WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1871.
VI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the
MADRAS PRESIDENCY during the Year 1871, 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 .
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 a n d C o n t i - n u e d F e v e r .
T y p h o i d F e v e r . H e a t A p o p l e x y .
D e n t i t i o n . C o n v u l s i o n .
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
2,319
45
19.4
8
3.45
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
1 1 3 ... 2
1 ...
. . .
...
. . .
February
2,363
52
22.0
7
3.96 ... ...
. . . 1 . . .
... ...
. . . . . . 1
1 . . .
2
. . . . . .
1 ...
. . .
...
1
March
2,580
4 4 17.1
9
3.49 ...
. . . . . . ...
. . . ...
. . . . . . 1
3
2 1 ...
. . . . . . 1 ... 1 ...
. . .
April
2,609
58
22.2
13
4.98 ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . ...
1 1 3 1 ... ...
4
2 ... ...
1
May
2,573
81
31.5
21 8.16 3 ...
. . . . . . 1 ...
1 . . . . . . 1
8 1 ...
. . . . . .
1 5
. . .
...
. . .
June
2,607
83
31.8
15
5.76 1
...
1
... ... ...
2
... ...
2
3 1 1
... ...
2 1
...
1
...
July
2,622
72
27.5
9
3.43 ... ... ...
...
...
...
... ... ... 2
2 ... ...
...
2
2
...
1
... ...
A u g u s t 2,643
6 1 23.1
17 6.43 ...
...
1 2 ... ... 1 ... ... 1
3 ... 1
...
1
3 3
... ...
1
September
2,671
76
28.5
1 0
3 . 7 4
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
3
1 1 ... ... 1
1 ... 2 ...
1
October
2,578
66
25.6
8
3.10 ... ...
... ... ...
...
...
... ... 1
2
...
1
.. ... ... ... 2
2
... ...
November
2, 498
4 6 18.4
5
2 . 0 0
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... 1 1 ...
2
December
2,340
51
21.8
5
2 . 1 4
... ... ... ...
1
... ... ... ... ...
2
... ... ... ... ... ...
1
...
1
4 ... 2 3 2
...
5
...
1 15 26 8 9
...
6 16 14 8 1
7
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
2,534
61
24.1
127 50.12 1.58
...
. 7 9 1 . 1 9 . 7 9
1.97 .39 5.92 10.26
3 . 1 6
3.55 ... 2.37 6.31 5.53 3.16 .39
2. 76
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Tot al
Admitted
during
the Year.
Admitted
per 1, 000 of St rengt h.
Died out
of each
hundred
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
...
...
...
...
8
2
...
...
... ... ... ...
10
3.9
40. 0
Smallpox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ... ... ... ... ...
...
Measles
... ...
...
5
51
9
3
17
25
7
5
21
143
56.4
1. 4
Hooping Cough
...
1
4
3
3
4
3
...
...
4
3
13
38
15.0
8. 0
Scarlet Fever
... ...
...
2
4
2
...
...
... ...
...
3
11
4.3
18. 2
Intermittent Fevers
14
4
16
9
4
8
11
23
6
8
2
4
109
43.0
...
Remittent and Continued
Fevers
9
12
13
10
15
12
6
10
18
20
4
6
135
53.3
3.7
Typhoid Fever
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
Heat Apoplexy
...
...
1 ...
...
... ... ... ... ...
...
...
1
. 4
...
Dysentery
12
5
7
7
5
1 3
1 0
1 5
7
9
5
11
106
41.8
5.7
Diarrhœa
12
15
8
17
12
29
39
28
19
14
8
8
209
82.5
7. 7
Hepatitis
2
1
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . . ...
1
1
. . . . . .
7
2 . 8 ...
Spleen Disease
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
...
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
Respiratory Diseases
11
14
12
13
12
22
9
16
28
21
20
15
193
76.2
4 . 7
Eye Diseases
5
9
15
13
24
47
41
45
33
51
8
1
292
115.2
. . .
Anæmia and Debility
21
10
8
18
33
23
26
9
12
21
13
13
207
81.7
6 . 8
Tubercular Diseases
7
2
1
3
8
4
2
. . .
2
4
1
6
40
15.8
22. 5
Meningitis and Hydro-cephalus
1 ...
2
4
1
2
1 ...
2
. . .
. . . . . .
13
5.1
61. 5
Convulsion
3
1
3
1
9
4
3
5
2
2
1
1
35
13.8
74.3
Dentition
1
6
16
13
15
11
4
5
5
6
4
8
94
37.1
16.0
Abscess and Ulcer
2
2
4
5
7
2
5
4
4
2
. . .
4
41
16.2 3 . 6
Injuries
1
5
4
4
3
4
4
1
2
5
2
8
43
17.0
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s
6
6
12
20
9
5
7
8
5
13
10
11
112
44.2
107
93
126
147
224
204
174 186
171
188
86
133
1,839
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
46.1 39.3 48.8 56.3 87.1 78.3 66.4 68.5
64.0
7 2 . 9
3 4 . 4 56.8
7 2 5 . 7