EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1873.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of INDIA during
the Year 1873, 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 .
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
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 , I n t e r m i t t e n t .
F e v e r , R e m i t t e n t .
F e v e r , C o n t i n u e d .
A p o p l e x y .
D e l i r i u m T r e m e n s .
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 .
S p l e e n Di s e a s e .
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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
D r o p s y . S c u r v y .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a .
W o u n d s a n d A c c i d e n t s .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
S u i c i d a l D e a t h s .
January . . . 58,135
3,025
52.0
71
1.22
. . .
. . . 3
1
3 . . . 2 . . . 8
. . . 13 . . .
1 1
9
9
. . .
. . . . . . 1
4
5
2
February . . . 58,702
2,804
47.8
59
1.00
. . . 1
6
. . . 2 . . . 1 . . . 6
. . . 10 . . . 2
8
4
. . . 1
1 . . . 7
7
3
March . . . 59,409
2,908
48.9
61
1.03
. . . 1
1
. . . 4 . . . 2 . . . 5
. . . 12 . . . 7
7
1
. . .
. . . 1
2
7 10
1
April . . . 59,122
3,059
51.7
68
1.15
5
3 12
. . . 4
2
4 1
5
. . .
5 . . . 6
6
7
. . .
. . . . . . . . . 2
2
4
May . . . 59,157
3,153
53.3
80
1.35
1
3 17
. . . 1 . . . 20
1
5
. . .
9 . . . 2
6
2
. . .
. . . . . . . . . 5
4
4
June . . . 59,125
3,293
55.7
88
1.49
4
2
8
1
3 . . . 25 . . . 3
. . . 15 . . . 1
5
6
. . .
. . .. . .
1
4
8
2
July
. . . 58,895
3,463
58'8
86
1.46
5
1
9
. . . 1
3 10
1
5
. . . 13 . . . 3
7
9
1
1 . . . . . . 10
4
3
August . . . 58,762
3,636
61.9
64
1.09
4
. . .
6 1
2
4
2
1
5
1
1 0 1
. . . 5
8
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . 7
5
2
September . . . 58,596
3,772
64.4
93
1.59 12
. . . 10
2
9
4
4 . . . 9
1
17
1
1
7
4
. . .
. . . . . .. . .
1 2
. . .
. . .
October . . . 58,405
3,603
61.7
76
1.30
3
. . . 2
1
6
3
1 . . . 11
1
11 . . . 2 12 8
. . .
. . . . . . . . . 5
7
3
November . . . 58,528
3,250
55.5
82
1.40 12
. . . 3
1
3
3
2
1
4
2
13 . . . 8 10
2
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . 9
6 3
December . . . 58,395
3,009
51.5
71
1.22
1
. . . 2
. . .
. . . 1
3 . . . 11
1
9 . . . 7
8
8
. . . 1 . . . 1
9
7
2
47
1 1 79
7 38 20 76
5 77
6 137
2 50 90 68
1
3
2
5 81 65
29
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . . 58,769
3,253
55.3
899
15.30 .80 .19 1.34
1.11
1.29 .09 1.31 .10 2.33 .03 .85 1.53 1.16 .01 .05 .03 .09
1 . 3 8
1 . 1 1 .50
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
du
ring 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.
Dengue . . .
102
8
37
2
4
16
56
86
47
30
8
8
404
6.9
. . .
Cholera . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
13
2
8
8
10
14
3
16
2
76
1.3
61.84
Smallpox . . .
2
11
10
33
18
3
3
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
82
1.4
13.41
Enteric Fever . . .
19
14
17
32
29
11
19
15
30
11
6
7
210
3.6
37.62
Fever, Intermittent . . .
1,241
767
740
1,376
1,422 1,531
1,781
1,637
2,431
2,340
2,054
1,507
18,827
320.4
. . .
" Remittent . . .
33
34
45
74
50
59
88
53
209
148
84
35
912 135.7
.81
" Continued . . .
280
269
456
930
715
746
901
723
970
493
318
260
7,061
Apoplexy . . .
1
2
6
17
34
57
37
7
8
3
2
. . .
174
2.9
43.68
Delirium Tremens . . .
9
14
14
14
16
9
13
17
12
11
16
18
163
2.8
3.07
Dysentery . . .
207
149
160
210
137
137
212
232
332
218
207
206
2,407
40.9
3.20
Diarrhœa . . .
209
157
225
316
213
252
372
423
350
190
247
217
3,171
53.9
.19
Hepatitis . . .
224
228
246
309
277
268
375
287
373
279
224
258
3,341
56.8
4.10
Spleen Disease . . .
17
23
37
29
31
37
49
27
36
33
31
36
386
6 6
.52
Respiratory Diseases . . .
448
431
431
565
310
288
338
323
308
294
343
442
4,521
76.9
1.11
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
41
35
42
28
30
53
63
44
58
46
66
33
539
9.2
12.62
Scurvy . . .
. . .
1
2
3
3
5
2
2
3
. . .
3
3
27
.5
11.11
Rheumatism . . .
268
260
262
307
283
293
324
291
342
243
200
237
3,310
56.3 . 5 0
Venereal Diseases . . .
830
852
904
977
739
748
899
765
866
631
629
955
9,795
166.7
Eye Diseases . . .
75
66
108
132
99
99
88
108
149
112
84
112
1,232
21.0
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
395
374
444
589
395
495
586
421
526
330
375
385
5,315
90.4
Wounds and Accidents . . .
442
452
509
549
396
379
456
345
445
384
359
518
5,234
89.0
All other Causes . . .
712
728
869
1,097
890
908 1,236
954 1,206
807
705
755
10,867
184.9
5,555
4,875
5,564
7,602
6,093
6,402
7,906
6,770
8,716
6,600
5,977
5,994
78,054
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
95.5
83.0
93.7
128.6
103.0
108.3
134.2
115.2
148.8
113.0
102.1
102.6
1328.1
1873.
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