EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1873.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of the BENGAL
PRESILENCY during the Year 1873, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
MONTHS.
A v e r a g e .
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 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 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 m i æ 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 . . . 36,431
1,784
49.0
40
1.10
. . .
. . . 1
1
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
. . . 3
. . . 11
5
6
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
4
. . .
February . . . 36,908
1,680
45.5
32
.87
. . .
1
1
...
2
. . . 1
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2 4
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 6
6
2
March . . . 37,216
1,758
47.2
35
.94
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
. . . 3
. . . 4
. . .
7
3
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 5
7
1
April . . . 36,929
1,947
52.7
43
1.17
. . .
3
9
. . .
1
2
. . . 1
2
. . . 2
. . .
6
4
6
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
2
4
May . . . 37,037
2,030
54.8
55
1.48
. . .
2 15
. . .
1
. . . 14
. . . 3
. . . 6
. . .
1
2
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 3
3
3
June . . . 36,986
2,160
58.4
57
1.54 2
2
6
1
3
. . . 20
. . . 2
. . . 4
. . .
. . . 3
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 3
6
2
July . . . 36,862
2,238
60.7
51
1.38
1
1
8
. . . . . .
2
7
. . . 2
. . . 6
. . .
2
5
5
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 7
1
3
August . . . 36,792
2,357
64.1
42
1.14
4
. . . 5
1
1
3
2
. . . 1
1
8
. . .
. . .
4 4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 5
2
1
September . . . 36,742
2,444
66.5
62
1.70 12
. . . 5
2
6
4
2
. . . 3
1 11
1
1
4
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 8
. . .
. . .
October . . . 36,537
2,225
60.9
56
1,53
3
. . . 2
1
6
3
1
. . . 5
1
9
. . .
. . . 7
6
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 5
5
2
November . . . 36,003
1,975
5.48
53
1.47 11
. . . 3
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
6
. . .
6
6
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
8
. . . 2
December . . . 34,959
1,816
51.9
38
1.09
. . .
. . .
1 . . . . . .
. . . 2
. . . 2
1 3
. . .
6
5
6
. . .
1
. . .
1
7
2
1
33
1 0 56
7 28 16 50
2 29
51 66
1 42
5 2
4 4
1
1
. . .
2
60 38
2 1
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . .
36,617
2,040
55.7
564
15.40 .90 .27 1.53
1.39
1.37
. 05
.79 .14 1.80 03 1.15
1 . 4 2
1 . 2 0
.03
.03
. . .
.05 1.64 1.04 .57
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.
Dengue . . .
10
2
1
. . .
1
. . .
22
2
. . .
2
1
. . .
41
1.1
. . .
Cholera . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
4
2
10
14
3
15
1
51
1..4
64.70
Smallpox . . .
2
10
6
30
16
3
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
70
1.9
14.29
Enteric Fever . . .
9
3
8
23
23
8
16
11
19
11
6
7
144
3.9
38.89
Fever, Intermittent . . .
775
446
476
952
942
907
1,042
1,147
1,723
1,797
1,603
1,104
12,914
352.7
. . .
" Remittent . . .
24
25
31
61
38
48
81
39
177
109
69
23
7 2 5
163.4
.73
" Continued . . .
128
145
285
711
550
615
736
627
821
354
178
106
5,256
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
2
7
20
44
32
6
6
1
1
. . .
119
3.2
42.02
Delirium .Tremens . . .
5
9
8
9
6
6
8
12
8
9
6
7
93
2.5
2.15
Dysentery . . .
69
54
68
97
6 5
59
74
105
181
112
90
89
1,063
29.1
2.73
Diarrhœa . . .
117
68
110
183
123
136
218
295
235
114
116
105
1,825
49.9
.27
Hepatitis . . .
121
120
129
162
160
158
220
175
224
148
110
121
1,848
50.5
3.57
Spleen Disease . . .
15
20
28
17
27
29
38
19
26
26
21
29
295
8.1
34
Respiratory Diseases . . .
296
300
318
427
208
185
233
218
204
167
227
308
3,091
84.4
1.36
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
19
19
22
23
13
37
44
29
39
24
34
20
323
8.8
13.62
Scurvy . . .
. . .
. . .
2
2
1
4
2
1
3
. . .
2
3
20
.6
5.00
Rheumatism . . .
192
173
171
201
189
200
211
187
227
147
135
1.4.4
2,177
59.5
.54
Venereal Diseases . . .
568
572
589
649
494
496
565
459
465
338
334
587
6,116
167.0
Eye Diseases . . .
52
41
70
99
62
59
48
60
85
57
34
62
729
19.9
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
240
211
249
307
190
267
333
259
308
190
211
198
2,963
80.9
Wounds and Accidents . . .
305
282
302
365
232
222
272
191
252
205
202
273
3,103
84.7
All other Causes . . .
415
416
485
641
539
545
782
605
776
464
390
399
6,457
176.3
3,362
2,916
3,360
4,972
3,900
4,032
4,982
4,457
5,793
4,278
3,785
3,586
49,423
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
92.3
79.0
90.3
134.6
105.3
109.0
135.2
121.1
157.7
117.0
105.1
102.6
1349.8