Cholera in relation to certain physical phenomena : a contribution towards the special enquiry sanctioned by the Right Hon. the Secretaries of State for War and for India / by T.R. Lewis and D.D. Cunningham.

  • Timothy Richards Lewis
Date:
1878
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Credit: Cholera in relation to certain physical phenomena : a contribution towards the special enquiry sanctioned by the Right Hon. the Secretaries of State for War and for India / by T.R. Lewis and D.D. Cunningham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Table XIV.—Cholera admissions among European Troops in Fort William., 1826 to 1876. [Deaths alone registered during the years 1850-55 and 1857.] Months. Jan. Feb. March. April. May. June. July. August. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Admissions 51 72 169 274 212(a) 107 59 65 84 64 100 62 (a) Forty-nine of these admissions occurred in 1826. giving a rate of mortality very unlike that which is encountered in true cholera at the present time. The numbers of admissions and of deaths, with the percentages of the latter to average strength from 1826 to 1876 are as follows:— Table XII.—Annual Returns of Cholera among European Troops in Fort William. Yeab. X- Choleka. Yeab. Cholera. Admissions. Deaths. Pcrcentaee of deaths to strength. Admissions. Deaths. Percentage of deaths to strength. 1826 84 46 7-6 1852+' 20 1827 40 18 1-9 1853+ 13 ... 1828 26 13 1-4 1854+ 6 ... 1829 46 14 1*5 1855+ 21 ... 1830 ••• 57 11 ro 1856+ 41 . . . 1831 17 4 04 1857+ ... 73+ ... 1832 19 2 02 1858 92 55 7T 1833 20 5 0-7 1859 14 9 0-6 1834 10 3 04 1860 59 40 33 1835 15 0 o-o 1861 18 9 0-8 1836 7 0 00 1862 16 13 1-4 1837 7 1 OT 1863 5 4 0-5 1838 126 8 0-8 1864 7 2 0-2 1839 9 2 0-2 1865 0 1 OT 1840 ••• 37 17 23 1866 4 2 02 3 841 • •• 69 23 33 1867 3 2 0-2 1842 118 59 6T 1868 5 5 0-5 1843 24 15 1-4 1869 0 0 o-o 1844 15 7 1-3 1870 4 2 0-2 1845 ... 29 14 3-0 1871 0 0 o-o 1846 • •• 31 21 4-4 1872 2 1 OT 1847 5 2 03 1873 3 1 OT 1848 12 9 IT 1874 1 1 OT 1849 5 4 0-4 1875 0 0 o-o 1850f • > • 6 1876 5 5 0-4 1851+ ... 20 ... t 1860 to 1867 Records of Admissions are incomplete, and the strength not known. X Fort William and Calcutta hospitals (soldiers, sailors, &e., ?).
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