EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1872.
X.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the PUNJAB during
the Year 1872, 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 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 .
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S I N H O S P I T A L .
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
... 13,172
6 3 4 48.1
24 ...
... 3 2
. . . . . . . . .
...... 1 ... 2 16
22
. . .
... ... ...
1
4
February
.., 12,695
6 3 2 49.8
13 ... ... 1 ... . . . 2 1 ...... ... ... 1 ...3
...... . . . . . .
...1
2
2
March
.., 13,178
594
45.1
6
. . . ... 1 ... . . . . . . . . .
2 ... 1 ... 1 ...... ...... . . . . . .
.....
. . . 1
April
... 12,352
5 4 5 44.1
11
. . . 1
. . .
... . . . . . . 1 ...... 1 ... 1 ...... 31
. . . . . .
...... 1
2
May
... 11,314 573
5 0 . 7 22 ... 3
. . .
5
. . . 2 . . .
1 1 2 ... 1 ...1
2... . . . . . . ... ...
1
3
June
... 11,118
628
56.5
30 ... ... . . .
6
. . . 1 . . .
12... 1 ... 1 ...... 32
. . . . . . 1 ...
2
1
July
... 11,051
601
54.4
26
. . . 8
. . .
7
. . . . . . . . .
1 ... 1 ... 3 ...2
11
. . . . . .
...1
. . . 1
August
... 10,974
674
61.4 114 ...
9l
. . . 4
. . . 1 4
6 ... 3 ... 2 ...... ... 1
. . . . . .
......
. . . 2
September
... 10,849 763 70.3
47
. . .
18
. . . 5
. . . 5 . . . 3 ... 4 ... 4 ... 1 3 1 ... ... ... ...
2 1
October
... 11,565
845
73.1
69
. . . 45 ... 3 ... 4
. . . ... ... 4 1 2 ... 1 2 2 ... ... ... ... 1
4
November
... 12,746
915
71.8
18 . . . 2
. . .
1
1 3 . . .
...... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... . . . . . . . . . ... ...
3
2
December
... 14,402
849 58.9
13 ...
. . .
. . . ... ... 2 ... ... ...
2 ... 2 ... 2 1 2 ...
. . . ... ...
1
1
168 5 33 1 20 6 25 1 23 1 22 1 17 17 12 ... ... 1 2
14 24
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year ... 12,118
688
56.8 393 32.43 13.86
. 4 1 2.72
2 . 2 3
2.06 .08 1.90 .08 1.82 .08 1.40 1.40 1.00 ... ... .08 .17 1.16 1.98
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 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
9
69
3
81
6.7
. . .
Cholera ...
. . . ...
. . .
1
3 ...
8 143
18
61
...
..
234
19.3
71.80
Smallpox...
4
4
2 1
. . .
2
3 ...
. . . ...
...
1
17
1.4
29.41
Enteric Fever
3
2
1
8
10
6
5
6
4
1
1
47
3.9
70.21
Fever Intermittent
157
100
114
147
125
140
161
312
575 1,1 8 7 1,236 926
5,180
427.5
. 0 2
„ Remittent
9
8
2
18
30
43
46
90
345 497
247
133
1,468
326.7
. 6 6
„ Continued
53
59
66
154
256
318
287
321
451
321
148
57
2,491
Apoplexy
...
. . .
. . .
2
1
1
27
5
12
3
1
1
. . .
53
4.4
47.17
Delirium Tremens
2
2
1
6
7
2
5
7
8
9
6
6
61
5.0
1.64
Dysentery...
14
10
9
23
32
19
32
42
82
63
37
27
390
32.2
5.90
Diarrhœa ...
43
28
25
79
65
50
89
212
113
112
51
52
919
75.8
. 1 1
Hepatitis ...
36
42
36
45
37
67
73
50
65
71
71
57
650
53.6
3.38
Spleen Disease
7
14
2
5
2
5
5
7
2
12
9
11
81
6.7
1.23
Respiratory Diseases ...
156 100
79
73
58
47
73
69
43
81
111
126
1,016
83.8
1.67
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
9
5
3
7
5
9
7
6
10
13
12
17
103
8.5
11.65
Scurvy
...
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
5
. 4
. . .
Rheumatism
77
64
56
55
37
41
56
38
49
50
61
60
644
53.1
. 4 6
Venereal Diseases
407
215
254
354
151
149
120
104
85
128
103
158
2,228
183.9
Eye Diseases...
22
17
22
25
30
19
19
33
45
34
18
16
300
24.8
Abscess and Ulcer
121
70
71
71
67
72
115
55
59
78
77
8 0
936
77.3
Wounds and Accidents... 116
82
136
113
92
97
71
63
78
8 0
84
125
1,137
93.8
All other Causes...
1 4 2
115
124
177
148
226
254
214
188 207
193
178
2,166
178.7
1,379
937 1,004 1,357 1,154 1,343 1,436 1,783 2,225 3,019 2,535 2,035
20,207
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
104.7 73.8 7 6 . 2
109.9 102.0 120.8 1 2 9 . 9
162.5 205.1 261.0 198.9 141.3
1 6 6 7 . 5