EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1872.
VII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the DINAPORE, BENARES, UDE
and CAWNPORE DISTRICTS 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 .
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 m i t t e n t .
F e v e r , C o n t i n u e d .
Apoplexy.
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 o t o 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
... 7,520
407
5 4 . 1
11
...
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
1
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
2
February
... 7,218
376
52.1
4
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . . ... ... ... ... ... 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
...
March ...
8,683
409
47.1
8
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . . . . .
1
. . .
2
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
2
A p r i l . . .
8,518
431
50.6
10
...
4
. . . 2
. . . 1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
1
May
... 8,483
465
5 4 . 8
26
...
15 2 3 ... 3 ...
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
June
... 8,463
502
59.3
21
...
6
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
9
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . . ... ... . . .
. . . 1
1
July
... 8,436
513
60.8
17
...
7
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
1
2
August ...
8,412
582
69.2
44
...
29 ... 2
. . . 1 2
. . . . . .
3
. . . 1
. . . 1 2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 2
1
September ...
8,353
619
74.1
41
...
2 6 ... ... ... 1 1 4
. . .
2 1 1 ... ... 3 1
. . . ... ... ...
1
. . .
October
... 8,322
597
71.7
15
...
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
2
. . .
6
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
2
1
November
... 8,281
492
69.4
5
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . . . . . 1
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ... ... ...
. . .
. . .
1
December
...
8 , 3 1 8
423
50.9
11
...
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
1
. . .
1 ... 3
. . .
1
. . .
. . . ... ...
2
2
92 2 10 ... 7 6 15 ... 11 2 22 ... 5
8 6 ...
. . .
. . . ...
13
14
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
8,251
485
58.8
213
25.81 11.15 .24 1.21
1.58
1.82 ... 1.33 .24 2.67 ...
. 6 0
. 9 7 .73 ... ...
. . . ... 1.58
1 . 6 9
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
during
the Year.
Admitted
Per 4,000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Jan.
Feb. March. April. May.
June. July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Dengue
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
6
5
181
423
7 4 2
682
304
101
2,444
296.2
...
Cholera
...
...
. . .
5
23
8
10
56
39
2
2
1
1.46
17.7
63.01
Smallpox
...
...
...
...
3
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
6
.7
33.33
Enteric Fever
3
3
1
4
4
1
2
4
1
2
. . .
3
28
3.4
3 5 . 7 2
Fever, Intermittent
41
35
68
121
112
114
144
119
118
189
92
58
1,211
146.8
...
„ Remittent
...
5
3
...
7
7
7
6
9
14
11
10
6
85
1 0 7 . 0
1 . 4 8
„ C o n t i n u e d . . .
31
14
32
72
63
120
96
75
9 94
37
44
797
Apoplexy
...
...
...
1
1
5
25
5
1
5
. . . ...
. . .
43
5.2
3 4 . 8 8
Delirium Tremens
5
. . .
3
1
1
2
1
2
3
1
2
1
22
2.7
...
Dysentery
..
27
7
10
25
21
19
28
45
31
54
17
36
320
38.8
3.44
Diarrhœa
14
16
29
4 4
66
43
82
116
73
49
33
93
658
79.8
.30
Hepatitis
...
32
28
24
33
40
52
43
39
51
65
30
35
472
57.2
4.66
Spleen Disease
...
2
4
3
4
4
5
2
. . . ...
4
5
...
33
4.0
. . .
Respiratory Diseases
20
26
40
44
35
34
33
39
33
37
42
59
442
53.6
1.13
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
3
3
1
5
4
6
10
9
3
18
9
10
81
9.8
7.41
Scurvy
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
Rheumatism
...
30
36
45
36
24
25
41
53
54
79
36
32
59.5
.37
Venereal Diseases
193
158
248
213
163
137
176
100
97
155
131
122
1,893
229.4
Eye Diseases
32
20
334 34
37
29
41
28
23
24
15
15
323
39.1
Abscess and Ulcer
55
65
55
85
77
78
105
55
45
75
65
59
819
99.3
Wounds and Accidents ...
54
34
56
79
47
62
69
48
37
57
50
67
660
79.9
All other Causes
...
95
74
102
120
130
161
170
127
119
150
86
116
1,450
175.7
642
526
749
927
872
935
1,246
1,348
1,582
1,773
966
858
12,424
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
85.4
7 2 . 9
86.3 108.8 102.8 110.5 147.7
160.2 189.4 213.0
1 1 6 . 7 103.1
1505.8
1872.
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