WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1871.
IV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the
BENGAL 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 .
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S .
C h o l e r a . S ma 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 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 .
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 œ 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
5,859
142
24.2
31
5.29 ... ... 1 1 1 1 1 ... ... 1
4 4 ... ... 1
2 7 3 4
. . .
February
5,871
143
24.3
22
3.75 ... ... ... 1 ... 1 ... ... ... 1
2 2 1
. . . 1
2 3
4 1
3
March
6,954
211
35.4
34
5.71 ... .. 2 5 2 1 5 ... ... 1
4 1 1 ... ...
6 2 1 1
2
April
6,030
260
43.1
51
8.46 ... ... 2 1 ... ... 6 1 ... 3 10 2 ... ... ... 12 7 2 1
4
May
6,033
395
65.5
75 12.43 1 ... 10 ... 2 2 4 ... 2 5
8 ... 2 ... 1 23 4 4 3
4
June
6,045
418 69.1
57
9.43 1 ... 9 1 ... ... 8 ... 1 7
8 5 3 ... 2
6 3
. . . ...
3
July
6,056
495
81.7
41
6.77 ... ... 3 1 ... ... 4 ... . . . 4
6 2 ... ... ... 12
6 3
. . .
. . .
August
6,092
476 78.1
78 12.80 ... ... 1 3 7 1 9 ... ... 10
3 3 4 ... 2 18 9 2 1
5
September
6,125
415
67.8
28
4.57 ... ... ... 1 ... 2 4 ... 1 1
1 1 1 ... 3
6 3 1 2
1
October
6 , 1 6 8
292 47.8
2 9
4.75... ...
. . . 1 ...
1 2 . . . . . . . . . 4 1 1
. . . 2
7 4 1 1
4
November
6,168 212
34.4
38 6.16 4 ...
1 ... ...
. . . 2
. . . . . . 4
3
. . . 3
. . . 1
6
6 4
. . . 4
December
6,118
160
26.1
30
5.88 ...
...
. . . 1 ...
. . . 1 ... ... 2
8 1 2 ...
. . . 8 4 3 1
5
6 ... 29 16 12 9 46 1 4 39 61 22 18 ... 13
1 0 8 58 28 15 35
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
6,039
302
50.0
520 86.11 1.00 ...
4 . 8 0 2 . 6 5
2.00
9 . 2 7
.66 6.46
1 0 . 1 0
3.64
2 . 9 8
... 2.15 17.88 9.61 4.64 2.48 5.79
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Tot al
Admitted
during
the Year.
Admi t t ed per 1, 000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
. . .
...
...
. . .
1
1 ...
. . . ...
...
7
. . .
9
1.5
6 6 . 6 7
Smallpox
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
...
1 ...
...
. . . . . .
3
. 5
. . .
Measles
6
16
5 0
35
1 0 4
91
31
10
2
2
1 8
3
368
60.9
7.88
Hooping Cough
15
11
16
10
10
14
12
27
15
4
8
21
1 6 3
2 7 . 0
9 . 8 2
Scarlet Fever
1
1
13
13
5
3
23
12 ...
...
...
...
71
11.8
1 6 . 9 0
Intermittent Fevers
39
29
35
54
84
58
61
86
73
77
69
38
703
116.4
1.28
Remittent and Continued
Fevers
18
18
33
37
76
42
60
71
59
38
34
20
506
83.8
9.09
Typhoid Fever
...
1
. . .
1
1
. . .
1
1 ...
...
...
. . .
5
.8
20.00
Heat Apoplexy
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
1
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . . ...
7
1.2
5 7 . 1 4
Dysentery
7
1
7
9
10
16
11
16
11
10
7
5
110
18.2
1 1 . 8 2
Diarrhœa
19
24
63
111
95
82
79
112
56
33
45
30
749
1 2 4 . 0
14.42
Hepatitis
1
2
1
2
1
1
2
1 ...
1
2
. . .
14
2 . 3 ...
Spleen Disease
4
1 ...
2
5
. . .
2
5
2
2
1
1
25
4.1
. . .
Respiratory Diseases
38
22
35
24
22
9
14
28
23
16
17
19
267
44.2
16.10
Eye Diseases
6
2
21
82
254
140
296
229
65
72
29
8
1,204
199.4
. . .
Anæmia and Debility
36
21
26
35
65
67
63
59
54
40
41
31
538
89.1
10.78
Tubercular Diseases
2
1
5
8
8
9
6
2
4
9
4
2
60
9.9
30.00
Meningitis and Hydro-
cephalus
5
3
1
1
2
6
2
3
2
1
. . .
1
27
4.5
81.43
Convulsion
3
4
4
11
11
7
6
5
2
5
5
7
70
11.6
87.14
Dentition
12
10
6
25
30
39
21
36
17
14
14
5
229
37.9
17.03
Abscess and Ulcer
3
3
5
5
10
5
8
11
10
12
5
5
82
13.6
7 . 4 6
Injuries
3
5
8
5
11
11
7
8
15
7
5
7
9
15.
All other Causes
11
36
45
29
33
24
26
25
15
24 17
10
295
48.9
230
211
374
500
841
626
731
748
426
36 328
213
5,597
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strengths in each Month.
3 9 . 3
3 6 . 0 62.8 82.9 139.4 103.5 120.7 122.8 69.5 60.4
5 3 . 0
3 4 . 8
926.8
1871.
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