EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1875.
XIV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the DECCA.N and in NAGPORE
during the Year 1875, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
(The Garrison of Bombay 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 M 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 .
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S I N H O S P I T A L .
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 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 r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a m i a . W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
January
6, 792 378 55.7 4
1
1
1
1
February
6, 873 354 51.5 9
3 2
3 1
March
6, 914 318 46.0 6
1
1
1 2
April
7, 399 348 47.0 8
3
2
1
1
1
May
7, 411 355 47.9
5
1
1
1
2
June
7, 508 395 52.6 15
2 4
1 4 3
July
7, 751 453 58.4 10
1
1 1 2
3
2
August
7, 752 453 58.4 21
1 2
September
. . . 7, 718 423 54.8 11
1
1
2
2
1 2
1 1
October
7, 488 437 58.4 10
1
November
7, 213 421 58.4 15
December
7,411 375 50.6
1 1
3
1
15 1 10
2 2 6 4 10 2 20
2 6 11
2 20 8 8
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
7, 352 393 53.5
1 2 1
16.46 2. 04 .14 1.36
. 5 4 .82
. 5 4
1.36.27 2.72 .27 .82
1 . 5 0
.27
2 7 2 1.09
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMI SSI ONS I NTO HOSPI TAL I N EACH MONTH.
Total
Admi tted
duri ng
the Year.
Admi tted
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Di ed out
of each
hundred cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. Apri l . May. June. Jul y, Aug. Sept . Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
2
1 9 1
1 1
24
3.3 6 2 . 5 0
Smallpox
1
1
.1 100. 00
Enteric Fever
2
5 2 3 3 4 3
1 1
24
3.3 4 1 . 6 7
Fever, Intermittent
75 53 56 69 78 225 228 346 334 310 385 160
2, 319 315.4
„ Remittent
7 2 3 6 6 8 2 8 11 11 21 10
95 135. 9 .40
„ Continued
30 13 51 66 81 107 67 118 79 115 77 70
901
Apoplexy
1
1 1 2 1
1
2
13
1.8 4 6 . 1 5
Delirium Tremens
4 1 2 3 3 3 7 9 2 3 4 2
43
5.8
9 . 3 0
Dysentery
41 23 21 21 16 24 20 37 27 30 45 43
348
47.3 2 . 8 7
Diarrhœa
43 33 33 31 35 75 110 107 38 33 28 46
615
83.7 .33
Hepatitis
34 22 23 24 22 38 20 26 37 34 40 40
366
49.8 5 . 4 6
Spleen Disease
3 3 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 2 1 2
24
3.3
Respiratory Diseases
34 41 41 42 28 31 37 50 44 47 60 36
491
66.8 .41
Phthisis Pulmonalis
10 5 2 1 6 9 2 6 3 3 8 3
58
7.9 1 8 . 9 7
Scurvy Rheumatism
21 29 25 15 14 2 7 24 20 30
2 1
1 8 26
270
36.7
.43
Venereal Diseases
136 111 165 139 137 165 120 140 85 128 166 150
1, 612
223.3
Eye Diseases
4 6 11 8 17 15 14 16 8 12 52 8
131
17.8
Abscess and Ulcer
47 55 69 59 56 82 60 65 62 61 66 62
744
101.2
Wounds and Accidents
45 78 98 60 58 83 63 88 49 58 74 70
824
112.1
All other Causes
86 92 113 104 126 154 127 166 110 141 135 104 1,458 198.3
623 597 715 658 689 1, 055 913 1, 231 921 1, 010 1, 145 834 10, 394
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
91.7 86.9 103.4 88.9 93. 0 140. 5 117. 7 158.8 119. 7 134. 9 158. 7 112. 5
1 , 4 1 3 . 8
s