EUROPEAN TROOPS, 18
72.
X I .
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS occupying the HILL STATIONS of the
BENGAL PRESIDENCY 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 .
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 .
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 .
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
... 2,295
102 44.4
2
...... . . . ...
1
. . . . . .
...... . . . ...
... ... ... ...
... . . .
...
. . .
...
1 ...
February
... 2,461
9 9 4 0 . 2
2
...... . . . ... . . . . . . . . .
... ... 1 ... ... . . . ...... . . .
. . . . . .
. . . ...
1
. . .
March
... 3,193
147 46.0
1 ...
... ...
. . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
. . . ... 1 ...
. . . ... ... ... ... ...
April
... 3,585
140 39.1 ...
...
... ... ... . . .
. . . . . .
... ...
. . .... ... ... ...... ... . . . . . .
. . . ... ... ...
May
...
4 , 2 3 8
191
4 5 . 0
5 ....
... ...
1 ... ... 1 ...... 1 ...... . . . 1 ...... . . . . . . ... ...
1
. . .
June
4,294 193 44.9
5
... ... ...
1
. . . . . . . . .
... ... 1 1 ... . . . ... ... ... ...
. . . . . . . . . 2 ...
July
... 4,290 214 49.9
6 ... 1
. . . 2
. . . . . . . . .
...... 2 ...... . . . ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ...
August
... 4,271
188
4 4 . 0 22 ...
17 ... 1
. . . . . . . . . ... ...
1 ...... . . . ...... ... ... ... 1 ...
1 1
September
... 4,255
179
4 2 . 1
9 ...
1 . . . 1
. . . . . . . . .
... ... ... 3 1 1
. . . ......1
. . . . . . . . .
... 1
. . .
October
... 3,622
145 40.0
7 ...
2 . . .
2
. . . . . . . . .
...... . . .
...1
. . . 1...... . . . . . . ... ... ... 1
November
... 2,228
83
37.3
1
... ... ...
. . . ... ...
. . .
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 ...
December
... 1,819
6 133.5
1 ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ...... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ...
. . . . . .
8
.., 1
... 10 2 2 ... 2 1 1 ... ... 1 ..
9 2
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year ... 3,379 145
4 2 . 9 61 18.06 6.22 ... 2.37
.59
... ... 2.96 .59 .59 ... .59 .30 .30 ...
. . .
.30 ... 2.66
. 5 9
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted during
t h e Y e a r
.
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.
Dengue
... ...
...
...
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . . ...
Cholera
...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . . ...
3
28
1
3 ...
...
35
1 0 . 4
60.00
Smallpox
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . . ...
...
Enteric Fever
...
. . .
. . . . . .
...
1 ...
2
1
1
2
. . .
...
7
2.1
100.00
Fever, Intermittent ...
1 7
1 3
15
20
44
29
35
17
22
12
12
12
248
7 3 . 4
. 4 0
„ Remittent
. . .
. . .
...
...
1
1
1 ...
...
1 . . .
. . .
4
41.7
.71
„ Continued
3
1
2
7
21
12
28
16
23
14
2
8
137
Apoplexy
... ...
. . . ...
...
. . . ...
...
...
...
1 . . .
...
1
.3
...
Delirium Tremens ... ...
...
2
. . .
2
1
. . .
1
1
1
. . .
. . .
8
2.4
. . .
Dysentery
...
4
3
1
2
13
17
11
6
5
7
3
3
75
22.2
13.33
Diarrhœa ...
20
13
21
18
22
37
68
64
17
10
4
5
299
88.5
. 6 7
Hepatitis
...
4
2
11
9
12
15
14
8
12
10
5
3
105
31.1
1.90
Spleen Disease
... ...
. . .
1 ...
2
1
1
1
1
2
. . . ...
9
2.6
...
Respiratory Diseases ...
19
26
27
24
39
17
14
13
16
20
17
14
246
72.8
. 8 1
Phthisis Pulmonalis.
. . .
1
1
1
1
1
4
1
4
2
. . .
2
18
5 . 4
5.55
Scurvy
...
. . .
. . . . . .
...
. . .
2
1 ...
...
...
...
...
3
.9
. . .
Rheumatism
28
16
18
15
25
17
32
13
24
14
4
10
221
65.4
. 6 6
Venereal Diseases
...
30
42
80
47
62
54
53
65
45
21
24
22
545
161.3
Eye Diseases
2
4
. . .
3
7
6
3
1
3
5 ...
...
34
10.0
Abscess and Ulcer
...
17
20
13
21
21
14
15
11
17
10
5
5
169
50.0
Wounds and Accidents ...
27
32
24
25
27
22
28
17
25
30
13
16
286
84.6
All other Causes
...
34
23
22
39
47
52
37
29
55
39
13
21
411
1 2 1 . 6
.
205
196 238
231
347
298 350
292 272
204
107
121
2,861
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
89.3 79.6
74.5
6 4 . 4 81.9
6 9 . 4 81.6
6 8 . 4 63.9
5 6 . 3 48.0
66.5
8 4 6 . 7