WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS. 1871.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS composing the ARMY of
INDIA 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 .
D e a t h - r a t e o f t h e Y e a r p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f S t r e n g t h .
CAUSES OF DEATHS.
C h o l e r a . S m a l l p o x .
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 a n d C o n t i n u e d .
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 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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
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 .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a .
C h i l d b i r t h a n d A b o r - t i o n .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
6,158
158
25.7
12 ...
...
...
. . .
2
1
. . .
2
3 ...
2
... ... ...
. . .
2
February
6,304
149 23.7
13 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
1 ...
. . .
1 ...
1
2 ... ...
4
1
March
6, 262 201
32.1
9
. . . ... ...
. . .
2
. . . ...
1
. . . ...
1
1
1
1
1
1
April
6,489
243
37.5
10 ...
. . . ... ...
1
. . . 1 ...
2 ...
1
1 ... ...
2
2
May
6,474
316
48.8
15 ...
4
1 ...
. . . ...
1
1
1 ...
1
1 ...
1
1
3
June
6,447
325
50.4
17 ...
2 ...
...
5 ...
1
1
1
3
1 ...
1 ...
. . . 2
July
6, 445 365
56.6
8
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
3 ... ...
3
. . .
. . . 1 ...
1 ...
. . .
. . .
August
6,442 374
58.1
19 ...
. . .
. . . ... ...
1 ...
1
1
5
7
1 ...
...
1
2
September
6,381
341
53.4
12 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
. . . ...
2
. . .
. . . 2
. . . 1 ...
2
1
October
6,288
290
46.1
9 ...
...
. . .
. . .
1 ...
...
. . .
2
1
2
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
November
6,481
234 36.1
15 ...
5
. . .
. . .
2
. . . ...
3
. . . 1
1
1 .. ...
2
. . .
December
6,428
170
26.4
15 ...
1
. . .
. . .
4
1 ...
4
. . .
. . .
1
1 ...
1
2
. . .
12
1 ...
27
4
3 18 11 10 21 10
4
3 16* 14
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
6,384
264 41.4
154 24.12 1.88
. 16
4.86
. 4 7 2.82 1.72 1.56 3.29 1.56
. 63
. 47 2.51 2 . 1 9
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. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
. . . ...
1
. . .
8
2
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
7
1
19
3.0
63. 2
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
1
1
2
1
. . .
...
...
...
1
1
7
1.1
14. 3
Fever, Intermittent
87
66
89
97
145
136
130
197
128
150
100
72
1,397
218.8
. . .
" Remittent and
Continued
31
34
41
94 121
80
86
72
62
61
44
33
759
118.9
3. 6
" Typhoid
2
1
. . . ...
...
1 ...
1
1
1
. . .
2
9
1 . 4
44. 4
Heat Apoplexy
. . . ...
...
1
1
2
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . . ...
6
. 9
5 0 . 0
Dysentery
1 4
9
23
10
17
28
27
35
18
21
23
28
253
3 9 . 6
7 . 1
Diarrhœa
21
27
28
39
23
40
37
61
31
24
19
18
368
57.6
3. 0
Hepatitis
4
11
9
12
12
13
14
15
9
16
8
12
135
21.2
7. 4
S p l e e n D i s e a s e s
. . .
1
1 ...
1
. . .
1
2
. . . ...
. . .
1
7
1.1
. . .
Respiratory Diseases
37
17
20
23
27
16
16
24
22
24
22
22
270
42.3
3. 7
Phthisis Pulmonalis
4
4
6
5
6
6
6
10
6
4
5
7
69
10.8
30. 4
Atrophy and Anæmia†
62
53
85
116
183
136
140
168
124
140
83
71
1,361
213.2
. . .
Rheumatism
6
12
5
12
15
10
11
14
10
4
6
2
107
16.8
...
Eye Diseases
6
1
14
22
68
55
116
112
51
53
19
5
522
81.8
. . .
Childbirth
. . . ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
Abortion
12
18
1 8
12
19
1 8
10
14
13
11
10
11
156
24.4
1. 9
Diseases peculiar to Wo-
men
12
17
28
19
32
25
20
24
13
27
13
9
244
38.2
1 . 0
Abscess and Ulcer
9
10
15
15
19
13
18
18
14
9
9
12
166
26.0
Injuries
5
4
7
9
5
7
8
8
4
4
7
2
70
11.0
All other Causes
5 9
47
55
75
79
79
84
103
60
58
55
29
783
122.7
371
332
441
562
783 668
724
879
571
608
431
338
6,708
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
60.2 52.7
70.4 86.6 120.9 103.6 112.3 136.4 89.5 96.7 66.5
52.6
1 0 5 0 . 8 ‡
* F o r t h e C a u s e s o f t h e s e D e a t h s s e e T a b l e N o . X I I I .
† Cases of Debility following Childbirth are included under this heading.
‡ Cases of' Childbirth being no longer rockoned as Admissions into Hospital, the Admission-rate is diminished by the exclusion of this item.