EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1872.
XVIII.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the RATIOS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the
various PROVINCES of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY during the Year 1872.
1.—AVERAGE DAILY SICK-RATE OF EACH MONTH.
RATIOS PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
Bengal
Proper.
Gangetic
Provinces.
Rohilcund
and Meerut.
Agra and
Central India.
Punjab.
Hill Stations
ARMY OF
BENGAL.
61.6
5 4 . 1
50.2
57.2
48.1
44.4
50.7
January...
February ...
62.2
52.1
44.6
54.4
49.8
40.2
47.9
March ...
55.5
47.1
46.0
49.4
45.1
46.0
47.0
April
...
60.6
50.6
49.5
43.4
44.1
39.1
49.1
May
...
74.0
54.8
56.2
47.6
50.7
45.0
55.9
June ...
71.2
59.3
56.9
46.6
56.5
44.9
58.2
July
...
71.7
60.8
55.3
46.3
54.4
49.9
58.2
August
...
74.6
69.2
64.3
53.8
61.4
44.0
63.8
September ...
72.9
74.1
76.6
70.4
70.3
42.1
70.2
October
...
61.9
71.7
76.0
66.0
73.1
40.0
69.1
November ...
53.9
59.4
52.5
51.4
71.8
37.3
59.3
December...
56.5
50.9
52.1
41.1
58.9
33.5
52.3
AVERAGE OF THE YEAR
. . .
64.8
58.8
56.6
52.2
56.8
42.9
56.8
2.—COMPOSITION OF THE ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR.
Dengue ...
344.5
296.2
110.2
89.5
6.7
...
110.8
Cholera ...
1.5
17.7
17.5
7.9
19.3
10.4
16.0
Smallpox ...
...
.7
.5
...
1.4
...
.7
Enteric Fever ...
1.0
3.4
2.9
.7
3.9
2.1
2.9
Intermittent Fevers
...
174.8
146.8
405.2
534.3
427.5
73.4
315.4
Remittent and Continued Fevers
...
259.4
107.0
123.1
115.8
326.7
41.7
180.5
Apoplexy
...
6.1
5.2
7.8
3.6
4.4
.3
4.3
Delirium Tremens
...
2.0
2.7
6.6
4.0
5.0
2.4
4.0
Dysentery ...
62.3
38.8
49.0
23.5
32.2
22.2
35.0
Diarrhœa
...
62.3
79.8
81.3
47.2
75.8
88.5
77.5
Hepatitis
...
104.4
57.2
55.3
36.8
53.6
31.1
56.0
Spleen Disease
...
7.1
4.0
12.6
7.6
6.7
2.6
6.5
Respiratory Diseases
...
72.4
53.6
102.5
64.5
83.8
72.8
75.6
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
24.3
9.8
5.6
9.5
8.5
5.4
9.5
Scurvy
...
.5
...
1.2
.7
.4
.9
.5
Rheumatism ...
63.3
59.5
88.6
73.1
53.1
65.4
64.0
Venereal Diseases ...
187.9
229.4
162.4
157.4
183.9
161.3
190.7
Eye Diseases
...
13.7
39.1
20.2
19.0
24.8
10.0
24.4
Abscess and Ulcer
...
78.0
99.3
93.2
63.6
77.3
50.0
80.2
Wounds and Accidents
...
124.1
79.9
84.0
68.6
93.8
84.6
85.0
All other Causes
...
237.6
175.7
192.8
132.7
178.7
121.6
174.6
ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR
. . .
1827.2
1505.8
1622.5
1460.0
1667.5
846.7
1514.1
3.—COMPOSITION OF THE DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR.
Cholera
...
1.01
11.15
11.90
4.75
13.86
6.22
10.66
Smallpox ...
...
.24
...
...
.41
...
.19
Enteric Fever ...
...
1.21
1.70
.24
2.72
2.37
1.62
Remittent and Continued Fevers...
2.53
1.58
2.67
.71
2.23
59
1.78
Apoplexy
...
1.52
1.82
1.21
1.41
2.06
...
1.59
Delirium Tremens
...
...
...
.97
...
.08
...
.14
Dysentery
...
1.01
1.33
2.43
.71
1.90
2.96
1.75
Diarrhœa
...
.51
.24
.97
...
.08
.59
.27
Hepatitis
... 2.53
2.67
2.67
2.38
1.82
.59
2.36
Spleen Disease
...
...
...
...
...
.08
...
.03
Respiratory Diseases
. . .
1.52
.60
2.67
.71
1.40
.59
1.32
Heart Diseases
...
2.03
.97
.97
1.19
1.40
.30
1.12
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
1.52
.73
1.21
1.19
1.00
.30
.98
Injuries
...
...
...
.24
...
.17
...
.11
All other Causes
...
1.52
1.58
3.40
1.19
1.24
2.96
1.89
Deaths from violence out of hospital
...
2.53
1.69
.79
.95
1.98
.59
1.64
DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR
...
18.23
25.81
33.98
15.43
32.43
18.06
27.45
DIED OUT OF EACH HUNDRED CASES TREATED.
4.—MORTALITY RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER TREATED.
Cholera
. ..
66.67
63.01
68.06
60.60
71.80
60.00
66.61
Enteric Fever
...
...
35.72
58.33
33.33
70.21
100.00
57.28*
Remittent and Continued Fevers
...
.98
1.48
2.17
.20
.66
.71
.93
Apoplexy...
25.00
34.88
15.63
40.00
47.17
...
36.94
Delirium Tremens ... ...
...
14.82
...
1.64 ...
3.40
Dysentery
...
1.63
3.44
4.95
3.01
5.90
13.33
5.02
Hepatitis.... 2.43
4.66
4.83
6.45
3.38
1.90
4.21
Respiratory Diseases
. .. 2.10
1.13
2.37
1.10
1.67
.81
1.70
Phthisis Pulmonalis
...
6.25
7.41
21.74
12.50
11.65
5.55
10.37
* The Death-rate for Enteric Fever is exaggerated in consequence, in many instances, of fatal cases only being recognised and recorded.