WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1872.
V.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the MADRAS
PRESIDENCY during the Year 1872, and the prevalence of lice 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 .
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 .
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 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 .
Ch i l d b i r t h a n d Ab o r -
tion.
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
1,483
33
22.3 ...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
February
1,457
40
27.4
1
...
...
. . .
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1 ...
March
1,549
46
29.7
2
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
. . . ...
...
...
1
. . .
. . . ... 1
. . .
April
1,495
51
34.1
3
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . ...
1
1 ...
...
...
...
. . . ...
...
...
1
May
1,490
54
36.3
3
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
2
...
. . .
June
1,475
52
35.3
3
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
... ...
1 ...
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . . ...
...
. . .
July
1,483
60
40.5
2
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . ...
...
...
1
...
...
1 ...
...
...
...
...
August
1,477
82
55.5
1
. . . . . .
. . . ...
. . . 1
. . . ... ...
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
...
September
1,474
61
41.4
3
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . ... ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 2
. . .
. . .
. . .
... 1
October
1,463
53
36.2
1
...
. . .
. . . 1
... ...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
November
1,533
29
18.9
2
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1 ...
...
...
...
... ...
. . .
December
1,559
27
17.3
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
1
. . . ...
. . .
. . . ...
...
. . .
...
...
1 ...
2
2
2
2
. . .
7
. . . ...
2
2
2
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
1,495
49
32.8
22 14.72 ...
...
2.00
1.34 1.34 1.34 ... 4.68
. . . ... 1.34 1.34 1.34
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
.7
...
Smallpox
...
. . .
5
1 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
6
4.0
...
Dengue
3
...
1
8
27
19
13
10
10
3
...
...
94
62.9
. . .
Enteric Fever
1
„.
...
...
. . . ...
. . . ...
1
...
...
. . .
2
1.3
50.00
Intermittent Fevers
3
6
8
4
8
11
8
6
26
24
8
14
126
84.3
. . .
Remittent and Continued
Fevers
14
9
18
14
20
14
8
5
7
5
5
5
124
83.0
1.61
Heat Apoplex
..,
...
...
1 ...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
1.3
100.00
Dysentery
5
3
3
1
3
5
10
8
6
5
6
4
59
39.5
3.40
Diarrhœa
Hepatitis
2
2
4
2
4
3
9
3
3
3
1
3
31
4
18
3
10
1
4
4
2
3
5
2
96
33
64.2
22.1
2.08. . .
Spleen Disease
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
•••
Respiratory Diseases
8
3
2
4
4
2
4
1
1
7
3
6
45
30.1 ...
Phthisis Pulmonalis
2
3
1
. . .
3
3
1
. . .
1
...
2
. . .
16
10.7
43.75
Debility and Anæmia
30
26
22
40
32
37
49
60
49
38
10
19
412
275.6
.49
Rheumatism
1
1
4
4
3
1
3
4
2
3
1
3
30
20.1
. . .
Eye Diseases
...
1
. . .
3
1
1
15
33
15
26
7
2
104
69.6
. . .
Childbirth
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
...
...
...
...
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Abortion
...
2 ...
4
1
3
2
2
4
3
1
2
21
16.0
4.17
Diseases peculiar to
Women
2
7
4
4
3
1
3
5
1
6
3
1
40
26.7
. 5 9
Abscess and Ulcer
5
1
2
7
5
1
3
3
6
5
3
. . .
41
27.4
Injuries
. . .
3
1
3
. . .
1
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
1
1 2
8 . 0
All other Causes
14
17
31
25
26
15
47
19
10
12
6
23
245
163.9
92
88
110
135
142
122
202
178
150
146
60
87
1,512
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
62.0
60.4 71.0
90.3
95.3 82.7 136.2 120.5 101.8
99.8 39.1
55.8
1011.4