WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1874.
VII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the BOMBAY
PRESIDENCY during the Year 1874, 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 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 e 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 F e v e r s .
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 . . .
1,207
23
19.1
1
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. . .
. . .
1
February . . .
1,280
28
21.9
1
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1
. . .
March . . .
1,272
37
29.1
2 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
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. . .
. . .
. . .
1
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. . .
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April . . .
1,250
39
31.2
1
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. . .
1
. . .
. . .
May . . .
1,254
42
33.5
1
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. . .
. . .
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. . .
. . .
1 . . .
June . . .
1,249
56
44.8
2 . . .
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. . .
1
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. . .
. . .
. . .
1
July . . .
1,241
55
44.3
1
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1
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. . . . . .
August . . .
1,235
58
47.0
3 . . .
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1
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. . .
. . .
1
1
September . . .
1,228
53
43.1
2
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1
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. . .
. . .
1 . . .
October . . .
1 , 2 3 1
55
44.7
2
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1
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1
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November . . .
1,204
49
40.7
1
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1 . . .
December . . .
1,118
28
25.0
1
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1
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2
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3
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3
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2
5
3
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year . . .
1,231
43
34.9
18 14.62
. . .
. . .
1.62
. . .
2.44
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. . .
2.44
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. . .
1.62 4.06 2.44
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 . . .
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Smallpox . . .
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Dengue . . .
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Enteric Fever . . .
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Intermittent Fevers . . .
8
8
17
16
19
28
30
28
35
37
26
19
271
220.1
. . .
Remittent and Continued
Fevers . . .
2
5
7
9
7
3
7
6
10
7
13
4
80
65.0
2.50
Heat Apoplexy . . .
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Dysentery . . .
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
6
4
2
1
1
27
21.9
11.11
Diarrhœa . . .
4
. . .
2
5
9
4
11
17
7
6
4
6
75
60.9
. . .
Hepatitis . . .
. . .
3
3
. . .
1
3
4
3
4
3
5
3
32
26.0
. . .
Spleen Disease . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
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. . .
1
. . .
1
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. . .
3
2.4 . . .
Respiratory Diseases . . .
10
4
5
3
1
8
4
2
10
4
5
5
61
49.6
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Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
3
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
3
1
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. . .
11
8.9
27.27
Debility and Anæmia . . .
12
13
22
18
29
18
25
10
18
17
15
10
207
168.2
.97
Rheumatism . . .
. . .
1
4
6
1
3
1
3
5
3
1
. . .
28
22.7
. . .
Eye Diseases . . .
2
3
5
4
2
3
23
17
13
3
2
. . .
77
62.6
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Childbirth . . .
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Abortion . . .
1
1
4
1
3
. . .
5
3
5
2
. . .
2
27
21.9
. . .
Diseases peculiar to
Women . . .
3
2
7
4
5
2
3
6
1
4
3
5
45
36.6
1 . 2 7
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
2
4
5
1
4
9
4
4
3
1
1
. . .
38
30.9
Injuries . . .
2
2
2
. . .
1
3
. . .
2
. . .
1
3
. . .
16
13.0
All other Causes . . .
6
6
5
19
10
16
24
14
10
11
6
11
138
112.1
56
54
9 0
8 8
9 6
1 0 3
1 4 5
1 2 2
1 2 9
1 0 2
8 5
6 6
1 , 1 3 6
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
46.4
42.2
70.7
70.4
76.5
82.5
116.9
98.8 105.0
82.9
70.6
59.0
9 2 2 . 8