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EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1871
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of the BENGAL
PRESIDENCY 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. | Apoplcxy. | Delirium Tremens. | Dysentery. | Diarrhœa. | Hepatitis. | Spleen Diseases. | Respiratory Diseases. | Heart Disease. | phthisis Pulmonalis. | Dropsy. | Scurvy. | Atrophy and Anæmia. | Wounds and Accidents. | All other causes. | Deaths out of Hospital. | Suicidal Deaths. | ||||||
| January | 34,170 | 1,751 | 51.2 | 55 | 1.61 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 11 | 7 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| February | 34,413 | 1,851 | 53.8 | 32 | .93 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | ... | 4 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| March | 34,690 | 1,879 | 54.2 | 42 | 1.21 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 8 | ... | 1 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| April | 35,787 | 1,932 | 54.0 | 41 | 1.15 | 3 | ... | ... | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | 3 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| May | 35,461 | 2,135 | 60.2 | 49 | 1.38 | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ... | 4 | ... | 8 | ... | 4 | 5 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... |
| June | 35,369 | 2,248 | 636 | 63 | 1.78 | 2 | ... | ... | 7 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | ... | 5 | ... | 4 | 6 | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... |
| July | 35,300 | 2.296 | 65.0 | 48 | 1.36 | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| August | 35,212 | 2,445 | 69.4 | 74 | 2.10 | 2 | ... | ... | 9 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 8 | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 7 | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| September | 35,127 | 2,428 | 69.1 | 52 | 1.48 | 2 | ... | ... | 11 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 11 | 1 | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| October | 35,017 | 2,238 | 63.9 | 53 | 1.51 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ... | 2 | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| November | 33,538 | 1,937 | 54.5 | 63 | 1.77 | 11 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | 11 | ... | 1 | 7 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| December | 35,383 | 1,770 | 50.0 | 54 | 1.53 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 5 | 1 | 4 | ... | 16 | 7 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 5 | ... |
| 25 | 1 | ... | 66 | 13 | 60 | 28 | 9 | 41 | 4 | 96 | 1 | 48 | 58 | 58 | ... | 1 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 37 | 20 | ||||||
| Died per 1,000 of Use Average Strength. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For the year | 35,122 | 2,080 | 59.2 | 626 | 17.83 | .71 | .03 | 225 | 1.71 | .80 | .25 | 1.17 | .12 | 2.73 | .03 | 1.37 | 1.65 | 1.65 | ... | .03 | .12 | .12 | 1.47 | 1.05 | .57 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 23 | 2 | 41 | 1.2 | 61.00 |
| Smallpox | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 12 | .3 | 833 |
| Fever, Intermittent | 1,251 | 809 | 752 | 878 | 1,401 | 1,151 | 1,304 | 1,867 | 1,340 | 1,853 | 1,213 | 839 | 14,653 | 417.3 | ... |
| „ Remittent | 21 | 23 | 38 | 84 | 113 | 104 | 137 | 160 | 168 | 190 | 104 | 60 | 1,202 | 173.2 | l.28 |
| „ Continued | 137 | 166 | 225 | 446 | 825 | 623 | 515 | 768 | 558 | 363 | 149 | 102 | 4,832 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 17 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 134 | 3.8 | 44.78 |
| Apoplexy | 3 | ... | 3 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 1.8 | 43.75 |
| Delirium Tremens | 9 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 129 | 3.7 | 698 |
| Dysentery | 89 | 67 | 61 | 84 | 130 | 109 | 83 | 146 | 108 | 115 | 102 | 108 | 1,202 | 34.2 | 3.41 |
| Diarrhœa | 135 | 117 | 142 | 210 | 192 | 187 | 318 | 276 | 199 | 105 | 166 | 164 | 2,271 | 64.7 | .18 |
| Hepatitis | 121 | 163 | 136 | 146 | 201 | 218 | 220 | 245 | 198 | 199 | 143 | 107 | 2,097 | 59.7 | 4.58 |
| Spleen Disease | 24 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 30 | 27 | 15 | 28 | 39 | 17 | 14 | 281 | 8.0 | .36 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 393 | 286 | 284 | 255 | 305 | 184 | 196 | 241 | 172 | 207 | 184 | 277 | 2.984 | 85.0 | 1.61 |
| Phthisis Pulmonalis | 30 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 35 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 22 | 318 | 9.0 | 17.92 |
| Scurvy | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | .3 | 8.33 |
| Rheumatism | 235 | 200 | 198 | 187 | 255 | 207 | 188 | 178 | 156 | 218 | 184 | 171 | 2,377 | 67.7 | .52 |
| Venereal Diseases | 817 | 677 | 720 | 673 | 700 | 495 | 465 | 570 | 453 | 611 | 50.4 | 648 | 7,333 | 208.8 | |
| Eye Diseases | 54 | 48 | 74 | 87 | 78 | 83 | 63 | 110 | 57 | 74 | 48 | 61 | 842 | 24.0 | |
| Abscess and Ulcer | 248 | 228 | 244 | 268 | 301 | 263 | 237 | 325 | 202 | 239 | 218 | 207 | 3,030 | 86.3 | |
| Wounds and Accidents... | 305 | 296 | 256 | 269 | 324 | 202 | 199 | 232 | 204 | 275 | 227 | 362 | 3,181 | 90.6 | |
| All other causes | 409 | 423 | 443 | 477 | 624 | 553 | 533 | 659.1 | 470 | 563 | 414 | 327 | 5,905 | 163.1 | |
| 4,301 | 3,562 | 3,662 | 4,144 | 5,526 | 4,485 | 4,605 | 5,573 | 4,378 | 5,175 | 3,756 | 3,488 | 52,955 | |||
| Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month. | |||||||||||||||
| 125.9 | 103.5 | 105.6 | 115.8 | 155.8 | 126.8 | 130.4 | 166.8 | 124.6 | 147.5 | 105.7 | 98.6 | 1507.7 | |||
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