EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1874.
XIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in RAJPOOTANA, MALWA,
SCINDE and ADEN 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 .
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 i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
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 , 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 .
A p o p l e x y .
D e l i r i u m T r e n c h i s .
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 .
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 . . .
5,742
302
52.6
6
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
. . . 1 . . . 1
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1
February . . .
5.683
284
50.0
5
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
2
2
March . . .
5,629
2 5 7 45.6
5
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .
. . . 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
. . . 1 . . .
. . .
April . . .
5,484 238
43.4
7
. . . . . .
. . . 1
. . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . . 1
. . .
. . . . . .
1
3
May . . .
5 , 4 0 2 236
43.7
4 . . . . . .
. . . 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1
June . . .
5,444 238
43.7
6
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
July . . .
5,549 298
5 3 . 7
2
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
August . . .
5.546
326
5 8 . 8
7
. . .
. . .
. . . 2
. . . 1 . . . 1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
1
. . .
September . . .
5,515
323
58.6
10 . . . . . .
. . . 4
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . .
1
. . .
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . 2
October . . .
5,477
383
70.0
9 . . .
. . .
. . . 3
. . . 2 . . . . . . . . .
1
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .
1
1
November . . .
5,117
296
57.8
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
December . . .
4,978
268
53.9
3
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
. . .
. . . 13
. . . 3 1 8
. . . 4 . . .
6
. . . 4
4 2
. . . 1 . . . 1 5
12
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . .
5,464
287
52.5
64 11.71
. . .
. . . 2.38
.73
1.46 . . . .73 . . . 1.10
. . . . 7 3 . 7 3 .37
. . .
.18 . . .
. 1 8
.92 2.20
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
T o t a l
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 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Smallpox . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. 4
. . .
Enteric Fever . . .
1
. . .
5
1
1
1
1
6
5
2
2
. . .
25
4.6
52.00
Fever, Intermittent . . . 133
76
105
69
74
108
195
183
343 330
252
179
2,047
374.6
. . .
" R e m i t t e n t . . .
3
3
6
3
7
10
16
14
29
51
3
6
151
78.5
.93
" Continued
. . .
21
6
8
16
17
29
24
33
58
41
13
12
278
Apoplexy . . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
10
2
1
3
2
. . .
. . .
20
3.7
40.00
Delirium Tremens . . .
2
. . .
3
3
4
1
2
1
3
1
1
5
26
4.8
. . .
Dysentery . . .
9
10
7
4
8
4
3
11
22
16
8
12
114
20.9
3.51
Diarrhœa . . .
12
14
19
9
13
9
30
27
22
7
9
13
184
33.7
. . .
Hepatitis . . .
10
15
33
25
30
29
33
27
33
18
31
18
3 2
55.3
1.99
Spleen Disease . . .
4
5
3
7
6
9
10
4
5
12
2
3
70
12.8
. . .
Respiratory Diseases . . .
51
42
45
16
17
14
35
18
12
14
21
23
308
56.4
1.30
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
4
4
3
1
3
2
4
3
3
1
5
2
35
6.4
5.71
Scurvy . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
3
.6
33.33
Rheumatism . . .
17
2 4
31
14
21
18
31
27
20
13
17
28
261
47.7
Venereal Diseases . . .
67
77
74
60
65
69
60
53
62
44
39
58
728
133.2
Eye Diseases . . .
15
15
19
15
12
14
14
12
13
2
6
4
141
25.8
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
39
45
56
36
52
71
79
60
53
34
35
51
611
1 1 1 . 8
Wounds and Accidents . . .
62
43
55
39
49
49
66
35
40
40
34
57
569
104.1
All other Causes . . .
65
55
82
54
86
66
87
104 109
66
59
89
922
168.7
516
435
555
372
466
515
692
619
835 695
537
560
6,797
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
89.9
76.5
98.6 67.8 86.3 94.6 124.7 111.6 151.4 126.9 104.9 112.5
1 2 4 4 . 0