WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1876.
VIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the BOMBAY
PRESIDENCY 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 i n e a c h
M o n t h .
D e a t h - r a t e o f e a c h M o n t h 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 . M e a s l e s .
H o o p i n g C o u g h . S c a r l e t F e v e r . E n t e r i c F e v e r .
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 .
A p o p l e x y . D e n t i t i o n .
C o n v u l s i o n s .
M e n i n g i t i s a n d H y d r o -
c e p h a l u s .
T a b e s M e s e n t e r i c a .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i s .
D y s e n t e r y . D i a r r h œ a . A n æ m i a a n d A t r o p h y .
B r o n c h i t i s a n d P n e u -
mo n i a . C r o u p a n d D i p h t h e r i a .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
2,188 56 25.6
5 2. 29
1 1
1
1
1
February
2,254 43 19.1
3 1.33
1
1 1
March
2,395 63 26.3
6 2.51
1
3
2
April
2,393 74 30.9
6 2.51
1
1 2 1
1
M a y
2,393 75 31.3 10 4.18
1
3 1
3
1
1
June
2 , 4 1 4 61 25.3 11 4.56
3 2
1 1
2
2
July
2,389 64 26.8 6 2.51
1
1 2 1
1
August
2,397 89 37.1 19 7.93
1
5
2
2 6 1 1
1
September
2,394 88 36.8 19 7.94
1
10 1 1
5 1
October
2,408 66 27.4 9 3.74
1
3
1
1 1
2
November
2,435 53 21.8
7
2 . 8 8
3
1
2
1
December
2,262 44 19.5
4 1. 77
1
1 1
1
1 1 6
23 15 2 4 7 19 8 10 1 8
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
2,360 65 27.5 105 44.49
.42 2.97 9.74 6.36 .85 1.69 2.97 8.05 3.39 4.24 .42 3.39
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.
Chol era
1
1
. 4
Smallpox
2
2
. 8
Dengue
Measl es
1
1
3
5
2.1
Hooping Cough
1
1
2
2
6
2.6
Scarl et Fever
1
1
.4
Enteric Fever
2
2
1
5
2.1 20.00
Intermittent Fevers
13 28 25
7 13 11 27 33 22 46 32 22
279
118.2 .36
Remittent and Continued
Fevers
3
6 13 19 19
9
8
7 17
9 23 19
152
64.4 3 . 9 4
Apoplexy Dysentery
1
3 4
3
1
1 13
6
4
3
39
16.5 17.95
Diarrhœa 8 13 12
5 12
5 26 39 12
6 12
5
155
65.7 12.26
Hepatitis
1
1
1
2
1
6
2.6
Spl een Di sease
1
1
1
1
4
1.7
Respi ratory Di seases
5 10
5
6 10 12
5 12
8 13
3
5
94
39.8 11.70
Eye Di seases
26 13 16 21
6
3
3 37 42 18
4
3
192
81.4
Anæmia and Debility 12 16 11 15 16 11 15 15 12 16 11 22
172
72.9 4 . 6 5
Tubercular Diseases
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
2
2
1
15
6 . 4 26.67
Meningitis and Hydroce-
phal us
1
1
2
.8 100.00
Convul si ons
2
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
3
1
2
19
8.1 78.95
Dentition
3
7
5
6
6
9
9 22 16
6
5
7
101
42.8 22.77
Abscess and Ul cer
1
3
2
3
9
7
8
2
3
3
2
3
46
19.5 4 . 4 0
Injuries
6
5
7
2
3
7
2
9
2
5
3
1
52
22.0
Al l other Causes
6
6
5 10
7 10
7
4
4 10
4 11
84
35.6
88 113 109 104 110 91 116 201 151 142 103 104
1,432
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
40.2 50.1 45.5 43.5 46.0 37.7 48.6 83.8 62.6 59.0 42.3 46.0
6 0 6 . 8