WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1873.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS composing
the ARMY of INDIA 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 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 .
H o o p i n g C o u g h .
S c a r l e t F e v e r . E n t e r i c F e v e r .
I n t e r m i 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 p h t h e r i a .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January . . . 11,512 245
21.3
39
3.39 . . .
. . .
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 4
6
.
. . 2 . . . 2
7
2 5 4 2
February . . . 11,664 239
20.5
36
3.09
. . .
1 . . . 1 . . .
. . . . . . 5 . . . 1
7 2 2
. . . 5
1
1 4 1 5
March . . .. 11,769 292
24.8
47
3.99
. . .
. . .
6
. . . . . . . . . 1 6 . . . 3
4 2 2
. . .
. . .
9
10 3
. . . 1
April . . .. 11,853 422
35.6
75
6.33
. . .
2 4
. . . . . .
. . . 1 5 . . . 9
13
. . . 2
. . . 3
13
10 6 2 5
May . . .. 11,866 467
39.4
46
3.88
2 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 5
7 3 6
. . .
. . .
6
8
. . .
. . . 1
June . . .. 11,894 479
40.3
58
4.88
2 1 5 1 . . . . . . 1 4 1 3
10 6 1
. . . 2
9
7 2 2 1
July . . .. 11,962 479
40.0
69
5.77
4 . . .
1 3 . . .
. . . . . . 5 1 5
7 2 2
1 2
16
13 1 4 2
August . . .. 11,971 534
44.6
79
6.60
1 . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 5 . . . 7
14 2 2
. . . 5
25
12 2 2 2
September . . .. 11,921 562
47.1
114
9.56
2 . . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . 2 7
.
. . 17
20 2 5
. . . 9
28
9 6 4 3
October . . .. 11,961 466
38.9
54
4.51
. . .
. . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 3 1 3
8 1 4
. . . 4
11
5 2 4 7
November . . .. 11,954 317
26.5
48
4.02 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . . 1 4 . . . 5
12 1 1
. . . 3
4
7 6 2 1
December . . .. 11,990 273
22.8
50
4.17
. . .
1 . . .
1 . . . . . . 2 5 . . . 2
7 2 3
. . . 5
4
5 6 5 2
11 7 20 7 1 . . .
8 56 3 64 115 23 32 1 40 133
89 43 30 32
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year . . . 11,860 398
33.6
715* 60.29 .93 .59 1.69 .59 .09 . . .
5.39 .25 5.39 9.70 1.94 2.70 .09 3.37 11.21 7.50 3.63 2.53 2.70
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
2
2
7
2
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
16
1.3
68.75
Smallpox . . .
. . .
3
9
11
6
2
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
33
2.8
21.21
Dengue . . .
6
2
2
1
. . .
. . .
4
. . .
1
5
. . .
. . .
21
1.8
. . .
Measles . . .
10
19
36
61
59
30
6
13
. . .
. . .
1
15
250
21.1
8.00
Hooping Cough . . .
3
8
6
8
7
29
13
. . .
4
6
4
11
99
8.3
7.07
Scarlet Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
1
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
2
1 . . .
8
. 7
12.50
Enteric Fever . . ..
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
1
5
.4
. . .
Intermittent Fevers . . .
47
28
63
98
79
90
111
96
148
206
178
101
1,245
105.0
.64
Remittent and Continued
Fevers . . .
30
29
51
82
91
114
99
88
141
93
46
48
912
76.9
6.14
Heat Apoplexy . . ..
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
1
. . .
2
2
. . .
. . .
8
.7
37.50
Dysentery . . ..
18
18
10
19
16
12
28
32
44
24
20
23
264
22.3
15.15
Diarrhœa . . .
44
47
62
146
93
95
110
157
151
48
58
54
1,065
89.8
12.49
Hepatitis . . ..
. . .
1
1
4
1
2
3
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
3
16
1.3
. . .
Spleen Disease . . .
. . .
1
1
1
1
6
6
5
4
2
1
. . .
28
2.3
. . .
Respiratory Diseases . . .
53
47
45
44
39
31
47
32
60
50
44
64
556
46.9
13.13
Eye Diseases . . ..
15
19
41
121
80
86
192
312
514
204
91
41
1,716
144.7
. . .
Anæmia and Debility . . .
46
59
76
122
86
83
106
160
106
102
63
88
1,043
87.9
8.53
Tubercular Diseases . . .
8
8
5
10
6
5
11
6
10
5
5
6
85
7.2
38.82
Meningitis and Hydro-
cephalus . . .
. . .
2
3
1
3
7
5
2
1
3
2
2
31
2.6
74.19
Convulsions . . .
11
13
5
21
12
17
13
15
24
11
14
9
165
13.9
69.70
Dentition . . .
20
15
30
64
40
53
56
47
59
40
31
23
478
40.3
13.39
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
4
8
7
18
11
24
22
22
18
8
14
11
167
14.1
3.95
Injuries . . .
10
9
13
19
6
7
14
26
19
18
13
20
174
14.7
All other Causes . . .
25
31
26
44
35
31
32
37
44
40
23
37
405
34.1
350
368
494
897
676
727
888
999
1,353
870
609
559
8,790
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
30.4
31.6
41.9
75.7
57.0
61.1
74.2
83.4
113.5
72.7
50.9
46.6
741.1
* Excluding 27 deaths, which appear in the Regimental Returns, of stillborn children and premature children who survived their birth for a short time.
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