EUROPEAN TROOPS 1875.
VII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the DINAPORE, BENARES, OUDE
and CAWNPORE DISTRICTS during the Year 1875, 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 s 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 .
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 , 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 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 .
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 s 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 .
January
8,318 558 67.1
8
2
1
1
2
1
1
February
8,301 634 76.4
7
1
2
1
1
1 1
March
8,156 592 72.6
8
2
1
1
2
1 1
April
7,894 526 66.6 12
6
2
1
1
1
1
May
7,789 474 60.9
7
3
1
2
1
June
7,768 494 63.6 14
2
5
2
1 4
July
7,769 536 69.0 10
5
3
1 1
August
7,754 515 66.4 14
7
2 1
1 1
2
September
7,698 522 67.8 37
29
1
2 1
2
2
October
7,690 525 68.3
9
2
1
1
1
1 1 2
November
7,243 434 59.9
5
1
2
1
1
December
7,096 351 49.5 10
1
1
3
1
2
2
4 4 15
1 1 12
3
17 1 4 2 11
3 3 14 13
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year 7,790 513 65.9 141 18.10 5.65 1.93 .26
1.54 .39
2.18 .13 .51 .26 1.41
. 3 9 1.80
1 . 6 7
CAUSES OF
ADMISSIONS.
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH.
Total
Admitted during
the Year.
Admitted
per 1,000 of
Strength. Strength.
Died out
of each
hundred
cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera
1
7
1
10
42
5
66
8.5 66. 67
Smallpox Enteric Fever
4
4
2
6
3
4
7
1
4
1
36
4.6 41. 67
Fever, Intermittent
79
58
76
65
64 88
83 103
85
98
74 46
919
118.0
" R e m i t t e n t
1
3
1
7
5
1
5
4
6
3
2
38
105.4
. 2 4
" C o n t i n u e d
43
45
64
74
55
74
78
73 113
69
38
57
783
Apoplexy
1
2
1
8
7
1
2 0
2 . 6
6 0 . 0 0
Delirium Tremens
1
1
1
3
2
3
1
3
1
16
2.1
Dysentery
13
15
27
17
11
1 3
20
28
20
23
17
25
229
2 9 . 4 1 . 3 1
Diarrhœa 22
24
44
42
26
20
38
55
82
35
47
51
4 8 6
6 2 . 4
Hepatitis
28
26
29
24
22
35
32 41
29
37
21
11
3 3 5
4 3 . 0 5.07
Spleen Disease
2
3
1
4
2
3
2
3
3
1
2 4
3 . 1
4 . 1 7
Respiratory Diseases
33
55
38
33
23
25
33
28
32
40
53
38
431
55.3
. 9 3
Phthisis Pulmonalis
6
2
6
5
4
6
8
12
11
8
3
7 1
9 . 1
1 5 . 4 9
Scurvy
1
. . .
1
. 1
. 3 1
Rheumatism
34
3 2 63
42
27
35
1 6
41
2 7
2 8
37
24
4 0 6
52.0
Venereal Diseases
305 303 357 220 192 242 230 240 227 192 227 163
2,898
3 7 2 . 0
Eye Diseases
12
6
19
18
20
21
14
8 17
11
13
3
1 6 2
2 0 . 8
Abscess and Ulcer
55
47
66
55
60
80
80
76
51
59
42
28
6 9 9
8 9 . 7
Wounds and Accidents
56
60
65
40
39
60
38
51
39
41
51
49
589
75.6
All other Causes
77
83 133 101 106 144 127 167 144 136 124 69
1,411
181.1
771 767 994 757 663 857 812 935 934 796 763 571
9,620
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
92.7 92.4 121.9 95.9 85.1 110.3 104.5 120.6 121.3 103.5 105.3 80.5
1 2 3 4 . 9
1875.
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