84
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF MADRAS.
Ratio per 1,000 of Average Strength.
1877.
1876.
1875.
Admitted sick
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
875.23
841.91
779.87
Died in hospital ...
...
...
...
13.51
12.17
8.62
Do. out of do...
...
...
...
3.99
4.87
1.54
Average daily sick
...
...
27.14
29.14
32.81
Diseases.
Admitted.
Died.
Admitted.
Died.
Admitted.
D i e d .
Fevers, intermittent and remittent
...
1,601
10
1,358
5
1,032
6
Do,. continued and typhoid ...
...
51
...
10
1
5
...
S mall -pox ...
...
..
...
...
3
7
. . .
. . .
. . .
Other eruptive fevers
...
...
...
32
...
19
...
9
. . .
Dengue fever
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
Diarrhœa...
...
...
62
7
76
3
44
1
Dysentery ...
...
...
...
...
79
...
104
6
83
. . .
Cholera
...
...
... . . .
12
8
23
10
18
8
Syphilis and gonorrhœa ...
54
1
48
...
40
. . .
Phthisis
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
5
1
7
4
Del i rium tremens ...
...
...
...
...
. . .
3
...
...
. . .
Other diseases of nervous system
...
27
4
31
...
27
2
Disease of respiratory system
...
...
71
4
9 5
4
104
4
Hepatic disease
...
...
...
...
8
1
8
...
12
. . .
Sunstroke and heat apoplexy
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
. . .
Violence and accidents
...
...
...
154
1
165
1
244
...
All other diseases ...
...
...
...
694
7
812
8
906
3
Total ...
2,849
44
2,765
40
2,531
28
Statistics of
fevers,
It will be observed that the admissions of daily sick per 1,000 of average strength
are less, as also the ratio of average daily sick this, than the two previous years. The ratio of
deaths in hospital is, however, greater than in either of the two preceding years.
Statistics of Fevers.— Fever of a more or less distinctly marked intermittent type "
in several circumstances becoming remittent " was, as usual, the most prevalent disease. The
admissions under this head are greater than in the two previous years in the 1st Cavalry, 1st
Native Infantry, 3rd Palamcottah Light Infantry, and 29th Regiments. The 40th Native
Infantry and Sappers and Miners, however, show fever admissions, especially the former.
The subjoined table exhibits the admissions from fever alone, and the ratio per cent. to
average strength of the corps comprised in the preceding table :—
—
1877.
1876.
1875.
Admissions
from Fever
Clone.
Ratio per
Cent. of
Average
Strength.
Admissions
from Fever
alone.
Ratio per
Cent. of
Average
Strength.
Admissions
from Fever
alone.
Ratio per
Cent. of
Average
Strength.
H.M.'s 1st Regt. M.L.C....
111
37.96
47
20.52
39
18.22
Do. 1st do. M.N.I. ...
440
66.06
2 1 2
30.53
111
18.10
Do.
3rd do. P.L.I. ...
307
44.86
116
24.71
268
38.96
Do. 29th do. M.N.I....
560
87.94
423
61.52
236
33.71
Do.
40th do. do. ...
100
14.03
330
46.51
224
32.94
Q.O. Sappers and Miners ...
134
70.40
190
65.02
159
55.36
For the whole Native force actually occupying Secunderabad, the percentage of admissions
to average strength alone was
—
In 1875
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
31.95
,, 1876
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
41.65
„ 1877
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
...
. . .
50.75
The proportion borne by admissions tor fever to a
dmissions tor all other causes
—
In 1 8 7 5
...
. . .
...
...
.••
. . .
1 to 2.44
„ 1876
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
...
...
1 to 2 . 02
,, 1877
. . . . . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 to 1.73