EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1876.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of INDIA during the
Year 1876, 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.
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 .
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 e s , 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 D i 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 s i s
P u l m o n a l i s .
D r o p s y .
Scurvy.
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 .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
... 57, 508
2,894
50.3
56
. 9 7
1 ... 8 ... 1 ... ... 2
4 ... 6 ... 10 4 7 ... ... 1 ... 6 4 2
February
... 58,107 2,978
51.3
47
. 8 1 . . . . . . 7 . . . 1
. . . . . .
. . . 1 . . . 6 . . . 6 5 5 . . . . . .
. . . . . . 4
9
3
March
... 57,805 2,832
49.0
61
1.05 3 ...
1 ... ... 1 1
. . . 2 ... 11 ... 4 11 11 ... ... 2 2 7 3 2
April
... 58,667 2,945
50.2
6 6
1.13
1 5 ... 5 ... ... ... 11 ... 1 1 9 ... ... 2 5 ... ... 1 1 11 2 2
May
... 58,106 3,147
54.1
69
1.19 8 ... 13
. . . . . . 2 12 ... 3 ... 7
. . . 1 7 3 ... ... 1 ... 7 3 2
June
... 58,038 3,308
57.0
79
1.36
8 ... 8 ... 1 ... 27 1 5 ... 6 ... ...
6 ... ... ... 1
4 8 2
July
... 57,827 3,373
58.3
92
1.59 20 ... 3 1 2 1 28 1 7 ... 3 ...
. . 4 . 4 5 ... ... ... ... 6 3 4
August
... 57,763 3,445
59.6
115
1.99 30 ... 18 ... 4 ... 7 ... 6 ... 14 1 3 7 6 ... ... ... 1 8 4 6
September
... 57,584 3,774
65.5
91
1 . 5 8 20 ... 20 ... 5 4 4 ... 12 1 5 ... 3 3 1 ... ... ... ... 7 3 3
October
... 57,688 3,809
66.0
102
1.77 29 ... 11 ... 3 2 3
. . . 9 1 8 ... 1 6 2 ... ... ... 1 18 7 1
November
... 57.603 3,553
61.7
49
. 8 5
... ... 6 1 2 1 ... 1 8 ... 9 ... 3 5 7 ... ... ... ... 3 2 1
December
... 57,591 3,213
55.8
59
1.02 ... ...
5
...
. . .
2 1 1 9 ... 13 ... 3
5
4 ... ... 1 1 4 8 2
134 ...
1 0 5 2 21 11 94 6 67 3 97 1 38 61 62 ... ... 6 7 85 ! 56 30
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 57,858 3,277
56.6
886 15.32 2.32 ... 1.82
. 5 9
1 . 6 3
. 1 0 1.16 .05 1.68 .02 .66
1 . 0 5 1.07 ... ... .10 .12 1.46 .97 .52
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.
Dengue
...
. . .
. . .
...
...
5
37
5
...
186
345
79
18
675
11.7
. . .
Cholera
...
2
4
4
30
9
10
24
45
29
15
...
...
202
3.5
66.34
Smallpox
... ...
3
3
3
5
2
1
1
...
. . .
...
4
22
. 4
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
25
12
11
15
41
20
19
28
40
25
12
16
264
4.6
39.77
Fever, Intermittent ... 1028 1,085
704
746 1,279 1,227 1,384 2,072 2,584 3,586 2,232 1,458
19,385
335.0
. . .
, , R e m i t t e n t
...
23
25
35
47
74
56
52
76
107
201
9 4
52
842
145
. 5
. 3 8
„ Continued
...
201
290
265
500 1,012
817
776
893 1,013
927
542
343
7 , 5 7 9
A p o p l e x y
...
2
6
7
19
27
84
69
13
8
10
3
1
249
4.3
37.75
Del i ri um Tremens.
...
17
13
11
14
18
15
15
26
17
20
9
14
189
3.3
3.17
Dysentery
...
140
116
93
137
163
137
163
260
217
.218
161
157
1,962
33.9
3.41
Diarrhœa
...
149
171
155
238
260
219
259
517
310
238
203
201
2,920
50.5
.10
Hepatitis
...
161
211
182
189
280
258
211
293
275
301
248
193
2,845
49.1
3.41
Spleen Disease
...
18
23
22
19
38
25
38
29
24
44
29
25
334
5.8
.30
Respiratory Diseases
...
481
509
352
363
419
264
287
308
207
339
267
391
4,187
72'4
.91
Phthisis Pulmoualis
...
2 6
33
22
33
40
32
37
48
40
63
48
46
468
81
13.25
Scurvy
...
...
2
1
. . .
4
1
1
2
...
1
. . .
2
14
.2
. . .
Rheumatism
... 240
314
254
301
307
265
295
326
248
273
249
226
3,298
570
. 4 3
Venereal Diseases
... 1,038 1,359 1,096 1,022 1,111
789
771
883
625
800
741
751
10,989
189.9
Eye Diseases
...
62
69
69
99
102
74
62
128
89
110
76
66
1,006
17.4
A b s e e s s a n d U l c e r ...
344
441
370
394
439
476
451
510
375
398
302
304
4,807
83.1
Wounds and Accidents
...
413
587
481
455
497
4 2 9
371
494
419
498
426
569
5,639
97.5
All other Causes
...
577
824
771
825 1,102
941
984 1,229 1,002 1,073
834
735
10,897
188.3
4,947 6,097 4,908 5,449 7,232 6,178 6,321 8,181 7,815 9,515 6,555 5,575
78,773
.
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
86.0 104.9
84.9
92.9 124.4
106.4 109.3 141.6 135.7
164.9 113.8
96.8
1361.5
1876.
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