WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1874.
IV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the
BENGAL PRESIDENCY during the Year 1874, 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 i n e a c h M o n t h .
D e a t h - r a t e o f e a c h M o n t h p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x .
M e a s l e s .
H o o p i n g C o u g h .
S c a r l e t F e v e r .
E n t e r i c F e v e r .
I n t e r m i t t e n t F e v e r s .
R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n - t i n u e d F e v e r s .
H e a t A p p o p l e x y .
Dent i t i on. Convul s i ons .
M e n i n g i t i s a n d H y d r o - c e p h a l u s .
T a b e s M e s e n t e r i c a .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
D y s e n t e r y .
D i a r r h œ a .
A n æ m i a a n d A t r o p h y .
B r o n c h i t i s a n d P n e u - m o n i a .
C r o u p a n d D i p h t h e r i a .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January . . .
6,737
168
24.9
24
3.56
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . . 1
1
. . . 1
3
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
1
3
8
2
2
February . . .
6,766
173
25.6
1 1
1 . 6 3
2
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .. . .
4
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . 1
2
1
. . .
March . . .
6, 856
162
23.6
3 5
5 . 1 1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 2
8
1
2 . . .
1
8
4
7
. . .
1
April . . .
6,898
235
34.1
48
6.96
. . .
. . .
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .5
6
3
1
1
5
12
6
1
1
1
May . . .
6,923
274
39.5
40
5.78
. . .
. . . 8
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
1
2
5
. . .
1 . . .
2
9
4
. . .
1
3
June . . .
6,929
298
43.0
3 4
4 . 9 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
. . .5
3
1
1 . . .
. . .
9
7
1
2
1
July . . .
6,994
377
53.9
52
7.43
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
3
2 11 12
2
1 . . .
1
12
4
2
. . .
1
August . . .
7,009
423
60.3
64
9.13
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
6
. . . 9
8
. . .
3 . . .
3
16
7
4
2
5
September . . .
7,033
325
46. 2
33
4.69
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1
2
. . . 5
4
1
3
1
. . .
8
1
4
. . .
2
October . . .
7,082
289
40.8
16
2.26
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
3
. . . 1
2
1
1 . . .
2
2
. . .
. . .
2
1
November . . .
7,146
244
34.1
33
4.62
. . .
. . . 3
. . .
. . . 1
2
1
. . . 3
7
1
1 . . .
3
2
4
1
. . .
4
December . . .
7,066
215
30.4
38
5.38
. . .
. . . 6
2
. . .
. . . 2
. . .
. . . 5
5
1
. . . . . .
. . .
5
3
2
4
3
2
. . . 23
3
. . . 2
9 26
3 49 67
11 15
2 17
84 44
32
15
24
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year . . .
6,953
265
38.1
428
61.56 .29
. . . 3.31 .43
. . . .29
5.03 .43 7.05 9.64 1.58 2.16 .29
2 . 4 4
1 2 . 0 8
6.33
4 . 6 0 2.16 3.45
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
treated.
Jan.
Feb.
March. April.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Cholera . . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
. 4
66.67
Smallpox . . .
9
. . .
5
1
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
17
2.4
. . .
Dengue . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Measles . . .
6
68
59
99
37
12
2
. . .
2
5
9
138
457
65.7
5.03
Hooping Cough . . .
9
. . .
5
3
7
9
16
5
6
. . .
5
18
83
12.0
3.61
Scarlet Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
.3
. . .
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
1
. . .
6
. 9
33.33
Intermittent Fevers . . .
34
15
16
31
69
53
83
83
138
141
133
70
866
124.6
1.04
Remittent and Continued
Fevers . . .
12
10
34
66
95
89
82
94
109
101
85
54
831
119.5
3.13
Heat Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
3
1
1
1
1
. . .
8
1.1
37.50
D y s e n t e r y . . .
2
5
6
14
14
7
14
14
16
8
3
3
106
15.3
16.04
D i a r r h œ a . . .
15
10
25
62
66
51
93
86
59
26
23
32
553
79.6
15.19
Hepatitis . . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
.4
. . .
Spleen Disease . . .
. . .
2
2
1
1
5
. . .
2
1
. . .
1
3
18
2.6
. . .
Respiratory Diseases . . .
43
31
47
30
25
21
32
33
39
30
23
38
392
56.4
12.00
Eye Diseases . . .
8
6
18
96
58
124
471
330
115
27
36
16
1,305
187.7
. . .
Anæmia and Debility . . .
51
47
51
51
65
66
82
50
74
58
85
55
735
105.7
6.00
Tubercular Diseases . . .
1
. . .
5
6
3
3
5
5
8
3
3
2
44
6.3
38.64
Meningitis and Hydro-
cephalus . . .
. . .
1
2
6
2
. . .
2
1
. . .
2
1
1
18
2.6
61.11
Convulsions . . .
6
4
12
10
8
4
13
9
6
8
10
96
13.8
69.79
D e n t i t i o n . . .
16
5
7
24
35
24
39
46
31
16
24
26
293
42.1
16.72
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
5
3
7
4
12
13
11
15
18
11
14
8
121
17.4
4 . 3 8
Injuries . . .
11
10
7
8
11
8
11
7
10
14
5
10
112
16.]
All other Causes . . .
10
28
30
18
34
38
30
29
26
32
21
19
315
4 5 . 3
238
247
339
533
547
527
995
812
661
483
503
499
6,384
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
35.3
36.5
49.4
77.3
79.0
76.1
142.3
115.8
94.0
6 8 . 2
70.4
70.6
918.2
1874.
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