EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1872.

VI.

TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in BENGAL PROPER 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.
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 1,820 112 61.6 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
February 1,832 114 62.2 2 ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
March 1,965 109 55.5 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
April 2,015 122 60.6 2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
May 2,013 149 74.0 6 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... 1 ... ... ... 2 1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
June 2,007 143 71.2 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
July 1,994 143 71.7 6 ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... 1 ... ... ... ... 1 1
August 1,984 148 74.6 3 ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ...
September 1,974 144 72.9 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2
October 1,954 121 61.9 6 ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... ... 1 ... 2 ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
November 2,116 114 53.9 3 ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1
December 2,018 114 56.5 3 ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
            2 ... ... ... 5 ... 3 ... 2 1 5 ... 3 4 3 ... ... ... ... 3 5
Died per 1,000 of the Average Strength.
For the year 1,974 128 64.8 36 18.23 1.01 ... ... 2.53 1.52 ... 1.01 .51 2.53 ... 1.52 2.03 1.52 ... ... ... ... 1.52 2.53
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
cases
treated.
Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Dengue ... ... 7 196 309 71 60 36 1 ... ... ... 680 344.5 ...
Cholera ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... 3 1.5 66.67
Smallpox ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Enteric Fever ... ... 1 ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 1.0 ...
Fever, Intermittent 28 13 13 17 25 45 53 41 26 26 28 30 345 174.8 ...
  "  Remittent 16 9 9 27 2 8 13 21 14 28 30 7 184 259.4 .98
  "  Continued 12 11 19 40 22 27 71 53 20 17 13 23 328
Apoplexy ... ... 1 2 2 3 ... 1 1 1 ... 1 12 6.1 25.00
Delirium Tremens ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 1 ... 1 ... 4 2.0 ...
Dysentery 7 5 10 9 8 6 15 18 15 11 8 11 123 62.3 1.63
Diarrhœa 14 4 1 6 14 6 19 19 21 9 2 8 123 62.3 .81
Hepatitis 17 8 13 9 9 18 20 26 25 30 16 15 206 104.4 2.43
Spleen Disease ... 2 ... 1 3 2 ... 3 1 ... 1 1 14 7.1 ...
Respiratory Diseases 7 9 7 9 10 11 19 12 7 18 18 16 143 72.4 2.10
Phthisis Pulmonalis 1 1 4 5 2 3 7 7 7 3 6 2 48 24.3 6.25
Scurvy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1 .5 ...
Rheumatism 7 3 5 6 16 18 15 15 12 10 9 9 125 63.3 .50
Venereal Diseases 47 42 47 33 22 21 32 21 21 24 20 41 371 187.9
Eye Diseases ... 3 2 1 3 4 6 ... 1 2 ... 5 27 13.7
Abscess and Ulcer 13 16 9 10 14 19 19 12 15 9 12 6 154 78.0
Wounds and Accidents 26 26 25 28 21 16 23 8 17 17 20 18 245 124.1
All other Causes 24 23 27 36 24 36 63 60 43 62 45 26 469 237.6
  219 175 200 435 507 314 436 355 249 268 230 219 3,607    
Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month.
120.3 95.5 101.8 215.9 251.9 156.4 218.7 178.9 126.1 137.2 108.7 108.5 1827.2