EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1873.
X.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the PUNJAB 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 .
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 , 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 . He 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 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
14,193
691 48.7
19
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
1
. . . . . . . . . . . .
3 . . .
1
. . . 8
1
1
. . . . . . . . .
1
2 1
February
13,976 630 45.1
8
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
2
. . . 1
. . .
1 . . . . . . . . .
. . . 1 2
March
13,208 595 45.0
12
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
1
. . . 2
1
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5
April
11,875
626 52.8
16
. . . . . .
. . . 3
. . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
. . . 2
2
3 . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
4
May
11,342
614 54.1
9
. . . . . .
. . . 3 . . . 1
. . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 1 2
June
11,267
625 55.5
8 . . .
. . .
. . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 1 . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
1
July
11,227
664 59.1
1 8 . . .
. . .
. . . 1 . . . . . . 2 4 . . . 2 . . .
1
. . . 1 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
. . . 3 . . .
August
11,209
705 62.9
9
. . . . . .
. . . 1 1 . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
2
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . . 2 . . .
September
11,191
788 70.4
2 2 . . .
. . . . . . 1 1 3 3 2 . . . 1 . . . 3 . . .
. . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . .
October
11,233
759 67.6
15 . . . . . .
. . . 1 . . . 4 2 . . . . . . 1 . . .
3
. . . . . . . . .
2 . . . . . . . . .
. . . 1 1
November
11,621 755 65.0
17
. . . . . .
. . . 1
. . . 1
. . . 1 1
. . . . . . 2
. . . 4 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
December
13,833
775 56.0
21
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . .
1
. . . 5 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . . . 7 1
. . . . . . 13 3 11 8 15 1 10 . . . 18 . . . 23 13 14 . . . 1 . . . 1 24 19
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year . . . 12,181
687 56.4 174 14.29 . . . . . . 1.07
1.81
1 . 2 3
. 0 8
.82 . . . 1.48 . . . 1.89 1 . 0 7 1 . 1 5 . . . .08 . . . .08 1.97 1.56
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
cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June.
J u l y . Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Dengue . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
None.
. . .
. . .
Cholera . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . . . . .
. . .
1
. 1
. . .
Smallpox . . .
2
1
2
2
1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
8
. 7
. . .
Enteric Fever . . .
1
1
4
5
4
2
1
1
5
4
2
1
31
2.5 41.94
Fever, Intermittent . . .
493
241
214
376
387 358 376
462
769 1,109 1,156
781
6,722
551.8
.04
" Remittent . . .
11
11
18
35
29
22
47
25
142
84
44
14
482 250.0
.62
" Continued . . .
39
52
103
312
247
251
378 356
530
194
68
33
2,563
Apoplexy . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
2
2
6
19
3
3
1
1
. . .
37
3.0 40.54
Delirium Tremens . . .
1
4
5
2
5
1
2
6
2
2
3
1
34
2.8
2. 94
Dysentery . . .
30
26
19
25
13
14
25
20
62
37
33
23
327
26.9
3.06
Diarrhœa . . .
47
19
30
63
3 8
22
37
52
60
30
39
42
479
39.3
. . .
Hepatitis . . .
37
44
52
67
34
39
62
53
64
52
46
52
602
49.4
2. 99
Spleen Disease . . .
9
13
19
8
14
13
19
9
10
10
16
22
162
13.3
. . .
Respiratory Diseases . . . 126
142
144
146
76
65
76
90
60
48
89
157
1,219
100.1
1. 89
Phthisis Pulmonalis . . .
7
8
7
1
1
5
15
7
17
5
23
5
101
8.3 13.86
Scurvy . . .
. . .
. . .
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
. . .
1
3
12
1.0
8. 33
Rheumatism . . .
8 8
61
67
56
53
63
59
56
68
48 66
69
756
62.1
. 5 7
Venereal Diseases . . .
205
174
161
183
126
130
137
85
8 0
59
68
176
1,584
130.0
E y e D i s e a s e s . . .
1 0 17
25
41
22
16
13
21
24
17
5
15
226
1 8 . 5
Abscess and Ulcer . . .
87
75
79
94
56
66
97
110
82
48
70
77
941
77.3
Wounds and Accidents . . . 133
121
125
174
80
79
85
60
71
68
64 106
1,166
95.7
All other Causes . . .
138
146
151
188
1 4 7 152
231
181
226
131
141
167
1,999
164.1
1,464 1,156 1,227 1,783 1,336 1,305 1,680 1,598 2,277 1,947 1,935 1,744
19,452
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
103.1 82.7 9 2 . 9
150.1 117.8 115.8 149.6 142.5 203.5 173.3 166.5 126.1
1 5 9 6 . 9