EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1871.
III.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of the MADRAS
PRESIDENCY during the Year 1871, 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 .
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S I N H O S P I T A L .
D e a t h s 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 .
F e v e r , I n t e r m i t t e 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 . E n t e r i c F e v e r .
A p o p l e x y .
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 o 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 .
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 ... 10,764 579 53.8 26 2.41 ... ... ... ...
3 6 1 ... 2
...
4 ... 1
2
1
... ... ... ...
2 4
...
February ... 10,902 615 56.4 16
1 . 4 7 ... ... ... 1 ... 2 1
... ... ...
4
... ...
2 ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 _ 1
March
... 11,056 590 53.4 9
. 8 1 ... ... ... 1 ...
... ...
1
1
...
2 .., 1
... ... ... ...
... ... ... 2
. . .
April
... 11,061 600 54.2 18 1.63 ... ... ... 1 ... 1 3 1 2
...
3
... ...
1 1
... ...
... .. 2 1 2
May ... 10,969 603 55.0 43 3.92 32 ... ... 1 ...
...
1 1
3
... ... ... ...
2
1
... ... ... ...
2
... ...
June
... 10,938 665 60.8 11 1.01
3
... ...
1
... ... ... ...
2
...
3
... ... ...
1
... ... ... ...
1
... ...
July
... 10,913 690 63.2 16 1.40 1
... ...
1
...
3 ... 1
2
...
2
...
1
...
1
... ... ... ...
2 1 1
August
10,395 653 60.4 18 1.05 ...
... ... ... ...
1 ... 1 3
...
6
... ...
2 2
... ... ...
... 2 1 . . .
September
10,851 041 59.1 15 1.38
... ... ... ... ... ...
1
... ...
3
...
4
... ...
3
... ... ... ... ...
3
...
1
October ... 10,139 607 59' 9 16 1.58 ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... 2 3 ...
4
...
1
2
... ... ... ... ...
1 1
...
November ... 11,049 021 56' 2 14 1.27 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
...
1
...
3
... ...
2 5 ...
... ... ...
1
...
2
December ... 10,583 616 58' 2 16 1.51 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3
...
4 ... 1
4
1
... ... ... ...
1
...
2
36 ... ... 6 3 16 6 7 25 ... 39 ... 5 21 13 ... ... ... ... 17 15 o 9
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f t h e A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
For the year ... 10,844 624 57.5 218 20.10 3.32 ...
...
.83
1.47 .55 .65 2.31 ... 3.59 ... .46 1.94 1.20 ... ... ... ... 1.57 1.38 .83
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted during
the yea
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 ...
...
...
...
...
71
2
1 ...
1 . . .
1
...
76
7.0
47.37
Smallpox ...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1 ...
2
...
3
.3
...
Fever, Intermittent ...
87 109
61
79 100
91
73 146
92
49
42
52
93
90.7
...
„ Remittent
...
10
3
6
11
10
10
17
11
12
17
11
11
141
76 . 4
1. 09
" Cont i nued
69
55
51
61
75
52
38
71
56
59
52
40
688
Enteric Fever
16
2
..6.
2
3
3
5
1
9
2
...
5
48
4.4
31. 25
Apoplexy
...
3
3
2
9
4
...
...
1
1
...
...
1
24
2.2
25. 00
Delirium Tremens
7
7
7
7
7
11
10
10
7
7
8
6
91
8.7
7. 45
Dysentery ...
...
69
55
31
34
61
77
74 105
68
89
60
69
792
73.0
3.16
Diarrhœa ...
...
33
23
51
40
66
72
65 102
56
53
34
52
655
60.4
...
Hepatitis ...
...
79
55
52
33
57
60
63
70
57
74
66
50
721
66.5
5. 27
Spleen Disease
...
2
2
...
4
3
2
1
5
3
4
1
5
32
3.0
...
Respiratory Diseases ...
56
57
70
61
56
43
40
65
55
40
49
68
677
62.1
.74
Plithisis Puhuonalis
8
3
10
9
15
11
17
14
8
15
9
13
132
12.2
9. 85
Scurvy
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1 ...
...
2 ...
3
.3
...
Rheumatism
...
54
39
39
51
59
44
69
58
50
60
55
27
604
55.7
.47
Venereal Diseases ... 189 171 169 205 195 144 136 174 110 162 155 152
1,955
180.3
Eye Diseases
...
9
16
14
20
17
10
22
22
18
13
19
9
189
17.4
Abscess and Ulcer ... 109
90 113 119 162 132
97 124
85 123
82
91
1,327
122.4
Wounds and Accidents ... 100 319 302
97 118
91
89 103
85 103
92 134
1,236
114.0
All other causes
... 204 162 187 201 216 230 273 265 171 253 180 178
2,558
235.9
1,109 971 970 1,051 1,334 1,096 1,089 1,348 945 1,134 920 972 12,939
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
103.0 89.1 87.6 95.0 121.6 100.2 99.8 123.7 87.1 111.8 83.3 91.8
93.2