EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1872.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of INDIA 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 .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S I N H O S P I T A L .
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
S n 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 .
D r o p s y . S c a r v y .
A t r o p h y a n d A 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
... 57,894 2,993
51.7
74
1.28 ...
3 6 1 2 ... 1 ... 5 ... 11 1 10 4 14 ... 1 ... ...
6 9 ...
February
... 59,028 2,899
4 9 . 8
63
1.08 ...
1 2 . . . 4 1 1 2 5 ... 9 ... 7 3 7 ... ... ... 1 11 7
2
March
... 59,916 2,848 47.5
50
.83
1 1 2 ... 1 1
5 ... 4 ...
... 4 6 6 ... ... 1 ... 8 3 1
April
... 59,681 2,960
49.6
60
1.01
7 2 7 ... 1 1
6 2 4 ... 5 . . . ... 3 7 3 ... ... ... ... 6 3 3
May
... 59,282 3,227
54.4
113
1.91
23 4 13 ... 6 3 18 1 9 1 10 . . . ... 6 5 3 ... ... ... 1 4 2 4
June
... 59,156 3,334
5 6 . 4
131
2.21
22
. . . 10
. . . 1 3 48 1 4 2 10 ...
3 5 6 ... ... 1 ... 10 2 3
July
... 58,930 3,312
56.2
119
2.02 35 ... 12 ... 1 2 11 1 5 ... 13 ...... 5 6 5 ... 1 ... 2 8 5 7
August
... 58,817 3,622
61.6
264
4.49 171 ... 14
. . . 4 6 9 1 15 2 11 ...... 2 5 5 ... ... 1 ... 10 4 4
September
... 58,382 3,950
6 7 . 7
236
4.04 111 ... 24 1 8 3 10 2 21 3 20 ...... 2 12 4 ... ... ... ... 11 4 ...
October
... 58,112 3,894
67.0
166
2.86
51 ... 9 1 12 4 3 1 15 1 26 ...... 6 7 7 ... ... ... 1 10 7 5
November
... 59,126 3,481
58.9
69
1.16
5 ... 5 2 5 1 1 ... 9 1 1 0 ...... 2 4 6 ... ... ... ... 10 5 3
December
... 59,121 3,161
53.5
80
1.35
1 ... 6 1 4 1 1 ... 13 ... 13 ...... 6 11 7 ... ... ... 1 8
6 1
427
1 1
1 1 0
6 49 26 114 11 109 10 144
1 5 6 75 73
. . . 2 3
6 102
5 7 33
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
.
For the year ... 58,870 3,306
56.2 1,425 24.21 7.25 .19 1.87
1 . 3 8 1.93 .19 1.85 .17
2 . 4 5
. 0 2 , . 0 2
.95 1.28 1.24 ... .03 .05 .10 1. 73 .97
. 5 6
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
c a s e s
treated.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Dengue
...
30
2
302
726
867
497 1,042
721 1,309 1,150
557
283
7,486
127.2
. . .
Cholera
. . .
. . .
...
1
10
34
28
51
282
155
67
5
1
634
10.7
67.35
Smallpox
...
9
6
10
9
9
5
5
. . .
. . .
...
...
1
54
. 9
20.37
Enteric Fever
. . .
15
13
12
15
25
15
19
21
35
18
8
22
221
3.8
49.77
Fever, Intermittent ...
860
592
629
937
9 4 2
875 1,055 1,413 2,171 3,959 2,860 2,179
18,472
313.8
. . .
„ Remi ttent
...
67
59
51
90
55
79
100
152
447
620
319
180
2,219
158.5
. 8 0
,,
Continue
...
2 1 2 240
385
6 2 8 688
891
810
762
949
796
412
341
7,114
Apoplexy
...
2
6
9
16
34
112
31
26
15
9
5
3
268
4.5
42.54
Delirium Tremens
...
26
20
13
21
19
14
29
25
31
22
16
9
245
4.2
4.49
Dysenter
...
1 9 5 116
95
154
174
167
251
342
336
345
211
247
2,633
44.7
4.14
Diarrhœa
...
260
159
192
310
304
275
697
814
464
378
216
341
4,410
74.9
.23
Hepatitis
...
2 1 6 192
174
255
219
280
302
285
312
371
236
264
3,106
52.8
4.64
Spleen Diseas
. . .
16
34
19
31
24
29
28
24
16
32
25
25
303
5.1
. . .
Respiratory Diseases ...
448
386
355
383
306
276
324
265
232
345
326
388
4,034
68.5
1.36
Phthisis Pulmonalis
. .
48
34
33
36
34
47
59
48
44
75
51
71
580
9.9
12.59
Scurvy
. . .
3
2
3
1
1
3
4
2
1
5
1
2
28
.5
. . .
Rheumatism
...
352
262
275
315
274
260
335
304
276
330
223
258
3,464
58.8
.50
Venereal Diseases
. . . 1,347 1,023 1,132 1,346
794
709
856
651
587
726
690
769
10,540
179.0
Eye Disease
. . .
119
94
106
120
130
99
126
126
132
125
64
69
1,310
22.3
Abscess and Ulcer
...
475
426
403
564
479
491
579
386
352
425
416
359
5,355
91.0
Wounds and Accidents ...
511
445
457
568
429
422 452
350
318
406
351
471
5,171
87.8
All other Cause
...
7 8 6
645
757
970
833
991 1,155
965
861 1,003
721
791
10,483
178.1
5,997 4,756 5,413 7,505 6,670 6,565 8,310 7,967 9,043 11,207 7,623 7,074
88,130
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
103.6
82.0 90.:3 125.7 112.5 110.9 141.0 135.5 154.9 192.8 128.9 119.6
1497.0
1872.
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