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STATISTICS OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN INDIA FROM 1871 TO 1876.

[Section I.

Table showing the Aggregate of Sickness and Mortality in the Army of India during the Five Years from,1871 to 1875,
and the prevalence of the principal Diseases in each Month.

MONTHS. Aggregate strength of the five
years.		 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. Violent Deaths. Suicidal Deaths.
Cholera. Small-pox. Enteric Fever. All other Fevers. Apoplexy. Delirium Tremens. Dysentery and Diar-
rhœa		 Hepatitis. Spleen Disease. Respiratory Diseases. Heart Diseases. Phthisis Pulmonalis. Dropsy. Scurvy. Atrophy and Anæmia. All other Diseases.
January... 287,900 15,077 52.4 354 1.23 ... 4 28 21 8 1 25 55 2 51 36 42 1 1 ... 33 40 6
February... 290,773 14,889 51.2 301 1.03 ... 3 21 11 7 2 23 61 ... 22 29 35 ... 1 2 40 35 9
March... 294,839 14,538 49.3 293 .99 6 5 15 17 13 1 21 44 ... 24 35 21 ... 1 2 40 36 12
April... 295,244 15,309 51.9 309 1.05 24 7 42 29 28 6 19 33 1 16 24 22 ... ... 1 25 17 15
May... 294,352 16,196 55.0 436 1.48 67 7 53 30 60 5 29 48 1 13 28 21 ... ... 1 37 21 15
June... 293,820 16,949 57.7 510 1.73 44 4 57 36 142 7 20 49 ... 11 24 30 ... ... 2 46 31 7
July... 292,981 17,718 60.5 461 1.57 59 2 50 28 61 9 31 59 ... 15 34 29 1 2 1 37 21 22
August... 292,328 18,513 63.3 644 2.20 260 ... 48 37 29 5 45 59 3 6 31 30 1 1 2 49 22 16
September.... 291,274 18,937 65.0 642 2.20 181 ... 77 57 25 6 59 78 2 7 37 24 ... ... ... 56 25 8
October... 289,079 18,410 63.7 459 1.59 67 ... 34 41 7 8 49 75 1 14 37 36 ... 2 ... 40 36 12
November... 292,970 16,876 57.6 387 1.32 30 ... 21 32 6 3 47 63 1 17 37 35 ... 1 ... 51 25 18
December... 290,409 15,417 53.1 351 1.21 3 1 20 18 8 1 49 48 .... 42 40 37 ... 1 ... 35 40 8
  741 33 466 357 394 54 417* 672 11 238 392 362 3 10 11 489 349 148
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the five years... 292,162 16,569 56.7 5,147 17.62 2.54 .11 1.59 1.22 1.35 .18 1.43 2.30 .04 .82 1.34 1.24 .01 .03 .04 1.67 1.20 .51

*In the five years, 33 deaths were returned under the head of Diarrhœa.

CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS. NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH. Total admitted
during the
Five year.		 Admitted per
1,000 of
strength.		 Died out of
each Hundred
Cases treated.
Jan. Feb. Mar. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cholera... ... ... 9 37 130 56 87 415 250 87 51 7 1,129 3.9 65.63
Small-pox.... 17 20 28 65 39 16 11 ... 2 1 5 3 207 .7 15.94
Enteric fever... 91 59 59 110 116 88 91 100 151 65 46 71 1,047 3.6 44.51
Fever, Intermittent... 5,605 3,905 4,159 5,390 6,355 6,894 7,709 9,204 11,072 13,605 11,448 8,089 93,435 319.8 .26
Fevers, Remittent and Continued... 1,444 1,403 2,476 4,211 4,803 4,974 5,000 4,825 5,754 4,689 3,038 2,013 44,630 152.7
Apoplexy... 19 18 46 79 127 311 164 75 56 26 17 12 950 3.3 41.47
Delirium Tremens... 87 64 80 80 88 72 124 130 115 99 81 60 1,080 3.7 5.00
Dysentery... 874 657 706 785 819 830 1,063 1,357 1,358 1,158 957 982 11,546 39.5 3.33
Diarrhœa... 985 766 1,115 1,467 1,292 1,389 2,515 2,733 1,857 1,245 1,144 1,215 17,723 60.7 .19
Hepatitis... 1,094 1,080 1,120 1,174 1,255 1,388 1,576 1,541 1,597 1,447 1,214 1,116 15,602 53.4 4.31
Spleen disease... 112 144 134 145 152 169 183 156 146 187 152 163 1,843 6.3 .60
Respiratory diseases... 2,420 2,181. 2,173 2,011 1,705 1,479 1,632 1,544 1,407 1,518 1,734 2,126 21,930 75.0 1.09
Phthisis Puhmonalis... 225 165 202 141 162 218 269 249 261 265 281 245 2,683 9.2 13.49
Scurvy... 8 5 8 7 9 15 9 10 5 9 11 10 106 .4 9.43
Rheumatism... 1,484 1,346 1,482 1,443 1,424 1,515 1,588 1,531 1,456 1,405 1,189 1,236 17,099 58.5 .46
Venereal diseases... 5,666 5,008 5,805 5,431 4,328 4,117 4,371 4,055 3,823 3,811 3,904 4,603 54,922 188.0
Eye diseases... .423 381 561 635 567 527 569 650 630 527 419 388 6,277 21.5
Abscess and Ulcer... 2,089 1,979 2,300 2,526 2,388 2,576 2,724 2,361 2,130 1,893 1,907 1,832 26,705 91.4
Wounds and accidents... 2,341 2,253 2,640 2,477 2,268 2,117 2,154 1,968 1,973 2,127 2,074 2,663 27,055 92.6
All other causes... 3,707 3,460 4,496 5,285 5,421 5,470 6,721 6,202 6,283 5,745 4,500 3,931 61,221* 209.5
  28,691 24,894 29,599 33,499 33,448 34,221 38,560 39,106 40,326 39,909 34,172 30,765 407,190  
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
99.7 85.6 100.4 113.5 113.6 116.5 131.6 133.8 138.4 138.1 116.6 105.9 1393.7  

*Out of this total the Epidemic Dengue of 1872 gave 7,486 admissions, a ratio of 25.6 per 1,000.