WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1871.
V.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the MADRAS
PRESIDENCY during the Year 1871, 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 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 .
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 .
T y p h o i d 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 Ab o r - t i o n .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
1,416
34
24.0
5
. . .
...
...
. . .
1
. . .
. . . ...
2
. . .
1
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
February
1,409
33
23.4
6
. . . ...
...
...
1
. . . ... ...
. . .
. . . ...
2 ...
...
2
1
March
1,420
38
26.8
1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
1
. . . ...
April
1,443
35
24.3
3
. . . ...
...
...
. . . ...
. . . ... ... ...
1
...
. . .
...
1
1
May
1,437
48
33.4
4 ...
3
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . . 1 ...
. . . ...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
June
1,429
45 31.5
2
. . . ...
. . . ...
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . .
. . .
1
1 ...
. . . .
. . . .
. . .
...
July
1,440
44
30.6
1 ...
...
...
...
... ... ...
1 ...
. . .
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
August
1,448
48
33.1
1
. . . ...
...
...
... ...
...
1 ...
. . .
...
...
. . .
. . . ... ...
September
1,397
49
35.1
. . . ...
... ... ...
... ...
...
...
... ...
... ... ... ... ...
. . .
October
1,338
47
35.1 ...
...
...
...
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
November
1,456
41
28.2
. . . ...
... ...
. . . ... ...
. . . ...
...
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
December
1,415
36
25.4
3 ...
...
...
...
1 ...
. . .
1 ...
. . . ...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3 ...
...
3
. . . ...
4 2
1
3 3
. . .
1
3
3
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
1,421
42
29.5
26
1 8 . 3 0
2.11
. . .
2 . 1 1
... 2.81 1.41 .71 2.11 2.11 . . .
.71 2.11 2.11
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
N U M B E R O F A D M I S S I O N S I N T O H O S P I T A L I N E A C H M O N T H .
Total.
Admitted
during the
Year.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
th
Strength.
Died out.
of each
hundred
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.
Nov. Dec.
Cholera
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
6
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
6
4.2
50.0
Smallpox
...
. . . ...
1 ...
1
. . . ...
...
...
1
. . .
3
2.1
. . .
Fever, Intermittent
5
10
7
6
14
4
9
14
8
4
6
9
96
67.6
...
" Remittent and
Continued
7
6
6
14
11
4
5
3
5
4
5
7
77
54.2
3.9
Typhoid
1 .
1 ...
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . ...
. . . ...
1
.7
...
H e a t A p o p l e x y
...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Dysentery
1
5
2
1
7
9
9
7
5
6
4
5
61
42.9
6.6
Diarrhœa
4
5
9
4
6
9
6
12
3
7
2
4
71
50.0
2.8
Hepat i t i s
1
3
2
1
. . .
1
3
1
. . .
3
3
2
20
14.1
5.0
Spleen Disease
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
...
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
...
...
1
1
.7
. . .
Respiratory Diseases
8
6
8
3
3
4
3
6
7
7
10
7
72
50.7
4.2
Phthisis Pulmonalis
1
2
2
1
1
. . .
...
3 ...
1
1
2
14
9.8
21.4
Anæmia and Debility
23
9
18
25
43
31
28
23
30
31
15
15
291
204.8
. . .
Rheumatism
4
2 ...
2
2
1 ...
3 ...
1
2
. . .
17
12.0
. . .
Eye Di seases
...
1
2
3
5
15
15
13
11
22
1
1
89
62.6
. . .
Child-birth
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ... ... ... ...
Abortion
4
4
3
1
3
3
3
5 ...
1
1
5
3 3
2 3 . 2
3 . 0
Diseases peculiar to
Women
4
3
8
5
8
6
8
3
7
9
4
2
67
47.1
. 8
Abscess and Ulcer
2
2
4
4
8
1
5
5
5
3
4
6
49
34.5
Injuries
1
3
4
2
1
1
4
3
1
2
1
2
25
17.6
All other Causes
31
16
17
16
25
25
21
26
15
21
20
16
249
175.2
97
77
92
89
143
115
119
127
97
122
80 .84
1,242
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
68.5 54.6 64.8 61.7
99.5 80.5 82.7 87.7 69.4 91.2
54.9 59.4
8 7 4 . 0