EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1871.
XV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in SOUTHERN 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 .
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
D i e d o u t o f 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 .
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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
D t 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 .
January ... 5,014 300 59.8 15 ... ... ... ... ... 2
5 ... . . .
1 ...
3 ...
. . . 1
. . . ... . . . ... ...
1
2
February ... 4,989 302 60.5
4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . . . 1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
3
March
... 5,209 251 48.2 1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . .
. . . . . .
. . . ... . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
April
... 5,056 243 48.1 5 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
1
1
1 ...
. . . ... . . .
. . . ...
. . . . . . . . . ... ...
1
May
... 4,967 243 48.9
5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
1
1 . . . ... ... . . . 1 1
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ...
June
... 4,991 283 56.7 4 ...
. . . . . . . . . .. ... ... ... ...
1 ...
2 ...
. . .
. . . 1
. . . . . . . . . . . .
...
. . .
July
... 5,017 303 60.4
9
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 2 ...
1
1
. . . ... ...
. . . ... ...
. . . . . . . . . ...
2
2
August ... 5,039 292 58.0
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
1
. . . . . . . . . ... . . .
. . . 1
. . . . . . . . . ... ... ...
September ... 5,022 273 54.4 4 ... ... ...
. . . . . . ... ... ... ...
1
. . . 1 ...
. . . 1
. . .
. . . . . . . . . ...
1 ...
October ... 5,056 267 52.8 8
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ...
1
3 . . . 1 ...
1
. . . ...
. . . . . . . . . . . .
...
1
November ... 4,479 255 56.9 4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
. . . . . . ... . . . 1
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ...
December ... 3,867 238 61.5
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . ... . . . 1 ... 1
2
. . . . . . . . . ... ... ...
1
... ... ... 1 2
9
1
5
9 ...
8 ... 2
7
5
. . . . . . . . . . . .
6 11
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year... 4,892 271 55.4
6 6 13.49 ...
. . . .61
1.84
. 2 0 1.02 1.84 ... 1.64 ... .41 1.43 1.02 ... ... ...
. . . 1.23 2. 25
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
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
2
.4
...
Smallpox
... ...
...
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2 ...
2
.4
...
Fever, Intermittent ...
27
46
22
20
28
20
10
17
19
19
13
16
257
52.5 ...
, , Remi t t ent ...
10
2
. . .
1
1
2
7
2
. . .
1
. . . ...
26 63.4
.97
, , C o n t i n u e d
37
27
16
28
32
28
15
28
19
21
15
18
284
Enteric Fever
15
. . . ...
1
2
2
. . . . . .
. . .
1
. . .
4
25
5.1 36. 00
Apoplexy
2 ...
1
1
3 ...
...
1
1
. . . . . .
. . .
9
1.8 11.11
Delirium Tremens ...
4
3
4
5
3
6
9
7
4
3
4
2
54
11.0
9 . 2 6
Dysentery
12
14
6
9
22
35
29
48
21
32
20
34
282
57.6
3. 19
Diarrhœa
...
17
13
22
16
19
22
26
21
12
19
8
16
211
43.1 ...
Hepatitis
...
27
14
11
12
17
26
27
28
23
22
27
22
256
52.3
3 . 1 3
Spleen Disease...
1 ...
. . .
2
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
15
3.1 ...
Respiratory Diseases ...
27
34
40
27
33
28
14
31
25
18
17
21
315
64.4
.63
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
3
2
2
3
8
5
12
4
5
7
3
8
62
12.7
8 . 0 6
Scurvy
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
Rheumatism
...
27
10
16
25
23
2 0
2 5
2 2 18
33
18
7
244
49.9
.37
Venereal Diseases ...
78
61
53
56
66
61
53
61
38
55
55
41
678
138.6
Eye Diseases
1
4
6
6
6
6
16
10
5
9
8
4
81
16.6
Abscess and Ulcer ..,
62
50
45
47
80
69
49
72
40
6 4 38
44
660
135.0
Wounds and Accidents...
51
56
52
50
40
48
39
47
35
51
44
64
577
117.9
All other causes ... 106
72
96
104
123
121
122
132
84
129
73
81
1,243
254.1
507
408
392
413
508
500
454
533
351
486 347 384
5,283
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
101.1 81.8 75.3 81.7 102.3 100.2 90.5 105.8 69.9 96.1 77.5 99.3
1 0 7 9 . 9
1871.
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