WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1876.
VI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the
MADRAS PRESIDENCY 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 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 P 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 .
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 .
A p o p l e x y . D e n t i t i o n .
C o n v i s i o n s .
M e n g i t i s a n d H y d r o - c e p h a l e s .
T a b e s M e s e n t e r i c a .
P h y t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
D y s e n t a e r y . D i a r r h œa .
A n æ 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 t h e r i a .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
J a n u a r y 2,873
33 11.5
4
1 . 4 0
2
2
February
2,820
33 11.7
9
3 . 1 9
1
4
2
1
1
March
2,858 44 15.4 10 3.46
3 1 1 2
3
April
2,898
55 19.0 23 7.93 2
3
3 7
2 3
1 2
May
2,892
51 17.6
2 1
7 . 2 6
1
1
3 4 4
5 1
1
1
June
2,928
53 18.1 11 3.76
1 1
2
3 2
1 1
July
2,941
75 25.5 21 7.14
1
1
5 5
2
2 1 2
2
August
2,940 80 27.2
3 2
1 0 . 8 8 5
1
4 4 1 3
2 7 1 2
2
September
2,963 52 17.5
1 3
4 . 3 9
1 4
3
1
3
1
October
2,984
52 17.4
9
3 . 0 2
1
2
1 1
1 2
1
November
3,016 39 12.9
3 .99
1
1
1
December
2,926
41 14.0
8 2.73
1 2
2 1 1 1
7
6 1
5
24 34 7 14 1 8 21 14 8 6
8
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
2,920
51 17.5 164 56.16 2.40 2.06 . 3 4
1.71
8 . 2 2 1 1 . 6 4 2.40 4.79 .34 2.74 7.19 4.79 2.74 2.06 2.74
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
N U M B E R O F A D M I S S I O N S I N T O H O S P I T A L I N E A C H M O N T H .
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.
Cholera
3
7
1 0
3 . 4
7 0 . 0 0
Smallpox
1
1
.3
Dengue
2
2
.7
Measles
4
44 14
15
14
4
4
22
6
127
43.5
4. 72
Hooping Cough
2
1
2
6
5
6
4
9
35
12.0
2. 86
Scarlet Fever
1
1
. 3
Enteric Fever
2
1
3
1.0
Intermittent Fevers
1
1
3
7
2
4
3
6
1
3
9
2
42
14.4
Remittent and Continued
Fevers
8 10
18
14
14
24
23
17
11
24
6
10
179
61.3
2. 80
Apoplexy
1
1
.3
Dysentery
3
6
9
4
3
9
13
8 10
5
3
73
25.0 10. 96
Diarrhœa
2
9
10
24
29
23
30
27
6
14
9
4
187
64.1 11.23
Hepatitis
1
1
2
6
2.1
Spleen Disease
2
2
. 7
Respiratory Diseases
9
9
11
11
11
11
10
11
12
23
15
11
144
49.3
9. 72
Eye Diseases
8
5
1
2
11
43
95
36 30
6
4
241
82.5
Anaemia and Debility
16
12
19
18
21
17
19
22
11
16
17
10
198
67.8
7 . 0 7
Tubercular Diseases
1
3
1
7
1
6
3
5
2
2
31
10.6 48.39
Meninoitis and Hydro-
'
cephalus
1
5
2
1
9
3.1 77. 78
Convulsions
1
5
3
9
5
3
3
7
5
6
1
2
50
1 7 . 1 68. 00
Dentition
8
3
17
11
20
7
14 17
8
7
12
7
131
4 4 . 9 18. 32
Abscess and Ulcer
2
8
5
3
15
3
5
5
3 10
1
1
61
20.93 . 1 0
Injuries
1
5
4
3
3
1
1
11
4
2
4
4
43
14.7
All other Causes
14
14
15
11
22
8
13
17
11
13
6
10
154
52.8
66 99 159 139 176 132 181 273 130 190 104 82
1,731
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
23.0 35.1 55.6 48.0 60.9 45.16 1 . 5
92.9 43.9 63.7 34.5 28.0
5 9 2 . 8