EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1872.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of 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 .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
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 .
Cholera.
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 r , C o n t i n u e d .
Apoplexy.
D e l i r i u m T r e m e n s .
D y s e n t e r y .
Diarrhœa.
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
... 11,002
542
49.3
11
1.00
...
... 1 ...
......
1 .........
2 ...
2 ...
5 .........
... ... ...
...
February
... 10,282
455
41.2
12
1 . 1 7 ... ...
1 .........
. . .
...
1 ...
1 ...
1
2
1 ............
1
4 ...
March
... 10,854
467
43.0
6
. 5 5
...
. . .
.........
. . .
...
. . .
...
1 ......
1
1 ............
3 ......
April
... 11,019
522
47.4
10
. 9 1
2
2
1 .........
. . .
...
2 ...
1 ...
1 ...
. . .
.................. 1
May
... 11,003
500
45.4
13
1 . 1 8
3 ...
2 .........
3 ...
1 ...
2 .........
1 .................. 1
June
... 11,014
501
45.5
27
2.45
3 ...
. . .
.........
1 8
...
. . .
.........
1 ...
2 ............
1
1 1
July
... 10,951
507
4 6 . 3
27
2 . 4 6 11 ...
. . .
.........
3
1
. . .
...
1 ...
1
2
. . .
...
1 ...
1
3
2 1
August
... 10,998
547
49.8
27
2 . 4 5
9 ...
3 .........
1
. . .
4 ...
2 ...
1 ...
1 ............
3
1 2
September
... 10,920
620
56.8
2 5
2 . 2 9
7 ...
9 ...
1 ...
. . .
. . .
2 ...
3 ......
2
1 .....................
October
...
1 0 , 8 9 6
662
6 0 . 7
16
1 . 4 7
1 ...
2
1
1
1
2
1
1 ...
1 .........
2 ............
2
1 ...
November
...
1 0 , 5 4 1
634
60.1
16
1.52 ... ...
3
1 ...
1 ......
1 ...
2 ......
1 3 ............
2
1 1
December
.. 10,355
559
5 4 . 0
14
1.35 ... ... 2 ... 1 1 ... ... 1 ... 4 ......
2
1 ............
2 ......
36 2 24 2 3
3 28 2 13 ... 20 ... 7 10 18 ... 1 ... 1 17 10 7
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year ... 10,819
544
5 0 . 3
204 18.86 3.33 .19 2.22
.74
2 . 5 9 . 1 9 1 . 2 0 ...
1 . 8 5 ... .65 .92
1 . 6 6 ... .09 ...
. 0 9
1 . 5 7
. 9 2 . 6 5
CAUSES OF
ADMISS1ONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
Admitted
per 1000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred cases
treated.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May. June. July.
Aug. Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Dengue
...
. . .
...
2 6 4
475
350
258
588
151
82
97
95
125
2,485
229.7
...
Cholera
...
...
...
...
3
3
3
13
11
12
1
...
...
46
4.3
78.26
Smallpox...
1
1
2
6
2 ...
1
...
...
...
...
...
13
1.2
15.39
Enteric Fever
...
3
2
...
3
2 ...
...
5
13
4
3
5
40
3.7
60.00
Fever, Intermittent
264
146
157
2 2 6
222
189
228
372
641
1,385
878
723
5,431
5 0 2 . 0
. 0 4
Remittent
...
5
6
10
2
3
...
6
4
42
48
13
9
1 4 8
109.2
.51
„ Continued ...
41
43
96
119
57
142
108
83
87
108
100
49
1,033
Apoplexy...
1
4
2 ...
6
27
6
3
2
3
1 ...
55
5.1
50.91
Delirium Tremens
...
5
3
2
4
2
3
8
4
6
6
1
...
44
4.1
4.55
Dysentery ...
23
10
7
19
19
20
47
72
44
32
31
50
374
34.6
3.48
Diarrhœa...
47
28
35
58
58
43
92
123
52
56
26
73
691
6 3 . 9
...
Hepatitis ...
31
17
17
29
28
28
39
29
36
4 4
26
54
378
34.9
5.29
Spleen Disease
...
1
2
3
8
6
3
6
. . .
1
4
4
5
43
4.0
...
Respiratory Diseases ...
72
43
41
56
40
32
42
17
37
56
29
60
525
48.5
1.34
Phthisis Pulmonalis
6
3
10
3
6
13
13
10
4
19
6
10
103
9.5
17.49
Scurvy...
2
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
4
.4
25.00
Rheumatism
...
48
28
29
57
80
4 8
52
59
47
45
25
35
553
51.1
. 4 8
Venereal Diseases
...
250
157
162
183
105
92
119
96
102
123
109
177
1,675
154.8
Eye Diseases
.
..
20
17
17
22
17
14
14
25
16
20
5
9
196
18.1
Abscess and Ulcer
...
78
58
80
113
87
99
102
80
78
73
84
68
1,000
92.4
Wounds and Accidents...
86
74
54
108
69
67
92
62
62
78
57
69
878
81.1
All other Causes
142
81
135
144
105
135
149
136
132
125
74
113
1,471
135.9
1,126
724 1,123
1,638 1,267
1,216
1,726
1,342
1,496
2,327
1,567
1,634
17,186
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
102.3
70.4 103.5
1 4 8 . 6 115.1
110.4
157.6
122.0
137.0
213.6 148.6
157.8
1588.5
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* Three men died from Heat Apoplexy while suffering from Dengue.