WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS,1874.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN 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 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 OP DEATHS.
Chol er a. Sma l l pox. 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 . . .
11,909
262
22.0
36
3.02 . . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
1
1 . . .
4
3
. . .
1
1
1
1
6
10
3
2
February . . .
12,230
262
21.4
27
2.21
2 . . . 1 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
2
9
. . .
2 . . .
1
1
4
4
1
. . .
March . . .
12,363
259
21.0
5 6
4.53. . . . . .
1 . . . . . .
. . .. . .
2
. . .
5
1 1
2
2
. . . 3
9
6
8
1
6
April . . .
12,334
366
29.7
64
5.19 . . .
1
4
1 . . . . . . . . .
2
. . . 10 12
3
1
1
6 12
6
2
2
1
May . . .
12,384
404
32.6
67
5 . 4 1 . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1
8
9
3
2 . . .
3
9
8
2
3
3
June . . .
12,432
451
36.3
52
4.18 . . . . . .
2 . . . . . .
. . .. . .
4
. . .
8
6
1
3
. . . 2 11
9
2
2
2
July. ..
12,461
561
45.0
94
7.54 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . .
1
4
2 17 18
5
4
. . . 4 24 10
2
. . .
1
August . . .
12,512
600
47.9
9 2
7.35. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
1
1
6 . . . 13 12
. . .
4 . . .
6 25
9
6
2
7
September . . .
12,530
486
38.8
59
4.71 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 3
1
3
1 10
9
2
4
1
2 11
3
4 1
4
October . . .
12,589
439
34.9
33
2 . 6 2 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
2
4
1
2
6
1
2 . . .
3
3
4
2
2
1
November . . .
12,650
3 6 6 29.0
48
3.79 . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 1
2
3
. . . 5
9
3
1
. . . 4
3
7
2
1
4
December . . .
12,316
313
25.4
58
4.71 . . . . . .
6
2 . . . . . .
2 . . . . . .
9
7
1 . . . . . .
. . . 7
6
3
7
8
2
1 31
4 . . .
5 10 34 5 93 111
21 26
3 35 116 78
47 25
39
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year . . .
12,393
397
32.0
686* 55.35 .16 08 2.50 .32 . . .
.40
3.55
.40 7.50 8.96 1.70 2.10 .24 2.82 9.36 6.30 3.79 2.02 3.15
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
cases
treated.
Jan.
Feb,
March. April. May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Cholera . . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
.2
66.67
Smallpox. . .
10
3
9
4
2 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
28
2.3
3.57
Dengue. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Measles . . .
39
7 0
8 4
128
92
43
19
. . .
2
6
29
147
659
5 3 . 2
4.70
Hooping Cough . . .
10
. . .
11
11
13
17
18
6
9
16
5
18
134
10.8
2.98
Scarlet Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
.2
. . .
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
3
4
. . .
1
1
11
.9
45.45
Intermittent Fevers . . .
51
30
34
55
97
73
108
115
196
215
177
96
1,247
100.6
.80
Remittent and Continu
-
e d F e v e r s . . .
25
1
61
99
124
120
97
114
153
150
130
85
1,175
94.8
2.89
Heat Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
3
1
2
2
1
. . .
10
8
50.00
Dysentery . . .
7
8
10
20
23
21
32
34
29
12
8
10
214
17.3
16.35
Diarrhœa . . .
27
26
51
86
95
93
185
141
88
40
. 41
51
924
74.6
12.55
Hepatitis. ..
1
1
2
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
16
1.3
. . .
Spleen Disease . . .
. . .
2
2
2
1
5
1
2
1
. . .
2
3
21
1.7
. . .
Respiratory Diseases . . .
62
46
76
42
45
38
57
57
74
62
50
57
666
53.7
10.81
Eye Disease . . .s
2 2
15
32
128
71
162
602
406
186
67
46
21
1,758
141.9
. . .
Anæmia and Debility . . .
83
82
104
84
112
122
136
71
103
81
119
101
1,201
96.9
6.49
Tubercular Diseases . . .
2
4
7
9
7
6
12
7
9
7
5
3
78
6.3
35.90
Meningitis and Hydro-
cephalus. . .
. . .
1
3
6
5
2
6
3
1
3
3
1
34
2.7
61.77
Convulsions...
6
9
17
18
14
9
22
14
11
12
14
9
155
12.5
71.61
Dentition. . .
3 0
20
25
51
62
50
70
71
52
32
38
42
543
43.8
17.13
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
10
9
16
10
19
22
20
22
26
16
14
11
195
15.7
4.00
Injuries . . .
24
16
15
14
18
18
19
10
20
21
11
15
201
16.2
All other Causes . . .
34
44
66
44
59
65
50
18
44
48
34
39
578
46.6
443 405
625
814
856
869
1,459
1,139
1,012
791
729
711
9,853
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Mouth.
37.2
33.1
50.6
66.0
69.1
69.9 117.1
91.0
80.8
62.8
57.6
57.7
795.0
*Excluding 30 deaths, which appear in the Regimental Returns, of stillborn children and premature children who survived their birth for a short time.
1874.
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