WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1871.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN REGIMETTS composing
the ARMY of INDIA 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 i n e a c h M o n t h .
D e a t h - r a t e o f e a c h M o n t h 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 .
M e a s l e s .
H o o p i n g C o u g h . S e a r l e t F e v e r .
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 F e v e r s .
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 e n t i t i o n .
C o n v u l s i o n .
M e n i n g i t i s a n d H y d r o - c e p h a l u s . T a b e s M e s e n t e r i c a .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
D y s e n t e r y .
D i a r r h œ a .
A n æ m i a a n d A t r o p h y . B r o n c h i t i s a n d P n e u - m o n i a . C r o u p a n d D i p h t h e r i a .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
10,159
226
22.2
49
4.82 ... ... 1 1 1 1 1 ... ... 1
9 5 3 ... 5
5 7 4 4
1
February
10,291
247
24.0
35
3.40 ... ...
. . . 2 1 1 1 1 ... 2
4 2 3 ... 1
4 3 4 1
5
March
10,524
304 28.9
54 5.13 ... ...
4 5 2 1 5 ... 1 4
12 2 1 ... 2
8 2 2 1
2
April
10,728
376
35.0
78
7.27 ... ... 2 1 1 ... 6 1 ... 6 17 5 1 ... ... 19 10 3 1
5
May
10,718
540
50.4 111 10.36 4 ... 10 ... 3 3 5 ... 2 7 21 3 2 ... 1 27 11 5
3 4
June
10,790
557
51.6
84
7.78 2 ... 10 1 ... ... 10 ... 1 10 16 7 5 ... 2
9 6 1
1 3
J u l y 10,829
6 4 4 59.5
73
6.74 . . . ... 4 1 1 ... 5 ... ... 9 13 2 ... ... 2 19 8 6 1
2
August
10,889
630
57.8 118 10.84 . . . . . . 2 5 7 2 11
. . . ... 13 10 3 6 ... 5 27 16 2 1
8
September
10,962 571
52.1
46
4 . 2 0 ... ... ... 1 ... 2 4 ... 1 4
5 2 1 ... 4
9 4 4 2
3
October
10,859
434 40.0
47
4. 33 . . . ...
. . . 1 ... 1
2 ... ... 1 12 1 2 ... 4
7 8 3 1
4
November
10,923
321
29.4
5 0 4.58 4 ... 1 . . .
... ...
4 . . . ...
5 4 1 3 ... 1
6 8
6 . . .
7
December
10,714
252
23.5
49
4.57 . . . . . . ... 1
1 ... 1
. . . ... 2
1 3
1
3 ... ...
9 5
4 2
7
10 . . . 34 1 9 17 11 55
2 5 64 136
3 4 30 ... 27 149 88
4 4 18 51
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
10,700
425
39.7
794 74.21 .93 ...
3 . 1 8 1 . 7 8 1.59
6.36
.47 5.98 12.71
3 . 1 8 2 . 8 0
. . .
2.52
1 3 . 9 3 8.22 4 . 1 1 1 . 6 8
4 . 7 7
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
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
C h o l e r a
. . .
...
...
...
9
3
. . . . . .
. . . ...
7
...
1 9
1 . 8
5 2 . 5
Smallpox
1
...
...
1
. . . ...
...
1
. . . ...
...
...
3
. 3 . . .
Measles
7
24
58
44
159
104
39
29
28
10
2 7
34
5 6 3
5 2 . 6
6 . 9
Hooping Cough
15
17
21
13
13
18
16
27
17
14
1 1
3 4
2 1 6
2 0 . 2
8 . 8
Scarlet Fever
1
3
16
19
9
5
33
21 ...
...
. . .
3
1 1 0
1 0 . 3
1 5 . 5
Intermittent Fevers
68
45
70
84
97
99
100
164
141
136
1 0 7
6 2
1 , 1 7 3
1 0 9 . 6
. 9
R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n t i n u e d F e v e r s .
40
34
63
62
99
57
80
92
83
82
54
30
776
72.5
7 . 1
Typhoid Fever
. . .
2
. . .
1
1
. . .
1
1
1
2
. . . ...
9
. 8
2 2 . 2
Heat Apoplexy
. . .
...
1 ...
3
1
. . .
1
1
2
. . .
...
9
. 8
5 5 . 5
Dysentery
20
6
18
17
18
32
24
42
24
22
1 4
18
2 5 5
2 3 . 8
12.8
D i a r r h œ a
40
53
83
149
138
136
140
159
92
65
62
50
1,167
109.1
1 0 . 6
H e p a t i t i s
4
3
1
3
3
2
2
1
1
3
2
. . .
2 5
2 . 3 ...
Spleen Disease
4
1
. . .
2
6
. . .
3
5
2
2
1
1
2 7
2 . 5
. . .
Respiratory Diseases
55
44
56
43
43
34
29
57
58
42
46
4 1
5 4 8
5 1 . 2
1 1 . 3
Eye Diseases
14
18
39
118
289
200
400
347
141
163
4 7
1 5
1 , 7 9 1
1 6 7 . 4
. . .
Anæmia and Debility
6 1
37
38
57
103
96
101
81
75
67
6 1
5 6
8 3 3
7 7 . 9
1 0 . 6
Tubercular Diseases
11
5
6
11
18
17
10
3
6
13
5
1 0
1 1 5
1 0 . 8
2 6 . 1
Meningitis and Hydro-
cephalus
6
3
3
6
4
9
3
4
4
2
1
1
4 6
4 . 3
7 4 . 0
Convulsion
10
6
12
18
26
18
14
14
8
1 3
7
10
1 5 6
1 4 . 6
8 7 . 2
Dentition
19
20
25
54
48
55
35
51
30
3 4
2 4
1 9
4 1 4
3 8 . 7
1 5 . 5
Abscess and Ulcer
7
8
10
15
20
10
14
16
16
17
5
11
1 4 9
1 4 . 0
6 . 4
Injuries
9
14
15
10
16
19
15
11
19
17
8
1 6
1 6 9
1 5 . 8
All other Causes
21
44
67
57
51
33
40
45
27
41
31
2 5
4 8 2
4 5 . 0
413
387
602
784 1,173
948 1,099 1,172
774
747
520
436
9,055
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
40.6 37.6
57.2
73.1 109.4 87.9 101.5 107.6 70.6 68.8 47.5
40.7
8 4 6 . 3
1871.
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