EUROPEAN TROOPS , 1875.
III.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of the MADRAS
PRESIDENCY during the Year 1875, 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 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 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 m 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 . He 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 .
January
11,377 749 65.8 15 1.32
1
1
1
3
3
4
2
February
11,014 665 60.4 19 1.73
1
4
5
1 5
1
2
March
11,144 543 48.7
6
. 5 4
1
1
2 1 1
April
11,148 582 52.2
6
. 5 4
1
1
1
1
1 1
May
11,099 624 56.2 15 1.35
1 1 2
4
1 1
2 2 1
June
11,126 672 60.4
11
. 9 9
2
2
1
2
4
July
11,080 673 60.7 15 1.35 2
1
2
3
1 2
2
2
August
11,059 640 57.9
1 3 1.18 1
1 3
2 1
1 1
3
September
11,038 656 59.4
2 2 1.99
1
1 3
1 5
3
1 3
4
October
11,014 639 58.0 17 1.54 1
1
2
7
2
1
3
November
10,828 550 50.8
1 6 1.48
1 2
1
5 1
3
2 1
December
10,570 535 50.6
9 .85
1
4
1 1
2
4
7
2 2 8 2 16 1 35
2 22 14
2 19 20 8
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
11,041 627 56.8 164 14.85 .36
.63
.36 .72 .18 1.45 .09 3.17 .18 1.99 1.27
.18 1.721.81 .72
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 cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March, April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct Nov. Dec.
Cholera
1
2
1
1
2
7
.6
57. 14
Smallpox
3
3
.3
Enteric Fever
4
4
4
3
4
2
1
1
23
2. 1
30. 43
Fever, Intermittent
43
47
59
40
54 130
6 2 99 115 106
47
32
834
75. 5
" Remittent
4
5
1
10
6
1 1
2
39
120. 8
.30
„ Continued
75
76
97 104 105 139 138 143
113 112 115
78
1,295
Apoplexy
1
1
1
1
5
3
3
5
1
1
1
23
2. 1
3 4 . 7 8
Delirium Tremens
5
3
6
1
6
2
6
2
3
5
6
2
47
4. 3
4. 26
Dysentery
78
56
71
41
41
85
59
80
64
60
63
57
758
68. 7
2. 11
Diarrhœa
53
41
42
38
59
72
94
78
37
28
27
41
610
55. 2
. 1 6
Hepatitis
74
67
60
58
67
78
67
83
68
62
65
36
785
71. 1
4. 46
Spleen Disease
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
12
1. 1
Respiratory Diseases
48
54
41
34 36
35
38 41
31
47
27
55
487
44. 1
.41
Phthisis Pulmonalis
17
13
10
5
3
10
7
13
9
9
12
10
118
10. 7
11. 86
Scurvy Rheumatism
30
36
33
27
2 0
40
28
25
26
30
27
25
3 4 7
31.4
. 6 0
Venereal Diseases
244 186 295 220 189 231 169 169 141 155 166 138
2,303
208.6
Eye Diseases
5
8
8
3
10
26
21
22
17
19
14
7
160
14. 5
Abscess and Ulcer
90
93 104 110 100 128
92
87
79
58
64 64
1,069
96. 8
Wounds and Accidents
77
91 112
88
67 101
66 109
67
67 106
80
1,031
93. 4
All other Causes
2 1 0
160 190 184 192 230 196 251 188 179 175 146
2,301
208.4
1,059 938 1,132 973 964 1,325 1,052 1,215 961 940
917 776
12,252
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
93.1 85.2 101.6 87.3 86.9 119.1 94.9 109.9 87.1 85.3 84.7 73.4
1 , 1 0 9 . 7