EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1871.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS 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 .
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 .
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 . 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 e p a t i t i s .
S p l e e n D i s e a s e s .
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 .
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 .
January ... 55,175 2,847 51.6 95 1.72 ... 1 ... 3 3 11 4 1 2 ... 13 ... 13 11 9 ... ... ... 2 11 10 1
February
56,189 2,977 53.0 63 1.12 ... ... ... 2 ... 8 2 ... 3 ... 14 ... 4 4 10 ... ... ... ... 5 9 2
March
... 55,969 2,995 53.5 64 1.14 2 ... ... 2 2 5 1 1 5 ... 13 ... 3
9 3 . . . . . . ... ... 6 8 4
April
... 57,920 3,101 53.6 70 1.21 3 ... ... 9 3 3 7 1 3 ... 10 ... 3 5 8 . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 4
May
... 57,453 3,333 58.0 104 1.81 33 ... ... 7 2 4 6 2 7 ... 10 ... 4 8 8 ... ... 1 ... 9 2 1
June
... 57,259 3,570 62.3 85 1.49 6 ... ... 8 3 7 13 4 6 ... 8 ... 4 7 10 ...
. . . 1 1 4 3 ...
July
... 57,193 3,687 64.5 78 1.36 2 ... ... 9 ... 14 2 3 11 ... 11 ... 3 1 7 ... ... 1 1 5 4 4
August
... 57,087 3,786 66.3 100 1.75
2 . . .
... 9 1 11 7 2 12 1 18 . . . ... 9 6 ... 1 1 ... 13 2 5
September ... 56,951 3,703 65.0 82 1.44
2 ... ... 12 2 13 2 2 6 1 19 1 ... 7 2 ... ... ... 1 6 3 3
October
...
5 6 , 0 7 7
3 , 4 5 8 6 1 . 7 871.55 . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 9 2 4 6 1 16 ... 3 11 6 ... 1 ... 1 10 6 2
November ... 57,598
3 , 1 6 2 5 5 . 0 89 1.5 5 11 . . . 1
7 . . . 3 ... 2 6 3 15 ... 1 9 12 . . . . . . ... ... 8 5 6
December ... 56,818 2,872 50.5 79 1.39 1 ... ... 4 1 4 1 ... 9 1 8 ... 18 12 6 ... ... ... 1 4 6 3
62 1 1 78 20 92 47 22 76 7 155 1 56 93 87 ... 2 4 7 89 61 35
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year ... 56,806 3,291 57.9 996 17.53 1.09 .02 1.74 1.74 1 . 6 2 1.62 .83 .39 1.31 .12 2.73 .02 .99 1.63 1.53 ... .03 .07 .12 1.57 1.07 .62
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.
Cholera
...
...
. . .
3
3
72
6
3
2
4
. . .
24
2
119
2.1 52. 10
Smallpox
...
2
. . . ...
3
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 ...
3
9
15
.3
6. 67
Fever, Intermittent . . . 1,739 1,168 1,143 1,218 1,975 1,795 2,021 2,691 1,962 2,554 1,677 1,198
21,174
372.7 ...
„ Remittent
55
43
51 115 184 196 189 184 191 227 129
84
1,648
156.3
1. 08
„ Continued
... 250 250 400 635 1,170 831 812 1,009 724 600 345 201
7,230
Enteric Fever
35
16
8
12
16 18
16
16
32
15
8
15
207
3.6 43. 96
Apoplexy
...
9
4
6
19
12
33
11
13
8
3
3
4
125
2.9
37. 60
Delirium Tremens ...
24
16
23
21
19
25
34
43
24 28
20
13
290
5.1
7. 59
Dysentery
... 182 137 116 130 204 202 183 293
199 221 181 197
2,945
39.5
3. 31
Diarrhœa
... 219 182 229 294 304 311 452 476 317 283 245 256
3,568
62.8
.26
Hepatitis
... 255 246 232 215 299 311
326 359 305 316 254 182
3,300
58.1
4. 67
Spleen Disease
...
30
23
21
32
30
41
32
31
41
48
24 22
375
6 . 6
.27
Respiratory Diseases ... 533 409 444 383 412 289 281 357 258 295 274 386
4,321
76.1
1. 30
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
50
36
36
38
45
3 9 49 58
47
54
51
47
550
9.7
15. 61
Scurvy
...
3
1
2 ...
2
3 ...
3 ...
1
4
1
20
.3
10. 00
Rheumatism
... 347 275 277 285 368 313 323 299 256 337 285 228
3,593
63.2
Venereal Diseases ... 1,178 1,005 1,042 1,051 1,071 778 744 918 696 942 807 947
11,179
196.8
Eye Diseases
...
85
82 110 142 139 117 111 161 109 109
85
80
1,323
23.3 .51
Abscess and. Ulcer ... 455 389 421 480 614 482 442 547
345 457 361 373
5,366
94.5
Wounds and Accidents... 483 478 463 445 567 370 355 408 367 471 408 580
5,395
95.0
All other causes
... 747 704 734 827 1,018 940 1,014 1,245
760 977 720 616
10,302
181.4
6,681 5,464 5,761 6,378 8,518 7,103 7,398 9,116 6,646 7,938 5,908 5,434
82,345
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
121.1 97.2 102.9 110.1 148.3 124.1 129.3 159.7 116.7 141.6 102.6 95.6
1 4 4 9 . 6
1871.
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