EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1871.
IV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of the BOMBAY
PRESIDENCY during the Year 1871, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
M o n t h s
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 h t
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 e a t h s 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 .
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 .
E n t e r i c F e v e r .
A p o [ ; 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 .
Re s p i r a t o r y Di s e a s e s .
H e a r t D i s e s e s .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
D r o s p 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
10,223 517 50.6
14 1.37
. . . ... ... 1 ...
2
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 ... 1
2
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1 1
. . .
February
10,874 511 47.0
15 1.38 ...
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1 1 ...
1 ...
4
. . . ...
1
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2 . . .
. . .
March
10,223 526 51.4
13 1.27 ... ... ...
. . . ...
1
. . .
. . .
2 ...
3 ... 1
2
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 2 1 . . .
April
11,079 569 51.4
11
. 9 9 ...
. . . ...
. . . ...
...
2 ...
. . . ...
4
. . . ...
1
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . . . . .
May
11,023 595 54.0 12 1.09 ...
. . . ... ... ...
1 2 1 ... ...
2
. . . ...
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
1
June
10,952 657 60.0
11 1.00
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1
4
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
July
10,980 701 63.8
14 1.28 ... ... ... 1 ...
1 1 1
4
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
1 ... ... ... ...
1
1 1
2
August
10,980 683 62.2
8
. ' 7 3 ...
...
. . . ...
. . .
1 1 ...
1 1
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
. . . . . .
September
10,970 631 57.8
15 1.37 ... ... ... 1
. . .
4 ... 1
1 1
4
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
. . .
October
10,921. 613 56.1 18 1.65 ...
. . . ... ... 2
3
1
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
... ...
4
1 ... 1 ... ... 3 2 1
November
11,011
604 54.9
12 1.09
. . .
. . . 1 2 ...
... ... 2 ...
1
1
. . . ...
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
1
December
10,852 486 41.8
9
83
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
1
. . . 1 6 4
16 13 6
10 3
20 ... 3
14 16 ... 1 ... 3 20 9
6
For the year
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
10,840 592 51.6 152 14.02
. 0 9 ...
1.01
1.48 1.20 .55 .92 .28 1.85 ... .28 1.29 1.48 ... .09 ... .28 1.84 .83
. 5 5
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONSI N T O H O S P I T A L I N E A C H M O N T H .
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
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
. . .
. . .
2
'2
50.00
Smallpox
. . .
...
...
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
Fever, Intermittent
401
250
330
291
474
550
644
681
530
652
422
307
5,532
510'3
. . .
,,
Remittent
24
17
7
20
52
82
35
13
11
20
14
10
305
181.3
.46
„ Continued
44
29
121
128
270
159
259
170
110
173
141
53
1,660 181. 3
. 4 6
Enteric Fever
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
6
5
. . .
3
25
2.3
64.00
Apoplexy
3
1
1
3
6
13
4
1
2
1
. . .
2
37
3.4
35.13
Delirium Tremens
8
3
7
3
1
1
5
16
6
10
6
1
67
6.
8.96
Dysentery
21
15
24
12
13
16
26
42
23
17
19
20
251
23.2
3.59
Diarrhœa
46
42
33
44
46
52
69
98
62
65
45
40
649
59.2
.47
Hepatitis
55
28
44
31
41
33
43
44
50
43
45
21
482
44.5
4.15
Spleen Disease
4
2
2
4
2
9
4
11
10
5
6
3
62
5'7
...
Respiratory Diseases
81
66
84
67
51
57
45
51
31
42
41
41
660
60.9
.45
Phthisis Pulmoualis
12
12
8
5
9
5
10
9
9
7
2
12
100
9.2
16.00
Scurvy
2
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
. . .
.\46
. . .
5
.5
20.00
Rheumatism
58
36
40
47
54
62
67
63
50
59
4 6
30
612
56.4
Venereal Diseases
172
157
160
17.3
176
139
143
174
133
169
148
147
1,891
174.4
Eye Diseases
22
18
22
35
37
24
21
20
31
22
18
10
292
26.9
Abscess and Ulcer
98
71
64
93
151
87
58
98
58
95
61
75
1,009
93.1
. 5 4
Wounds and Accidents
78
63
75
79
125
74
67
73
78
93
89
84
978
90'2
All other causes
131
119
104
146
148
157
203
391
119
151
126
111
1,839
169.7
1,271
931
1,129
1,183
1,658
1,522
1,704
1,895
1,323
1,629
1,232
974
16,451
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
124.3
85.6
110.4 106.8 150.4 139.0
155.2
172.6
120.6
149.2 111.9
89.7
1517.6