EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1875.
X.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the PUNJAB during the
Year 1875, 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 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 .
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 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
13,776 736 53.4
9
1
5 1
2
February
13,271 677 51.0
8
1
3 1 2
1
March
13,649 601 44.0
7
1 1 1
1
1
2
April
11,337 551 48.6
8
2
1
1
2
2
May
10,622 565 53.2 13
6
2
1 1 1 1
1
June
10,550 585 55.5 37
10
5
1 6
1
1
1
2 1
July
10,475 627
5 9 . 9 27
2
4 1 14
1
2
1 2
August
10,469 586 56.0 37
18
1
1 1 3
1
2 2 3
2 3
September
10,361 670 64.7 18
3
2 4
2
1
2
1 3
October
11,024 848 76.9 17
5
1
1 1
1
5
3
November
13,305 949 71.3 22
1
3
2 1
4
2
1 1
5 2
December
13,814 996 7 2 . 1
15
3
3
2 1
3
1
2
27
28
20 7 41 1 8 1 10
20 7 15
1 22 10
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
11,888 699 58.8 218 18.34 2.27 2.36 2 . 2 7
3.45 .08 .67 .08 .84
1.68.59 1.26
. 0 8 1.85 . 8 4
CAUS ES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted durin g
the Year.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred cases
treated.
Jan. Feb.
M a r c h . April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
1
30
7
6
3
47
4.0 57. 45
Smallpox
2
2
.2
Enteric Fever
1
2
1
6
14
11
3
1
4
6
5
54
4.5 5 1 . 8 5
Fever, Intermittent
287 205 206 214 194 347 275 389 511 1,083 1,688 1,162
6,561
551.9
„ Remittent
2
2
6
12
10
23
22
15 195 297
91
32
707
302.9
.75
„ Continued
78
39 109 445 452 406 414 301 258 195 129
68
2,894
Apoplexy
1
1
3
2
5
28
36
9
6
3
1
1
96
8.1 42. 71
Delirium Tremens
2
6
1
4
2
7
6
4
5
3
2
42
3.5
2. 38
Dysentery
9
7
18
16
23
20
20
33
44
38
32
22
282
23.7
2. 84
Diarrhœa
24
21
43 104
60
51
48 112
68
59
68
59
717
60.3
.14
Hepatitis
30
24
43
26
34 37
30 42
35
22
47
38
408
34.3
2. 45
Spleen Disease
17
12
23
5
3
4
8
16
11
25
24
18
166
14.0
Respiratory Diseases
253 196 106
50
85
93
86
70
78
72 151 125
1,365
114.8
1. 47
Phthisis Pulmonalis
14
5
4
3
9
8
7
10
8
8
21
12
109
9.2 13. 76
Scurvy
1
1
2
.2
Rheumatism
103
61
77
62
59
75
57
70
51
53
69
57
794
66.8
.
42
Venereal Diseases
203 190 261 164 114 157
96 103
76
80 177 157
1,778
149.6
Eye Diseases
22
18
23
23
20
11
21
10
21
22
24
15
230
19.3
Abscess and Ulcer
106
67 104
69
73
75 103 105
63
59
72
72
988
83.1
Wounds and Accidents 141
95 166 139
98 82
61 102
72
85 130 109
1,280
107.7
All other Causes
185 162 212 129 121 202 170 193 134 130 238 157
2,033
171.0
1,478 1,108 1,411 1,470 1,378 1,652 1,467 1,616 1,643 2,246
2 , 9 7 5 2,111
20,555
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
107.383.5 103.4 129.6 129.7 156.6 140.0 154.4 158.6 203.7 223.6 152.8
1 7 2 9 . 1