WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1874.
III.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the BENGAL
PRESIDENCY during the Year 1874, 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 .
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S .
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 .
I n t e r m i t t e n t F e v e r .
.
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 . . .
3,804
103
27.1
5
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
1
. . .
February . . .
3,718
89
23.9
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
2 . . .
March . . .
3,907
81
20.7
6
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
2
1
April . . .
3,916
124
31.7
7
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . . . . .
May . . .
3,912
154
39.3
7
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
2 . . .
1
1
1 . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
June . . .
3,918
181
45.2
5
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
July . . .
3,918
203
51.8
7
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2 . . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
1
. . . . . .
August . . .
3,865
225
58.2
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
September . . .
3,876
214
55.2
9
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
1
. . .
. . . . . .
2
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
2
October . . .
3,844
179
46.6
11
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
5 . . .
1 . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
November . . .
3,875
151
39.0
9
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
1
2
1
1
. . .
1
1
1
. . .
December . . .
3,839
128
33.3
6
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
3
. . .
14
2
8
4
8
11
4
3
8
10
4
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year . . .
3,866
153
39.6
80 20.69
. 26
. . .
. 77
3.32
. 5 2 2.07
1.04 2.07 2.84 1.04
. 7 7 2.07 2.58 1.04
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 . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. 3
100.00
Smallpox . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. 5
. . .
D e n g u e . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
2
.5
. . .
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
. . .
1
1
. . .
5
1.3
60.00
Intermittent Fever . . .
22
20
27
40
58
6l
85
81
129
152
96
70
841
217.5
. . .
Remittent and Continued
Fevers . . .
10
11
39
107
70
85
62
77
59
6 8
38
632
163.5
2.21
Heat Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
.5
100.00
Dysentery . . .
9
3
8
9
4
12
14
10
10
7
5
6
97
25.1
8.25
Diarrhœa . . .
10
10
7
16
15
20
36
34
31
21
14
11
225
58.2
1.78
Hepatitis . . .
2
2
4
7
9
7
3
4
13
6
4
5
66
17.1
12 12
Spleen Disease . . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
. . .
1
16
4.1
. . .
Respiratory Diseases . . .
9
15
10
25
12
13
1 3
10
11
7
12
24
161
41.6
2.48
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
3
3
4
1
2
6
3
4
3
1
1
5
36
9.3
30.56
Debility and Anæmia . . .
44
39
44
52
47
77
75
71
6 6
48
55
51
6 6 9
173.1
1.19
Rheumatism . . .
5
4
5
10
9
10
9
3
12
2
. . .
2
71
18.4
. . .
Eye Diseases . . .
7
. . .
4
12
14
23
102
80
41
8
8
3
302
78.1
. . .
Childbirth . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Abortion . . .
5
8
9
6
7
6
12
7
8
4
4
8
84
21.7
1.19
Diseases peculiar to Wo
-men.
10
10
11
11
12
10
19
14
19
10
6
6
138
35.7
2.20
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
8
6
8
13
7
16
14
15
16
7
3
10
123
31.8
Injuries . . .
2
1
3
4
4
5
4
7
1
4
3
1
39
10.1
All other Causes . . .
16
20
32
46
41
30
41
49
58
29
28
36
426
110.2
160
151
188
293
351
369
517
455
498
369
310
277
3,938
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
42.1
40
. 6
48.1
74.8
89.7
94.2
13
1.0
117.7
128.5
96.0
80.0
72.2 1,018.6