WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1876.
II.
TABLE showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the CHILDREN of the EUROPEAN REGIMENTS composing the
ARMY of INDIA during the Year 1876, 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 in each Month. |
Death-rate of each Month per 1,000 of Strength. |
CAUSES OF DEATHS. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cholera. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Hooping Cough. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Intermittent Fevers. | Remittent and Con- tinued Fevers. |
Apoplexy. | Dentition. | Convulsions. | Meningitis and Hydro- ephalus. |
Tabes Mesenteriea. | Phthisis Pulmonalis. | Dysentery. | Diarrhœa. | Anæmia and Atrophy. | Bronchitis and Pneu- monia. |
Croup and Diphtheria. | All other cases. | ||||||
| January | 11,802 | 227 | 19.2 | 34 | 2.88 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 7 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | ... | 4 |
| February | 11,950 | 227 | 19.0 | 29 | 2.43 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 6 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| March | 12,281 | 267 | 21.7 | 43 | 3.50 | 1 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | 8 | ... | 1 |
| April | 12,134 | 330 | 27.2 | 59 | 4.86 | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 14 | ... | 4 | ... | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| May | 11,739 | 372 | 31.7 | 83 | 7.07 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | ... | 7 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| June | 11,782 | 367 | 31.1 | 58 | 4.92 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 8 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| July | 11,766 | 393 | 33.4 | 61 | 5.18 | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 7 | 9 | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | ... | 4 |
| August | 11,780 | 519 | 44.1 | 105 | 8.91 | 8 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 15 | 16 | 4 | 8 | ... | 6 | 26 | 9 | 4 | ... | 5 |
| September | 11,877 | 472 | 39.7 | 74 | 6.23 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 21 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ... | 3 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| October | 12,008 | 379 | 31.6 | 54 | 4.50 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| November | 11,907 | 309 | 26.0 | 36 | 3.02 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ... | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ... | 1 |
| December | 11,550 | 208 | 18.0 | 28 | 2.42 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | ... | 27 | 5 | ... | 1 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 87 | 118 | 19 | 36 | 4 | 31 | 121 | 69 | 42 | 14 | 33 |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Died per 1,000 of Strength. | |||||||||||||||||||
| For the year | 11,882 | 340 | 98.6 | 664* | 55.88 | 1.60 | ... | 2.27 | .42 | ... | .09 | 3.11 | .09 | 7.32 | 9.93 | 1.60 | 3.03 | .34 | 2.61 | 10.18 | 5.81 | 3.53 | 1.18 | 2.77 | |
| 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 treated. |
|||||||||||
| Jan. | Feb. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||||
| Cholera | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 3 | 12 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 26 | 2.2 | 73.08 |
| Smallpox | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | .3 | ... |
| Dengue | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1.6 | ... |
| Measles | 14 | 36 | 94 | 59 | 127 | 78 | 46 | 24 | 7 | 50 | 34 | 20 | 589 | 49.6 | 4.58 |
| Hooping Cough | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 87 | 7.3 | 5.75 |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | .3 | ... |
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 12 | 1.0 | 8.33 |
| Intermittent Fevers | 44 | 63 | 58 | 46 | 63 | 49 | 73 | 94 | 99 | 193 | 159 | 69 | 1,010 | 85.0 | .40 |
| Remittent and Continu- ed Fevers |
27 | 33 | 53 | 66 | 101 | 102 | 79 | 88 | 85 | 136 | 104 | 47 | 921 | 77.5 | 3.58 |
| Apoplexy | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | .5 | 16.67 |
| Dysentery | 10 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 223 | 18.8 | 13.90 |
| Diarrhœa | 31 | 33 | 63 | 92 | 108 | 82 | 127 | 194 | 91 | 75 | 48 | 28 | 972 | 81.3 | 12.45 |
| Hepatitis | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 18 | 1.5 | ... |
| Spleen Disease | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 1.5 | ... |
| Respiratory Diseases | 45 | 67 | 38 | 57 | 57 | 44 | 34 | 42 | 44 | 76 | 40 | 33 | 577 | 48.6 | 9.71 |
| Eye Diseases | 46 | 32 | 52 | 83 | 64 | 58 | 108 | 509 | 282 | 107 | 22 | 12 | 1,375 | 115.7 | ... |
| Anæmia and Debility | 72 | 76 | 62 | 77 | 97 | 82 | 76 | 100 | 66 | 89 | 70 | 59 | 926 | 77.9 | 7.45 |
| Tubercular Diseases | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 99 | 8.3 | 40.40 |
| Meningitis and Hydro- cephalus |
1 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 3 | ... | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 2.3 | 70.37 |
| Convulsions | 10 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 171 | 14.4 | 69.00 |
| Dentition | 31 | 25 | 31 | 46 | 62 | 42 | 47 | 78 | 53 | 31 | 39 | 19 | 504 | 42.4 | 17.26 |
| Abscess and Ulcer | 12 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 33 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 195 | 16.4 | 3.77 |
| Injuries | 22 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 191 | 16.2 | |
| All other Causes | 44 | 51 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 45 | 36 | 44 | 36 | 38 | 23 | 30 | 490 | 41.2 | |
| ... | 419 | 483 | 563 | 677 | 831 | 675 | 715 | 1,343 | 872 | 911 | 606 | 368 | 8,463 | ... | ... |
| ... | Admitted per 1,000 of the Average Strength in each Month. | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| ... | 35.5 | 40.4 | 45.8 | 55.8 | 70.8 | 57.3 | 60.8 | 114.0 | 73.3 | 75.9 | 50.9 | 31.9 | 712.3 | ... | |
*Excluding 36 deaths, which appear in the Regimental Returns, of still-born children and premature children who survived their birth for a short time.
1876.
9