WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1875.
II
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS composing the
ARMY of INDIA, during the Year 1875, 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 i 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 . 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 .
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 .
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 s .
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
... 12,216
249
20.4
41 3.36 ... ... 3 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... ...
9 1 2
. . . . . . 8 5
1 3
6
February
... 12,642 234 18.5
3 2
2 . 5 3 . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 1 1 ...
. . . 5 6
6 2
. . .
March
... 12,483
296 23.7
71
5.69 ... ... 12 1 ... ... ... ... ... 7 15 4 2 ... 3 11 6
4 3
3
April
... 12,338
391
31.7
89 7.21 1 ... 8 1 ... ... 2 5 1 12 10 5 2
. . . 4 20 12
3 1
2
May
... 12,260
398 32.5
64 5.22 1
. . . 6 2 ... ...
. . . ... 1 10 11 4 2 ... 2 8 6
2 3
6
June
... 12,364
425 34.4
83
6.71 2 ... 7 ... ... ... ... 8 2 9 12 4 2 ... 4 15
8 3 2
5
July
... 12,391
467
37.7
99
7.99 17
. . . 4 2
. . . ... ... 5 ... 6 16 2 3 ... 3 23 10
2 2
4
August
... 12,434
535
43.0 115
9.25 19 ... 1 ... ...
. . . 1 4 2 20 12 ... 2 ... 7 32 3
4 6
2
September
... 12,523
522 41.7
99
7.91 17 ... ... ...
. . . . . . . . . 5 ... 8 16 1 4 ... 5 26 8
4 1 ' 4
October
... 12,394 448 36.1
58 4.68 5 ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 2 3 12 1
. . . ... 4 13 8
3 2 5
November
... 12,376
357 28.8
64 5.17 1 ...
. . . ... ... ... ... 10 3 7 10 1 4 ... 3 14 6
4 1
. . .
December
... 11,889
227
19.1
47
3.95 ...
. . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 2
9 1 5 ... 2 4 9
5 1
1
63
. . . 49 7 ... 1 4 42 12 86 137 25 29
. . . 37 179 87 41 25 38
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
... 12,359
379 30.7 862 69.75 5.10 ... 3.96 . 5 7 ...
. 0 8 3.72
. 9 7 6 . 9 6
11.09 2.02 2.35 ... 2.99 14.48 7.04 3.32 2.02 3.07
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER 0F ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted d u r i n g t h e y e a r . 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
... ...
...
...
1
1
2
25
23
24
6
1
. . .
83
6.7
75.90
Smallpox
...
. . .
. . .
. . . ....
1
. . . ...
1 ...
...
. . .
. . .
2
. 2
. . .
Dengue
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
Measles
...
40
85
125
87
86
154
49
22
6
. . .
9
21
684
55.3
7.16
Hooping Cough
...
14
14
13
14
15
23
35
7
1
2
1 ...
139
11.2
5.04
Scarlet Fever
...
Enteric Fever ...
... 1 ...
...
...
. . . . . .
... 2
...
...
...
...
... 1
... 1
...
...
...
...
. . . . . .
. . . 5
. . .
. 4 20.00
Intermittent Fevers ...
55
29
59
83
74
128
104 137
117
166
192
88
1,232
99.7
. 3 2
Remittent and Continu-
ed Fevers
...
43
28
68
82
80
98
85
98
86
96
117
34
915
74.0
4.59
Apoplexy
...
...
2
3
1
4
1
2
1
3
3
1
21
1.7
57.14
Dysentery
...
9
3
22
29
12
28
27
48
41
37
22
18
296
24.0
12.50
Diarrhœa
...
40
41
145
138
89
88
157
252
124
84
94
35
1,287
104.1
13.91
Hepatitis ...
. . .
1 ...
1
8 ...
. . .
3
2
2
. . . ...
17
1.4 ...
Spleen Disease
...
3
3
2
4
2
2
1
1
4
2
3
2
29
2.3
. . .
Respiratory Diseases ...
44
50
63
33
55
54
36
67
56
59
85
53
655
53.0
10.08
Eye Diseases
...
16
5
64 144
84
75
204 422
311
220
100
41
1,686
136.4
. . .
Anæmia and Debility ...
85
69
96
81
91
100
76
97
99
91
85
91
1,061
85.8
8.20
Tubercular Diseases...
5
10
3
12
10
6
5
9
13
2
11
7
93
7.5
31.18
Meningitis and Hydro-
cephalus...
1
3
5
9
4
5
4
. . .
2
2
2
2
39
3.2
64.10
Convulsions
...
9
8
15
17
14
16
25
13
22
19
17
11
186
15.0
73.66
Dentition
16
17
50
49
46
77
47
66
41
25
37
22
493
39.9
17.44
Abscess and Ulcer ...
8
8
12
15
30
32
19
25
11
11
13
7
191
15.5
Injuries
...
14
6
19
17
12
14
13
24
21
14
15
6
175
14.2
1.44
All other Causes
...
37
63
70
43
52
49
32
42
41
39
43
22
533
43.1
440
443 833
862
769
955
945 1,360 1,024
880
850
461
9,822
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
36.0 35.0 66.7 69.9 62.7 77.2 76.3 109.4 81.8 71.0 68.7 38.8
794.7
1875.
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