EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1876.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of the BENGAL
PRESIDENCY during the Year 1876, 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.
Chol era.
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 .
Di a r r h œa . H e p a t i t i s .
S p l e e n D i s e a s e s .
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 . D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
S u i c i d a l D e a t h s .
January
... 36,597 1,874
51.2
37
1.01 ... ... 6 ...
1 ... ...
1
4 ... 1 ... 7
4
4 ... ... 1 ... 6 1 1
February
... 36,783 1,915
52.1
29
.79...
. . .
4
. . . 1
. . . . . . ... ... ...
4 ...
6
3
3 . . . . . .
... ...
4 2
2
March
... 36,672 1,831
49.9
36
.983
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 1 ...
7 ...
2
5
6 . . . . . .
2 2
4 2
2
April
... 37,110 1,886
50.8
34
.926
. . .
4
. . . . . . . . . 4 ... 1 1
3 ...
. . .
1
4 . . . . . .
1 1
6 . . .
2
May
... 36,638 2,060
56.2
45
1.23 6 ... 9 ... ... 1 6 ... 2 ... 3 ... 1 5 3 ... ... 1 ... 4 2 2
June
. . . 36,615 2,166
59.2
48
1.31 5 ... 6 ... 1 ... 17 1 3 ... 5 ... ... 1 2 ... ... ... ... 2 4 1
July
. . . 36,516 2,167
59.3
70
1.92 19 ... 3 1 2 ... 25 1 4 ... 1 ... 3 1 4 ... ... ... ... 4 ... 2
August
. . . 36,413 2,193
60.2
85
2.33 29 ... 12 ... 1 ... 7 ... 3 ... 7 1 2 5 5 ... ... ... ... 7 2 4
September
... 36,274 2,458
67.8
61
1.68 18 ... 8 ... 4 4 3 ... 6 1 3 ... 3 2 1 ... ... ... ... 5 1 2
October
... 36,488 2,533
69.4
72
1.97 29 ... 6 ... 3 2 2 ... 5 1 5 ... ... 4 1 ... ... ... 1 10 3 ...
November
... 36,278 2,295
63.3
33
.91...
. . .
3
1
2
. . . . . .
1 5
. . . 5 ...
3
2
5 . . . . . .
...
. . . 3 1 1
December
. . . 36,600 2,013
558
36
'98 ... ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... 4 ... 8 .., 2 3 3 ... ... ... 1 2 6 1
115 ... 64 2 17 7 65 4 38 3 52 1 29 37 41 ... ... 5 5 57 24 20
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 36,582 2,122
58.0
586 16.02 3.14 ... 1.75
. 7 1
1.77 .11 1.04 .08 1.42 .03 .79 1.01 1.12 ... ... .14
. 1 4 1.56 .66 .55
CAUSES OF ADMISSION.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during the Year. Admi t t ed per 1, 000 of St rengt h.
Died out
of each hundred
cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Dengue
...
...
...
...
...
5
37
5
. . .
186
345
75
16
669
18.3
...
Cholera
...
...
...
4
10
5
8
23
42
27
44
...
...
163
4.5
70.55
Smallpox
...
...
...
...
...
3
2
. . .
1
...
...
...
...
6
.2
...
Enteric Fever
...
20
9
9
11
30
17
15
15
14
12
7
12
171
4.7
37.43
Fever, Intermittent ...
763
763
483
504
980
937
945 1,585 2,122 2,829 1,627 1,034
14,572
398.3
. . .
„ Remittent
...
17
19
26
33
63
51
43
53
99
182
83
44
718
159.4
.41
„ Continued
...
134
178
143
314
690
525
596
657
717
621
367
171
5,113
Apoplexy
...
...
2
5
9
8
57
59
12
6
6
3
. . .
167
4.6
38.92
Delirium Tremens
...
7
7
5
5
11
8
8
10
7
8
7
7
90
2.5
4.44
Dysentery
...
75
45
48
83
87
63
55
139
120
112
88
60
975
26.7
3.90
Diarrhœa.
...
102
89
100
131
152
117
130
337
203
164
136
112
1,773
48.5
.17
Hepatitis
...
71
122
110
109
155
158
152
193
174
194
138
119
1,695
46.3
3.07
Spleen Disease
...
15
19
17
14
28
16
34
25
20
36
25
21
270
7.4
.37
Respiratory Diseases ...
355
355
259
261
308
176
191
216
145
229
184
297
2,976
81.3
.97
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
16
18
13
21
25
19
25
30
27
46
35
28
303
8.3
13.53
Scurvy
...
...
1
1
. . .
3
1 ...
1
...
1
. . .
2
10
.3
. . .
Rheumatism
...
181
236
187
205
210
192
216
227
169
194
185
177
2,379
65.0
.45
Venereal Diseases
...
666
911
735
671
720
482
476
510
374
536
473
539
7,123
194.7
Eye Diseases
...
44
45
39
65
68
47
32
79
65
66
45
36
631
17.1
Abscess and Ulcer
...
200
250
222
202
215
294
290
325
240
220
177
189
2,824
77.2
Wounds and Accidents ...
233
372
322
299
310
262
225
306
259
316
300
396
3,600
98.4
All other Causes
...
332
467
469
454
667
615
625
747
616
661
491
432
6,576
179.7
3,231 3,908 3,197 3,406 4,743 4,084 4,145 5,540 5,590 6,822 4,446 3,692
52,804
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
88.3 106.3
87.2
91.8 129.5 111.5 113.5 152.1 154.1 186.9 122.6 100.9
1 4 4 3 . 4