EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1875.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS 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
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 p i t a l .
S u i c i d a l D e a t h s .
C h o l e r a . S m a l l p o x .
E n t e r i c F e v e r .
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 .
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 .
Dr 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
58,252 3,261 56.0
54
. 9 3
6
1 2 1
1
6
11 6 7
2 7 2 2
February
58,733 3,214 54.7
60 1.02
2
2
2
5
12
5 8 8
1 10 4 1
March
59,382 2,939 49.5
60 1.01 2 2 4
3 2 4
3
7
6 4 7
1
10 3 2
April
59,099 3,121 52.8
54
. 9 18
10
5 2 7
1
4 1 3 2 2
1 2 2 2 2
May
58,808 3,275 55.7
77 1.31 9
9
4 4 6 1 4
9 1 1 6 3
1 12 3 4
June
58,696 3,386 57.7
130 2.21 10
20
8 1 40 1
1 9
3 3 5
2 18 8 1
July
58,523 3,574 61.1
92 1.57 12
5
5 1 25 2 1 4 11
2 4 4
7 4 5
August
58,315 3,474 59.6
148 2.54 83
4
1 2 6
4
9 2 3 6 7
2 10 5 4
September
58,108 3,575 61.5
133 2.29 55
7 1 2 3 6 1 7 1 10
3 5 7
1 13 9 2
October
57,693 3,586 62.2
73 1.27 13
6
1 1
2 3
13
1 1 1 11
1 9 9 1
November
58,160 3,339 57.4
80 1.38 2
6
3 2 3
14 1 7 1 2 11 8
13 4 3
December
57,139 3,036 53.1
60 1.05
5
3 2 1 1 6 1 11
5 4 4
1 8 7 1
194 2 84 1 38 22 101 8 49
8
108 6 45 60 73
1 1 13 119 6 0 28
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
58,409 3,315 56.8 1,021 17.48 3.32 .03 1.44
1 . 0 4
1.73 .14 .84 .14 1.85 .10 .77 1.03 1.25
.02 .02 .22 2.04 1.03 .48
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
cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
3
10
20
12
21
121
76
17
6
2
288
4.9
67.36
Smallpox
2
2
2
3
2
1
12
.2
16.67
Enteric Fever
12
7
7
26
25
24
8
11
15
7
14
10
166
2.8
5 0 . 6 0
Fever, Intermittent
825
685
756 1,013 1,050 1,501 1,250 1,621 1,745 2,265 2,842 1,726
17,279
295.8
.01
„ R e m i t t e n t
26
27
36
60
58
144
75
110
279 382
185
87
1,469
149.8
.69
„ C o n t i n u e d 278
229
429
854 836
925
824
819
749
579
464 292
7,278
Apoplexy
6
3
12
14
24
81
49
23
14
7
5
2
240
4.1
42.0
8
Delirium Tremens
16
5
16
8
22
11
24
30
23
17
20
9
201
3.4
3.9
8
Dysentery
130
108 189
132
153
181
160
262
210
189
208 167
2,089
35.8
2.35
Diarrhœa
160
149
244
325 247
325
459
654 408 215 231
238
3,655
62.6
.22
Hepatitis
189
184
233
200
220
287
244
305
240
222
234
156
2,714
46.5
3.9
8
Spleen Disease
31
29
35
33
37
36
44
41
31
44
36
30
427
7.3
1.41
Respiratory Diseases
495
497
385 291
322
305
303
296
252
277
395
336
4,154
71.1
1 . 0 8
Phthisis Pulmonalis
51
31
55
17
26
51
42
53
46
49
62
36
519
8.9
14.07
Scurvy
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
9
. 2 11.11
Rheumatism
2 4 1
2 3 9
3 1 0
2 5 4
2 5 3
3 3 3
2 2 9
3 0 8
2 3 5
2 1 1
2 3 8
1 6 9
3 , 0 2 0
5 1 . 7
.51
Venereal Diseases
1,204 1,101 1,470 1,089
8 8 9
1 , 0 5 9
8 4 4
9 5 6
7 2 2
7 4 3
1 , 0 4 6
8 5 5
1 1 , 9 7 8
2 0 5 . 1
Eye Diseases
68
57
107
1 1 6
1 2 4
1 1 3
9 6
1 0 6
1 0 7
1 1 7
1 1 7
6 3
1 , 1 9 1
2 0 . 4
Abscess and Ulcer
3 8 1
3 6 2
4 9 0
4 4 2
4 3 9
5 8 8
5 1 6
5 1 7
3 9 6
3 3 9
3 8 9
3 0 0
5 , 1 5 9
8 8 . 3
Wounds and Accidents
All other Causes
451
716
446
711
631
928
4 9 2
863
4 1 8
854
5 2 9
1,203
3 9 5
952
5 1 8
1,143
3 7 6
877
4 4 3
865
5 1 0
940
4 4 4
588
5 , 6 5 3
10,640
9 6 . 8
182.2
5,282 4,873 6,339 6,242 6,019 7,708 6,537 7,895 6,801 6,989 7,945 5,511
78,141
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
90.7 83.0 106.7 105.6 102.4 1 3 1 . 3
111.7 135.4 117.0 121.1 136.6 96.4
1 , 3 3 7 . 8
1875.
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