436
598
6,720
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
123.5 107.9 106.4
1 3 2 . 5
1 1 9 . 2
1 0 9 . 0
145.6 107.8
91.8 108.1
87.4 119.6
1 3 5 7 . 9
1872.
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