EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1873.
XVI.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in BURMAH and PEGU
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 .
C A U S E S O F D E A T H S I N H O S P I T A L .
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 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 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 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 .
January . . .
2 , 1 6 8
72 33.2
2
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
. . .
. . . . . .
1 . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
February
. . . 2,160
74 34.3 . . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,158
79 36.6
5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 2
March . . .
31.7
9
. . . 5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
. . . 1 . . .
. . .
. . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
April . . .
2,143
68
76 35.8
2 . . .
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
May . . .
2,126
2,128
82 38.5
5
. . . 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
June
. . . 2,094
92 43.9
9
. . . 4
. . . 1
. . . . . . 1
. . . . . .
1 . . .
1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
July . . .
August . . .
2,080
115 55.3
4 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
1 . . .
. . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
September . . .
2,061
109 52.9
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
1 . . .
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
October . . .
2,038
92 45.1
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
1 . . .
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
November . . . 1,827
73 40.0
4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
1 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
December . . . 1,923
69 35.9
6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
4
. . .
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .
1
12 . . . 2 . . . . . . 1
5 . . .
9 . . .
6 . . .
. . .
8
1 . . . . . . . . . 1 1
4
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . . 2,076
83 40.0
50*
2 4 . 0 8 5.78 . . . .96
.48
2.41
. . .
4.34 . . . 2.89 . . . . . . 3.85 . 4 8 . . . . . . . . . .48 .48 1. 93
CAUSES OF
ADMI SSI ONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted duri ng t he 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 . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1
1
6
7
57
34 . . .
. . .
. . .
106
51.0
. . .
1
4
6
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
23
11.1
52. 17
Cholera . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
12
Smallpox . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
3
2
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
7
3.4 28. 57
Enteric Fever . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
1 . . .
Fever, Intermittent . . .
4
6
1
6
2
1
9
1
4
3
. . .
2
39
18.8
. . .
" Remittent . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
1
2
3 6 4 . 5
.75
11
12
14
18
15
8
13
1
3 20
13
3
131
" C o n t i n u e d . . .
1 . . .
. . .
3
4
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
8
3.962.50
Apoplexy . . .
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
5
2.4
. . .
Delirium Tremens . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
Dysentery . . .
9
7
7
6
17
10
43
35
26
19
8
15
202
97.3
4 . 4 5
13
19
21
12
14
13
28
12
12
8
9
7
168
80.9
. . .
Diarrhoea . . .
Hepatitis . . .
12
9
7
14
10
17
23
26
24
13
6
9
170
81.9
3.53
Spleen Disease . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
.5
. . .
25
1 6 11
9
4
4
4
3
12
19
7
5
119
57.3
Respiratory Diseases . . .
. . .
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . . . . .
1
2 . . .
2
2
. . .
2
2
2
1
. . .
14
6.7
7.14
Scurvy . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
6
6
5
2
8
8
11
6
7
12
5
6
82
39.5 .98
Rheumatism . . .
Venereal Diseases . . .
24
21
10
22
19
18
24
15
16
16
11
14
210
101.2
Eye Diseases . . .
2
1
1
1
3
. . .
4
3
2
1
1
2
21
10.1
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
15
9
19
16
14
13
19
18
9
6
5
9
152
73.2
Wounds and Accidents . . .
10
20
11
20
10
10
9
9
13
9
7
22
150
72.3
All other Causes
. . .
38
27
38
41
35
32
32
35
37
36
26
24
401
193.2
170
154
150
184
161
147
235
224
202
164
100
121
2,012
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
78.4 71.3 69.5 85.9 75.7 691 112.2 107.7 98.0 80.5 54.7 62.9
9 6 9 . 2
* Besides these 50 deaths, 9 deaths occurred in Depôt Hospitals among men invalided from Burmah. The ratio for 59 deaths is 28.42 per 1,000.