WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1873.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the
BENGAL PRESIDENCY during the Year 1873, 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 i n e a c h M o n t h .
D e a t h - r a t e o f e a c h M o n t h p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
CAUSES OF DEATHs.
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l p o x .
M e a s l e s .
Hoopi ng Cough.
Scarlet Feverr.
Ent e r i c Fe ve r .
I n t e r mi t t e n t F e v e r s .
R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n t i - n u e d F e v e r s .
H e a t A p o p l e x y .
D e n t i t i o n .
C o n v u l s i o n s .
M e n i n g i t i s a n d H y d r o - c e p h a l u s .
T a b e s M e s e n t e r i c a .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
D y s e n t e r y .
D i a r r h œ a .
A n æ m i a a n d A t r o p h y .
B r o n c h i t i s a n d P n e u - m o n i a .
C r o u p a n d D i a p h t h e r i a .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January . . . 6,667
178 26.7
23
3.45
. . .
. . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
. . .
2
. . .
2
4
. . . 2
. . .
1
4
1
4
1
1
6,755
168
24.9
27
4.00
. . .
1
. . . 1 . . . . . .
. . . 3
. . .
1
5
2 1
. . .
3
1
1
3
1
4
February . . .
6,660
194 29.1
33
4.95
. . .
. . .
4 . . . . . . . . .
. . . 4
. . .
1
3
2
2
. . .
. . .
8
6
2
. . .
1
March . . .
6,786
313 46.1
52
7.66
. . .
1
4 . . . . . . . . . 1
3
. . .
9
8
. . . 1
. . .
1
8
9
5
1
1
April . . .
6,805
319 46.9
25
3.67
1
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
. . .
3
4
1 4
. . .
. . .
2
5
. . .
. . .
1
May . . .
6,810
328 48.2
35
5.14
1
1
1
1 . . . . . .
1
3
1
2
5
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
8
4
2
1
1
June . . .
July . . . 6,836
322 47.1
40
5.85
. . .
. . .
. . . 3 . . . . . . . . .
5
1
1
3
. . . 1
1
2
14
4
. . . 3
2
6,833
363 53.1
50
7.32
1
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
. . .
5
11
1
. . .
. . .
2
18
5
1
. . .
2
August . . .
September . . . 6,831
411
60.2
72
10.54
2
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
1
7
. . .
10
12
1
3
. . .
5
17
4
4
3
3
October . . . 6,849
334 48.8
40
5.84
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1
2
5
1
4
. . .
3
10
5
1
3
2
November . . . 6,604
221
33.5
27
4.09
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
1 . . .
1
4
. . .
. . .
6
1
2
. . .
2
1
6
2
1
1
December . . . 6,601
184 27.9
35
5.30
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . . . . .
2
4
. . .
2
5
2
1
. . .
2
3
3
3
4
2
5
5 10 6
1
. . . 6 44
3
38
71 14 21
1 21
94
53 27 18
21
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year . . . 6,753
278 41.2
459
67.97
.74 .74 1.48 .89 .15
7 . 4 0
.45 5.63 10.51
2 . 0 8 3.11
. 1 5 3.11 13.92
7.85 3.99 2.66 3.11
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
treated.
Jan.
Feb.
March. April.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Cholera . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
2
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
6
.9
83.33
23.81
Smallpox . . .
. . .
3
2
8
5
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
21
3.1
Dengue . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
.5
. . .
Measles . . .
6
7
26
20
5
2
2
6
. . .
. . .
1
3
78
11.6
12.82
8.57
Hooping Cough . . .
3
6
6
8
6
14
11
. . .
3
1
1
11
70
10.4
Scarlet Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
4
. 6
25.00
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
2
.3
. . .
Intermittent Fevers . . .
15
17
33
64
54
60
78
66
105
165
144
85
886
131.2
.68
662
98.0
6.65
Remittent and Continued
Fevers . . .
19
17
30
61
66
97
72
66
110
64
32
28
6
.9
50.00
Heat Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
2
2
. . .
. . .
131
19.4
16.03
Dysentery . . .
8
11
7
14
5
5
10
12
22
14
13
10
Diarrhœa . . .
25
21
37
114
52
62
75
116
104
34
26
34
700
103.6
13.43
Hepatitis . . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
2
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
9
1.3
. . .
Spleen Disease . . .
. . .
1
1
1
1
6
6
5
3
2
1
. . .
27
4.0
. . .
320
47.4
1.4.06
Respiratory Diseases . . .
32
28
32
33
21
16
26
15
34
29
21
33
1,098
162.6
. . .
Eye Diseases . . .
7
9
15
88
43
56
105
206
399
112
38
20
91.2
8.60
Anæmia and Debility `34
47
32
85
51
46
57
60
59
59
35
51
616
52
7.7
42.31
Tubercular Diseases `3
2
3
8
3
4
6
5
6
5
4
3
Meningitis and Hydro -
cephalus ``2
3
1
1
4
1
1
1
3
2
1
20
3.0
70.00
14.9
71.00
Convulsions `8
8
4
15
6
9
7
12
13
6
7
6
101
48.9
11.51
Dentition `13
9
18
52
24
45
37
29
37
31
17
18
330
Abscess and Ulcer `1
5
4
9
3
15
15
14
12
6
4
5
93
13.8
4.65
Injuries `7
5
5
11
5
5
9
12
9
11
5
10
94
13.9
All other Causes `14
16
12
17
13
20
18
23
30
25
13
25
226
33.4
196
214
272
611
365
472
541
650
951
572
365
346
5,555
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
29.4
31.7
40.9
90.0
53.6
69.3
79.1
95.1
139.2
83.5
55.3
52.4
822.6