HEART DISEASE IN INDIA.
February, Mr. Myers of the ColdGuards, attacks the subject of heart-disease in the Army, gives this table :?
In the Lancet of the 20th stream and
Statistics of deaths from aneurism in the Foot Guards and Lino serving at home compared with tho Navy for four years.
Army.
Yeah.
Strength.
1862 1863
1861 1865 Tho
gestive.
Strength.
Ratio of deaths from
aneurism per 1000.
?28
58,870
?11
44,291
?47
51,090
?05
40,539
?37
53,000
?18
42,228
?35
51,210
?09
betweon tho
have
following statistics
Eatio of deaths from aneurism por 1000
49,332
comparison "Wo
Navy.
Army
extracted from
Navy is very Bryden's tables
and
Dr.
sugthe
of heart-disease and aneurism in the British
" heartArmy in India since tho year 1858. Deaths under diseaso" occurring under Morbus cordis and Pericarditis;
those invalided for the same
diseases, with
l'alpitutio
being recorded under the above Angina pectoris iu addition
and
two
THE INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE.
102
Teas.
Average strength of all arms.
Ratio of deatli3 per mille to average
strength
:
Ratio of per deaths per Ratio mille to mille to average average
Heart-
disease, in and out of
hospital.
strength : Aneurism,
in and out of hospital.
Ratio per mille to average
strength : strength : Invalided Invalided from heart- from aiieudisease.
1833
1-57
55,104
150
?07
1800
43,901
2-18
?12
1S61
41,879
?15
1862
2,930
?32
1863
41,351
1861
40,335
2-73
'1805
37,210
319
1866
35,013
1867
34,603
?06 ?12 ?49
?51 323 ?53
31,560
1863
?04
1-44
none
stated
yet.
append a table showing tlie ratio per mille of admissions, deaths, and invaliding in tlie three Arms, from heartWe also
disease and aneurism, for three years.
Arms of the service.
Ratio per mille Ratio per mille Ratio per mille, of deaths to of invaliding of admissions average strength to average to average in and out of
strength.
Artillery
hospital.
3'8
11-5
1885-{ Cavalry
25
I
strength.
3'4
I Infantry r i
Artillery
4-7
I860-! Cavalry I Infantry Artillery
1867-1
12-1
Cavalry Infantry
9.3
merely give these tables now as throwing out a great field inquiry, which we should be so glad to see taken up by the numerous observers in India. We hope to recur to the subject again in a subsequent number. We
for
[Mat 1,
1S69?
February, Mr. Myers of the ColdGuards, attacks the subject of heart-disease in the Army, gives this table :?
In the Lancet of the 20th stream and
Statistics of deaths from aneurism in the Foot Guards and Lino serving at home compared with tho Navy for four years.
Army.
Yeah.
Strength.
1862 1863
1861 1865 Tho
gestive.
Strength.
Ratio of deaths from
aneurism per 1000.
?28
58,870
?11
44,291
?47
51,090
?05
40,539
?37
53,000
?18
42,228
?35
51,210
?09
betweon tho
have
following statistics
Eatio of deaths from aneurism por 1000
49,332
comparison "Wo
Navy.
Army
extracted from
Navy is very Bryden's tables
and
Dr.
sugthe
of heart-disease and aneurism in the British
" heartArmy in India since tho year 1858. Deaths under diseaso" occurring under Morbus cordis and Pericarditis;
those invalided for the same
diseases, with
l'alpitutio
being recorded under the above Angina pectoris iu addition
and
two
THE INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE.
102
Teas.
Average strength of all arms.
Ratio of deatli3 per mille to average
strength
:
Ratio of per deaths per Ratio mille to mille to average average
Heart-
disease, in and out of
hospital.
strength : Aneurism,
in and out of hospital.
Ratio per mille to average
strength : strength : Invalided Invalided from heart- from aiieudisease.
1833
1-57
55,104
150
?07
1800
43,901
2-18
?12
1S61
41,879
?15
1862
2,930
?32
1863
41,351
1861
40,335
2-73
'1805
37,210
319
1866
35,013
1867
34,603
?06 ?12 ?49
?51 323 ?53
31,560
1863
?04
1-44
none
stated
yet.
append a table showing tlie ratio per mille of admissions, deaths, and invaliding in tlie three Arms, from heartWe also
disease and aneurism, for three years.
Arms of the service.
Ratio per mille Ratio per mille Ratio per mille, of deaths to of invaliding of admissions average strength to average to average in and out of
strength.
Artillery
hospital.
3'8
11-5
1885-{ Cavalry
25
I
strength.
3'4
I Infantry r i
Artillery
4-7
I860-! Cavalry I Infantry Artillery
1867-1
12-1
Cavalry Infantry
9.3
merely give these tables now as throwing out a great field inquiry, which we should be so glad to see taken up by the numerous observers in India. We hope to recur to the subject again in a subsequent number. We
for
[Mat 1,
1S69?
