EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1875.
XIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in RAJPOOTANA, MALWA,
SIND and ADEN during the Year 1875, 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 .
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S I N H O S P I T A L .
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
5,198 254 48.9 4
1
1
1
1
February
6,515 243 44.1 4
1
1
1 1
March
6,216 270 43.4 11
1
1 1
1
2 1 1
2 1
April
5,949 296 49.8
6
1
1 3
1
May
5,871 284 48.4 13
4
4
1
1
2 1
June
5,773 277 48.0 19
6
2
1
7
1
2
July
5,731 299 52.2 8
1
1
1
2 1
1
1
August
5,611 329 58.6 30
2 4
1
1
2 1
September
5,585 383 68.6 18
1
5 1 2
1 2
1
1
3 1
October
5,613 351 62.5
6
1
1
1
1
1 2
November
5 , 1 9 1 282 54.3 4
2
1
1
December
4,789 217 45.3 5
1
1
1 1
1
37 11 1 6 3 17 2 5
10
6 3 5
1 12 9
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
5 , 5 8 7 290 51.9 128 22.91 6.62 1.97 1 . 7 9
3 . 0 4 . 3 6 .89
1.79 1. 07 . 54 .89
.18 2. 15 1.61
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.
A p r i l . May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Chol era
9
7 1 31
4
1
53
9.5 69.81
Smallpox Enteric Fever
2
2
2
1
2
3
2
14
2.5 78.57
Fever, Intermittent
138 125 122 108 115 158 144 196 258 255
2 3 4 101
1,954
349.7 .05
„ Remittent
6
7 12
4
5 17
6 33 33 30 32 28
213
126.0 1.28
„ Continued
8 14 41 50 42 57 36 58 99 38 26 22
491
Apoplexy
3
6 12 22
1
4
5 1
1
55
9.8 30.91
Delirium Tremens
4
1
1
3
2
3
4
6
2 3
29
5.2 6.90
Dysentery
2
4 11 13
9
6 14 40 13 11 12
7
142
25.4 3.52
Diarrhœa 17 12 35 35 18 17 27 87 40 14 12 13
327
58.5
Hepatitis
13 18 23 15 10 22 22 23 23 21 14
8
212
37.9 4.72
Spl een Di sease
4
5
5
8
9
2
9
2
2
4
4
54
9.6
Respiratory Diseases
32 53 53 34 19 27 36 30 16 21 23 20
364
65.1 1.65
Phthisis Pulmonalis
5
3
3
1
1
3
3
5
3
1
5
2
35
6.3 14.29
Scurvy
1
1
1
3
.5
Rheumatism
21 19 31 25 27 23 25 35 26 18 15 13
278
49.8 . 47
Venereal Di seases
93 84 98 82 59 68 58 70 42 46 65 53
818
146.4
Eye Diseases
6
6 21 13 13 10 12 17 19 18 10 10
155
2 7 . 7
A b s c e s s a n d U l c e r 30 37 74 55 53 83 51 75 51 43 58 29
639
1 1 4 . 4
Wounds and Accidents 42 37 57 64 50 68 52 60 45 48 58 59
640
1 1 4 . 6
All other Causes
46 54 77 79 66 107 73 97 72 65 77 39
852
1 5 2 . 5
467 478 669 595 522 699 574 870 760 638 645 411
7,328
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
89.8 86.7 107.6 100.0 88.9 121.1 100.2 155.1 136.1 113.7 124.3 85.8
1 , 3 1 1 . 6