WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS , 1872.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS composing
the ARMY of INDIA during the Year 1872,
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 .
Me 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 s .
E n t e r i c F e v e r .
I nt er mi t t ent Fever s .
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 s .
H e a t A p o p l e x y .
Dent i t i on.
C o n v u l s i o n s .
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 mo 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 .
Al l o t h e r Ca u s e s .
January
... 11,338
256
22.6
37
3.26
...
1 5 ... ... ... ...
1 ... 3
5
1 1 ... 1
3
7
4
2
3
February
... 11,337
261
23.0
3 1
2.73
. . .
1 3
. . .
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
1
7
1 1 ...
. . .
4
5
6
1
1
March
... 11,775
280
23.8
59
5.01
...
2
9 ...
2
. . . ... 3 ... 4
6
3
2 ...
2
5
8 8 ... 5
April
... 11,730
369
31.5
93
7.93
2 1 4
. . . 1 2 ...
8 1 6
1 6 8 3 ...
2
18
9 3 ... 9
M a y
... 11,757 495
42.1
122
10.38
9
1 1 1 1
. . . ... 10 1 8
24 7 8 1 3
21
16 2 3 5
June
... 11,756 500
42.5
83
7.06
. . . . . .
2 ...
2
. . . ...
8 1 5
16 3 1 1 5
18
8 8
. . . 5
July
... 11,810
547
46.3
117
9.91
8 ...
2 ... ...
1 ... 9 ... 6
15
3
3
1 11
21
23
5
4. 5
August
... 11,783
742
63.0
193
16.38
54 ...
1 ... ... ... 5 5 ... 25
20 1 6 ... 5
49
13
5
1 3
September... 11,732
752
64.1
159
13.55
30
. . . ...
. . .
...
. . . 1 12 ... 19
19 5 9 ... 7
30
14
5
2 6
October
... 11,664
584
50.1
119
10.20
13 ... ...
. . . ...
2 ... 10 ... 9
23
2
4 ...
3
2 4
1 4
5
5
4
November
... 11,677
429
36.7
67
5.74
2 ... ...
1 ... ... 3 7 ... 3
12
3
3 ...
3
1 4
8
1
3
4
December
... 11,518
286
24.8
75
6.51
. . . ... ... ... ...
. . . 1 3 ... 3
8 1 5 ... 2
15
1 6 8
6 7
118 6 27 3 6 5 10 76 3 92 171 38 46 3 44 i 222 141
6 0 27 57
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
. . . 11,657
459
39.4
1,155* 99.08 10.12 .51 2.32 .26 .51
7.81
.26 7.89 14.67 3.26 3.94 .26 3.77 19.04 12.10 5.15 2.32 4.89
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
treated.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Cholera ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
13
...
13
73
33
18
2
. . .
154
13.2
76.62
Smallpox ...
3
5
2
7
3
...
1
. . .
...
...
. . .
. . .
21
1 . 8
28.57
Dengue
7
. . .
26
114
105
80
160
8 0
172
84
34
16
878
75.3
. 91†
Measles
...
84
69
101
33
21
28
19
3
5
3
. . .
6
372
31.9
7.26
Hooping Cough ...
7
7
1
11
6
3
3
3
. . .
5
4
1
51
4.4
5.88
Scarlet Fever ...
3
11
4
2
. . .
2
. . . ...
...
...
1
23
2.0
26. 09
Enteric Fever
...
2
. . .
1
5
. . .
1
1
1
3
2
. . .
. . .
16
1.3
33.33
Intermittent Fevers
...
53
38
40
59
64
48
69
136
171
355
224
121
1,378
118.2
.73
Remittent and Continued
Fevers
. . .
19
32
66
95
100
126
9 8
92
154
219
134
80
1,215
104.2
6.25
Heat Apoplexy
. . .
...
2
2
2
2
. . .
1
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 1
. 9
2 7 . 2 7
Dysentery
...
16
9
12
30
28
20
39
50
56
2 9
1 7
1 6
322
2 7 . 6
1 3 . 6 6
Diarrhœa
...
58
34
62
163
144
102
204
278
207
1 1 4
6 3
5 5
1 , 4 8 4
1 2 7 . 3
1 4 . 9 6
Hepatitis
...
. . .
1
2
1
4
. . .
1
. . .
2
1
2
1
1 5
1 . 3
2 0 . 0 0
Spleen Disease ...
...
. . .
...
1
4
. . .
1
1
1
3
2
1
14
1 . 2
. . .
Respiratory Diseases ...
38
49
50
52
39
31
46
47
63
79
35
5 1
5 7 3
4 9 . 2
15.18
Eye Diseases
...
17
16
10
118
166
79
2 5 2
4 8 8
2 3 1
1 4 5
3 0
1 0
1 , 5 6 2
1 3 4 . 0
. . .
Anæmia and Debility ...
71
49
58
99
103
125
154
135
115
1 7 6
1 0 6
8 8
1 , 2 7 9
1 0 9 . 7
1 1 . 0 3
Tubercular Diseases ...
3
3
8
10
21
9
11
14
10
12
9
5
115
9.9
42.61
Meningitis and Hydro
cephalus
...
1
1
3
11
8
6
6
5
5
4
6
1
57
4.9
66.67
Convulsions.
6
7
11
24
31
1 8
20
24
23
33
14
14
25
19.3
76.00
Dentition...
13
9
27
39
36
36
33
70
6 0
4 1
1 7
2 0
4 0 1
3 4 . 4
2 2 . 9 4
Abscess and Ulcer
...
6
5
8
18
21
25
25
12
16
1 4
8
1 0
1 6 8
1 4 . 4
Injuries...
12
14
20
13
12
15
18
11
10
18
9
12
164
14.1
5.31
All other Causes
...
48
55
60
61
39
36
50
3 2
4 4
4 0
3 3
3 6
534
45.9
467
414
574
970
970
792
1,224
1,556
1,383
1,388
749
545
11,032
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
41.2
36.5
48.7
82.7
82.5
67.4
103.6
132.1
117.9
119.0
64.1
47.3
9 4 6 . 4
* Excluding 35 deaths, w hich ich appear in the Regimental Returns, of stillborn children and premature children who survived their birth for a short time,
† Eight deaths of children were returned under the head of Dengue.
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