EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1875.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the RATIOS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the
various PROVINCES of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY during the Year 1875.
RATIO PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
Bengal
Proper.
Gangetic
Provinces.
Rohilcund
and Meerut.
Agra and
Central India. Punjab. Hill Stations. ARMY OF
BENGAL.
I.—AVERAGE DAILY SICKRATE OF EACH MONTH.
January
4 0 . 7
6 7 . 1
53.1
5 3 . 3
5 3 . 4
39. 7
53.9
February
3 8 . 2
76. 4
5 3 . 1
5 2 . 6
51.0
40. 6
5 4 . 9
March
3 6 . 5
72. 6
4 8 . 4
4 7 . 6
4 4 . 0
42. 3
5 0 . 6
April
3 2 . 9
6 6 . 6
6 2 . 7
4 2 . 9
48.6
44. 1
5 3 . 6
May
3 7 . 7
60. 9
5 7 . 4
5 7 . 8
5 3 . 2
5 0 . 8
5 7 . 1
June
4 6 . 1
6 3 . 6 5 4 . 5
5 9 . 9
5 5 . 5
48. 4
5 8 . 6
July
5 4 . 4
69. 0
5 8 . 0
5 9 . 8
59.9
48. 6
6 1 . 9
August
6 3 . 0
66. 4
5 6 . 4
6 0 . 5
5 6 . 0
44. 0
5 9 . 6
September
5 9 . 4
67. 8
6 4 . 0
6 9 . 7
6 4 . 7
38. 5
61.8
October
51.5
68. 3
57.7
6 8 . 8
76.9
3 4 . 0
6 3 . 8
November
4 5 . 1
59. 9
5 0 . 5
6 5 . 9
71.3
35. 0
5 9 . 8
December
3 5 . 9
49. 5
4 1 . 5
5 6 . 5
7 2 . 1
38. 7
5 5 . 9
AVERAGE OF THE YEAR
4 5 . 0
65. 9
5 4 . 6
5 8 . 0
5 8 . 8
4 2 . 9
5 7 . 6
II.—COMPOSITION OF THE ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR.
Cholera
8.5
7 . 7
6 . 5
4 . 0
1 . 6
5 . 4
Smallpox
.7
.5
.2
. 2
Enteric Fever
3 . 5
4.6
2 . 0
.5
4.5
. 9
3 . 1
Intermittent Fever
5 4 . 1
118. 0
3 9 5 . 9
3 5 0 . 3
5 5 1 . 9
187.0
336.9
Remittent and Continued Fevers
2 2 0 . 4
105. 4
5 4 . 8
116.7
3 0 2 . 9
6 3 . 1
1 6 2 . 9
Apoplexy
1 . 5
2 . 6
4 . 1
3 . 5
8 . 1
4 . 1
Delirium Tremens
3.5
2.1
4 . 3
1.2
3 . 5
.4
2 . 4
Dysentery
3 4 . 9
2 9 . 4
3 7 . 1
27.1
2 3 . 7
1 4 . 8
2 7 . 9
Diarrhœa
4 5 . 0
6 2 . 4
7 0 . 8
5 3 . 6
6 0 . 3
61.3
6 2 . 5
Hepatitis
3 7 . 9
4 3 . 0
3 2 . 3
5 3 . 8
3 4 . 3
3 0 . 3
4 0 . 8
Spleen Disease
2 . 0
3.1
7 . 3
7 . 0
1 4 . 0
3 . 4
9.0
Respiratory Diseases
4 5 . 0
5 5 . 3
7 1 . 7
5 8 . 2
1 1 4 . 8
6 9 . 0
7 9 . 7
Phthisis Pulmonalis
8 . 6
9 . 1
4 . 6
5 . 3
9 . 2
5 . 4
8 . 9
Scurvy
. 1
.2
.2
.2
Rheumatism
2 6 . 8
52.1
4 3 . 2
4 2 . 7
6 6 . 8
7 8 . 4
5 9 . 1
V e n e r e a l D i s e a s e s
1 7 9 . 5
372. 0
2 1 1 . 6
1 6 0 . 3
1 4 9 . 6
1 6 9 . 7
212. 4
Eye Diseases
1 4 . 2
2 0 . 8
2 4 . 3
2 8 . 8
1 9 . 3
1 7 . 8
20.7
Abscess and Ulcer
1 1 8 . 3
89.7
8 9 . 0
7 5 . 6
83.1
5 3 . 7
8 0 . 3
Wounds and Accidents
7 9 . 4
7 5 . 6
1 0 3 . 8
83.5
1 0 7 . 7
1 0 4 . 9
9 4 . 2
All other Causes
1 7 2 . 9
181.1
1 5 8 . 4
1 6 6 . 1
1 7 1 . 0
1 3 4 . 2
1 7 6 . 6
ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR 1, 047. 5
1, 234. 9
1, 323. 8
1,241.3
1 , 7 2 9 . 1
9 9 6 . 2
1, 387. 5
III.—COMPOSITION OF THE DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR.
Cholera
5 . 6 5
5 . 9 2
5 . 5 7
2 . 2 7
.90
3 . 6 6
Smallpox
. 2 3
. 0 3
Enteric Fever
1 . 0 1
1 . 9 3
1.59
.46
2 . 3 6
.67
1 . 5 9
Remittent and Continued Fevers
1 . 0 1
.26
. 4 6
.70
2 . 2 7
.45
1.18
Apoplexy
. 5 1
1 . 5 4
2 . 0 5
1 . 8 6
3 . 4 5
1 . 9 1
Delirium Tremens
. 0 8
.03
Dysentery
.51
. 3 9 1 . 1 4
.70
.67
.45
.65
Diarrhœa
.23
.08
.22
.08
Hepatitis
2 . 5 3
2 . 1 8
1 . 5 9
.70
. 8 4
.90
1 . 4 8
Spleen Disease
1 . 5 2
.13
.22
.16
Respiratory Diseases
.51
.91
.93
1 . 6 8
.22
. 9 4
Heart Diseases
.51
.26
1.82
.93
. 5 9
.67
.78
Phthisis Pulmonalis
1 . 0 1
1 . 4 1
.91
1 . 1 6
1 . 2 6
.22
1 . 2 4
Injuries
1 . 0 1
.39
.23
.08
.67
.24
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s
.51
1.80
2 . 9 6
2 . 5 5
1.85
1 . 8 0
2 . 0 8
Deaths from violence out of Hospital
1 . 5 2
1 . 6 7
1 . 8 2
.93
. 8 4
.90
1 . 2 9
DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR
1 1 . 6 3
18. 10
2 1 . 6 2
1 6 . 7 1
18. 34
8 . 3 1
17. 32
DI ED OUT OF EACH HUNDRED CASES TREATED.
IV.—MORTALITY RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER TREATED.
Cholera
66. 67
7 6 . 4 7
8 5 . 7 1
57. 45
5 7 . 1 4
67.66
Enteric Fever
2 8 . 5 7
41. 67
7 7 . 7 8
100. 00
51.85
7 5 . 0 0
51. 30
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
. 4 6
.24
.83
.60
.75
.71
.73
Apoplexy
3 3 . 3 3
60. 00
5 0 . 0 0
53.33
42. 71
46. 41
Delirium Tremens
2 . 3 8
1 . 1 0
Dysentery
1 . 4 5
1 . 3 1
3.07
2 . 5 6
2 . 8 4
3 . 0 3
2 . 3 2
H e p a t i t i s
6 . 6 7
5.07
4 . 9 3
1 . 2 9
2 . 4 5
2 . 9 6
3 . 6 2
Respiratory Diseases
.93
1.27
1.59
1 . 4 7
.33
1.18
Phthisis Pulmonalis
11.76
1 5 . 4 9
2 0 . 0 0
21.74
13. 76
4 . 1 7
13. 86