STATISTICS OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN INDIA FROM 1871 TO 1876.
[Section I.
55TH REGIMENT.
Year.
Station.
Strength. Deaths. Invalids.
Hospital
admis
-sions.
Average
number of
days spent
in Hospital
by each man.
Ratio per 1,000.
Hospital
admis
-sions.
Death.
Invalid
-ing.
Year of arrival 1864 Hazaribagh.
791
30
7
968
. . .
37.93
8.85 1223.8
2nd year 1865 Dum-Dum*
988
58 a
47
1,915
. . .
58.70a 47.57 1940.0
3rd " 1866 Lucknow.
880
24
30
1,084
. . .
27 27 34.09 1230.0
4th " 1867
"
874
15 b
33
1,086
. . .
17.16b 37.76 1240.0
5th " 1868
"
877
12
24
1,004
. . .
13.68 27.37 1144.8
6th " 1869 Chakrata
927
18
35
773
. . .
19.42 37.76
833.9
7th " 1870
"
883
16
20
811
15.5
18.12 22.65
918.5
8th " 1871
"
870
8
20
590
10.3
9.20 22.99
678.2
9th " 1872 Peshawar and
Cherat.
880
36 c
31
2,424
20.1
40.91 c 35.23 2754.5
10th " 1873
"
820
20
28
1,891
21.6
24.39 34.15 2306.1
11th " 1874 Roorkee and Delhi 870
14
41
1,385
19.4
16.09 47.13 1592.0
12th " 1875
"
836
20d
56
1,208
19.8
23.92 d 66.98 1445.0
13th " 1876
Aden
524
7
18
374
13.0
13.36 34.35
713.7
278
390
Additions required to maintain the Strength . . .
668
a 18 cholera deaths.
c 21 cholera deaths. * And for a short time in Bhootan
b 2 cholera deaths.
d 3 cholera deaths.
41ST REGIMENT.
Year of arrival 1866
Agra
802
23*
25
1,282
. . .
28.68 31.17 1600.0
2nd year 1867
"
852
12*
38
1,141
. . .
14.09 44.60 1340.0
3rd " 1868
"
847
8
47
809
. . .
9.45 55.49
955.1
4th " 1869
Subathoo
842
36 a
56
1,081
. . .
42.75 a 66.51 1283. 8
5th " 1870
"
863
9
32
654
13.3
10.43 37.08
757.8
6th " 1871
Mooltan
882
16
45
851
15.2
18.14 51.02
964.9
7th " 1872
"
880
19* 68
1,362
18.1
21.59 77.27 1547.7
8th " 1873
"
813
16
66
1,253
25.6
19.68 81.18 1541.2
9th " 1874
Aden
580
1
. . .
507
9.7
1.72 Took
874.1
140
3 7 7
home its
invalids.
Additions required to maintain the Strength . . .
517
a 16 cholera deaths. *I 1866, 1867 and 1872 lost 5 men in all from cholera
2-12TH REGIMENT
Year of arrival 1865 Seetapore and
Rai Bareilly.
838
19
38
1,151 . . .
22.67 45.35 1 3 7 3 . 8
2nd year 1866
"
869
9
49
895
. . .
10.38 56.39 1030.0
3rd " 1867
"
853
18
47
647
. . .
21.10 55.10
758.5
4th " 1868 Jubbulpore
808
18a
59
932
. . .
22.28a 73.02 1153.5
5th " 1869
"
738
50b
32
1,393
. . .
67.75b 43.36 1887.5
6th " 1870
"
803
28
80
1,940
32.1
34.87 99.63 2415.9
7th " 1871 Subathoo
840
10
30
768
16.1
11.90 35.71
914.3
8th " 1872
"
913
8
13
778
15.7
8.76 14.24
852.1
9th " 1873 Ferozepore
930
20
29
790
19.4
21.51 31.18
849.5
10th " 1874
"
869
17
35
957
23.2
19.56 40.28 1101.3
1 1 t h " 1 8 7 5
"
872
17 c
16
693
14.9
19.50c 18.35
794.7
12th " 1876 Fort William
887
10d 27
688
16.7
11.27 d 30.44
775.6
13th " 1877
"
800
12 e
8
544
17.6
15.00 e . . .
680.0
236
463
Additions required to maintain the Strength . . .
699
a 9 cholera deaths.
c 5 cholera deaths
.
b 13 cholera deaths.
d 2 cholera deaths.
e 3 cholera deaths, 2 suicidal deaths and 3 accidental deaths ; 4 deaths only from climatic disease.
LOSS IN THE COURSE OF A TOUR OF INDIAN SERVICE AMONG THE MEN WHO LANDED WITH THEIR
REGIMENTS.
Such is the loss which Regiments maintained at an efficient strength experience. If
Regiments were not recruited, and if the men who came from
England diminished in number year by year by death and
invaliding, the proportion of the original body likely to be
removed during the tour of Indian service is indicated in this
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The number lost by death and in
- v a l i d i n g a m o n g t h e m e n w h o l a n d e d
in India with their Regiments,
illustrated by 42 examples.