Chapter III.] MEDICAL HISTORY OF REGIMENTS AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF SERVICE.
51
Admitted per 1,000 of Strength. New Army
1804-69.
1 8 7 1 - 7 5 .
of 1858.
Scurvy
.4
.4
Rheumatism
51.2
52.4
72.4
Venereal diseases
235.4
190.5
270.6
Eye diseases
44.3
32.8
68.6
Abscess and Ulcer
140.7
111.3
184.4
Wounds and Accidents
73.1
94.9
162.3
A l l o t h e r c a u s e s
1 7 1 . 6
199.0
227.6
1638.4
1485.5
3098.4
Making, allowance for the peculiarities of certain years, we may assume that climatic
agencies will not materially differ in their effects in different
years, as regards bodies of the same constitution stationed in
the same locality. It is therefore important to keep up a local
record to serve as an index of the localities which experience has shown to be adapted for, or
unsuited to, the requirements of newly-arrived troops. Umballa, and Bareilly are the
two stations of Bengal which appear to most advantage in the following statement. Umballa
owes its small death-rate in some measure to the removal to the hills of the young men of new
regiments; its proximity to the hill stations affords the opportunity, and the withdrawal of a
large number of lads during the hot months is generally considered expedient. Hazaribagh,
Lucknow, Fyzabad, and Agra have afforded the highest death-rates of the period; but even in
the best stations, it is rare to find a new regiment showing a death-rate below 17 per 1,000.
In the Bombay and Madras Presidencies, Poona, Bellary, and Bangalore show lower death-
rates than any station of Bengal, excepting Umballa in 1877.
Newly-arrived Regiments in relation to locality—Death-rates in the first year of Indian Servic
e in different Stations.
EXCLUDING CHOLERA.
Station.
R e g i m e n t .
Season
Deaths.
Death-rate
per 1,000.
Cholera
D e a t h s .
Hazaribagh
63rd Regiment.
1871
1 6
17.35
, ,
2-22nd ,,
1874
32
36.45
Fyzabad
51st ,,
1873
1 4
15.89
, ,
1-25th ,,
1876
25
27.78
2
Lucknow
4 0 t h , ,
1873
24
27.55
1
, ,
1 3 t h H u s s a r s .
1874
8
17.98
C a w n p o r e
73rd Regiment.
1874
19
21.06
1
Bareilly
1-18th ,,
1875
10
11.01
1
Muttra
1 0 t h Hu s s a r s .
1873
8
16.46
Agra
6 5 t h R e g i m e n t .
1871
23
25.00
, ,
4-60th ,,
1877
15
20.30
2
Umballa
72nd ,,
1871
11
12.14
, ,
4th Bat. Rifle B.
1874
7
8.10
, ,
1-12th Regiment
.
1877
4
4.54
J u l l u n d u r
5 4 t h , ,
1872
20
22.00
17
, ,
81st ,,
1875
16
18.40
4
F e r o z e p o r e
3 4 t h , ,
1876
1 6
17.22
Sialkot
9th Lancers.
1875
12
26.14
Rawalpindi
70th Regiment
1872
19
21.62
7
, ,
2 - 9 t h , ,
1875
15
17.42
Poona
56th ,,
1871
4
4.45
, ,
68th ,,
1872
7
8.02
5
, ,
2-7th ,,
1874
8
8.21
, ,
2 - 1 5 t h , ,
1875
9
12.90
8
, ,
2-11th ,,
1877
3
3.97
3
Mhow
2-17th ,,
1877
7
8.24
Kamptee
4 4 t h , ,
1872
19
21.11
, ,
33rd ,,
1876
17
19.04
5*
B e l l a r y
48th ,,
1872
5
5.45
Bangalore
14th Hussars
.
1876
3
6.96
Cannanore
89th Regiment.
1871
20
22.03
, ,
4 3 r d , ,
1873
18
21.00
Secunderabad
2-16th ,,
1876
14
15.71
3
, ,
12th Lancers.
1877
9
19.57
2
Rangoon
67th Regiment.
1873
11
12.74
1
The statistics of the first 12 months of residence for all
r e g i m e n t s a n d b r i g a d e s o f a r t i l l e r y w h i c h c a m e t o I n d i a b e t w e e n 1 8 7 1 a n d 1 8 7 6 a r e a g g r e g a t e d i n t h e t a b l e s w h i c h f o l l o w . T h e y
are given month by month, that the influence of climate on the development of disease in general,
and of special diseases, may be studied.
* On the march, en route to Wellington.
The locality as affecting the death-
rates of newly-arrived regiments.