WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS , 1872 .
IV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in 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 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 m a 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 .
E n t e r i c F e v e r s .
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 .
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 s .
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
... 6,335 157 24.8
19
3.00 ...
1 2 ... ... ... ... 1 ...
1
3 ...
1
. . .
. . .
1
3 1 2
3
February ...
6.433 163 25.3
1 3
2 . 0 2
. . .
. . .
1
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1 1
1
...
. . .
2
1 5 1 ...
March
... 6,613 161 24.3
19
2.87 ...
1 2 ... ... ... ...
1 ...
1
3 ... 1 ...
2
1
2
5
. . .
. . .
April
6,617 254 38.4
55
8.31
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
6
1
4
9 3 2 ... ... 13
6 2 ...
6
May
6,620 354 53.5
79
11.94
4 1 1 1 1 ... ... 7 ...
6
11 6 6 ... 1
19
10 1 3
1
June
6,623 347 52.4
55
8.30
. . .
. . . 2
. . . 2
. . .
. . . 7 1
3
8 2 1
1 3
12
6 4 ...
3
July
6,626 362 54.6
65
9.81
8 ...
2 ... ...
1 ...
6
. . .
2
4 2 1 1 7
11
14 2
2
2
August
6,597 502 76.1
140
21.07
54
. . . 1
. . . ...
. . .
. . . 1
. . . 21
17 1 3
. . . 3
25
9
4
. . .
1
September
6,540 525 80.3
115
17.59
28 ... ...
. . . . . .
. . .
1
7 ...
17
11 2 6 ... 5
22
10 2 1
3
October
6,516 387 59.4
82
12.58
13 ... ... 1 ... ... ... 8 ...
5
15 1 3
. . . 1
14
8 5 4
4
November
6,610 305 46.1
44
6.66
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
1
6
. . .
3
7
1
1
...
2
10
4 1 2
4
December
6,589 210 31.9
5 5
8 . 3 5
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
3
6 ... 4 ... 2
13
13 7 2
3
109 3
1 3 2 4 1 2 52 2
66
95 19 30 2 26 143
86 39 17
30
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
6,560 311 47.4
741 112.95 16.61 .46
1 . 9 8 .30 .61
8.39
.30 10.06 14.48 2.904.58 .30 3.96 21.80 13.11 5.94 2.59 4 . 5 8
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
treated.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
C h o l e r a
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
6
. . .
13
73
31
18
2
. . .
143
21.6
76.60
Smallpox
2
1
1
3
1 ...
. . .
...
...
. . .
...
8
1.2
37.50
Dengue
. . .
...
5
40
25
5
5 7
46
137
76
29
10
430
65.6
...
Measles
2 9
39
41
25
18
28
19
...
1
1
...
4
205
31.3
6.34
Hooping Cough
1
4
1
9
6
3
1
2
...
5
. . .
1
33
5.0
6.06
Scarlet Fever
. . .
7
2
2
. . .
2
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
13
2.0
30.77
Enteric Fever
1
. . .
1
2
. . .
1
1
. . .
1
1
...
...
8
1.2
12.50
Intermittent Fevers
34
17
19
37
40
29
38
74
69
194
154
59
764
116.5
.26
Remittent and Continued
Fevers
10
11
22
55
49
85
73
68
125
167
106
62
833
127.0
6.24
Heat Apopl exy
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
2
. . .
1
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
8
1.2
25.00
Dysentery
8
3
8
17
17
10
18
29
34
18
11
9
182
27.8
14.28
Diarrhœa
25
9
35
114
89
55
113
179
142
73
33
39
906
138.1
15.78
Hepatitis
. . .
1
1
1
2
. . . ...
...
2
1
1
1
10
1.5
...
Spleen Diseases
. . .
. . . ...
1
4
. . .
1
. . .
1
2
2
1
1 2
1 . 8
. . .
Respiratory Diseases
23
34
26
30
26
15
22
22
25
33
17
27
300
45.7
1 8 . 6 7
Eye Diseases
4
8
6
103
152
56
135
257
102
64
13
4
904
137.8
. . .
Anæmia and Debility
47
28
36
69
53
81
99
96
86
126
66
65
852
129.9
10.10
Tubercular Diseases
3
1
4
7
14
3
6
7
5
8
4
4
66
10.1
48.48
Meningitis and Hydro-
c ephalus
...
1
...
6
7
3
4
4
2
3
3
...
33
5.0
57.58
Convulsions
3
1
4
12
13
9
4
18
13
25
8
10
120
18.3
79.17
Dentition
3
2
18
20
21
23
20
56
44
21
17
11
256
39.0
25.78
Abscess and Ulcer
2
2
1
5
10
13
11
8
11
6
4
5
78
11.9
7.32
I n j u r i e s
3
6
13
9
7
8
9
5
6
11
6
5
88
13.4
All other Causes
25
17
20
35
17
23
24
16
19
20
16
12
244
37.2
223
192
264
604
578
4 5 4
668
961
858
873
492
329
6,496
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
35.2
29.9
39.9
91.3
87.3
68.5
100.8 145.4 131.2
134.0
74.4
50.0
990.1