WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1873.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS composing the ARMY of
INDIA during the Year 1873, 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 t h e Y e a r 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 .
E n t e r i c F e v e r .
F e v e r s , 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 .
H e a t A p o p l e x y .
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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i 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 .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a .
C h i l d b i r t h a n d A b o r -
t i o n .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January . . .
6,511
178
27.3
6
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
6,709
165
24.6
7
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
February . . .
6,732
212
31.5
6
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
March . . .
. . .
3
. . .
April . . .
6,723
263
39.1
17
. . .
2
. . .
1
. . .
2
. . .
1
2
3
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
1
May . . .
6,702
284
42.4
9
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
June . . .
6,675
295
44.2
8
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
3
July . . .
6, 650
281
42.3
15
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
3
1
1
4
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
August . . .
6,629
289
43.6
14
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
4
2
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
September . . .
6,592
331
50.2
18
. . .
3
. . .
2
. . .
1
. . .
1
1
1
4
1
1
. . .
2
1
October . . .
6,563
261
39.8
11
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
2
. . .
1
1
. . .
1
1
1
1
November . . .
6,522
192
39.4
8
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
December . . .
6,508
161
24.7
13
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
. . .
1
2
4
6
2
5
1
19
4
11
12
9
18
2
4
3
16
20
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year . . .
6,626
243
36.7
132
19.92
. 9 1
.30
3.77
.60
1.66
1.81
1.36
2.72
.30
.60
.45
2 . 4 2 3.02
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
A d m i t t e d
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
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
7
1.1
85.71
Smallpox . . .
1
1
. . .
9
3
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
15
2.3
13.33
Dengue . . .
8
6
2
1
1
. . .
3
. . .
2
6
. . .
. . .
29
4.4
. . .
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
2
. . .
1
. . .
3
. . .
1
1
11
1.7
45.45
Intermittent Fevers . . .
52
39
55
74
87
113
126
103
143
129
112
80
1,113
167.9
.09
Remittent and Continued
Fevers . . .
30
29
26
85
66
103
110
75
128
74
32
23
781
117.9
2.43
Heat Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
2
2
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
9
1.3
44.44
Dysentery . . .
13
9
13
25
13
14
22
26
39
26
15
12
227
34.2
4.84
Diarrhœa . . .
10
14
22
39
26
27
45
58
49
26
27
22
365
55.1
3.29
Hepatitis . . .
9
13
5
16
16
15
8
16
14
13
6
13
144
21.7
6.25
Spleen Disease . . .
. . .
1
3
3
1
2
1
3
2
3
1
. . .
20
3.0
. . .
Respiratory Diseases . . .
25
24
19
40
17
11
17
15
13
13
13
23
230
34.7
.87
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
6
4
8
3
9
3
6
5
3
4
5
4
60
9.1
30.00
Debility and Anæmia . . .
51
58
92
161
119
119
122
101
172
103
94
88
1,280
193.3
.24
Rheumatism . . .
11
9
10
12
14
8
16
12
16
10
4
7
129
19.5
. . .
Eye Diseases . . .
6
8
8
29
23
15
44
62
113
46
23
18
395
59.6
. . .
Childbirth . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . *
. . .
Abortion . . .
6
11
11
14
14
12
15
11
10
8
8
6
126
19.0
.80
Diseases peculiar to Wo
-
men . . .
21
20
18
28
26
25
26
14
21
18
15
12
244
36.8
2.25
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
12
6
8
14
10
18
28
22
20
11
6
12
167
25.2
Injuries . . .
7
2
6
6
8
10
9
8
2
5
3
3
69
10.4
All other Causes . . .
36
44
56
68
53
62
75
85
89
64
41
37
710
107.1
304
298
365
632
510
559
677
617
843
559
406
361
6,131
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
46.7
44.4
54.2
94.0
76.1
83.7
101.8
93.1
127.9
85.2
62.2
55.5
925.3
Childbirth is not reckoned as a cause of admission into hospital.