EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1876.
VII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the DINAPORE, BENARES,
OUDH and OAWNPORE DISTRICTS during the Year 1876, 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 .
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 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 s .
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
. . . 7,012
377
53.8
6
...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 . . .
...
. . .
1
1
1
. . . . . . ...
. . . 2 ...
February
... 7,206
457
63.4
4
...
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
...
. . .
..
1
. . . . . . . . . ...
. . . 2 1
March
... 7,412
487
65.7
9
...
1
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
. . . ... 1 2 ... ... ... 2 1 1
April
... 7,576
508 67.1
14
...
5
. . .
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 ...
. . .
...
1 2
. . . . . . ...
1 . . . 1
May
... 7,551
533
70.6
15
...
3
. . .
5 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 1 . . . ...
. . .
...
2 . . . . . . . . . ...
. . . . . . 1
June
. . . 7,503
565
75.3
25
...
5 ...
5 . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 1 . . . 2
. . .
...
. . . . . . . . . . . . ...
. . . . . . 3
July
... 7,486
543 72.5
6
... ... ...
1 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . ...
. . .
...
. . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... 1 ...
August
... 7,450
503
67.5
18
...
8
. . .
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 2
. . .
...
2 1
. . . . . . ... ... 1 2
September
. . . 7,441
548
73.7
13
...
1 ...
3
. . . 1
. . . 1
. . . 2
. . . 1
. . .
... 1
. . . . . . . . . ...
. . . 3 ...
October
... 7,396
620
83.8
4
...
. . . . . . ... ...
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
. . .
...
1 1
. . . . . . ... ...
1 ...
November
. . . 7,165
557
77.7
8
...
... ...
2 1
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 1
. . .
...
. . . 1
. . . . . . ...
. . . . . . ...
December
. . .
7,486
468
62.5
10
...
. . .
. . .
2 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
2 ... ... ...
1
. . . . . . ...
. . . 1 2
23
. . .
21 1 3 ... 17 ... 1 11 1 9 ... 1 10 9 ... ... ... 3 12 11
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
. . . 7,390
514
69.6
132 17.86 3.11 ... 2.84
. 5 4
2.30 ... 1.49 .13 1.22 ... .13 1.35 1.22 ...
. . . ... .41 1.63 1.49
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
Admit ted
per 1,000 of Strength.
Died out
or each
hundred
cases treated.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Dengue
...
...
...
. . .
...
5
37
5
...
186
345
36
5
619
83.8
...
Cholera
...
...
. . .
1
9
2
6
...
13
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
35
4.7
65.71
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
. . . ...
...
. . .
. . .
...
Enteric Fever
...
...
1
1
5
17
11
2
2
4
1
4
5
53
7.2
39.62
Fever, Intermittent ...
39
61
74
104
120
97
113
107
184
171
102
73
1,245
168.5
. . .
, , R e m i t t e n t
...
1
. . .
1
3
5
4
11
6
3
4
1
2
41
151.4
.27
„ Continued
...
26
53
43
101
233
182
113
68
63
72
84
40
1,078
Apoplexy
...
...
...
2
1
3
36
11
1
2
1
...
...
57
7.7
29.82
Delirium Tremens
. . .
2
2
2
2
4
1
2
. . .
2
2
3
3
25
3.4
...
Dysentery
...
12
11
12
20
19
14
13
43
35
28
34
18
259
35.0
4.25
Diarrhœa
...
19
26
41
46
26
22
29
92
54
33
22
33
443
59.9
.23
Hepatitis
...
13
30
34
28
42
36
44
53
41
42
37
40
440
59.5
2.05
Spleen Disease
...
1
4
3
2
8
3
5
10
3
6
3
5
53
7.2
...
Respiratory Diseases ...
46
68
67
54
50
26
38
35
29
52
34
49
548
74.1
.18
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
3
7
6
4
4
2
1
4
8
12
5
9
65
8.8
13.85
Scurvy
. . . ...
...
. . .
. . .
1
. . . ...
1
. . .
...
. . .
2
4
. 6
. . .
Rheumatism
...
30
49
36
3 4
30
30
36
60
31
53
39
42
470
63.6
.42
Venereal Diseases
...
229
327
263
198
213
142
148
165
126
191
130
167
2,295
310.6
Eye Diseases
...
8
8
13
16
17
13
5
16
19
18
12
6
151
20.4
Abscess and Ulcer
...
46
69
73
42
68
9 1
83
66
67
63
38
51
757
102.4
Wounds and Accidents ...
40
81
89
68
60
53
52
63
53
75
63
81
778
105.3
All other Causes
...
73
101
114
116
148
153
152
174
146
166
114
111
1,568
212.2
588
898
875
853 1,075
959
859
979 1,060 1,335
76l
742
10,984
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
83.9 124.6 118.1 112.6 142.4 127.8 114.8 131.4 142.5 180.5 106.2 99.1
1486.3
1876.