EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1872.
IV.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS composing the ARMY of the BOMBAY
PRESIDENCY during the Year 1872, 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. | Died out of Hospital. | Suicidal Deaths. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cholera. | Smallpox. | Enteric Fever. | Fever, Intermittent. | Fever, Remittent. | Fever, Continued. | Apoplexy. | Delirium Tremens. | Dysentery. | Diarrhœa. | Hepatitis. | Spleen Disease. | Respiratory Diseases. | Heart Diseases. | Phthisis Pulmonalis. | Dropsy. | Scurvy. | Atrophy and Anæmia. | Wounds and Accidents. | All other Causes. | ||||||||
| January | 11,002 | 542 | 49.3 | 11 | 1.00 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| February | 10,282 | 455 | 44.2 | 12 | 1.17 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... |
| March | 10,854 | 467 | 43.0 | 6 | .55 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... |
| April | 11,019 | 522 | 47.4 | 10 | .91 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| May | 11,003 | 500 | 45.4 | 13 | 1.18 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| June | 11,014 | 501 | 45.5 | 27 | 2.45 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| July | 10,951 | 507 | 46.3 | 27 | 2.46 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| August | 10,998 | 547 | 49.8 | 27 | 2.45 | 9 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| September | 10,920 | 620 | 56.8 | 25 | 2.29 | 7 | ... | 9 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| October | 10,896 | 662 | 60.7 | 16 | 1.47 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... |
| November | 10,541 | 634 | 60.1 | 16 | 1.52 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| December | 10,355 | 559 | 54.0 | 14 | 1.35 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
| 36 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 13 | ... | 20 | ... | 7 | 10 | 18 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | ||||||
| Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For the year | 10,819 | 544 | 50.3 | 204 | 18.86 | 3.33 | .19 | 2.22 | .74 | 2.59 | .19 | 1.20 | ... | 1.85 | ... | .65 | .92 | 1.66 | ... | .09 | ... | .09 | 1.57 | .92 | .65 | ||
| CAUSES OF ADMISS1ONS. |
NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL IN EACH MONTH. | Total Admitted during the Year. |
Admitted per 1,000 of Strength. |
Died out of each hundred cases treated. |
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| Jan. | Feb. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||||
| Dengue | ... | ... | 264 | 475 | 350 | 258 | 588 | 151 | 82 | 97 | 95 | 125 | 2,485 | 229.7 | ...* |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 1 | ... | ... | 46 | 4.3 | 78.26 |
| Smallpox | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 1.2 | 15.38 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 2 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 3.7 | 60.00 |
| Fever, Intermittent | 264 | 146 | 157 | 226 | 222 | 189 | 228 | 372 | 641 | 1,385 | 878 | 723 | 5,431 | 502.0 | .04 |
| " Remittent | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | ... | 6 | 4 | 42 | 48 | 13 | 9 | 148 | 109.2 | .51 |
| " Continued | 41 | 43 | 96 | 119 | 57 | 142 | 108 | 83 | 87 | 108 | 100 | 49 | 1,033 | ||
| Apoplexy | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | 6 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 55 | 5.1 | 50.91 |
| Delirium Tremens | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | ... | 44 | 4.1 | 4.55 |
| Dysentery | 23 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 47 | 72 | 44 | 32 | 31 | 50 | 374 | 34.6 | 3.48 |
| Diarrhœa | 47 | 28 | 35 | 58 | 58 | 43 | 92 | 123 | 52 | 56 | 26 | 73 | 691 | 63.9 | ... |
| Hepatitis | 31 | 17 | 17 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 39 | 29 | 36 | 44 | 26 | 54 | 378 | 34.9 | 5.29 |
| Spleen Disease | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | ... | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 4.0 | ... |
| Respiratory Diseases | 72 | 43 | 41 | 56 | 40 | 32 | 42 | 17 | 37 | 56 | 29 | 60 | 525 | 48.5 | 1.34 |
| Phthisis Pulmonalis | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 103 | 9.5 | 17.48 |
| Scurvy | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | .4 | 25.00 |
| Rheumatism | 48 | 28 | 29 | 57 | 80 | 48 | 52 | 59 | 47 | 45 | 25 | 35 | 553 | 51.1 | .48 |
| Venereal Diseases | 250 | 157 | 162 | 183 | 105 | 92 | 119 | 96 | 102 | 123 | 109 | 177 | 1,675 | 154.8 | |
| Eye Diseases | 20 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 196 | 18.1 | |
| Abscess and Ulcer | 78 | 58 | 80 | 113 | 87 | 99 | 102 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 84 | 68 | 1,000 | 92.4 | |
| Wounds and Accidents | 86 | 74 | 54 | 108 | 69 | 67 | 92 | 62 | 62 | 78 | 57 | 69 | 878 | 81.1 | |
| All other Causes | 142 | 81 | 135 | 144 | 105 | 135 | 149 | 136 | 132 | 125 | 74 | 113 | 1,471 | 135.9 | |
| 1,126 | 724 | 1,123 | 1,638 | 1,267 | 1,216 | 1,726 | 1,342 | 1,496 | 2,327 | 1,567 | 1,634 | 17,186 | |||
| Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month. | |||||||||||||||
| 102.3 | 70.4 | 103.5 | 148.6 | 115.1 | 110.4 | 157.6 | 122.0 | 137.0 | 213.6 | 148.6 | 157.8 | 1588.5 | |||
*Three men died from Heat Apoplexy while suffering from Dengue.