WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF EUROPEAN REGIMENTS, 1876.
XIV.
DETAIL of the CAUSES of the ADMISSIONS and DEATHS of the CHILDREN of EUROPEAN REGIMENTS.
| Children of the Army of Bengal—Strength | 6,602 | Admission-rate per 1,000 | 802.8 | Death-rate per 1,000 | 59.83 | |||||
| " " Madras " | 2,920 | " " | 592.8 | " " | 56.16 | |||||
| " " Bombay " | 2,360 | " " | 606.8 | " " | 44.49 | |||||
| " " India " | 11,882 | " " | 712.3 | " " | 55.88 | |||||
| CAUSES OF ADMISSIONS AND DEATHS. |
BENGAL. | MADRAS. | BOMBAY. | ARMY OF INDIA. | ||||||
| Admitted. | Died. | Admitted. | Died. | Admitted. | Died. | Admitted. | Died. | RATIO PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH. |
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| Admitted. | Died. | |||||||||
| Dengue | 17 | 2 | 19 | 1.6 | ||||||
| Cholera | 15 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 2.2 | 1.60 | |
| Smallpox | 1 | 2 | 3 | .3 | ||||||
| Chickenpox | 25 | 13 | 20 | 58 | ||||||
| Measles | 457 | 21 | 127 | 6 | 5 | 589 | 27 | 49.6 | 2.27 | |
| Hooping Cough | 46 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 6 | 87 | 5 | 7.3 | .42 | |
| Mumps | 9 | 11 | 3 | 23 | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .3 | |||||
| Diphtheria | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .09 | |||||
| Erysipelas | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | ||||
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1.0 | .09 | ||
| Intermittent. Fevers | 689 | 3 | 42 | 279 | 1 | 1,010 | 4 | 85.0 | 3.11 | |
| Remittent and Continued Fevers | 590 | 22 | 179 | 5 | 152 | 6 | 921 | 33 | 77.5 | |
| Rheumatism | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Infantile Syphilis | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |||
| Scrofula. | 16 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 8.3 | 3.46 | ||||
| Tapes Mesenteriea | 28 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 65 | 36 | ||
| Phthisis Pulmonalis | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| Hæmoptysis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Hip-joint Disease | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| Anæmia | 91 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 107 | 10 | ||
| Canerum Oris | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Rickets | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Scurvy | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Sunstroke | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .5 | .09 | |||
| Hysteria | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Epilepsy | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||||
| Paralysis | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| " Hemiplegia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| " Paraplegia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Dementia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Neuralgia | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| Meningitis | 12 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 2.3 | 1.60 |
| Hydrocephalus | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Convulsions | 102 | 69 | 50 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 171 | 118 | 14.4 | 9.93 |
| Ophthalmia | 942 | 241 | 192 | 1,375 | 115.7 | |||||
| Otitis | 15 | 2 | 4 | 21 | ||||||
| Heart Disease | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Cyanosis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Pericarditis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Palpitation | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Tonsillitis and Sorethroat | 63 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 16 | 104 | 2 | 48.6 | 4.62 | |
| Bronchitis | 235 | 17 | 105 | 6 | 63 | 6 | 403 | 29 | ||
| Croup | 27 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 11 | ||
| Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pneumonia | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 13 | ||
| Aphtha | 8 | 2 | 3 | 13 | ||||||
| Stomatitis | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Hæmatemesis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Melæna | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Gastritis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Peritonitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Dyspepsia | 13 | 23 | 9 | 45 | ||||||
| Colic | 18 | 4 | 2 | 24 | ||||||
| Hæmorrhoids and Prolapsus Ani | 6 | 8 | 14 | |||||||
| Hernia | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Worms | 7 | 17 | 1 | 25 | ||||||
| Tapeworm | 16 | 8 | 7 | 31 | ||||||
| Jaundice | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Hepatitis | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 1.5 | ||||
| Spleen Disease | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1.5 | |||
| Dysentery | 111 | 16 | 73 | 8 | 39 | 7 | 223 | 31 | 18.8 | 2.61 |
| Diarrhœa | 630 | 81 | 187 | 21 | 155 | 19 | 972 | 121 | 81.8 | 10.18 |
| Nephritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Cystitis | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Calculus | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Phymosis | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Gonorrhœa | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Hydrocele | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Orchitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Leueorrhœa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Amenorrhœa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Dysmenorrhœa | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Curvature of Spine | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Clubfoot | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Nævus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Harelip | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Dentition | 272 | 40 | 131 | 24 | 101 | 23 | 504 | 87 | 42.4 | 7.32 |
| Periostitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Caries of Sacrum | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Synovitis | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Muscular Atrophy | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Scabies and Skin Diseases | 45 | 28 | 20 | 93 | ||||||
| Guinea Worm | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tumour | 1 | 1 | 16.4 | |||||||
| Abscess | 38 | 18 | 15 | 71 | ||||||
| Ulcer | 22 | 22 | 13 | 57 | ||||||
| Boils | 28 | 21 | 18 | 67 | ||||||
| General Debility | 465 | 39 | 193 | 13 | 161 | 7 | 819 | 59 | 77.9 | 5.81 |
| Injuries | 91 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 52 | 5 | 183 | 9* | 16.2 | |
| Poisoning, Tartar Emetic | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| " Arsenic | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| " Vegetable Poisons | 4 | 2 | 1† | 6 | 1 | |||||
| Ratio per 1,000 for all causes not spe- cially calculated |
41.2 | 2.68 | ||||||||
| 5,300 | 395 | 1,731 | 164 | 1,432 | 105 | 8,463 | 664 | 712.3 | 55.88 | |
*Burns and Scalds 4, Drowning 2, Snakebite 1, Fell out of bed 1, Overlaid 1.
†Probably a case of cholera. The case occurred at Madras during the prevalence of epidemic cholera.
1876.
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