EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1874.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of INDIA 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 .
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 .
S u i c i d a l D e 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 .
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 s .
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 .
J a n u a r y . . . 58,444 2,951
50.5
6 0
1.03
. . . . . . 2
. . . 1 4
. . . ... 8 1 12 1
6 6
3
1
. . . . . . . . . 5
9 1
February ... 59,121 3,005
50.8
56
. 9 5 . . . 1 3
. . . ... . . . 1 ... 4
. . . 1 6 . . . 4
6 6 . . .
. . . 1
. . . 7
6 1
March ... 60,163 2,848 47.3
58
. 9 6
1 1 3
. . . 2
. . . 1 ... 4
. . . 6 . . . 4 9 4
. . . . . . . . . 2 9 8 4
April ... 59,122 3,068
51.6
57
. 9 6
1 2 10
. . . 1 1 4 2 6
. . . 9 . . . 1
4 2
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
7 5 2
May ... 59,652 3,208
53.8
62
1 . 0 4 1 . . . 10
. . . 2 1 10 ... 3
. . . 10 . . . . . . 3 5
. . . . . . . . . 1 7 7 2
June ... 59,584 3,366 56.5
76 1.27 2 2 12
. . . 8
. . . 16 1 4
. . . 7 . . . . . . 4 3
. . . . . . . . . 1 10 5 1
July ... 59,440 3,682
6 1 . 9
86 1.45 5 1 10
. . . 6 . . . 13 2 5
. . . 11 . . . 2 16 4
. . . . . . .
. . . . . . 7 1 3
August ... 59,347 3,995 67.3
68
1.15
. . . . . . 13
. . . 4 3 5 1 5
. . . 11 . . . 1
6 4
1 . . . . . . . . . 9 4 1
September ... 59,237 3,937 66.4
98
1.66 1
. . . 23 2 4
4 3 1 10 . . . 12 . . . 1 6 7
. . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7 3
October ... 58,792 3,869
65.8
57
. 9 7 . . . . . . 8 1 2
. . . 1 1 11
. . . 9 . . . 2 6 4
. . . 1
. . . . . . 6 4 1
November ... 59,558 3,644 61.2
67
1.18
. . . . . . 4 2 2 . . . . . . ... 7
. . . 18 . . . 4 3 7
. . . 1
. . . . . . 11 5 3
December ... 58,936 3,339
56.6
61
1.03 . . . 1 3 1 ...
. . . 2 ... 6 1 7 . . . 6 5 12
. . . . . . . . . . . . 6 10 1
11 8 101
6 32 13 56 8 73 2 1 2 8
1 31 74 61 2 2 1 4 98 71 23
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year ... 59,308 3,409 57.5
806 13.58 .18 .14. 1.70
.86
. 9 5
. 14
1.23 .03
2 . 1 6
.01 . 5 2 1.25
1.03
1 . 0 3
.03 .01 .07 1.65 1.20 .39
CAUSES
O F A D M I S S I O N S .
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
Admittd ed
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. A pril.May. June. July. A u g .
Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera ...
. . .
. . .
2
1
2
2
4 . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
12
.2
91.67
Smallpox ...
2
1
6
17
8
8
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
44
.8
18.18
Enteric Fever ...
10
9
15
25
21
20
29
34
3 9
14
10
17
243
4.1
41.56
Fever, Intermittent ...
940
693 891
816
9 6 6 1,192 1,602 1,839 2,763 2,487 2,015 1,479
17,683
298.2
. . .
" Remittent . . .
26
24
59
58
52
7 8
1 0 9
1 2 6
2 0 1 161
5 6
35
985 163. 5
. 4 6
" Continued ...
217
228
564 767
995 1,022 1,092
887 1,035 683
726 498
8,714
Apoplexy ...
1
3
13
13
23
28
36
6
11
4
2
3
143
2.4
39.16
Delirium Tremens ...
12
9
14
16 12
13
2 4
15
2 5
21
9
11
181
3.1
4.42
Dysentery ...
160
147
146
159
151
143
257
228
281
185
150
165
2,172
36.6
3.36
Diarrhœa ...
137
119
225
2 2 2 224 226 535
366
318
179
205
163
2,919
49.2
.07
Hepatitis ...
210
230
235
1 9 5
2 4 0 242 329
305
367
266 266 256
3,141
53.0
4.08
Spleen Disease ...
18
35
22
2 0
30
26
30
33
22
30
3 6
5 0
3 5 2
5 . 9
.28
Respiratory Diseases ...
496
458 558
389
355
321
386 303
357
307
396
574
4,9 0
82.6
.63
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
35
29
36
22
27
28
56
4 6
6 6
41
51
58
495
8.3
12.32
Scurvy ...
2
. . .
. . .
3
1
4
3
2
1
2
1
3
22
.4
9.09
Rheumatism ...
2 7 6 310
358 282
246 316 377
329 347
284 243
344
3,712
62.6 . 4 6
Venereal Diseases ...
1,107 1,027 1,257
968 835 823 1,028
765 952
769
8 2 2
1 , 0 7 7
11.430
192.7
Eye Diseases ...
76
82
130
125
82
99
148
1 4 9 133
64
69
6 4
1,221
20.6
Abscess and Ulcer ...
38
428
542
451
461
520
6 0 1 490
511
342 366 415
5,510
92.9
Wounds and Accidents ... 454 432
580
423
467
417
496 347
467
423
446
6 5 9
5,602
94.5
All other Causes ...
614
662
869
8 0 0 950
915 1,266 1,088 1,223
913
849
890
11,039
186.1
5,176 4,926 6,522 5,772 6,148 6,443 8,409 7,358 9,120 7,175 6,719 6,752
80,520
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
88.6
83.3 108.4
97.1 103.1 108.1
1 4 1 . 5
124.0 153.9
1 2 2 . 0
112.8 114.6
1 3 5 7 . 7
1874.
1 A.