EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1872.
XIV.
•
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the DECCAN and in NAGPORE
during the Year 1872, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
(The Garrison of Bombay, drawn chiefly from Regiments serving in the Deccan, is included in this Statement.)
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 .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
CAUSES OP DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
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
... 7,720
407
52.7
8 ...
... ...
2
. . . 1 ...
. . . . . . 1 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . .
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
. . .
February
... 7,750
375 48.4
1 ...
... ...
...
. . . . . .
...
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
. . .
March
... 8,201
373
45.5
6 ...
... ...
1 ... ... ...
1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
. . .
April
... 8,650
466 539
10 ...
... 2
2 . . . . . .
...
1 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
. . .
May
... 8,622
468 54.3
15 ...
... 2
2 . . . . . .
2
8 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ...
June
... 8,668 470
54.2
13 ...
2 ...
. . . . . . . . .
1
4 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
1
July
... 8,652
419
48.4
1 5 ...
6 ...
. . . . . . . . .
1
2 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 2
. . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 2 ...
August
... 8,636
498
57.7
17 ...
1 ...
3 . . . . . .
...
. . . . . . 5 . . . 2 . . . 1 2
. . . . . . ... ... ...
2 1
September ... 8,614 553
6 4 . 2
21 ...
... ...
7 . . . . . .
...
. . . . . . 8 . . . 1 . . . . . . 3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 . . .
O c t o b e r . . .
8,515
522
61.3
21 ...
... ...
2 . . . 2 1
. . . 1 4 . . . 7 . . . . . . 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 2
November
... 8,185
457
55.8
9 ...
1 ...
1 . . . . . .
...
. . . . . . 2 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . .
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ...
December
... 7,469
425
56.9
12 ...
... ...
1 . . . 1 ...
. . . . . . 5 . . . 2 . . . . . . 2
1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
For the year ...
10 4 21 ... 4 5 16 2 27 ... 22 ... 2 13 7 ...
1 . . . ... 10 4
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
8,307
453
5 4 . 5 148 17.81 1.20 .48 2.53
1 . 0 8
1.93 .24 3.25 ... 2.65 ... .24 1.57 .84 ...
. 1 2 ... ... 1.20 .48
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.
D e n g u e . . . ...
...
243
456
150
103
77
45
67
42
5
3
1,191
1 4 3 . 3
...
Cholera ... ••• ...
. . . ...
1
. . .
2
7
1 ...
...
2 ...
13
1.6
76.92
Smallpox ...
3
1
4
6
4
. . .
1 ...
. . .
...
...
...
19
2.3
21.05
Enteric Fever
...
3
2
3
6
4
1
3
6
11
6
2
4
51 I
6.1
41.18
Fever, Intermittent ...
92
60
56
80
102
65
79
122
302
534
293
222
2,007
241.6
. . .
„ Remittent
...
14
10
12
7
. . .
. . .
1
3
4
7
11
5
74
152.8
.71
„ Continued
...
44
41
82
163
164 167
101
100
87
104
98
44
1,195
Apoplexy
..
1
. . .
1
5
13
13
3
. . . ...
...
1 ...
37
4.5
43.24
Delirium Tremens
...
3
2
3
3
. . .
3
2
3
1
3 ...
. . .
23
2.8
8.70
Dysentery
. . .
36
24
11
22
31
35
64
93
96
85
62
74
633
76.2
4.27
Diarrhœa
...
2 6
19
23
31
43
31
148
133
61
54
26
66
661
79.6
. . .
Hepatitis
...
24
15
16
15
10
17
16
30
33
50
29
43
298
35.9
7 . 3 8
Spleen Disease ... ...
2
2
6
2
1
6
. . .
. . .
2
. . . ...
21
2.5
...
Respiratory Diseases ...
74
62
52
45
34
31
37
28
32
46
32
35
508
61.1
. 3 9
Phthisis Pulmonalis ..
4
3
3
3
6
9
6
7
6
18
2
6
73
8.8
9.59
Scurvy
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
. . . ...
...
...
2
.2
...
Rheumatism
..,
34
19
26
51
66
40
40
42
36
39
21
21
435
52.4
Venereal Diseases
...
144
131
130
1 4 4 100
79
121
113
94
113
86
133
1,388
167.1
Eye Diseases
...
18
10
9
21
12
14
17
27
21
11
3
4
167
20.1 .50
Abscess and Ulcer
. . .
65
57
73
112
96
94
83
73
62
61
68
58
909
109.4
Wounds and Accidents ...
54
75
64
78
56
51
71
46
47
55
44
55
696
83.8
All other Causes
. . .
95
05
111
127
113
106
115
117
106
109
79
87
1,237
148.9
734 598 931 1,382 1,006
862
999
990 1,060 1,346
864
860
11,638
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
95.1 772 113.5
1 5 9 . 8 116.7
99.4 115.5 114.6 123.8 158 . 1
1 0 5 . 6
115.1
1 4 0 1 . 0