EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1871.
XIX.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the RATIOS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the various PROVINCES of the BOMBAY and MADRAS
PRESIDENCIES during Ike Year 1871.
DISEASES.
RAJPOOTANA, MALWA,
SCINDE AND ADEN. DECCAN AND NAGPORE.
SOUTHERN INDIA.
BURMAH AND PEGU.
MADRAS PRESIDENCY. BOMBAY PRESIDENCY.
ARMY OF INDIA.
Average Strength ...5,620 Average Strength ...7,783 Average Strength ... 4,892 Average Strength ... 1,819 Average Strength ... 10,844 Average Strength ... 10,840 Average Strength ... 56,806
Daily Sick-rate per
1,000 ... 55.7
Daily Sick-rate per
1,000 ... 52.9
Daily Sick-rate per
1,000 ... 55.4
Daily Sick-rate per
1,000 ... 46.2
Daily Sick-rate per
1,000 ... 57.5
Daily Sick-rate per
1,000 ... 54.6
Daily Sick-rate per
1,000 ... 57.9
Admission-rate per
1,000 ... 1731.9
Admission-rate per
1,000 ... 1222.8
Admission-rate per
1,000 ... 1079.9
Admission-rate per
1,000 ... 1173.7
Admission-rate per
1,000 ... 1193.2
Admission-rate per
1,000 ... 1517.6
Admission-rate per
1,000 ... 1449.6
Death-rate per 1,000—
Death-rate per 1,000—
Death-rate per 1,000—
Death-rate per 1,000—
Death-rate per 1,000—
Death-rate per 1,000—
Death-rate per 1,000 —
A. Cholera ...
. 1 8 A. Cholera ... 4.63 A. Cholera .....
A. Cholera ... ...
A. Cholera ... 3.32 A. Cholera ...
. 0 9 A. Cholera ... 1.09
B. All Causes ... 15.30 B. All Causes ... 1 7 . 7 3 B. All Causes ... 13.49 B. All Causes ... 11.54* B. All Causes ... 20.10 B. All Causes ... 14.02 B. All Causes ... 17.53
Admitted
Per
1,000.
Died in
each
hundred
treated.
Died
Per
1,000
Admitted
per
1,000.
D i e d
in each
hundred
treated.
Died
Per
1,000 .
Admitted
Per
1,000.
Died in
each
hundred
treated.
Died
per
1,000.
Admitted
Per
1,000.
Died in
each
hundred
treated.
Died
Per
1,000.
Admitted
Per
1,000.
Died in
each
hundred
treated.
Died
per
1,000.
Admitted
per
1,000.
Died in
each
hundred
treated.
Died
per
1,000.
Admitted
Per
1,000.
Died i n
each
hundred
treated.
Died
Per
1,000.
Cholera
...
...
. 2
. . . .18
9.6
48.00 4.63
. 4
. . . ...
...
...
...
7.0 47.37 3.32
.2
50.0
.09
2.1
52.10 1.09
Smallpox
...
...
...
...
...
.1
...
...
. 4
. . . ...
. . . ...
...
. 3
. . . ...
...
...
...
.3
6.67 .02
Enteric Fever ...
...
4.3 62.50 2.67
1.5
41.67 .63
5.1
36.00
1 . 8 4
6.0
18.18 1.10
4.4 31.25 1.47
2.3
64.00 1.48
3.6
43.96 1.62
Intermittent Fevers
...
624.9
...
...
242.3 ...
...
52.5 ...
...
104.5 ...
...
90.7 ...
...
510.3 ...
...
372.7 ...
...
Remittent and Continued
Fevers
...
...
126.5
.70 1.07
197.1
.32
.63
63.4
.97
.61
99.0
1.67 1.64
76.4
1.09 .83
181.3
.46 1.01
156.3
1.08 1.74
Apoplexy
...
. . .
5.3 36.67 1.96
1.4 45.45 .63
1.8
11.11
.20
3.3
16.67 .55
2.2
25.00 .55
3.4 35.13 1.20
2.2
37.60 .83
Delirium Tremens
...
6.6
8.11 .53
6.6
5.88 .39
11.0
9.26 1.02
8.8
6.25 .55
8.7
7.45 .65
6.2
8.96 .55
5.1
7.59 .39
Dysentery ...
...
29.5
3.61 1.07
36.0
3.57 1.28
57.6
3.19 1.84
85.8
.64 .55
73.0
3.16 2.31
23.2
3.59 .92
39.5
3.34 1.34
Diarrhœa
...
...
79.0
.45
.36
51.5
.25
.13
43.1 ...
...
69.8 ...
...
60.4 ...
...
59.2
.47 .28
62.8
.20
.12
Hepatitis
...
...
52.7
2.70 1.42
37.6
9.22 3.47
52.3
3.13 1.64
74.2
1.48 1.10
66.5
5.27 3.59
44.5
4.15 1.85
58.1
4.67 2 73
Spleen Disease
...
6.6 ...
...
3.9 ...
...
3.1 ...
...
. 6
. . . ...
3.0 ...
...
5.7 ...
...
6.6
.27
.02
Respiratory Diseases ...
71.0
.50
.36
50.3
.77
.39
64.4
.63
.41
61.6
.90
.55
62.4
.74
.46
60.9
.45
.28
76.1
1.30 .99
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
5.9 21.21 1.24
6.9
11.11 .78
12.7
8.06 1.02
8.2
13.33 1.10
12.2
9.85 1.20
9.2
16.00 1.48
9.7
15.64 1.53
Scurvy
. . .
. . .
.4
...
.18
. 3
. . .
. . . ...
...
...
. 6
. . . ...
. 3
. . . ...
.5
20.00 .09
.3
10.00 .03
Rheumatism ...
72.4
.37 2.66
45.2
. 5
8 3.35
49.9
.37 2.66
48.4
.51 3.30
55.7
.47 3.51
56.4
.54 3.41
63.2
.51 3.39
Venereal Diseases
...
200.9
180.0
138.6
157.2
180.3
174.4
196.8
Eye Diseases ... ...
29.5
24.4
16.6
10.4
17.4
26.9
23.3
Abscess and Ulcer ...
105.9
94.7
135.0
100.0
122.4
93.1
94.5
Wounds and Accidents ...
96.9
96.4
117.9
127.0
114.0
90.2
95.0
All other Causes ...
137.0
254.1
208.3
235.9
169.7
181.4
Died out of Hospital
. . .
. . .
1 . 6 0 ...
...
1.42
. . . ...
2.25
...
...
1.10
...
...
2.21
. . . ...
1.38
...
...
1.69
1731.9 ...
15.30 1222.8 ...
17.73 1079.9 ...
13.49
1173.7
...
11.54* 1193.2 ...
20.10 1517.6 ...
14.02 1449.6 ...
17.53
* See note to Table XVI..