WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1874.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS composing the ARMY
of INDIA, during the Year 1874, 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 t h e Y e a r 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 .
E n t e r i c F e v e r .
F e v e r s , 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 .
H e a t A p o p l e x y .
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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
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 .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a .
C h i l d b i r t h a n d A b o r - t i o n .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January . . .
6,542
164
25.1
9
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
2
. . .
1
1
1
February . . .
6,544
151
23.1
9
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
5
1
March . . .
6, 705
141
21.0
13
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1 . . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
3
3
1
April . . .
6, 698
203
30.3
10
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
2
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
3
1
. . .
May . . .
6,699
231
34.5
9
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
2
. . .
1
1
1 . . .
. . .
1
1
June . . .
6,694
278
41.5
9
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .. . .
2
. . .
2
1
. . .. . .
. . .
1
1
July . . .
6,685
317
47.4
11
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
3
. . .
1
3
1
. . .
1
. . .
1
August . . .
6,624
329
49.7
10
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . . . . .
1
2
1
3
. . . . . .
. . .
1
1
September . . .
6,637
307
46.2
11
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
1
. . . . . .
. . .
3
. . .
1
. . .
1
2
October . . .
6, 610
275
41.6
14
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
6 . . .
1
. . .
1
1 . . . . . .
. . .
2
2
November . . .
6,611
240
36.3
16
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2 . . .
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
3
. . .
December . . .
6,476
188
29.0
8
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
. . . . . .
2
1
1
. . .
2
1
. . .
1
2
4
. . .
17
2
14
5
12
19
8
3
11
20
11
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year . . .
6,627
235
355
129
19.47
. 15
.30
3.17
. 30 2.11
.76 1.81
2.87
1.21
.45 1.66
3.02
1.66
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 treated.
Jan.
Feb.
March. April.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Cholera . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1*
.1
100.00
Smallpox . . .
2
. . .
1
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
.8
40.00
D e n g u e . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
3
.5
. . .
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
2
. . .
1
1
. . .
6
.9
66.67
Intermittent Fever . . .
32
31
45
60
80
98
119
112
168
192
124
92
1,153
174.0
. . .
Remittent and Continued
Fevers . . .
12
19
26
58
119
89
100
78
95
83
102
51
832
125.5
2.04
Heat Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
.3
100.00
Dysentery . . .
13
6
14
13
11
21
27
23
26
14
11
10
189
28.5
7.41
Diarrhœa . . .
15
11
11
24
26
30
58
54
41
29
19
22
340
51.3
1.47
Hepatitis . . .
2
7
8
7
10
10
12
11
18
11
11
10
117
17.7
10.26
Spleen Disease . . .
. . .
. . .
1
3
1
2
4
2
3
3
. . .
1
20
3.0
. . .
Respiratory Diseases . . .
25
23
22
30
16
24
21
16
25
16
23
34
275
41.5
2.91
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
6
4
6
1
5
6
4
6
6
4
2
7
57
8.6
33.33
Debility and Anæmia . . .
76
74
102
94
120
135
180
113
111
81
90
8 0
1,236
186.5
.89
Rheumatism . . .
10
6
1 0
19
12
13
12
9
20
8
5
2
126
19.0
. . .
Eye Diseases . . .
12
4
9
18
17
32
146
100
61
15
12
4
430
64.9
. . .
Childbirth . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Abortion . . .
6
10
13
7
14
8
19
10
13
9
6
11
126
19.0
1.59
Diseases peculiar to Wo -
men . . .
1 9
15
22
18
20
16
27
28
23
17
12
14
231
34.9
.78
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
16
13
16
15
15
1 8
21
23
21
12
6
11
197
29.7
Injuries . . .
6
5
5
9
7
9
4
11
2
6
9
3
76
11.5
All other Causes . . .
36
34
45
79
64
65
84
77
8 5
51
45
54
719
108.5
290
262
356
455
539
589
818
675
719
552
480 .406
6,141
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
44.3
40.0
53.1
67.9
80.5
88.0
122.4
101.9
108.3
83.5
72.6
62.7
926.7
* All the cases of cholera recorded occurred at Fort William—one in January amongst the women, and two in February and one in July amongst the children.
All were fatal with the exception of the case in July.