WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1872.
III.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS serving in the BENGAL
PRESIDENCY 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 i n e a c h m o n t h .
D e a t h - r a t e o f t h e Y e a r 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 .
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 .
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 .
H e a t A p o p l e x y .
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 .
P h t h i s i s P u l m o n a l i 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 .
A t r o p h y a n d A n æ m i a . C h i l d b i r t h a n d A b o r t i o n .
A l l o t h e r C a u s e s .
January
3,773
105
27.8
12
...
...
...
1
. . . . . . ...
3
1
. . .
2
1 ...
2
2
. . .
February
3,816
114 29.9
6
...
. . .
1 ...
. . . 2
...
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 ...
1
March
3,875
100
25.8
4
. . .
1
... ...
. . . ...
...
. . .
1
1 ...
1 ...
. . .
...
...
April
3,881
147
37.9
6
. . .
...
. . . ...
...
. . .
...
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . . 1 ...
1
2
May
3,876
192
49.5
15
...
4 ...
1
. . . . . .
2
2
. . .
1
2 . . .
1
1
1
. . .
June
3,873
198
51.1
7
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
2
1 ...
...
2 . . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
July
3,871
205
53.0
19
. . .
6 ...
...
. . . 3 ...
1 ...
1
2 . . .
1
1
4 . . .
August
3,830
283
74.0
35 . . .
23
...
1
1
. . . ...
2
3
. . . 3 . . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
September
3,785
319
84.3
37
. . .
21 ... 2
...
6
...
2
2
2
1 . . .
1 ...
...
...
October
3,754
249
66.3
12
...
5 ... ...
... 1 ...
1 ...
...
1 . . .
1
1 ...
2
November
3,861
186 48.2
11
...
1 ... ...
...
1
...
1
2
1
1 . . .
. . .
. . . 3
1
December
3,865
130
33.7
13
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
...
5
. . .
3
2
. . .
1 ...
. . .
. . .
1
1
61
1
5
1
1 8 4
17
12
6
16 2
7 7
13
7
Died per 1,000 of Strength.
For the year
3,838
186
48.5
177 46.12 15.89
. 2 6 1.30 4.95
1.04 4.43 3.13 1.56 4.17 .52 1.83 1.83 3.38 1.83
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.
Cholera
. . .
. . .
1
1
7
. . .
8
38
27
7
1
...
90
23.4
67. 78
Smallpox
1
2 ...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
4
1.0
25. 00
Dengue
. . .
...
2
32
14
5
37
27
115
84
22
15
353
92.0
. . .
Enteric Fever
1
. . .
...
...
1
. . . ...
2
2
. . .
. . . ...
6
1.6
83. 33
Intermittent Fevers
17
28
19
46
41
73
49
58
85
166
114
49
745
194.1
...
Remittent and Continued
Fevers
10
13
33
42
48
68
53
84
96
111
48
41
647
168.6
2. 78
Heat Apoplexy ...
...
...
1
4
4
...
...
. . .
1
1
...
11
2.9
36. 36
Dysentery
8
7
5
17
15
12
29
27
15
24
12
13
184
47.9
9. 24
Diarrhœa
7
10
13
21
27
15
56
64
54
34
2 1
21
343
89.4
3. 50
Hepatitis
3
6
5
16
12
11
11
6
7
6
5
5
93
24.2
6. 45
Spleen Disease
1
. . . ...
...
2
. . .
2
3
1
2
. . .
1
12
3.1
...
Respiratory Diseases
12
9
7
10
19
8
17
12
5
21
11
6
137
35.7
1. 46
Phthisis Pulmonalis
3
1
6
4
3
3
9
4
2
1
3
6
45
11.7
35. 56
Debility and Anæmia
71
58
44
89
81
90
77
153
110
92
58
33
956
249.1
.73
Rheumatism
12
11
6
15
10
5
8
9
5
8
10
6
105
27.3
...
Eye Diseases
1
. . . ...
24
45
23
39
81
48
25
7
3
296
77.1
...
Childbirth
...
. . . ...
...
...
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Abortion
4
7
11
10
10
13
10
7
7
8
5
2
94
24.5
4.26
Diseases peculiar to Wo
men
9
7
6
12
8
18
17
15
17
12
4
8
133
34.7
2 . 1 2
Abseess and Ulcer
10
1
6
13
8
5
11
11
12
10
4
11
102
26.6
Injuries
3
2
3
4
6
4
5
3
5
2
3
3
43
11.2
All other Causes
18
26
32
46
29
34
47
45
31
31
27
15
381
99.3
191
188
199
403
391
391
485
649
644
645
356
238
4,780
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
50.6 49.3 51.3
103.8 100.9 101.0 125.3 169.4 170.1 171.8 92.2
61.6
1245.4