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WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1873.
I.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the WOMEN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS composing the ARMY of
INDIA during the Year 1873, 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 in each Month. |
Death-rate of the Year per 1,000 of Strength. |
CAUSES OF DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||
Cholera. | Smallpox. | Enteric Fever. | Fevers, Intermittent. | Fevers, Remittent and Continued. |
Heat Apoplexy. | Dysentery. | Diarrhœa. | Hepatitis. | Phthisis Pulmonalis. | Respiratory Diseases. | Heart Diseases. | Atrophy and Anæmia. | Childbirth and Abor- tion. |
All other Causes. | ||||||
January... | 6,511 | 178 | 27.3 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
February... | 6,709 | 165 | 24.6 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
March... | 6,732 | 212 | 31.5 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... |
April... | 6,723 | 263 | 39.1 | 17 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 |
May... | 6,702 | 284 | 42.4 | 9 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
June... | 6,675 | 295 | 44.2 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
July... | 6,650 | 281 | 42.3 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
August... | 6,629 | 289 | 43.6 | 14 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
September... | 6,592 | 331 | 50.2 | 18 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 |
October... | 6,563 | 261 | 39.8 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
November... | 6,522 | 192 | 39.4 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
December... | 6,508 | 161 | 24.7 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 |
6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 20 | ||||||
Died per 1,000 of Strength. | ||||||||||||||||||||
For the year... | 6,626 | 243 | 36.7 | 132 | 19.92 | .91 | .30 | 3.77 | .60 | 1.66 | 1.81 | 1.36 | 2.72 | .30 | .60 | .45 | 2.42 | 3.02 |
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. |
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Jan. | Feb. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||||
Cholera... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 1.1 | 85.71 |
Smallpox... | 1 | 1 | ... | 9 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 2.3 | 13.33 |
Dengue... | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | 29 | 4.4 | ... |
Enteric Fever... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1.7 | 45.45 |
Intermittent Fevers... | 52 | 39 | 55 | 74 | 87 | 113 | 126 | 103 | 143 | 129 | 112 | 80 | 1,113 | 167.9 | .09 |
Remittent and Continued Fevers... |
30 | 29 | 26 | 85 | 66 | 103 | 110 | 75 | 128 | 74 | 32 | 23 | 781 | 117.9 | 2.43 |
Heat Apoplexy... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 1.3 | 44.44 |
Dysentery... | 13 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 26 | 39 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 227 | 34.2 | 4.84 |
Diarrhœa... | 10 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 26 | 27 | 45 | 58 | 49 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 365 | 55.1 | 3.29 |
Hepatitis... | 9 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 144 | 21.7 | 6.25 |
Spleen Disease... | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 20 | 3.0 | ... |
Respiratory Diseases... | 25 | 24 | 19 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 230 | 34.7 | .87 |
Phthisis Pulmonalis... | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 60 | 9.1 | 30.00 |
Debility and Anæmia... | 51 | 58 | 92 | 161 | 119 | 119 | 122 | 101 | 172 | 103 | 94 | 88 | 1,280 | 193.3 | .24 |
Rheumatism... | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 129 | 19.5 | ... |
Eye Diseases... | 6 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 15 | 44 | 62 | 113 | 46 | 23 | 18 | 395 | 59.6 | ... |
Childbirth... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...* | ... |
Abortion... | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 126 | 19.0 | .80 |
Diseases peculiar to Wo- men... |
21 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 244 | 36.8 | 2.25 |
Abscess and Ulcer... | 12 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 167 | 25.2 | |
Injuries... | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 69 | 10.4 | |
All other Causes... | 36 | 44 | 56 | 68 | 53 | 62 | 75 | 85 | 89 | 64 | 41 | 37 | 710 | 107.1 | |
304 | 298 | 365 | 632 | 510 | 559 | 677 | 617 | 843 | 559 | 406 | 361 | 6,131 | |||
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month. | |||||||||||||||
46.7 | 44.4 | 54.2 | 94.0 | 76.1 | 83.7 | 101.8 | 93.1 | 127.9 | 85.2 | 62.2 | 55.5 | 925.3 |
* Childbirth is not reckoned as a cause of admission into hospital.
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