4. MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT
Years.
Caste.
Strength.
Death
p e r
Cent.
Average 1874
to 1876.
Hindus ...
16,074
1 . 2 4
Mussulmans . . .
10,977
1.01
Christians
...
2,459
1 . 2 7
1877 ...
...
Hindus
... 16,294
1.38
Mussulmans ...
11,283
1.40
Christians
...
2,424
1.32
importance in connection with this table
concerns the increased mortality during
the famine year among Mahomedan sol-
diers. Was this increase due to the
scarcity and high prices of animal food ?
I am inclined to think that it was.
Chief causes
of invaliding.
Rates of
invaliding to
strength.
10. Chief causes of invaliding.― The subjoined table shows the principal
diseases and classes of disease during the year under report which led to removal
from the service, and to temporary absence from duty on medical certificate. The
diseases leading to removal from the service, ranged in the order of their frequency,
are rheumatic affections, diseases of the eye, malarial fevers, diseases of the lungs,
diarrhœa and dysentery ; those leading to absence on medical certificate are malarial
fever, rheumatism, diseases of the lungs, dysentery, diarrhœa, continued fever ands
affections of the skin.
Year.
Invalide
d
For Discharge the Service.
F o r C h a n g e o f C l i m a t e .
E r u p t i v e F e v e r s .
C o n t i n u e d
Fe v e r s .
M a l a r i o u s f e v e r s .
R h e u m a t i c
A f f e c t i o n s .
D i e a s e s o f t h e e y e .
D i e s e a s e s o f t h e L u n g s .
Di a r r h œa . Dy s ent er y .
S k i n D i e s e a s e s . E r u p t i v e F e v e r s .
Cont i nued
Fevers.
M a l a r i o u s f e v e r s .
R h e u m a t i c
A f f e c t i o n s .
D i e s e a s e s o f t h e E y e .
D i e s e a s e s o f t h e L u n g s .
D i a r r h œa . D y s e n t e r y .
S k i n D i s e a s e s .
1877 ... ...
...
2 0
3 4
2 3
16
2
1
1 1 ...
9
79
5 8
8
5 3 24 32 8
11. Rates of invaliding to strength.—On comparing the percentages of
invalided to strength for 1877 with the average of the corresponding returns for
1875 and 1876, an increase will be observed in those which represent the incidence
of malarial fevers and of diarrhœa, and, in the case of " change of climate, the
incidence of continued fever, rheumatic affections, diseases of the lungs and
dysentery. The differences are less marked than might have been expected considering
the exceptionally unhealthy character of the year.
Invalided per Cent. to Strength.
For Discharge the Service.
For Change of Climate.
Years.
Er u p t i v e F e v e r s .
C o n t i n u e d
F e v e r s .
Mal ar i ous f ever s.
Rheumat i c
Af f ect i ons.
D i e s e a s e s o f t h e E y e .
D i e s e a s e s o f t h e L u n g s .
D i a r r h œ a . Dy s e n t e r y .
S k i n D i e s e a s e s .
E r u p t i v e F e v e r s .
C o n t i n u e d
Fev er s .
M a l a r i o u s f e v e r s .
R h e u m a t i c
A f f e c t i o n s .
D i e s e a s e s o f t h e E y e .
D i e s e a s e s o f t h e L u n g s .
D i a r r h œa .
D y s e n t e r y .
S k i n D i e s e a s e s .
1875 ... .003 .003
. 0 6
. 2 2
. 1 5
. 0 9
. 0 0 .006
. 0 3 . 0 0 3 .03
. 6 2
. 2 2
. 0 2
. 2 0 .13 . 0 7 . 02
1876 ... ... .007
. 0 3
. 2 0
. 1 8
. 0 7
. 0 0 3 .007
. 0 8 . 0 0 3 .007
. 3 6
. 1 7
. 0 8
. 1 3 .11 . 13 . 02
Average. .001 .005
. 0 4
. 2 1
. 1 6
. 0 8
. 0 0 1 .006
. 0 5 . 0 0 3 .018
. 4 9
. 1 9
. 0 5
. 1 6 .12 . 10 . 02
1877 ... ... . . .
. 0 7
. 1 2
. 0 8
. 0 5
. 0 0 7 .003
. 0 3 . . .
.03
. 2 8
. 2 0
. 0 2
. 1 8 .08 . 11 . 02
Health of the
troops.
1 2 . Health of the troops.— The following table embodies the principal numerical
facts bearing on the health state of the Native Army of this Presidency during the
year under report, and as contrasted with the corresponding returns of 1874-75 and
1876. By referring to the serial numbers the precise position of each regiment in
the "daily sick," " admission," and mortality lists can be ascertained at a glance.
The regiments are tabulated in the order of their " daily sick." In this series the
33rd Regiment, quartered at Dorundah and Madras, stands first in the health list,