WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1872.
VI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the
MADRAS PRESIDENCY during the Year 1872, 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 c 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 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 .
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 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
2,758
65
23.6
10
3.63 ... ... 3 ... ... ...
. . . ...
. . . 2
1 . . .
. . . ...
. . . 1 1 2 ... ...
February
2,663
58
21.8
11
4.13 ... 1 1 ... ...
. . . ... ... ...
1
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 ...
. . .
. . .
March
2,825
63
22.3
18
6.37 ...
. . . 4
. . . 1
. . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1
1 . . . . . . . . .
2 3 2 ...
2
April
2,775
49
17.7
16
5.77 ... 1 ... ...
. . . 2 ... 2 ... 1
2 1 1
. . . 1
1
2 1 ...
1
May
2,798
63
22.5
23
8.22 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 2 10 1 ...
1 . . .
. . . 4 1
. . . 2
June
2,794
67
24.0
20
7.16 ...
. . . ...
. . . ... ...
. . . 1 ... 1
7 1 ... ... 1
3 1
4 ...
1
July
2,831
97
34.3
30 10.60 ... ...
. . . ... ...
. . . ... 2 ... 4
3 1 ... ... 3
8 4 2 2
1
August
2,810
132
47.0
21
7.47 ... ... ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3
. . . 1
. . . . . . 2
. . . 1 12 ... ... 1
1
September
2,819
95
3 3 . 7 13
4.61 ... ...
. . . ... ... ... ...
3 . . . . . .
. . . 1 1
. . . 1
2 1
1 1
2
October
2,789
84
30.1
1 2
4 . 3 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . ... . . .
5 ...
1 ...
2
1 1 . . . 1 ...
November
2,839
43
15 2
8
2 . 8 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .
2
2 . . . . . . . . .
3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
December
2,823
25
8.9
9
3 . 1 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 2 . . . 4 * 2
... 2 8 ... 1 3 ... 13 1 14 37 8 5 1 9 34 21 13 9 12
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
2,794
70
25.1
191 68.36 ... .72 2.86 ... .36
5.73 .36 5.01 13.24 2.86 1.79 .36 3.22 12.17 7.524.65 3.22 4.29
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
Admitted
p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o
f S t r e n g t h .
Died out
of each
hundred
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
Smallpox
1
3
1
2
1
...
1 ...
...
. . . ...
...
9
3 . 2
2 2 . 2 2
Dengue
7 ...
2
20
37
13
26
1 3
2 0
2
. . . ...
140
5 0 . 1
2 . 1 4
Measles
36
24
37
2
. . . ...
...
1
. . .
2
. . .
1
103
36.9
7 . 7 7
H o o p i n g C o u g h
6
3
. . .
1
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . . ...
...
...
1 0
3 . 6 ...
Scarlet Fever
3
4
1
. . . ...
...
. . . ...
. . . ...
...
...
8
2.9
1 2 . 5 0
Enteric Fever
1
. . .
. . .
3
. . . ...
...
...
1
1 ...
...
6
2 . 1
50.00
Intermittent Fevers
6
5
6
4
1
4
8
7
2 1
2 6
5
9
1 0 2
3 6 . 5
. . .
Re mi t t e n t a n d Co n t i n u e d F e v e r s
4
12
21
28
39
26
18
15
15
19
6
9
212
75.9
6 . 1 3
Heat Apoplexy
. . . ...
...
...
1 ...
. . . . . .
...
...
...
...
1
. 3 ...
Dysentery
4
3
2
6
9
8
15
14
12
5
1
1
8 0
28.6
11.25
Diarrhœa
19
17
8
17
21
27
52
48
23
1 4
13
8
267
9 5 . 6 12.73
Hepatitis
. . .
...
1 ...
...
...
...
. . .
. . . ...
1 ...
2
. 7
100.00
Spleen Disease
...
. . . ...
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
...
...
Respiratory Diseases
9
10
20
18
10
14
19
20
23
29
12
2 0
2 0 4
7 3 . 0 10.78
Eye Diseases
4
3
2
. . . ...
22
102
164
76
7 2
11
2
458
163.9
...
Anæmia and Debility
16
15
11
19
36
21
26
23
1 2
1 7
1 8
8
222
7 9 . 4
9 . 4 6
Tubercular Diseases
...
2
3
2
4
2
2
5
2
1
1
. . .
2 4
8 . 6
25.00
Meningitis and Hydro-
cephalus
...
. . .
1
1
1
1
2
. . .
1 ...
3
. . .
1 0
3.6
80.00
Convulsions
2
5
4
6
15
8
6
2
1
4
2
3
5 8
2 0 . 8
6 3 . 7 9
Dentition
8
5
3
13
10
7
5
1
6
4 ...
7
6 9
2 4 . 7
20.29
Abscess and Ulcer
4
1
5
13
9
4
6
2
1
6
3
1
5 5
19.7
2'.43
Injuries
4
5
3
4
3
2
4
1
1
1
2
4
3 4
12.2
All other Causes
18
28
30
16
13
6
16
10
16
1 5
1 5
1 6
1 9 9
7 1 . 2
152
145
161
175
210
165
308
326
231
218
93
89
2,273
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
55.1 54.5 57.0 63.1 75.1 59.1 108.8 116.0
81.9
78.2 32.8 31.5
8 1 3 . 5
* C a s e s o f D i p h t h e r i a l a n d e d a t R a n g o o n f r o m t h e T r o o p s h i p " M a l a b a r " .