EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1875.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of the BENGAL
PRESIDENCY during the Year 1875, 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 i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h s .
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
S u i c i d a l D e a t h s .
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x .
Ent e r i c Fe ve r s .
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 r , C o n t i n u e d .
Apopl exy.
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 .
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 t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a .
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
38,054
2,052
53.9
34
.89
5
1
1
2
10
3
2
2
4
2
2
February
38,113
2,094
54.9
32
. 8 4
1
1
2
1
6
4
2
7
1
6
1
March
38,183
1,932
50.6
37
.97
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
4
3
3
6
1
4
1
1
April
37,397
2,003
53.6
37
.99
8
6
3
3
3
1
3
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
May
37,171
2,122
57.1
47
1.26
5
9
3
3
4
4
1
1
4
2
1
7
1
2
June
37,088
2,175
58.6
89
2.40
1
13
7
1
33
1
1
5
1
3
4
1
14
3
1
July
36,984
2,291
61.9
59
1.59
8
3
4
1
20
1
7
2
3
1
3
3
3
August
36,959
2,202
59.6
87
2.35
46
3
1
1
4
1
6
2
2
4
5
1
6
4
1
September
36,822
2,276
61.8
89
2.42 53
1
3
5
2
4
2
2
5
6
4
2
October
36,520
2,329
63.8
48
1.31
11
5
1
1
2
5
1
1
1
8
1
7
4
November
36,702
2,195
59.8
45
1.23
2
6
3
2
7
1
4
1
1
2
3
9
2
2
December
36,215
2,024
55.9
40
1.10
4
3
2
4
1
5
5
1
2
7
5
1
136
1
59
28
16
71 1
24
3
55
6
35
29
46
1
1
9
75
31
17
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
37,184
2,141
57.6
644
17.32
3 . 6 6
. 0 3
1.59
1.18
1.91.03 .65 .08
1. 48
.16 .94 .78 1.24
.03 .03 .24
2 . 0 2
.83 .46
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
cases
treated.
Jan.
Feb.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Cholera
3
10
8
2
17
70
71
15
5
201
5.4
67.66
Smallpox
2
2
2
2
8
.2
12. 50
Enteric Fever
6
7
5
15
21
18
4
3
9
7
13
7
115
3.1
51.30
Fever, Intermittent
592
470
534
785
797
1,066
841
1,046
1,125
1,662
2,178
1,430
12,526
336.9
„ Remittent
9
12
20
42
41
108
67
67
235
341
131
48
1,121
162.9
.73
„ Continued
176
124
258
653
647
656
607
542
487
348
274
163
4,935
Apoplexy
3
2
7
6
7
56
45
13
8
3
2
1
153
4.1
46.41
Delirium Tremens
5
2
8
3
10
5
10
16
13
7
7
5
91
2.4
1.10
Dysentery
41
39
97
64
89
76
79
133
127
111
102
78
1,036
27.9
2.32
Diarrhœa
78
85
145
228
150
172
277
414
302
148
167
159
2,325
62.5
.13
Hepatitis
86
89
137
114
130
165
139
185
138
126
133
76
1,518
40.8
3.62
Spleen Disease
23
21
27
22
25
30
32
35
27
38
34
22
336
9.0
1.79
Respiratory Diseases
399
368
262
187
242
223
205
190
174
186
285
243
2,964
79.7
1.18
Phthisis Pulmonalis
26
12
42
9
18
30
30
34
32
37
39
23
332
8.9
13.86
Scurvy
1
1
2
1
1
6
.2
16.67
Rheumatism
187
165
229
187
186
251
162
229
157
151
180
113
2,197
59.1
.48
Venereal Diseases
798
768
996
715
556
663
547
628
499
474
689
566
7,899
212.4
Eye Diseases
54
39
71
91
87
64
56
57
64
69
77
42
771
20.7
Abscess and Ulcer
2 3 5
197
268
240
260
328
331
320
233
195
213
167
2,987
80.3
Wounds and Accidents
312
283
403
304
265
312
240
303
230
288
296
266
3,502
94.2
All other Causes
430
436
601
526
519
760
603
698
554
518
582
341
6,568
176.6
3,462 3,122
4,116
4,201
4,060
4,985
4,294
4,983
4,485
4,724
5,408
3,751
51,591
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
91.0
8 1 . 9 107.8
112.3
109.2
134.4
116.1
134.8
121.8
129.4
147.3
103.6
1387.5