EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1872.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of the BENGAL PRE-
SIDENCY 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 a 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 .
N u m b 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 .
C h o l c 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 . 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 m 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
... 35,743 1,811 50.7
52 1.45 ... 3 4 1 1 ... . . . ... 4 . . . 7 1 8 3 6 ... 1 ... . . . 5 8 . . .
February
. . . 36,732 1,760 47.9
37 1.01 ... 1 1 . . . 4 1 1 1 1 ... 6 ... 6 1 2 . . . . . .
... 1 8 2 1
March
... 37,045 1,741 47.0 33
. 8 9 1 1 ... ... 1 1 3 ... 3 ... 4 ... 4 4 3 ... ... 1 ... 3 3 1
April
... 37,057 1,819 49.1
33
. 8 9 5 ... 3 ... 1 1 1 . . . 1 ... 3 ... 2 4 3 ... ... ... . . . 5 2 2
May
... 36,739 2,053 55.9 77 2.10 20 2
1 0 . . . 6 1 4 1 5 1 6 ... 6. 5 2 ... ... ... 1 3 1 3
June
... 36,642 2,134 58.2 82 2.'24 18 ... 7 ... 1 1 27 . . . 3 2 4 ... 1 4 2 . . . . . . 1 . . . 8 1 2
July
. . . 36,523 2,125 58.2 78 2.14 24 ... 9 ... 1 1 5 ... 4 . . . 11 ... 4 2 4 ... ... ... 1 4 2 6
August
... 36,372 2,319 63.8 219 6.02 162 ... 8 . . . 4 6 6 1 8 2 6 ... 1 2 3 ...
1 ... 5 3 1
September
... 36,068 2,530 70.2 187 5.18 104 ... 9 1 7 3 10 2 12 3 14 ... 2 7 3 ... ... ... ... 7 3 . . .
October
. . . 35,869 2,478 69.1
123 3.43 50 ... 6 ... 10 2 ... ... 10 1 15 ... 6 3 4 ... ... ... ... 7 4 5
November
... 36,479 2,164 59.3 42 1.15 4 ... 2 1 5 ... 1 ... 7 1 5 ... 2 1 1 ... ... ... ... 7 3 2
December
... 36,818 1,927 52.3
39 1.06 1 ... ... 1 3 ... . . . . . . 6 ... 5 ... 6 5 3 ... ... ... 1 3 4 1
389 7 59 4 44 17 58 5 64 1 0 8 6 1 48 41 36 . . . 1 3 4 6 5 36 24
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year ... 36,507 2,072 56.8 1,002 27.45 10.66
. 1 9
1 . 6 2 1.78 1.59 .14 1.75 .27 2'36 .03 1.32 1.12.93 .... .03 .08 .11 1.78 .98 .66
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
... ...
...
7 196 316
76 241 466 1,126
1 , 0 0 6
455 156
4,045
110.8
. . .
Cholera
...
. . .
. . .
1
6
31
24
38 271 143
66
3
1
584
16.0
66. 61
Smallpox
. . . 4
4
2
2
3
5
4
. . . ...
...
...
1
25
.7
28. 00
Enteric Fever
...
7
5
3
7
16
11
11
11
12
11
5
4
103
2.9
57. 28
Fever, Intermittent . . . 537 395 430 649 656 631 741 969 1,272 2,159 1,777 1,298
11,514
315.4
...
„
R e m i t t e n t
. . . 48
43
33
8 0
52
78
92 145 401 569 305 153
1,999
180.5
.93
„ Continued
. . . 124 107 146 336 427 558 576 578 755 600 227 156
4,590
Apoplexy
. . . . . .
1
4
7
10
72
21
21
13
4
3
1
157
4.3
36. 94
Delirium Tremens ...
14
7
7
8
13
8
17
18
22
12
12
9
147
4.0
3. 40
Dysentery
...
91
35
48
84
97
87 108 158 181 188
96 103
1,276
35.0
5. 02
Diarrhœa
... 153
86 108 207 190 381 447 555 337 264 119 184
2,811
77.5
.35
Hepati ti s
. . . 122 112 113 176 153 206 211 188 210 245 159 148
2,043
56.0
4. 21
Spleen Disease
...
15
25
12
18
17
25
22
24
13
27
21
18
237
6.5
. . .
Respiratory Diseases ... 282 249 222 249 226 180 225 196 161 237 254 274
2,761
75.6
1. 70
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
22
15
14
25
21
26
38
30
34
4 6
35
41
347
9.5
10. 37
Scurvy
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
1
3
3
1
1
4
1
1
17
.5
. . .
Rheumatism ism
... 249 203 193 204 152 163 222 186 195 234 158 177
2,336
64.0
. 4 8
Venereal Diseases ... 911 689 789 935 545 499 544 405 359 459 375 455
6,965
1901
Eye Diseases
...
82
61
68
82 104
66
86
76
9 0 83
45
48
8 9 1
24.4
Abscess and Ulcer ... 280 251 217 299 259 258 341 188 187 228 214 206
2,923
80.2
Wounds and Accidents ... 321 246 292 336 245 262 257 191 190 236 221 308
3,105
85.0
All other Causes
... 432 385 407 558 497 611 716 618 566 659 472 452
6,373
1 7 4 . 6
3,695 2,919 3,116 4,465 4,031 4,036 4,961 5,295 6,268 7,337 4,957 4,194
55,274
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
103.4 79.584.1 120.5 109.7 110.1 135.8 145.6 173.8 204.5 135.9 113.9
1 5 1 4 . 1