WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1872.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS composing the ARMY of
INDIA 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 .
F e v e r s , I n t e r m i t t e n t .
F e v e r s , R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n t i n u e d .
H e a t A p o p l e x y .
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 .
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
6,579
158
24.0
13
...
...
...
1
. . . . . . ...
3
1 ...
2
1
1
2
2
. . .
February
6 , 5 6 9
185
28.2
7
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . . 2 ...
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
...
. . . 1
1
1
March
6,766
179
26.4
6
. . . 1
...
. . .
. . . . . . ...
. . .
1 1
1 1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
April
6,735
241
35.8
13
...
1
1
. . .
. . . 1
1
1
1
. . .
2 ...
1
. . .
1
3
May
6,714
297
44.2
28
...
9 ...
1
. . . 1
2
2
1
1
5 ...
1
3
1
1
June
6,687
309
46.2
17
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
1
. . . 1
4 ...
2
1
. . .
. . .
July
6,684
321
48.0
25
...
8
...
. . .
. . . 3
. . . 2
. . . 1
4 ...
1
1
5
. . .
August
6,635
424
63.9
39
...
24 ...
1
1
1
. . . 2
4
. . .
4 ...
1
. . .
1
. . .
September
6,582
448
68.1
47
...
21 ...
3
. . .
7
. . .
3 3
3
3 ...
2
. . .
. . . 2
October
6 , 5 3 3
355
54.3
16
...
5
...
1
. . . 1
. . . 1
2
1
1 ...
1
1 ...
2
November
6,680
260
38.9
18
...
1 ...
. . .
. . .
2
. . . 4
3
1
1 ...
. . .
. . .
5
1
December
6,636
188
28.3
14
...
...
...
...
...
5 ...
3
3 ...
1 ...
. . .
. . .
1
1
70
2
7
1
23
11
22
20
9
28
2
10
9
18 11
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
6,650
2 8 0
42.1
243 36.54 10.53
. 3 0
4 . 6 6
1.65 3.31 3.01 1.35 4.21 .30 1.51 1.35 2.71 1 . 6 5
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Tot a1 Admi t t ed
during
the Year.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Di ed out
of each
hundred treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Cholera
...
...
2
2
1 2
. . .
9
40
27
7
1
...
100
15.0
70.00
Smallpox
1
3
5
3
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
13
2.0
15. 38
Dengue
3
. . .
12
71
65
62
98
55
132
94
38
21
651
97.9
...†
Enteric Fever
2
. . . ...
...
1
...
...
2
4
. . . ...
...
9
1.4
77. 78
Intermittent Fevers
36
48
38
82
64
104
82
97
179
286
162
104
1,282
192.8
. 0 8
Remittent and Continued
Fevers
34
29
62
67
74
94
73
94
116
134
65
51
893
134.3
2. 58
Heat Apoplexy
1
...
...
2
4
10
...
...
...
1
1
. . .
19
2.9
57.89
Dysentery
14
10
8
19
23
19
41
41
31
34
21
18
279
41.9
7. 88
Diarrhœa
12
16
20
40
36
26
104
90
67
4 6
31
33
521
78.3
3. 84
Hepatitis
5
10
8
20
18
15
17
10
12
11
8
8
142
21.4
6. 34
Spleen Disease
1
...
1
. . .
2
. . .
2
3
1
2
. . .
2
14
2.1
...
Respiratory Diseases
22
16
11
18
26
13
24
16
13
32
18
13
222
33.4
.90
Phthisis Pulmonalis
6
4
10
6
8
9
12
5
3
1
7
7
78
11.7
35.90
Debility and Anæmia
109
92
76
138
132
151
146
228
176
146
80
67
1,541
231.7
.58
Rheumatism
16
13
13
21
18
7
18
15
10
15
13
9
168
25.3
...
Eye Diseases
3
1
...
28
47
25
55
124
76
53
17
8
437
65.7
...
Childbirth
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . . ...
...
...
. . . *
...
Abortion
5
9
13
15
14
20
14
11
13
11
9
5
139
20.9
3. 60
Diseases peculiar to Wo
men
13
17
12
20
15
24
25
26
24
21
9
12
218
32.8
2 . 7 6
Abscess and Ulcer
19
8
11
22
15
11
17
16
19
17
7
11
173
26.0
Injuries
3
7
6
10
6
8
9
6
6
5
5
4
75
11.3
All other Causes
41
55
78
85
76
61
108
80
50
49
41
43
767
115.3
346
338
386
669
657
659
854
959
959
965
533
416
7,741
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
52.6
51.4
57.1
99.3
97.8
98.5 127.8 144.5
145.7 147.7
79.8 62.7
1164.1
* Childbirth is not reckoned as a cause of admission into hospital. † One death only was returned under the head of Dengue.