EUROPEAN TROOPS, 1876.

XVIII.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the RATIOS of SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the EUROPEAN TROOPS serving in the
 various PROVINCES of the BENGAL PRESIDENCY during the Year 1876.

  RATIO PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
  Bengal
Proper.		 Gangetic
Provinces.		 Rohilcund
and Meerut.
 Agra and
Central India.		 Punjab. Hill Stations. ARMY OF
BENGAL.
I.—AVERAGE DAILY SICK-RATE OF EACH MONTH.              
January       56.1 53.8 45.7 44.1 62.5 33.1 51.2
February       49.7 63.4 45.5 50.2 56.7 32.7 52.1
March       52.2 65.7 43.5 47.2 46.3 42.6 49.9
April       51.2 67.1 42.7 43.5 43.6 46.7 50.8
May       42.7 70.6 46.9 51.6 47.3 52.3 56.2
June       43.5 75.3 55.0 51.2 54.1 49.5 59.2
July       51.7 72.5 55.9 50.6 53.9 52.4 59.3
August       62.7 67.5 56.2 48.9 64.0 49.4 60.2
September       60.5 73.7 63.4 59.6 83.1 45.7 67.8
October       70.2 83.8 60.6 61.9 84.4 45.1 69.4
November       67.9 77.7 56.2 57.9 68.6 39.8 63.3
December       69.1 62.5 41.7 45.9  65.6 38.2 55.8
AVERAGE OF THE YEAR.   56.3 69.6 51.0 512  60.4 45.6 58.0
II.—COMPOSITION ON THE ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR.              
Dengue       ... 83.8 ... ... 4.4 ... 18.3
Cholera       2.5 4.7 l.8 1.3 6.4 3.0 4.5
Smallpox       ... ... .5 ... .4 ... .2
Enteric Fever       2.5 7.2 3.0 3.3 4.6 5.9 4.7
Intermittent Fever       277.9 168.5 302.1 454.8 693.7 205.8 398.3
Remittent and Continued Fevers     253.5 151.4 88.8 123.1 234.4 90.9 159.4
Apoplexy       2.0 7.7 4.6 2.7 6.2 .6 4.6
Delirium Tremens       2.0 3.4 2.7 1.3 3.0 1.3 2.5
Dysentery       50.8 35.0 29.3 19.6 20.0 23.2 26.7
Diarrhœa       50.8 59.9 46.0 35.1 46.0 41.7 48.5
Hepatitis       48.8 59.5 41.9 48.0 38.2 40.8 46.3
Spleen Disease       2.5 7.2 3.6 4.0 10.2 9.4 7.4
Respiratory Diseases       75.2 74.1 56.7 92.7 92.1 72.9 81.3
Phthisis Pulmonalis       10.0 8.8 9.1 4.8 6.1 9.4 8.3
Scurvy       ... .6 .2 ... .3 .4 .3
Rheumatism       37.8 63.6 47.8 53.0 79.9 58.8 65.0
Venereal Diseases       210.6 310.6 162.1 167.2 147.9 177.8 194. 7
Eye Diseases       12.4 20.4 23.2 17.3 17.2 12.6 17.1
Abscess and Ulcer       68.2 102.4 71.7 73.3 82.9 46.0 77.2
Wounds and Accidents...     83.2 105.3 104.0 87.9 111.8 81.8 98.4
All other Cause       236.1 212.2 167.1 137.8 189.5 133.7 179.7
ADMISSION-RATE OF THE YEAR   1426.8 1486.3 1166.2 1327.2 1795.2 1016.0 1143.4
III.—COMPOSITION OF THE DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR.              
Cholera       2.49 3.11 1.14 .25 4.43 2.23 3.14
Smallpox       ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Enteric Fever       l.00 2.84 1.82 1.51 1.41 1.67 1.75
Remittent and Continued Fever     1.00 .54 .68 .50 1.06 .55 .71
Apoplexy       .49 2.30 2.73 1.01 2.39 .19 1.77
Delirium Tremens       1.00 ... ... ... .18 ... .11
Dysentery       1.49 1.49 .91 .25 .53 1.48 1.04
Diarrhœa       ... .13 ... ... .09 ... .08
Hepatitis       1.00 1.22 2.51 1.26 l.24 1.30 1.42
Spleen Disease       ... ... ... ... .09 ... .03
Respiratory Diseases       .49 .13 .23 .50 1.06 1.11 .79
Heart Diseases       ... 1.35 1.14 .25 1.15 1.11 1.01
Phthisis Puhuonalis       2.49 1.22 1.36 .25 .71 .74 1.12
Injuries       ... .41 ... ... .09 ... .14
All other Cause       1.00 1.63 1.59 .25 1.51 2.23 1.70
Deaths from violence out of Hospital     1.99
 		 1.49 1.14
 		 1.76 1.06 .74 1.21
DEATH-RATE OF THE YEAR   14.44 17.86 15.25 7.79 17.00 13.35 16.02
  DIED OUT OF EACH HUNDRED CASES TREATED.
1V.—MORTALITY RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER TREATED. 100.00 65.71 62.50  
20.00		 69.44 75.00 70.55
Choler      
Enteric Fever       40.00 39.62 61.54 46.15 30.77 28.12 37.43
Remittent and Continued Fever     .39 .27 .77 .41 .42 .61 .41
Apoplexy       25.00 29.82 60.00 36.37 38.57 33.33 38.92
Delirium Tremens       50.00 ... ... ... 5.88 ... 4.44
Dysentery       2.94 4.25 3.10 1.28 2.65 6.40 3.90
Hepatitis       2.04 2.05 5.98 2.62 3.24 3.18 3.07
Respiratory Diseases       .66 .18 .40 .54 1.15 1.53 .97
Phthisis Pulmonalis       25.00 13.85 15.00 5.26 11.59 7.81 13.53