EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1873.
XVII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN SOLDIERS occupying the HILL STATIONS and HILL
CONVALESCENT DEPOTS of the MADRAS and BOMBAY PRESIDENCIES during the Year 1873 , and the prevalence of the
principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.
(The Statistics of Wellington, Ramandroog, Puchmurree, Poorundhur, Taraghur and Mount Aboo are aggregated in this Statement.)
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 .
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 mi 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 .
Di ar r hœa.
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 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 .
January . . .
365
36
98.6
1
. . .
. . .
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1
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. . .
February . . .
387
26
67.2
3
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2
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. . .
1 . . .
. . .
. . .
March . . .
651
48
73.7
1
. . .
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. . .
. . . . . .
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. . .
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. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
. . .
April . . .
1,160
95
81.9
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May . . .
1,224
112
91.5
. . .
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June . . .
1,055
91
8 6 . 3
2
. . .
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. . .
1
. . . . . .
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. . .
. . . . . .
1
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. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
July . . .
934
8 1
86.7
2
. . .
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. . . . . .
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. . .
. . .
1 . . . . . .
. . .
1
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. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
August . . .
908
63
69.4
2
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. . .
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1
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. . . 1
September . . .
901
61
67.7
1
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1
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October . . .
911
60
65.9
1
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1
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November . . .
600
44
73.3
2
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2
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December . . .
379
24
63.3
1
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1
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1 . . .
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. . . 1
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1 1. . . 4
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3
1
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. . .
2 . . .
. . .
1
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . .
790
62
78.5
16
20.25
. . .
. . . 1.27
1.27
. . .
. . . 1.27 . . . 5.06
. . . 2.52 3.80 1.27 . . .
. . . 2.52 . . .
. . . 1.27
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.
Dengue . . .
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None.
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Cholera . . .
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Smallpox . . .
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Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
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. . .
4
5.1
25.00
Fever, Intermittent . . .
31
11
29
59
79
71
8 1
36
40
26
17
6
486
615.2
. . .
" Remittent . . .
. . .
1
1
2
. . .
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. . .
1
1 1
. . .
7
39.3
3.23
" Continued . . .
. . .
1
7
7
8
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. . .
1
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. . .
24
Apoplexy . . .
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Delirium Tremens . . .
. . .
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. . .
1
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. . .
1
1.3
. . .
Dysentery . . .
1
1
2
6
3
3
2
1
1
. . .
1
3
24
30.4
4.17
Diarrhœa . . .
. . .
2
4
5
9
8
11
5
1
2
3
. . .
50
63.3
. . .
Hepatitis . . .
1
5
8
15
5
8
9
1
6
1
4
2
65
82.3
6.15
Spleen Disease . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
2
1
4
. . .
. . .
1
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. . .
10
12.6
. . .
Respiratory Diseases . . .
2
2
4
10
5
9
10
6
8
4
3
1
64
81.0
3.12
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
1
. . .
2
. . .
1
. . .
2
1
1
1
. . .
. . .
9
11.4
11.11
Scurvy . . .
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. . .
1
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. . .
1
1.3
. . .
Rheumatism . . .
2
3
3
13
11
8
12
8
8
8
. . .
5
81
102.5
. 7 8
Venereal Diseases . . .
3
4
8
19
18
11
7
10
15
10
4
3
112
141.8
Eye Diseases . . .
3
. . .
3
7
2
2
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
20
25.3
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
3
4
11
16
6
16
4
11
5
7
2
1
86
108.8
Wounds and Accidents . . .
1
. . .
5
8
9
8
9
4
6
3
2
2
57
72.1
All other Causes . . .
16
16
33
53
23
29
30
19
27
19
4
15
284
359.5
64
50
122
223
182
175
183
103
120
83
41
39
1,385
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
175.3
129.2
187.4
192.2
148.7
165.9
195.9
113.4
133.2
91.1
68.3
102.9
1753.2
1873.
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