WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1873.
III.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the BENGAL
PRESIDENCY 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 i n e a c h m o n t h .
D e a t h - r a t e o f t h e Y e a t 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 .
E n t e r i c F e v e r s .
I n t e r m i t t e n t F e v e r s .
R e m i t t e n t a n d C o n t i - n u e d F e v e r s .
H e a t A p o p l e x y .
Dys ent er 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 . . .
3,826
121
31.6
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
February . . .
3,962
113
28.5
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . . . . .
1
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
March . . .
3,905
148
37.9
5
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
. . .
April . . .
3,940
185
46.9
12
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
1
2
2
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
May . . .
3,914
185
47.3
5
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
June . . .
3,890
210
54.0
5
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
3
July . . .
3,885
192
49.4
8
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
. . .
. . . 3
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
August . . .
3,876
193
49.8
11
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
3
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
September . . .
3,867
230
59.4
13
. . .
3
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
3
1
1
. . .
2
1
October . . .
3,852
178
46.2
9
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
2 . . .
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
November . . .
3,695
128
34.7
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
December . . .
3,682
107
29.1
8
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
1
1
2
4
2
4
1
13
2
7
7
7
13
2
3
1
9
13
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year . . .
3,858
166
43.0
88
22.81
1.04
.52 1.04
3.63
. 5 2 1.81
1.81
1.81
3.37
.52
.78
. 26 2.33
3.37
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
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
1.3
80.00
Smallpox . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
8
3
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
12
3.1
16.67
Dengue . . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
.8
. . .
Enteric Fever . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
2
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
1
1
9
2.3
4 4 . 4 4
Intermittent Fevers . . .
26
19
31
50
55
73
79
66
108
1 0 0
89
65
7 6 1
197.3
.13
Remittent and Continued
Fevers . . .
22
17
19
66
60
92
93
57
109
55
19
15
624
161.7
2.08
Heat Apoplexy . . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
2
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
1.3
40.00
Dysentery . . .
5
4
6
15
9
8
15
15
28
20
8
10
143
37.0
4.90
Diarrhœa . . .
6
9
14
28
15
20
29
42
35
19
15
9
241
62.5
2.90
Hepatitis . . .
4
7
2
13
8
11
3
10
7
8
4
6
83
21.5
8.43
Spleen Disease . . .
. . .
1
3
1
1
2
1
3
2
2
1
. . .
17
4.4
. . .
Respiratory Diseases . . .
18
17
13
27
10
10
4
8
7
9
9
13
145
37.6
1 . 3 8
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
5
3
5
1
6
2
3
4
2
1
3
2
37
9.6
35.13
Debility and Anæmia . . .
27
31
44
101
51
74
67
60
112
74
50
40
731
189.5
.14
Rheumatism . . .
8
5
6
6
5
6
11
7
7
4
2
5
72
18.7
. . .
Eye Diseases . . .
3
4
5
22
15
10
23
40
80
23
8
10
243
63.0
. . .
Childbirth . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Abortion . . .
5
7
6
7
9
10
8
9
8
5
4
4
82
2 1 . 2
. . .
Diseases peculiar to Wo-
men . . .
9
12
11
15
15
16
18
7
11
10
8
6
138
35.8
2 . 4 8
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
8
4
5
7
6
15
21
14
11
10
3
10
114
29.6
Injuries . . .
6
1
3
3
6
4
5
4
2
2
2
1
39
10.1
All other Causes . . .
15
23
37
42
31
43
46
48
47
30
17
25
404
104.7
168
164
211
415
309
397
431
395
581
372
243
222
3,908
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
43.9
41.4
54.0
105.3
78.9
102.1
110.9
101.9
150.2
96.6
65.8
60.3
1013.0