EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1873.
V.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the RATIOS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY in the ARMIES of the THREE PRESIDENCIES
for the Year 1873.
| I.—AVERAGE DAILY SICK-RATE OF EACH MONTH. | RATIOS PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH. | |||
| Army of Bengal. |
Army of Madras. |
Army of Bombay. |
Army of India. |
|
| January... | 49.0 | 61.8 | 52.1 | 52.0 |
| February... | 45.5 | 54.0 | 48.9 | 47.8 |
| March... | 47.2 | 55.8 | 47.5 | 48.9 |
| April... | 52.7 | 53.7 | 46.3 | 51.7 |
| May... | 54.8 | 54.0 | 47.3 | 53.3 |
| June... | 58.4 | 54.8 | 47.2 | 55.7 |
| July... | 60.7 | 60.7 | 50.0 | 58.8 |
| August... | 64.1 | 65.4 | 50.4 | 61.9 |
| September... | 66.5 | 67.7 | 53.2 | 64.4 |
| October... | 60.9 | 66.8 | 58.8 | 61.7 |
| November... | 54.8 | 61.9 | 51.2 | 55.5 |
| December... | 51.9 | 56.2 | 45.5 | 51.5 |
| AVERAGE OF THE YEAR... | 55.7 | 59.4 | 49.8 | 55.3 |
| II.—COMPOSITION OF THE ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR. | ||||
| Dengue... | 1.1 | 27.1 | 4.9 | 6.9 |
| Cholera... | 1.4 | 2.2 | ... | 1.3 |
| Enteric Fever... | 3.9 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 3.6 |
| Intermittent Fever... | 352.7 | 132.6 | 411.6 | 320.4 |
| Remittent and Continued Fevers... | 163.4 | 104.2 | 74.5 | 135.7 |
| Apoplexy... | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| Delirium Tremens... | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| Dysentery... | 29.1 | 91.8 | 27.1 | 40.9 |
| Diarrhœa... | 49.9 | 76.5 | 43.8 | 53.9 |
| Hepatitis... | 50.5 | 81.7 | 52.0 | 56.8 |
| Spleen Disease... | 8.1 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 6.6 |
| Respiratory Diseases... | 84.4 | 59.6 | 70.0 | 76.9 |
| Phthisis Pulmonulis... | 8.8 | 10.8 | 8.6 | 9.2 |
| Rheumatism... | 59.5 | 52.1 | 50.2 | 56.3 |
| Venereal Diseases... | 167.0 | 152.2 | 181.1 | 166.7 |
| Eye Diseases... | 19.9 | 20.5 | 25.0 | 21.0 |
| Abscess and Ulcer... | 80.9 | 108.7 | 103.4 | 90.4 |
| Wounds and Accidents... | 84.7 | 96.9 | 95.4 | 89.0 |
| All other Causes... | 178.8 | 241.7 | 155.0 | 186.8 |
| ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR... | 1349.8 | 1270.6 | 1316.1 | 1328.1 |
| III.—COMPOSITION OP THE DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR. | ||||
| Cholera... | .90 | 1.22 | ... | .80 |
| Enteric Fever... | 1.53 | .78 | 1.31 | 1.34 |
| Intermittent Fever... | 1.39 | .70 | .56 | 1.11 |
| Remittent and Continued Fevers... | ||||
| Apoplexy... | 1.37 | .96 | 1.41 | 1.29 |
| Delirium Tremens... | .05 | .09 | .19 | .09 |
| Dysentery... | .79 | 3.65 | .56 | 1.31 |
| Diarrhœa... | .14 | ... | .09 | .10 |
| Hepatitis... | 1.80 | 4.00 | 2.35 | 2.33 |
| Spleen Disease... | .03 | ... | .09 | .03 |
| Respiratory Diseases... | 1.15 | .35 | .38 | .85 |
| Heart Diseases... | 1.42 | 2.18 | 1.22 | 1.53 |
| Phthisis Pulmonalis... | 1.20 | 1.13 | 1.03 | 1.16 |
| Injuries... | 1.09 | 1.92 | .75 | 1.20 |
| Suicidal Deaths... | .57 | .44 | .28 | .50 |
| All other Causes... | 1.97 | .87 | 1.50 | 1.66 |
| DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR... | 15.40 | 18.29 | 11.72 | 15.30 |
| DIED OUT OF EACH HUNDRED CASES TREATED. | ||||
| IV.—MORTALITY RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER TREATED. | ||||
| Cholera... | 64.70 | 56.00 | ... | 61.84 |
| Enteric Fever... | 38.89 | 18.37 | 82.35 | 37.62 |
| Remittent and Continued Fevers... | .73 | .67 | .75 | .81 |
| Apoplexy... | 42.02 | 44.00 | 50.00 | 43.68 |
| Delirium Tremens... | 2.15 | 3.03 | 5.41 | 3.07 |
| Dysentery... | 2.73 | 3.98 | 2.08 | 3.20 |
| Hepatitis... | 3.57 | 4.90 | 4.50 | 4.10 |
| Respiratory Diseases... | 1.36 | .59 | .54 | 1.11 |
| Phthisis Pulmonalis... | 13.62 | 10.48 | 11.96 | 12.62 |