EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1876.
x.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the PUNJAB 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 .
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 .
S c u r v y .
At r o p h y a n d
Anæmi 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
... 13,306
832
62.5
21
...
. . . . . . 5
. . . 1 . . . . . .
1 1
. . . . . .
. . . 5 2 2 . . . . . . 1 . . .
2
1
February
... 13,269
752
56.7
11
...
. . . . . . 3
. . . 1 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 2
. . . 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
1
March
... 13,158
609
46.3
10
. . . . . .
. . . ...
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . 3
. . . 1 2 2 . . . . . . 1 . . .
. . . 1
April
... 11,970
521
43.6
2
. . .
. . . . . . ..
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
May
... 9,965
471
47.3
9
. . . . . .
. . .
1
. . . . . . 1
. . .
. . . . . . . . . 1
. . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
1
June
. . . 9,737
527
54.1
8
. . .
. . . . . . 1
. . . . . . . . . 4
. . . 1
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
1
July
... 9,666
521
53.9
24
. . . .
. . . . . . 1 1
. . . . . . 16 1 ... ... ... ... 1 1 1 ...
. . . . . . . . . 1 1
August
. . . 9,627
616
64.0
18
...
5
. . .
2
. . . . . . . . . 4
. . . . . . . . . 1
1
. . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
1
September
... 9,504
790
83.1
27
. . .
1 6 . . .
1
. . . 2 3
1
. . . 1
. . . . . .
. . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
. . .
October
... 9,767
824
84.4
45
...
29
. . . 2
. . . 1
. . . 2
. . . 1 1 3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 1
November
. . . 12,297
841
68.6
6
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . 1 ... ... ... ... ...
2
. . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
2
December
... 13,274
871
65.6
1 1
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . . 1 . . . . . .
. . . 2
. . . 1
. . . 1 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 2
50
. . . 16 1 7 4 27 2 6 1 14 1 12 13 8 ... ... 3 1 14 12
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year
... 11,295
6 8 2
6 0 . 4 192 17.00 4.43 ... 1.41
1.06
2 . 3 9 18 .53 .09
1 . 2 4 . 0 9 1.06 1.15 .71 ... ... .27 .09 1.24 1.06
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER. OF ADMISSION INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted
durin g 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
. . .
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
39
11
50
4.4
. . .
Cholera
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
...
. . . ...
6
22
44 ...
...
72
6.4
69.44
Smallpox
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
2
1
. . .
1
...
...
...
...
4
.4
...
Enteric Fever
...
15
5
4
2
4
5
5
1
2
3
1
5
52
4.6
30.77
Fever, Intermittent ...
513
493
259
199
327
295
277
835 1,305 1,764
970
598
7,835
693.7
.01
, , R e m i t t e n t
...
5
3
6
10
12
5
6
12
64
92
37
29
281
234.4
.42
„ Continued
...
46
45
22
74
305
164
287
373
501
336
127
87
2,367
Apoplexy
... ...
...
1
1
1
9
44
7
4
3
. . . ...
70
6.2
38,57
Delirium Tremens
...
2
5
1
3
4
2
4
6
3
3
1
. . .
34
3.0
5.88
Dysentery
...
31
14
13
23
13
10
8
26
22
26
23
17
226
20.0
2.65
Diarrhœa
...
35
31
22
39
57
13
22
87
64
54
66
38
519
46.0
.19
Hepatitis
. . .
28
44
35
28
33
27
41
37
26
51
40
42
432
38.2
3.24
Spleen Disease
...
12
10
10
5
5
4
12
8
8
20
11
10
115
10.2
.87
Respiratory Diseases ...
175
130
86
87
76
49
50
59
29
71
85
143
1,040
92.1
1.15
Phthisis Pulmoualis ...
6
7
3
4
6
5
6
5
1
8
11
7
69
6.1
11.59
Scurvy
...
...
1
...
....
2
. . . ...
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
3
3
. . .
Rheumatism
. . .
78
108
89
88
82
55
76
72
41
58
80
76
903
79.9
. 4 4
Venereal Diseases
...
179
224
199
156
148
99
105
103
80
98
110
170
1,671
147.9
Eye Diseases
...
19
16
6
22
23
15
10
25
17
11
19
11
194
17.2 .
Abscess and Ulcer
...
71
81
68
76
57
87
90
140
64
65
66
78
936
82 .9
Wounds and Accidents...
91
142
107
110
98
93
77
95
68
78
125
179
1,263
111.8
All other Causes
...
141
181
158
1.12
220
188
175
228
182
188
172
173
2,141
1895
1,450 1,543 1,089 1,050 1,475 1,126 1,295 2,126 2,503 2,973 1,983 1,664
20,277
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
108.9 116.3
82.8
87.7 148.0 115.6 131.0 220.8 263.4 301.1 161.3 125.4
1795.2