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EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1871.

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TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of INDIA
during the Year 1871, and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month of the Year.

MONTHS. Average Strength. Average Number Daily Sick. Number Daily sick per 1,000
of Strength.		 Number of Deaths. Died per 1,000 of Strength. CAUSES OF DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.    
Cholera. Smallpox. Fever, Intermittent. Fever,Remittent. Fever,Continued. Enteric Fever. Apoplexy. Delirium Tremens. Dysentery. Diarrhœa. Hepatitis. Spleen Diseases. Respiratory Disease. Heart Diseases. Phthisis Pulmonalis. Dropsy. Scurvy. Atrophy and Anæmia. Wounds and Accidents. All other Causes. Deaths out of hospital. Suicidal Deaths.
January 55,175 2,847 51.6 95 1.72 ... 1 ... 3 3 11 4 1 2 ... 13 ... 13 11 9 ... ... ... 2 11 10 1
February 56,189 2,977 53.0 63 1.12 ... ... ... 2 ... 8 2 ... 3 ... 14 ... 4 4 10 ... ... ... ... 5 9 2
March 55,969 2,995 53.5 64 1.14 2 ... ... 2 2 5 1 1 5 ... 13 ... 3 9 3 ... ... ... ... 6 8 4
April 57,920 3,101 53.6 70 1.21 3 ... ... 9 3 3 7 1 3 ... 10 ... 3 5 8 ... ... ... ... 8 3 4
May 57,453 3,333 58.0 104 1.81 33 ... ... 7 2 4 6 2 7 ... 10 ... 4 8 8 ... ... 1 ... 9 2 1
June 57,259 3,570 62.3 85 1.49 6 ... ... 8 3 7 13 4 6 ... 8 ... 4 7 10 ... ... 1 1 4 3 ...
July 57,193 3,687 64.5 78 1.36 2 ... ... 9 ... 14 2 3 11 ... 11 ... 3 1 7 ... ... 1 1 5 4 4
August 57,087 3,786 66.3 100 1.75 2 ... ... 9 1 11 7 2 12 1 18 ... ... 9 6 ... 1 1 ... 13 2 5
September 56,951 3,703 65.0 82 1.44 2 ... ... 12 2 13 2 2 6 1 19 1 ... 7 2 ... ... ... 1 6 3 3
October 56,077 3,458 61.7 87 1.55 ... ... . 6 3 9 2 4 6 1 16 ... 3 11 6 ... 1 ... 1 10 6 2
November 57,598 3,162 55.0 89 1.55 11 ... 1 7 ... 3 ... 2 6 3 15 ... 1 9 12 ... ... ... ... 8 5 6
December 56,818 2,872 50.5 79 1.39 1 ... ... 4 1 4 1 ... 9 1 8 ... 18 12 6 ... ... ... 1 4 6 3
            62 1 1 78 20 92 47 22 76 7 155 1 56 93 87 ... 2 4 7 89 61 35
            Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year 56,806 3,291 57.9 996 17.53 1.09 .02 1.74 1.74 1.62 1.62 .83 .39 1.31 .12 2.73 .02 .99 1.63 1.53 ... .03 .07 .12 1.57 1.07 .62
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 ... ... 3 3 72 6 3 2 4 ... 24 2 119 2.1 52.10
Smallpox 2 ... ... 3 4 ... ... ... 1 ... 3 9 15 .3 6.67
Fever, Intermittent 1,739 1,168 1,143 1,218 1,975 1,795 2,021 2,691 1,962 2,554 1,677 1,198 21,174 372.7 ...
„ Remittent 55 43 51 115 184 196 189 184 191 227 129 84 1,648 156.3 1.08
„ Continued 250 250 400 635 1,170 834 812 1,009 724 600 345 201 7,230
Enteric Fever 35 16 8 12 16 18 16 16 32 15 8 15 207 3.6 43.96
Apoplexy 9 4 6 19 12 33 11 13 8 3 3 4 125 2.9 37.60
Delirium Tremens 24 16 23 21 19 25 34 43 24 28 20 13 290 5.1 7.59
Dysentery 182 137 116 130 204 202 183 293 199 221 181 197 2,945 39.5 3.31
Diarrhœa 219 182 229 294 304 311 452 476 317 283 245 256 3,568 62.8 .26
Hepatitis 255 246 232 215 299 311 326 359 305 316 254 182 3,300 58.1 4.67
Spleen Disease 30 23 21 32 30 41 32 31 41 48 24 22 375 6.6 .27
Respiratory Diseases 533 409 444 383 412 289 281 357 258 295 274 386 4,321 76.1 1.30
Phthisis Pulmonalis 50 36 36 38 45 39 49 58 47 54 51 47 550 9.7 15.61
Scurvy 3 1 2 ... 2 3 ... 3 ... 1 4 1 20 .3 10.00
Rheumatism 347 275 277 285 368 313 323 299 256 337 285 228 3,593 63.2 .51
Venereal Diseases 1,178 1,005 1,042 1,051 1,071 778 744 918 696 942 807 947 11,179 196.8
Eye Diseases 85 82 110 142 139 117 111 161 109 109 85 80 1,323 23.3
Abscess and. Ulcer 455 389 421 480 614 482 442 547 345 457 361 373 5,366 94.5
Wounds and Accidents 483 478 463 445 567 370 355 408 367 471 408 580 5,395 95.0
All other causes 747 704 734 827 1,018 940 1,014 1,245 760 977 720 616 10,302 181.4
  6,681 5,464 5,761 6,378 8,518 7,103 7,398 9,116 6,646 7,938 5,908 5,434 82,345    
  Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.    
  121.1 97.2 102.9 110.1 148.3 124.1 129.3 159.7 116.7 141.6 102.6 95.6 1449.6  

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