WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1871.
III.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the BENGAL
PRESIDENCY during the Year 1871, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
M O N T H S .
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 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 .
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 .
T y p h o i d F e v e r .
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
3,552
96
27.0
6 ...
. . .
. . . . . .
1
1 ...
1
1
...
1
...
...
. . . ...
1
February
3,649
94 25.8
6 ...
. . .
. . . . . .
2
. . . ...
. . . 1
... 1 ...
...
. . . 2
...
March
3,635
137
37.7
7 ...
. . .
. . . . . .
2
. . . ...
1 . . .
... 1
1
1
. . .
1
...
April
3,738
171
45.8
5 ...
. . . ...
. . .
1
. . . ...
. . .
2
...
. . . 1
. . . . . .
1
...
May
3,726
235
63.1
10 ...
1
1
...
...
. . .
1
. . . 1
... 1
1
. . . 1
1
2
June
3,712
249
6 7 . 1
12
. . .
2
. . . ...
2
. . . 1
1
1
2
. . .
. . . 1 ...
. . . 2
July
3,704 265
71.6
6 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
...
2
. . . ...
1 ...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
August
3,692
266
72.0
14 ...
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1 ...
. . . 1
4
4 1
. . .
. . .
1
2
September
3,684 239
6 4 . 9
8 ...
. . .
. . . . . .
4
. . .
...
1
. . . ...
2 ...
. . .
. . . .
1
. . .
October
3,660
194 53.0
7
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
2
... 2 2
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
November
3,696
155
41. 9
13
. . .
5
. . . . . .
1
. . . . . .
3
. . . 1
1
1
. . .
. . .
1 ...
December
3,712
110
29.6
11 ...
1 ...
. . .
3
1 ...
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
2
...
9 1
. . . 19
3
2 11
9
7 15
7
3
2 10
7
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
3,680
184
50.0 105 28.53 2.45
. 2 7
5 . 9 8
. 54 2.99
2 . 4 5 1.90
4 . 0 8 1.90
. 8 1 .54 2.72 1.90
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
hundred
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
. . .
. . .
1 ...
2
2
. . .
...
...
. . .
7
1
13
3.5
69.2
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
1 ...
2
. . . ...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
4
1 . 1
2 5 . 0
Fever, Intermittent
64
39
56
68
103
96
84 127
90
86
78
43
934
253.8
. . .
" Remittent and
Continued
18
22
22
60
91
65
61
58
48
49
22
19
535
145.4
3 . 5
" Typhoid
1
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
1 ...
. . .
2
6
1.6
50.0
Heat Apoplexy
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
4
1 . 1
50.0
Dysentery
8
4
17
7
8
15
12
20
10
12
17
17
147
40.0
7 . 5
Diarrhœa
15
14
16
23
15
25
26
4 4
22
15
16
12
243
66.0
3 . 7
Hepatitis
3
5
5
10
10
9
7
11
9
10
4
8
91
24.7
7. 7
Spleen Disease
...
1
1
. . .
1 ...
1
. . . . . .
...
. . .
. . .
4
1.1
. . .
Respiratory Diseases
17
7
7
17
23
10
11
11
11
13
1 1
1 3
151
41.1
4 . 6
Phthisis Pulmonalis
3
1
4
3
5
5
3
5
5
3
3
5
45
12.2
33.3
Anæmia and Debility
38
40
63
83
134 100
100
133
84
100
60
54
989
268.8
. . .
Rheumatism
1
8
5
6
13
8
11
8
6
3
3
1
73
19.8
. . .
Eye Diseases
3
. . .
11
15
59
36
8 8
75
23
19
17
2
348
94.6
. . .
Child-birth
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Abortion
5
1 2
9
7
12
7
5
5
10
9
5
6
92
25.0
1 . 1
Diseases peculiar to Wo-men
5
12
14
10
16
1 6
8
20
8
12
6
7
134
3 6 . 4
1. 0
Abscess and Ulcer
6
7
9
10
9
14
9
9
6
6
3
4
92
2 5 . 0
Injuries
2
. . .
3
5
4
5
2
4
3
2
5
. . .
35
9.5
All other Causes
19
17
31
41
45
43
36
47
29
27
27
12
374
101.6
208
189
275
365
553
459
464 579
365
366
284 207
4,314
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
58.6 51.8 75.7 97.6 148.4 123.7 125.3 156.8 99.1 100.0 76.8
5 5 . 8
1 1 7 2 . 3