Reports bringing up the statistical history of the European Army in India and of the Native Army and jail population of Bengal to 1876 : and the cholera history of 1875 and 1876, in continuation of reports embracing the period from 1817 to 1872 / by J.L.Bryden.

  • James Bryden
Date:
1878
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Credit: Reports bringing up the statistical history of the European Army in India and of the Native Army and jail population of Bengal to 1876 : and the cholera history of 1875 and 1876, in continuation of reports embracing the period from 1817 to 1872 / by J.L.Bryden. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    In previous reports I have made the very plain statement^ that this Enteric Fever is the , „ one disease above all others from which the youno soldier dies. Demonstration of the truth or the -,- . \ il ^ i i j_i -i i m nssertion ra.de in previous reports I can givo no better answer to those who have thought fit on that Enteric Fever is the one disease theoretical grounds to deny the correctness of my assertion, peculiar to the young soldier iu In- than to produce here the figures for the period 1871—76, which thoroughly bear out my deduction :— Enteric Fever is the Disease above all others ivhich co7itributes to the Death-rate of the Young Soldier. Deaths in Men under 25. Army of India, 1871—76. Causes or Death. 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 6 years. 20 and under. 21 22 23 24 Total, Enteric Fever . - 69 68 67 1 68 52 70 394 110 81 74 61 68 394 Other Fevers .... 35 30 16 19 20 7 127 29 19 29 27 23 127 Heat Apoplexy .... 11 20 9 16 18 13 87 16 15 19 9 28 87 Dyisentery ..... 24 23 16 17 17 10 107 16 18 16 25 32 107 Hepatitis . : . . 21 26 24 19 16 17 123 11 18 29 30 35 123 Phthisis Pulmonalis 15 16 10 20 25 15 101 13 19 23 30 16 101 Heart Diseases .... 1 4 2 5 2 3 17 2 2 1 6 6 17 Eespiratory Diseases 11 17 6 9 10 5 58 9 12 11 9 17 58 All other Diseases 20 27 20 28 29 17 141 22 13 32 37 37 14] All Causes 207 231 170 201 189 157 1,155 228 197 234 234 262 1,155 Number of Deaths in each Hundred, due to the Chief Causes op Mortality, Enteric Fever .... 33 30 39 34 28 45 34 48 41 32 26 26 34 Other Fevers .... 18 13 10 0 11 4 11 13 10 12 11 9 11 Heat Apoplexy .... 5 9 5 8 10 8 8 7 8 8 4 11 8 Dysentery 12 10 10 8 9 6 9 7 9 7 11 12 9 Hepatitis 10 11 14 10 8 11 11 5 9 12 13 13 11 Phthisis ..... 7 7 6 10 13 10 9 6 10 10 13 7 9 Heart Diseases .... 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 Eespiratory Diseases 5 7 3 4 5 3 5 4 6 5 4 7 5 All other Diseases .... 10 12 12 14 15 11 12 9 6 14 16 13 12 Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 In 1877, 37 per cent, of all deaths of men under 25 were caused by Enteric Fever. Leav- ing out 17 deaths from cholera and 18 accidental and suicidal deaths, 126 men of the Army of India under 25 died, and the total was made up thus : Enteric Fever .... 47 37 Other Fevers ..... . . 10 8 Heat Apoplexy ..... 15 12 Dysentery ..... 4 3 Hepatitis ..... 12 10 Phthisis Pulmonalis .... 10 8 Heart Disease . . . . . 2 2 Respiratory Diseases .... 9 8 All other Diseases .... 17 12 Total 126 100 Leaving out cholera and violent deaths^ 34 per cent, of all deaths of the Array of India from 1871 to 1876^ under 25 years of age, were caused by Enteric Fever.