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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF MADRAS.
STATEMENT No. XI.
Corps.
Under One Year.
Above One Year.
S u c c e s s f u l .
unc c e s s f ul . .
Doubt f ul .
Unknown. Total.
Successf ul .
U n s u s s f u l .
Do u b t f u l .
Unknown.
Total.
Grand
Total .
Head-Quarters, Sappers and Miners
...
10
2
... ...
12
19
65
6
...
90
102
23rd Regiment W.L.I. ...
...
...
45
13
1
...
59
26
12
...
...
38
97
36th
do.
N.J.
... ... ...
56
6
...
...
62
54
11
...
...
65
127
30th
do.
do.
... ...
...
66
...
...
...
66
92
... ... ...
92
158
28th do.
do.
... ... ...
8
4
...
...
12
1
...
...
...
1
13
4th do.
(P.W.O.) L.C. ...
...
5
1
... ...
6
5
2
...
...
7
13
21st
00.
N.J.
...
...
...
4
... ... ...
4
1
...
...
...
1
5
27th do.
do.
... ... ...
6
...
... ...
6
1
9
...
...
10
16
Total ...
200
26
1 ...
227 I199
99 I6
...
301
531
Statements X and XI give a tabular view of the condition as to vaccination of the Native
troops and their families.
It is satisfactory, as far as the sepoys and recruits are concerned, showing that of the
former only 27 . 94, and of the latter 6 . 99 per 1,000 are unprotected either by vaccination or
previous small-pox ; but it leaves much to be desired still as regards the followers and families ;
of children under six months of age 440 in a thousand is a large number to be unprotected.
Statement No. XI shows that 531 operations, of which only 407 were successful, was the
total outcome of the labors in this direction of the department, while, according to Statement
X, 2,622 individuals are left altogether unprotected. This is not a satisfactory state of things,
but Medical Officers have many difficulties to contend with in extending the benefits of vacci-
nation to the families of the sepoys.
STATEMENT No. XII.
Division.
Station.
Corps.
Per
Corps.
Estimated
Population
exclusive of
Troops.
Died.
Mortality
per 1,000 o
f P o p u l a t i o n .
A d u l t s .
C h i l d r e n .
Total.
Mysore Divn....
Bangalore...
Head-Quarters., Sappers
and Miners.
1,410
25
48
73
51.77
23rd Regiment W.L.I.
...
1,699
50
88
138
81.22
36th
do.
N.I.
...
1,802
25
53
78
43.28
French Rocks
Mercara
...
30th
do.
do.
...
1,473
11
13
24
16.29
28th
do do
.
...
1,726
37
53
90
52.14
4th
do.
L.C.
...
4,529
25
30
55
12.14
Ceded Districts... Bellary...
21st
do.N.L.I.
...
1,946
18
37
55
28.26
27th
do.
do.
...
1,311
28
48
76
57.97
Statement XII exhibits the mortality among the families and followers of the sepoys
during the past year. In 1876 it was at the rate of 33 . 43 per 1,000, but in the year under
report it rose to 42 . 88. The highest rate was 81 . 22 in the 23rd Light Infantry at Bangalore, the
corps in which the mortality among the sepoys was the lowest; and the lowest 12 . 14 in the 4th
Light Cavalry at Bellary. The mortality was above the average in the 27th Native Infantry at
Bellary, the 28th Native Infantry at Mercara, in the Sappers and Miners, and 36th Native
Infantry, as well as the 23rd Light Infantry already mentioned at Bangalore. It was below the
average for the year in the 4th Light Cavalry and 21st Native Infantry at Bellary, and the
30th Native Infantry at the French Rocks.
LOCK HOSPITALS.
There are two lock hospitals in this circle ; one of the first class at Bangalore, and one of
the second class at Bellary. Both hospitals increased the numbers on their registers during the
past year, and the second class hospital exceeded the first class in this respect. Famine and
want drove many women to this mode of life who, under other circumstances, would not have
adopted it.
The average number on the register in Bangalore was 89, the total treated 559, and
the average daily sick 31 . 83. There were besides 132 unregistered women treated who applied