WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1871.
VIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY during the Year 1871, 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.
Ch o l e r a .
Smal l pox.
Me 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 .
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 .
T y p h o i d F e v e r . 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 .
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 e a .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s . Dysent er 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
1,981
39
19·7
1 0
5 · 0 5
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
4
...
... ...
2
2 ...
1 ...
1
February
2,057
52
25·3
6
2 · 9 2
... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 1 ... ...
1 ... ... ... ...
1 ... ... ...
1
March
1,990
49
24·6
11
5·53 ... ...
2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
6 ... ... ...
2
1 ... ... ... ...
April
2,089
58 27·8
14
6·70 ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ...
2
6 ... ... ... ...
3 1 1 ... ...
May
2,112
64
30·3
15
7·10 ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... 1
5 2 ... ... ...
3 2 1 ... ...
June
2,138
56
26·2
12 5·61 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
5 1 1 ... ...
1 2 1 ... ...
July
2,151
77
35·8
23 10·69 ... ... 1 ... 1 ...
1 ... ...
3
5 ... ... ... ...
5 2 2
1
2
August
2,154
93 43·2
23 10·68 ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 ... ... 2
4 ...
1 ... 2
6 4 ... ...
2
Se p t e mb e r 2,166
80
37·0
8 3·70 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
3 ... ... ... ...
2 1 1 ...
1
October
2,173
76
35·0
10 4·60 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
6 ... ... ... 2 ...
2 ... ... ...
November
2,257
63
27·9
7
3·10 ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 ... ...
1
1 1 ... ... ... ...
1 1 ...
1
December
2,256
41
18·2
8
3 · 5 4
... ... ... ... ... ...
... ...
...
...
3 ...
1 ... ...
1 1 . . .
1
1
... ...
3 ... 3
2 4 1 ... 1 0
4 9 4 3 ... 8
2 5 1 6 8 2
9
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
2,127
62
29·1
147 69·11 ... ... 1·41 ... 1·41
3·29
. . . 4·70 2 3 · 0 4
1·88 1·41 ... 3·76 11·76 7·52 3·76 ·94
4 · 2 3
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. Mar. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Smallpox
...
... ...
...
... ...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Measles
1
8
8
4
4
4
5
2
1
1
4
10
52
24·5
5·8
Hooping Cough
. . .
5
1 ...
...
...
1
. . .
2
6 ...
...
1 5
7·1
...
Scarl et Fever
...
2
3
4 ...
...
10*
9 * ...
...
...
2 8
2 8
13·2
10·7
Intermittent Fevers
15
12
19
21
9
33
28
55
62
51
36
20
361
169·7
·6
Remittent and Continued
Fevers
13
4
17
15
8
3
14
11
6
24
16
4
135
63·5
3·0
Typhoid Fever
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2 ...
...
4
1·8
25·0
Heat Apoplex
...
...
...
...
... ...
... 1
...
... ...
...
1
· 5 ...
Dysentery
1
. . .
4
1
3
3
3
11
6
3
2
2
39
18·3
20·5
Diarrhœa
9
14
12
21
31
25
22
19
17
18
9
12
209
98·2
12·0
Hepatitis
1 ...
...
1
1 ...
...
...
...
1 ... ...
4
1·8
...
Spleen Disease
...
...
...
... 1
...
1 ...
...
...
...
...
2
·9 ...
Respiratory Diseases
6
8
9
6
9
3
6
13
7
5
9
7
88
41·4 11·4
Eye Diseases
3
7
3
23
11
13
63
73
43
40
10
6
295
138·7
...
Anæmia and Debility
4
6
4
4
5
6
12
13
9
6
7
12
88
41·4
18·2
Tubercular Diseases
2
2 ...
...
2
4
2
1 ...
...
...
2
15
7·1
20·0
Meningitis and Hydro-
cephalus
... ...
...
1
1
1 ...
1 ...
1
1 ...
6
2·8
66·7
Convulsion
4
1
5
6
6
7
5
4
4
6
1
2
51
24.0
96·1
Dentition
6
4
3
16
3
5
10
10
8
14
6
6
91
42·8
11·0
Abscess and Ulcer
2
3
1
5
3
3
1
1
2
3
...
2
26
12·2 6·7
Injuries
5
4
3
1
2
4
4
2
2
5
1
1
3 4
16.0
All other Causes
4
2
10
8
9
4
7
12
7
4
4
4
75
35·3
76
83
102
137
108
118
194
238
177
190
106
90
1,619
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
38·4 40·4 51·3 65·6 51·1
5 5 · 2
90·2 110·5 81·7
87·4 47·0 39·9
761·2