Medical topography and statistics of the Presidency of Madras : compiled from the records of the Medical Board Office.
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- 1843-1844
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Credit: Medical topography and statistics of the Presidency of Madras : compiled from the records of the Medical Board Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![1VSA£.A3A^ AND CANASIA, No. 11.—Table exhihiiing the number of Admissions^ and Deaths from each class of Disease, for 5 years. EUROPEAN TROOPS. •• i rom 1831 to 1838. Admissions and Deaths from each class of Disease. If aS .ggregate strength ||s CLASSES. 1 St Half, i d Half. 1st Half. d Kali'. 13 2 O s is o * ^d. 1 )d. \d. Dd. Ad. Dd. \d. Dd. Eh* <3 <3 Febrisephemera „ intermittent 6 0 5 V . 433 400 10 23 -300 1 -200 Fevers < ,, ‘tertiana.... ,, remitteus... „ continua.. . 0 33 342 0 1 4 2 9 346 i 3l^ 5 Cholera 12 0 24 8 12 0 24 8 36 8 1 -006 22 -223 Dysenteriaacuta „ chronica... Diarrhma 48G 6 97 30 0 2 574 4 70 93 46 2 2 492 30 578 48 1070 78 29 *930 7 ‘289 Diseases' of the abdo-J minal vis- Obstipatio Hcemorrhois 72 107 0 0 77 129 0 0 » 400 3 411 7 811 10 22 -685 1 ‘233 Peritonitis 1 0 5 4 1 Dyspepsia Hepatitis acuta „ chronica. .. 86 161 25 1 7 4 34 140 38 0 . 4 4 186 ll 178 8 364 19 10 -181 5 -219 Catarrhus 165 1 163 5 0 0 Diseases of the LungS'< and Heart, ; Phthisis pulmo- 8 2 Hmmoptysis.... 5 0 1 0 0 0 197 6 209 6 403 12 11 -OSS 2 -9.55 Pneumonia 18 1 27 3 1 2 Palpitatio Dyspnoea 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 Apoplexia 1 2 19 2 0 5 0 1 0 Disea.ses of the Brain. Cephalalgia.. .. Phrenitis Ictus soIis 31 0 3 0 0 0 17 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 ► 90 3 106 4 196 7 5 -482 3 -571 4 0 Hydrophobia.... Delirium Tre- 0 3 0 U 7 “1 2| 28 0 52 0 Diseases of the Eye.. do „ Skin Morbi oculo- 95 0 123 0 j 95 0 123 0 218 0 6 -097 0 -000 80 0 105 0 eo 0 105 0 185 0 5 -174 0 ‘000 U 0 EruptiveFe-^ 1 0 0 0 -139 0 -ooo 0 0 0 c 0 0 Scarlatina .Erysipelas 0 2 2 0 0 1 Dropsies.. . Anasarca 8 1 9 1 4 1 3 10 5 23 8 0 -643 34 -782 \ liydrothorax.. . 0 0 0 0 ( i Rheumatic affections. 'Rheumatismus 1 acutus ,, ebronieus. Neuralgia (.Odontalgia 203 13 0 4 1 0 1 0 2-13 21 0 6 0 3 0 0 j. 222 1 270 3 492 4 13 ‘762 0 -813 f Syphilis primi- n 235 0 ] Venereal af- fections.... 1 ,, consecutiva j Gonorrheea ] Hernia humor- 7 lOO 3:. 0 0 0 9 231 30 0 0 t 425 i 0 507 0 932 C 26 -069 0 ‘000 1 Strictura ure- 4 c 2 0 1 2 1 1 I 1 ' ( Specific dis- eases.. .. t Elephantiasis.. (I c c ( ( 0 1 J Dracunculus. . 1 Ulcus phagede IJ 1 ( c 0 0 [ ’ 7 1 IE £ 0 *503 11 Til I Scrophula...... (.Scorbutus t 0 0 ! Punishment 2 0 ^ 1 2 3 0 -895 0 ‘000 0 ( Wounds am 1 Subluxatio J Vblnus sclopi 3 ) ) 3 J u 1 L i 21 45 12 -78 0 -437 1 „ incisuin.,.. 3 1 1 3 1 12 i c 0 1. Ambustio 0 4 1 J Other diseasG.s,including Phlo ? 49 9 5 51 6 49 9 J 51 s 1 'lOl + G 28 -39 0 ‘591 Total 341 il 6 9i368 i 9 .341 6 9 368 7 709 i 16 6 198 -40 2 -340 Average per centago of deaths to strength during these five years, has bcea I’frlT, • Of this number were Phlogosis 281 0 Do. do. Ulcu.s 3*J0 1 Do. do. Eubo simplex.152 0 823 I + The deaths under this head include besides the one ac- counted for in the preceding note, 2 from ancurisraa, 1 from apostema lumhorura, I from nephritis and one not paxticu- larLsud.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21935725_0589.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
