1875.
9A
WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1875,
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the
BENGAL PRESIDENCY during the Year 1875, 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 .
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l c r n . 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 r i c 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 a n d C o n t i n u e d f e v e r s .
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 u 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 c n t o 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 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
. . . 7,071
167
23.6
20
2.83 ... ... 2 1 ... ... ... 1
. . .
. . . 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2
1 2
3
February
... 7,245
155 21.4
2 3
3 . 1 7 . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 5 1 . . . . . .
4 2 5 1 ...
March
... 7,249 182
25.1
3 7
5 . 1 0 . . . . . . 8 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 1 1 ... 1 5 2
3 1
3
April
... 6,959
254
36.5
55
7.90 1 ... 3 ... ... ... 2 3 1 5
9
4 1
. . . 1 12 10
2 1
. . .
May
... 6,905
275 39.8
43
6.23 1 ... 4 2 ... ... ... ... 1 8
3 2 2 ... 1 8 5
1 3
2
June
6,960
287 41.2
51
7.33 2 ...
9 ... ... ...
. . . 7 2 3
8 1 1 ... 2 10 3
2 2
2
July
... 6,956
309 44.4
66
9.49 17 ... 4 2 ... ... ... 3
. . . 4 10 1 2 ... 1 15 5
1 ...
1
August
... 6,987 348 49.8
58
8.30 12 ... 1 ...
. . . ... 1 3 2 10
4 ... 1 ... 4 14 1
2
2 1
September
7,060 371
52.5
66 9.35 13
. . .
...
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ... 6
7 ... 2 ... 2 20 5
4 . . . 3
October
... 6,987
315 45.1
42 6.01 5 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 2 1
9 ... ... ... 4 7 6
3 . . . 4
November
... 7,061
227 32.1
4 6
6 . 5 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 9 3 3
3 1 2 ... 3 13 5
3 1 ...
December
6,764
120 17.7
31
4.58 ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... 2 1 1
7 1 2 ... 1 3 8
3 1 ...
51 ... 33 6 ... ... 3 33 12
4 5 75 11 15
. . . 20 117 54 I30 14 19
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
.
For the year
... 7,017
251
358
538 76.67 7.27 ...
4 . 7 0 . 8 6 . . . ... 5 . 1 3
5.13 1.71 6.41 10.69 1.57 2.14 ...
2 . 8 5
1 6 . 6 7 7.70 4.28 2.00 2.71
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
Admi
t t e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
Died out
of each
hundred
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee.
Cholera
... ...
...
...
1
1
2
24
14
18
6 ...
...
66
9.4
77.27
Smallpox
. . .
. . . ...
...
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. 3 ...
Dengue
...
...
...
. . . ....
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
Measles
...
27
67
61
37
59
12
38
22
6
. . .
4
5
450
64.1
7.33
Hooping Cough
...
13
8
9
12
14
20
30
4
1
1
1
. . .
113
16.1
5.31
Scarlet Fever
... ...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
...
...
..
. . .
. . . ...
...
Enteric Fever
...
1
. . .
. . . ...
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
. 1 ...
Intermittent Fevers ...
31
18
32
61
57
87
58
72
65
97
128
60
766
109.2
. 3 9
Remittent and Continued
Fevers
...
22
15
44
52
4 4
6 8
51
58
53
63
63
18
551
78.5
5 . 9 9
Apoplexy
... ...
...
1
3
1.
4
1
2
. . .
2
3
1
18
2.6
66.67
Dysentery ...
4
2
13
13
8
12
15
27
21
30
9
9
163
23.2
12.27
Diarrhœa
...
22
22
73
104
64
52
107
169
9 4
51
62
21
841
119.9
13.91
Hepatitis
... ...
1 ...
1
2
. . . ...
2
1
1 ...
...
8
1.1
. . .
Spleen Disease
...
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
4
2
3
2
27
3.8
Respiratory Diseases ...
35
43
47
24
39
36
16
37
43
30
42
33
425
60.6
10.35
Eye Diseases ...
4
1
52
126
73
33
130
225
221
160
52
19
1,096
156.2
. . .
Anæmia and Debility ...
47
37
59
53
63
61
51
65
52
57
62
54
661
94.2
8.17
Tubercular Diseases ...
4
6
1
5
7
4
3
4
8 ...
4
4
50
7.1
30.00
Meningitis and Hydro-
cephalus
... ...
1
1
7
2
2
2
. . .
1
1
1
1
19
2.7
57.89
Convulsions
...
3
7
8
13
7
11
12
5
11
15
8
7
107
15.2
70.09
Dentition
...
7
6
16
22
27
42
18
33
24
17
20
15
247
35.2
18.22
Abscess and Ulcer
...
6
2
7
6
16
14
11
18
9
8
7
4
108
15.4
1 . 1 8
Injuries
...
7
2
12
8
8
9
10
14
12
8
7
2
99
14.1
All other Causes
...
11
30
28
20
26
30
18
28
24
20
25
12
272
38.8
247
271
466
571
520
613
596
801
668
569
501
267
6,090
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
34.9
37.4 64.3 82.1 75.3 88.1 85.7 114.6 94.6
81 . 4 71.0 39.5
867.9