WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1875.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS composing the ARMY
of INDIA, during the Year 1875, 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 .
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
. . . 6,304 200 31.7 11 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 1 1 1
. . .
. . . 4 3
February
... 6,471 178 27.5
2 ...
. . . ...
. . . . . .
. . . ... ...
1 ...
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
. . . . . .
March
... 6,468 203 31.4 11 ...
. . . . . .
2 ... ... ... ...
1 ...
3 1
. . . . . . 4
. . .
April
... 6,385 224 35.1
9
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
1 ... ... 1 . . . 2 1 . . .
. . .
2
2
May
. . . 6,344 264 41.6 15 ... ... ...
1 1 1 1 2
. . . 2 1 1 1 1 1
2
June
. . . 6,356 298 46.9 17 ... ...
. . . 2
. . . 5 4
1 3 ... ... ... ... ...
1 1
July
... 6,346 308 48.5 14 ...
5 ... 1 ...
2 ...
. . . 1 ... ... ...
1 . . . 2 2
August
. . . 6,331 344 54.3 20 ...
10 ... ...
1
1 ...
4 1 ...
... 1
. . . 1 ...
1
September
... 6,335 367 57.9 24 ...
1 2 ... ...
. . .
4 ...
3 ...
1 1 ...
. . .
2 1 ...
October
. . . 6,256 307 49.1
17 ...
4 ... 1
. . .
2 ...
3 1 ...
3 1
. . . 1 1
. . .
November
. . . 6,317 240 38.0 13 . . .
1 ... ...
. . .
1 ...
1 ...
1 1 1
. . . 1 4 2
December
... 6,105 169 27.7 11 ...
2 ... ...
. . .
3 ...
. . .
. . .
2 2
. . . . . .
. . . 1 1
34 ...
7 2 20 5 14 10 7 14 7 3 6 21 14
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
. . . 6,335 259 40.9 164 25.89 5.37 ...
4.58
. 79 2.21 1.58 1.10 2.21 1.10 .47 .95 3.31 2.2
1
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
dur i ng t he Year .
Admitted
per 1, 000 of St rengt h.
Died out
of each
hundred
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
. . .
. . . ...
...
...
...
2
13
10
16
7
2
1
51
8.1
66.67
Smallpox
... . . .
. . . ...
...
1
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
1
2
.3 ...
Dengue
... . . .
...
...
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
2
. . . ...
2
.3
. . .
Enteric Fever
. . .
1
1
2
1
3
1
1
2
. . .
1
. . . ...
13
2.1
53.85
Intermittent Fevers . . .
63
37
68
70
87 129
90 131 139 160 155
72
1,201
189.6
.17
Remittent and Continued
Fevers ...
14
19
29
55
52 118
67
6 6
63
51
44 28
606
95.7
3.30
Apoplexy
. . .
. . . ...
...
...
2
6
3
. . . ...
2
. . . ...
13
2.1
38.46
Dysentery
. . .
10
8
12
23
9
18 16 32
27
11
20
5
191
30.1
7.33
Diarrhœa
...
13
13
30
29
25
33
59
78
74
32
30
16
432
68.2
2. 31
Hepatitis
. . .
9
11
3
10
11
17
9 10
9
7
12
12
120
1 8 . 9
5.83
Spleen Disease
. . .
3 ...
2
2
. . . 3
1
1
4
6
1
2
2 5
3.9
. . .
Respiratory Diseases ...
18
9
28
21
10
5
17
15
9
12
22
9
175
27.6
4.00
Phthisis Phthisis ...
3
4
6
8
10
4
4
9
5
4
6
4
67
10.6
20.90
Debility and
Pht hi si s Pht hi si s Pul monal i s Anæmi a ...
63
62 139 131 132 141 149 182 157
96 102
65
1,429
225.6
.42
Rheumatism
...
8
9
7
6 11
13
9
14
6
8
9
8
1 0 8
17.0
. . .
Eye Diseases
. . .
7
4
7
21
24
24 45
71
64
47
27
6
347
54.8
. . .
Childbirth
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
Abortion
...
7
7
14
14
14 18
8
9
13
3
10
9
126
19.9
. . .
Diseases peculiar to Wo-
men
...
17
16
30
27
24 30
25
30
26
15
21
9
270
42.6
1 . 0 1 *
Abscess and Ulcer ...
17
5
10
13
20
21
17
14
10
18
6
4
155
24.5
Injuries
...
4
5
5
3
9
4
4
9
3
2
7
4
59
9.3
All other Causes ...
5 8 41
62
57
49
83
63
99
68 49
52
42
723
114.1
315 251 454 491 493 670 600 782 693 533 526 297
6,115
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
50.0 38.8 70.2 76.9 77.7 105.4 94.5 123.5 109.4 85.2 83.3 48.6
9 6 5 . 3
* T h i s r a t i o i n c l u d e s a l l c a u s e s n o t n a m e d b o t h i n t h e A d m i s s i o n a n d l i k e w i s e i n t h e D e a t h c o l u m n s .