EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1874.
IV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of the BOMBAY
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 .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
CAUSES
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
S u i c i d a l De a t h s .
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 .
Di a r r hœa .
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 .
Scurvy.
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a . Wo 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 . . .
10,892
557
51.1
9
. 8 3
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
2 . . . 1
. . .
1
. . .. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 2
February . . .
11,509
549
47.7
9
. 7 8
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
1 . . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2 2
1
March . . .
10,767
531
49.3
8
. 7 4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
1 . . . 2
2
. . .
. . .. . . . . . 1
1 . . . . . .
April . . .
10,558
491
46.5
9
. 8 5
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
1
1
. . .
. . .. . .
. . .. . . . . . . . .
1
. . .. . . . . . . . .
1 3
. . .
May . . .
10,613
462
43.5
10
. 9 4
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .. . .
3 . . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . .. . . . . . . . .
1 2
1
June . . .
10,577
502
47.5
1 1
1 . 0 4.
. .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
6
. . .
. . .. . .
2 . . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . .. . . . . . . . .
3 . . . . . .
July . . .
10,575
6 1 2
57.9
11
1.04
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
1
. . . 1
5
. . .. . . . . . . . .
1 . . . . . .
August . . .
10,569
6 3 3
59.9
1 0
. 9 5
. . .
. . . 3
. . . 1
. . . 2
. . .
. . .. . .
. . .. . . . . .
. . .
2
. . .. . . . . . . . .
2 . . . . . .
September . . .
10,520
623
59.2
1 1
1 . 0 5
. . .
. . .
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1 . . .
2 . . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .. . . . . . . . .
. . . 2
. . .
October . . .
10,513
6 8 6
65. 2
13
1. 24
. . .
. . . 3
1
2
. . .
. . .
. . . 1 . . .
1 . . . . . .
1
1
. . . 1
. . . . . .
1 1
. . .
November . . .
10,276
586
57.0
5
. 4 9
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .. . .
3 . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
December . . .
8,978
486
54.1
6
. 6 7
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .. . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .. . . . . . . . .
. . .
2 . . .
2
. . . 14
1
6
1
1 2
. . . 6 11 18 . . .
6 11
4
. . . 1
1 1
12 14
2
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
Per the year . . .
10,529
560
532
112
10.64
.19
. . . 1.33
. 7 6
1.14
. . . .57 1.04 1.71 . . . .57 1.04 .37
. . . .10 .10 .10
1 . 0 4
1. 33
.19
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Addmitted
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 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
.3
66.67
Smallpox . . .
1
. . . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
.4
. . .
Enteric Fever . . .
1
. . .
5
1
1
1
1
10
7
2
2
1
32
3-0
43.75
Fever, Intermittent . . .
123
145
300
136
125
107
319
309
564
542
387
286
3,523
334.6
. . .
Remittent . . .
5
6
. 4 5
40
13
13
25
25
53
77
18
13
333
104 . 5
.64
" C o n t i n u e d . . .
46
36
107
83
56
57
62
63
86
87
53
31
767
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
1
2
3
1
70
3
2
3
2
. . .
1
28
2.7
42.86
Delirium Tremens . . .
5
2
5
5
5
5
6
5
6
3
2
5
54
5.1
. . .
Dysentery . . .
19
15
15
11
14
18
24
25
34
27
20
28
250
23.7
2.40
Diarrhœa . . .
2 5
22
33
21
30
38
99
45
39
26
71
3 1
480
45.6
. . .
Hepatitis . . .
23
36
57
36
49
44
55
44
51
29
50
32
506
48.0
3.56
Spleen Diseas . . .
4
8
5
9
9
9
10
5
8
13
2
4
86
8.2
. . .
R e s p i r a t o r y D i s e a s e s . . .
134
97
80
32
29
37
61
41
40
31
45
51
678
64.4
88
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
5
8
5
3
6
6
9
5
6
6
6
6
71
6.8
5.63
scurvy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 2
. . .
. . .
4
.4
25.00
Rheumatism . . .
4 0
67
69
. 4 0
38
51
51
6 0
45
32
33
48
574
54.5 .37
Venereal Diseases . . .
100
182
213
130
139
1.46
174
128
163
127
121
115
1,798
170 8
Eye Diseases . . .
25
20
30
20
19
20
23
20
22
9
14
6
228
2 1 . 7
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
101
9 4
113
73
95
114
120
98
105
7
7 3
9 9 1,168
110.9
Wounds and Accidents . . .
100
87
105
6 6
83
88
111
6 6
83
83
100
9 8
1,070
101.6
All other Causes . . .
125
119
169
114
193
132
193
197
216
156
130
141
1,885
179.0
1,032
945
1,358
825
907
988
1,356
1,148
1,531
1,329
1,127
996
13,542
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
94.8
82.1
126.1
78.1
85.5
93 4
128.2
108.6
145.5
126.4
109.7
110.9
1286.2