WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1872.
VII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the BOMBAY
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 t h e Y e a r p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
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 .
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 .
H e a t A p o p l e x y .
Dysentery.
D i a r r h œ a .
H e p a t i t i s .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i 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 .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a . C h i l d b i r t h a n d A b o r t i o n .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
1,323
20
15.1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
...
1 ...
...
...
February
1,296
31
23.9 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
...
March
1,342
33
24.6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
April
1,359
43
31.6
4
...
1
1 ...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
May
1,348
51
37.8
10
... 5
. . .
...
. . .
1 ...
...
1 ...
2
. . .
... ...
...
1
June
1,339
59
44.1
7
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
5 ...
. . .
1 ...
...
1 ...
...
...
July
1,330
56 42.1
4
. . .
2
. . . ...
. . .
. . . ...
...
. . . ...
1
. . .
...
. . .
1
. . .
August
1,328
59
44.4
3
. . .
1 ...
...
...
...
...
...
1 ...1
. . .
...
. . .
. . . ...
September
1,323
68
51.4
7
. . .
...
. . .
1 ...
1 ...
1
1
1 ...
. . .
1 ...
...
1
October
1,316
53
40.3
3
...
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
2
1 ...
...
...
...
...
...
November
1,286
45
35.0
5
...
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
1 ...
2
. . .
. . ....
. . .
...
. . .
2 ...
December
1,212
31
25.6
...
...
...
. . . ...
...
...
...
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
1
1 ...
3
5
3
6
3 5
. . .
3
. . .
3
2
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
1,317
46
34.9
44 33.41 6.83 .76
3 . 0 4
3.79 2.28 4.56 2.28 3.79 ... 2.28 ... 2.28 1.52
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
hundre d treated.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Cholera
...
. . .
...
1
5
. . .
2
1
. . .
...
...
...
9
6.8 100.00
Smallpox
...
1 ...
2
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
2 . 3
33.33
Dengue
...
...
9
31
24
3 8
48
18
7
7
16
6
204
154.9
.49
Enteric Fever
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
1
...
...
...
1
.8
...
Intermittent Fevers
16
14
1 1
32
15
20
25
33
68
96
40
41
411
312.1
...
Remittent and Continued
Fevers
10
7
11
11
6
12
12
5
13
18
12
5
122
92.6
2.46
Heat Apoplexy
1
...
...
...
...
5
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
6
4.6
83.33
Dysentery
1
...
. . .
1
5
2
2
6
10
5
3
1
36
27.3
8.33
Diarrhœa
3
2
3
10
6
7
17
8
3
8
8
7
82
62.2
7.32
Hepatitis
. . .
2
. . .
1
3
1
2
1
4
1
...
1
16
12.1
18.75
Spleen Disease
...
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
2
1.5
...
Respiratory Diseases
2
4
2
4
3
3
3
3
7
4
4
1
40
30.4 ...
Phthisis Pulmonalis
1
...
3
2
2
3
2
1 ...
...
2
1
17
12.9
29.41
Debility and Anæmia
8
8
10
9
19
24
20
15
17
16
12
15
173
131.4
...
Rheumatism
3
1
3
2
5
1
7
2
3
4
2 ...
33
25.1
...
Eye Diseases
2
...
...
1
1
1
1
16
13
2
3
3
37
28.1 ...
Childbirth
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
Abortion
1
...
2
1
3
4
2
2
2
. . .
3
1
21
15.9 ...
Diseases peculiar to
Women
2
3
2
4
4
5
5
6
6
3
2
3
45
34.2
1 . 7 0
Abscess and Ulcer
4
6
3
2
2
5
3
2
1
2
. . ...
30
2 2 . 8
Injuries
...
2
2
3
. . .
3
3
2
1
2
2 ...
20
15.2
All other Causes
9
12
15
14
21
12
14
16
9
6
8
5
141
107.0
63
62
77
131
124
146
168
131
165
174
117
91
1,449
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
47.6 47.8
57.4
96.4
92.0 109.0 126.3
98.7 124.7 132.2
91.0
75.1
1 1 0 0 . 2