EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1872.
XIII.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in RAJPOOTANA, MALWA,
SCINDE and ADEN during the Year 1872, 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.
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 .
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 .
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
January
... 5,662
295
52.1
5
......... ... . . . . . . . . . ......
. . .
...1 ...1 ... 3
. . . . . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
February
... 5,527
267 48.3
10 ...
... ... 1
. . . . . . ... ... ... 1 ... . . .
...1 1
1
. . . . . .
. . .
... 1
4
March ... 5,519
231
41.9 ...
. . . ...... . . .
. . . . . . . . . ..... . . . ............... . . . . . . . . .
. . .
... ...
. . .
April
... 5,544 232 41.8
6
...
2 ...
1 ...
. . . . . . ... ...
1 .........1 ... . . . ... ... ... ... ...
1
May
... 5,587
230
41.2
10
...
3 ...
1 . . . . . . . . . 2 ... . . . ...2 ......... 1
. . . . . .
. . .
... ... 1
June ...
5,767
247
42.8
21 ...
2 ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . 16... . . . .........1 ... 1 ... ... ... ... ...
1
July
... 5,748
284 49.4
14 ...
5 ..._
. . . . . . . . . . 2 1
. . . .........1 1
1
. . . . . .
. . .
... 1
3
August
... 5,747
311
54.1
1 8 ...
8 ...
2 . . . . . . . . . ...... 1 ...2 .......... 1
. . . . . .
. . .
... 2
2
September ... 5,739
385 67.1
20
. . .
7 ...
8 . . .
1 . . . ...... . . . ...3 ...... ... 2 ... ... ... ... ...
. . .
October
... 5,724 426
74.4
11
. . . ... ... ... 1 . . . 1 2 ... 1 ... 1 ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... 2
1
November ... 5,411
385 71.2
10 ...
... ... 2
1 . . . 1 ...... . . . ...1 ... ... 1 1
. . . ... ... ...
2
1
December ... 5,075
346 68.2
9
......
...
1 . . . . . . 1 .. . . . 1 ...2 ...
... 1
1 ... ... ... ...
2
...
27 ... 1 6
2 1 3 22 1 5 ... 12 ...
5 4 12 . . .
. . . . . . ... 10 14
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year ...
5,587
304 54.4 134 23.98 4.83 ... 2.86
1.07
3.94.18 .89 ... 2.15 ... .89 .72 2.15 ...
. . . ... ... 1.79 2.51
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. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Dengue ...
. . .
...
3
7
199
155
511
104
7
54
90
122
1,252
224.1
. . .
Cholera ...
. . .
...
...
3
3
2
6
10
12 ...
...
...
3 6
6 . 1
7 5 . 0 0
Smallpox ...
. . . ...
. . . ...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
. 2
. . .
Enteric Fever
...
2
2
. . .
1
2
. . . ...
2
12 ...
1
1
2 3
4 . 1
6 9 . 5 6
Fever, Intermittent ...
91
72
84
134
101
115
126
281
553 1,177
660
510
3,904
698.7
.05
„ Remittent
...
5
6
4
2
3 ...
6
3
39
44
2
3
117 113.7
.63
„ Continued ...
7
9
16
36
24
109
72
54
66
58
40
27
518
Apoplexy ...
. . .
. . . .
. . .
. . .
4
25
5
2
2
3
1
. . .
42
7.5
52.38
Delirium Tremen
4
2
. . .
4
2
1
8
4
6
5
1
. . .
37
6 . 6
2.70
Dysentery ...
10
8
2
10
4
7
17
38
22
23
14
16
171
30.6
2.92
Diarrhœa ...
31
21
23
33
23
22
39
80
37
38
12
27
386
69.1
. . .
Hepatitis ...
16
9
3
17
20
14
24
19
20
25
16
27
210
3 7 . 6
5.71
Spleen Disease ...
1
2
1
3
4
2 ...
...
1
1
1
4
2 0
3 . 6
. . .
Respiratory Diseases ...
40
17
13
22
16
14
25
7
15
22
14
34
2 3 9
4 2 . 8
2 . 0 9
Phthisis Pulmonalis ...
3
1
7
. . .
2
5
7
5
2
4
5
7
48
8 . 6
2 5 . 0 0
Scurvy
...
1
1
...
. . . ...
. . .
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
2
. 4 ...
Rheumatism ...
23
14
8
16
18
16
24
24
18
19
13
24
2 1 7
3 8 . 8
Venereal Diseases
... 147
106
93
96
54
54
53
48
43
52
43
65
8 5 4
1 5 2 . 9 .48
Eye Diseases
...
7
12
9
7
8
5
5
1 0
9
16
4
6
9 8
1 7 . 6
Abscess and Ulcer ...
54
39
41
53
43
52
62
45
4 4
34
37
32
536
96.0
Wounds and Accidents
59
38
26
58
34
35
52
34
31
41
28
32
468
83.8
All other Causes ...
66
34
54
76
52
87
97
88
75
69
42
57
797
142.7
567
393
387 578
617
720 1,139
858 1,014 1,685 1,021
994
9,976
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
100.1
71.1
70.1 104.3 110.4 124.8 198.2 149.3 176.7
2 9 4 . 4
189.2 195.9
1 7 8 5 . 5