OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF MADRAS.
7
Deaths during the March.
No deaths amongst the men.
Two on board the " Tenasserim ;" one being that of a follower and the other that
of a child.
14. Health of divisions.― By adding together the serial numbers in the Health of
marginal table the most healthy of the divisions'
Military Commands.
S e r i a l N u m b e r . D a i l y S i c k p e r C e n t . o f S t r e n g t h .
S e r i a l N u m b e r . A d m i s s i o n s p e r p e r c e n t o f S t r e n g t h
S e r i a l N u m b e r .
D e a t h s p e r C e n t , o f S t r e n g t h .
Bengal...
... 1 1.92 6 88.16 4 1.31
Presidency Division. 2 1.98 2 58.69 11 1.89
Malabar and Canara. 3 2.24 3 63.86 1 .73
Southern District... 4 2.42 1 57.94 5 1.34
Saugor Circle ... 5 2.68 7 91.53 6 1.36
Nagpore Force ... 6 2.69 9 98.45 2 .86
Hyderabad Subsi- 7 2.69 5 87.76 8 1.60
diary Force
Mysore Division... 8 2.71 8 94.50 10 1.78
British Burmah Di-
vision.
9 3.58 11 114..19 7 1.51
Northern District .., 10 3.81 4 84.71 3 1.16
Ceded Districts ... 11 3.91 10 113.28 9 1.64
Military commands for the year under
review proves to be that of Malabar and
Canara, and the most unhealthy that of
the Ceded Districts ; the remaining
districts, ranked in the order of their
salubrity, stand thus : Southern District,
Bengal, Presidency Division, Nagpore
Force and Northern Districts equal,
Saugor Circle, Hyderabad Subsidiary
Force, Mysore Division and British
Burmah Division. The results of the
table differ considerably from those of
last year, the order then being as follows:
Bengal, Malabar and Canara, Presidency
Division, Southern District, Mysore
Division, Nagpore Force, and Ceded
Districts equal, Saugor Circle, Hyderabad Subsidiary Force, Northern District and
British Burmah Division. Speaking generally, Bengal is the most healthy and
Burmah the most unhealthy of the Military commands. The lowest percentage of
deaths is claimed by Malabar and Canara and the highest by the Presidency
Division. A short statement showing the principal diseases in each Military
command, with the percentage of admissions and of deaths, will now be given: ―
Percentage of
Strength.
Diseases.
Admissions. Deaths
Admis
sions.
Deaths
in
Hos-
pital.
Eruptive fevers
...
...
. . .
...
...
Continued do.
...
3
...
.48
. . .
Malarious do.
...
274
...
43.84
Rheumatic affections... . . .
50
...
8.00
. . .
Diseases of the eye ...
13
2
2.08
. . .
Diseases of the lungs ...
41
2 6.56
. 3 2
Diarrhœa
...
...
30
1
4.80
.16
Dysentery
...
. . . . . .
14
1
2.24
.16
S k i n d i s e a s e s . . .
2 2
. . .
. . .
. . .
15. Bengal.-In this command the Bengal.
principaldiseases determining the admis-
sions were malarial fevers, rheumatism,
diseases of the lungs and diarrhœa; those
determining mortality were diseases of
the lungs, diarrhœa and dysentery.
Percentage of
Strength.
Diseases.
Admis-
sions. Deaths
Admis.
sions.
Deaths
in
Hos-
pital.
Eruptive fevers
. . .
15
. . .
.78
. . .
Continued do.
. . .
25
. . .
1.30
. . .
Malarious do.
...
321
1
1 6 . 7 3
. 0 5
Rheumatic affections. ...
2 1 ...
1 . 0 9
. . .
Diseases of the eye ...
35
. . .
1 . 8 2
. . .
Diseases of the lungs
. . .
37
2
1.92 .10
Diarrhœa
...
. . .
55
...
2.86
. . .
Dysentery
...
...
54
. . . . . .
2.81
. . .
Skin diseases
...
271
...
14.12 ...
16. Malabar and Canara.― Among Malabar and
diseases determining admission the canara
most prominent were malarial fever,
skin diseases, diarrhœa and dysentery ;
the affections leading to a fatal result
were diseases of the lungs and malarial
fever.