European child-life in Bengal / by J. Fayrer.

  • Joseph Fayrer
Date:
1873
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Credit: European child-life in Bengal / by J. Fayrer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    <*6 7 Statement showing the Mortality per 1000 of Average Strength among European Troops in the Three Presidencies during 1871, compared with that of each year since 1858. Bengal. * * * § Madras. + Bombay. X All other All other All other Years. causes. causes. causes. <3 oj C& Q 3 3 •s 1 3 o O 3 3 1 Fh <D o 3 3 1 6 p< o H a 1 •g o H a & o =H g H -e .rCj £ 3 o A © A o 1858 9T6 91-39 10-52 111-07 § § 1859 8-67 35-30 1-38 45-35 1860 12*04 24-14 •59 36-77 .. 19-1 2-04 21-14 31-70 1861 23-73 21-06 1-14 45-93 14-5 1-8 16-3 24-72 1862 9-61 17-44 1-06 28-11 17-09 1-7 18-16 24-60 1863 4-09 18-85 1-18 24-12 16-5 3-01 19-51 16-14 1864 2-55 17-39 1-16 21-10 16-5 3-6 20-1 t # 14-4 1-5 15-9 1865 3-12 20-40 •72 24-24 19-5 2-9 22-4 16-0 17-8 1-3 35-1 1866 1-37 17-34 1-40 20-11 2-3 17-9 1-5 21-7 0-6 10-7 1-4 12-7 1867 13-84 16-16 •95 30-95 0-36 15-34 2-3 18-0 5-0 12-4 1-9 19-3 1868 1-81 16-94 1-36 20-11 0-5 15-8 3-0 19-3 0-8 12-1 1-0 13-9 1869 16-46 24-98 1-45 42-89 2-2 18-8 2-3 23-3 5-2 13-7 2-5 21-4 1870 •63 19-74 1-53 21-90 3-5 13-4 2-3 19-2 o-i 15-3 1-3 16-7 1871 *7l| 16-07 1-05 17*83 3'32,15-40jl-38 20-10 •09 13-10 •83 14-02 “ The death rate for Bengal in the past year—17-83 per 1000—although lower than it has ever been previously, is still above the ratio which has been attained in the other Presidencies, and specially in Bombay, The marked fluc- tuations in the Bengal mortality, chiefly due to cholera, contrast as a rule with the comparatively steady proportion of deaths in both Madras and Bombay.” * From Dr. Bryden’s tables. f From 1860-70, Sanitary Commissioner for Madras, Report for 1870, page 2 ; for 1871, Dr. Bryden. % From 1860-63, Army Medical Reports; 1864-70, Report of Sanitary Commissioner, Bombay, for 1870; page 12, for 1871, Dr. Bryden. § The proportion of the deaths due to cholera in the Madras and Bombay Presidencies cannot be shown for the early years. The figures in these columns have been supplied by the Sanitary Commissioners.
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