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Climate of the
station.
Ventilation
and drainage
of the men’s
huts, &c.
Nuisance.
Water-supply.
Diet.
Clothing.
Foot soreness.
Duty.
Exercises.
46
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF MADRAS.
The following corps were serving in this district on the 31st December 1876 :—
9th Regiment Native Infantry.
25th
do.
do.
34th do.
do.
9th Regiment Native Infantry.
STATION—CANNANORE.
Arrived from Trichinopoly on the 7th and 28th February 1871.
Average strength
...
...
...
... ... ... ... ...
734
Do.
do.
present ...
...
... ... ... ... ... ...
695
Admissions
...
...
...
...
...
... 269
Daily sick
...
...
...
... ... ... ... ... ...
10
Deaths in hospital ...
...
... ... ... ... ... ...
1
Do.
out of do. ...
...
... ... ... ...
3
Pensioned ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
57
Sick leave ...
...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
13
The following return shows the rates of sickness, deaths, and invaliding, as
contrasted with previous years :—
Years.
Stations.
Rate per Cent. of
Average Strength Present.
Average Strength.
Admissions. Daily Sick.
All Deaths.
Pensioned. Sick Leave.
1873 ...
. . . Cannanore
...
...
17.26
.77
.62
...
1.08
1874 ...
...
Do.
24.24
1.42
.43
. 2 9
1.89
1875 ...
...
Do.
...
...
42.85
1.56
.86
1.15
2.02
Average ...
28.11
1.25
.63
.48
1.66
1876 ...
... Cannanore
...
...
38.70
1.43
.54
7.76
1.77
Surgeon-Major J. FitzGerald was in medical charge of this corps during
the year and reports as follows :—
Climate of the station.— The temperature appears to have been very equable, not varying
much throughout the year.
Ventilation and drainage of the men’s huts, &c.—The huts of the men, guard-room, &c.,
appear to have been sufficiently ventilated.
Nuisance. —There were no nuisances reported. The ash-pits and manure-heaps are outside
the lines and the refuse is carted away daily to some distance.
Water-supply .—The water-supply is obtained from wells in the lines, is of good quality,
but during the hot weather was found entirely inadequate.
Diet .—Provisions are considered dear at this station; vegetables are abundant. Compensa-
tion is issued to the troops on account of dearness.
Clothing .—This has been found sufficient and well adapted to the climate of this station.
No recommendations necessary.
Vaccination
Foot soreness .—Cases of foot soreness from wearing badly fitting boots without stockings
is quite common. They are generally excused from wearing their boots until the sores heal.
Duty.—This has had no injurious effect on the health of the men. The average number of
consecutive nights in bed, six.
Exercises .—There is a cricket club, but only a few practice this game. There is a
gymnasium in the lines for the recruits and young soldiers. Some men employ their leisure
hours in gardening.
Vaccination has been regularly kept up among the families of the men : 185 cases were
vaccinated; successful 155, unsuccessful 30.
Sanitary arrangements have been satisfactory.
Sanitary
arrangements
Foot soreness.
Vaccination.
Epidemic.
Hospital
ventilation.
Hospital
drainage.
MYSORE DIVISION.
49
The following return shows the rates of sickness, deaths, and invaliding, as
contrasted with previous years :—
Years.
Stations.
Rate per Cent. of
Average Strength Present.
Average Strength.
Admissions. Daily Sick.
All Deaths.
Pensioned. Sick Leave.
1873 ...
...
Mangalore
...
...
54.57
1.70
1.46
2.63
2.34
1874 ...
...
Do.
...
...
39.07
1.49
.13
4.18
2.78
1875...
...
Do. ...
...
44.18
1.99
.15
.91
3.33
Average ...
45.94
1.72
.58
2.57
2.81
1876 ...
...
Mangalore
...
...
43.10
1.60
. . .
3.39
1.77
Surgeon-Major R. Dempster was in medical charge of this corps during the
year and reports as follows :—
Water-supply .—Water good and abundant all the year round, obtained from wells in the
lines.
Water-supply
Diet.
Diet .—Provisions have been plentiful and moderate in price, but towards the end of the
year rice has been getting dearer owing to the general scarcity on the other coast. Diet on the
whole sufficiently nutritious. Fish is cheap and plentiful, but mutton is dear compared with the
other coast. Fruits and vegetables are abundant, and moderate in price.
Foot soreness .—There have been many cases of slight foot soreness unavoidable in men
wearing English boots without stockings.
Vaccination is carefully carried out in the regiment ; all men and children in the lines have
been vaccinated.
Epidemic .—An epidemic of cholera broke out in the buglers’ lines on 15th July, when
the buglers and their families were marched into camp, and their huts and compounds were
thoroughly cleansed. One woman and four children died. No cases occurred after 26th of the
same month. They all returned to their lines on 13th August 1876.
Hospital ventilation.—The hospital is a commodious building. Ventilation is good. No
overcrowding has taken place.
Hospital drainage.—State of drainage and latrines has been good. The dry-earth syste
m is efficiently carried out.
Hospital
water-
supply.
Hospital water-supply abundant and good.
General conclusions .—The sanitary condition of the regiment during the past year has,
on the whole, been satisfactory.
General
conclusions.
MYSORE DIVISION.
Average strength ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 3,414
D o .
do.
present
...
... . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
.
3,206
Total admissions
... ... ...
...... .........
... 1,961
Daily sick
... ... ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
84
Deaths in hospital ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
31
Do. out of do.
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
. . .
11
Pensioned ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
74
Sick leave ...
...
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
50
The following return shows the rates of sickness, deaths, and invaliding, as
contrasted with previous years :—
13
MYSORE DIVISION.
51
So that during the last year there appears to have been an excess of deaths over births of
10.61 in every 1,000 of the population of the entire administrative circle. If we deduct the
deaths from cholera, the ratios will stand as follow :—
Births ....
...
...
...
... 20.46
Deaths ...
...
...
...
... 23.7
The last year however was an exceptional one in every way, and the comparison is hardly
fair. The years 1872, 1873 and 1874 appear to
Birth-rate
per Mille,
1876.
Average Death-
rate per Mille
for the years
1872, 73 & 74.
Mysore
...
...
6.80
10.71
Coorg
...
. . .
10.80
20.84
Bellary
...
...
24.60
17.39
Cuddapah ...
...
17.70
15.62
Kurnool
. . . . . .
19.10
16.82
have been years of average health, and on
comparing the birth-rate for 1876 with the average
death-rate of those three years we get the
following result :—
From this it appears that while in ordinary
years the births exceed the deaths in the Ceded
Districts, the reverse is the case in Mysore and
Coorg, and yet there is no reason to suppose
that the population is dying out in the latter
provinces as it should do if the registration could
be credited with completeness.
TABLE NO. I .—Population and Deaths.
Population
according to
Census of 1871.
Total Number
of Deaths.
Ratio per Mille
to Population.
Province of Mysore
50,55,412
54,265
10.73
Do.
of Coorg
1,68,312
3,733
22.18
Ceded Districts of
Bellary ...
16,68,013
56,639
33.96
Cuddapah..
13,60,999
39,733
29.19
Kurnool ...
9,61,225
36,521
37.99
TABLE No. II.—Death-rates of the Provinces of Mysore and Coorg and of the Ceded Districts
for the last 5 Years, 1872 to 1876, inclusive.
Mysore.
Coorg.
Bellary.
Cuddapah.
Kurnool.
1872
...
...
11.47
20.02
17.53
1 3 . 2 2
17.09
1873
...
...
10.55
21.17
17.86
1 4 . 5 7
16.68
1874
...
...
10.13
21.34
1 6 . 8 0
19.09
16.69
1875... ...
10.14
24.76
2 6 . 2 4
25.72
22.61
1876... ...
10.73
22.18
33.96
29.19
37.99
TABLE No. III.—Actual Number of Deaths registered from 1872 to 1876 inclusive.
Births of
1876.
Provinces and
Districts.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
34,396
Mysore
... 57,790
53,340
51,230
51,276
54,265
1,832
Coorg
...
3,371
3,563
3,592
4,167
3,733
41,193
Bellary
... 29,241
29,799
28,034
43,771
56,639
24,163
Cuddapah ... 17,991
19,834
25,976
35,007
39,733
18,439
Kurnool
... 16,423
16,032
16,039
21,731
36,521
TABLE No. IV. showing the Deaths from the more important Diseases affecting the Population
for the Year 1876.
Provinces and Districts.
Cholera.
Small-pox.
Fevers.
Bowel -
complaints.
Mysore
... ...
... ...
12,087
1,059
23,934
4,752
Coorg
...
...
...
. . .
210
50
2 , 8 9 3
267
Bellary
... ... ...
...
15,115
1,912
10,005
1,820
Cuddapah ... ...
... ...
11,575
1,245
21,006
986
Kurnool ...
...
...
...
11,714
743
16,356
602
52
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF MADRAS.
TABLE No. V.—Cholera.
—
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
Mysore
...
...
51
12
2
3,139
12,087
Coorg ...
...
...
...
. . .
5
210
Ceded Districts
...
129
. . .
. . .
7,923
38,404
Total ...
180
12
2
11,067
50,701
TABLE No. VI.—Small-pox.
—
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
Mysore
...
. . .
4,532
3,052
1,535
544
1,059
Coorg
...
...
307
525
292
66
50
Ceded Districts
...
4,253
3,509
3,161
3,140
3,900
Total ...
9,092
7,086
4,988
3,750
5,009
TABLE No. VII.—Fevers.
—
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
Mysore
...
. . .
31,140
28,854
29,158
30,467
23,934
Coorg
..
...
2,215
2 , 2 3 6
2,563
3,255
2,893
Ceded Districts
...
32,724
35,659
40,029
53,247
47,367
Total ...
66,709
66,749
71,750
86,969
74,194
TABLE No. VIII.—Bowel-Complaints.
—
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
Mysore
...
...
6,284
5,785
5,358
4,736
4,752
Coorg
363
348
378
324
267
Ceded Districts
...
3,211
3,057
2,842
3,667
3,408
Total ...
9,858
9,640
8,578
8,727
8,427
Meteorology. Meteorology.—The following tables exhibit the general meteorological results rendered at
the Observatory of Bangalore, as compared with those of previous years. The observations are
duly corrected and reduced :—
— 1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
Mean barometric pressure ...
... 26.911 26.929
26.922 26.922 26.919
Do. temperature of air
...
. . . 73°.8
72°.5
71°.9
72.7
73.6
Do.
do.
wet bulb
... 66.2
64.2
64.5
64.6
60.3
Do. observed extremes Maximum
82.8
84.1
83.3
84.7
85.9
Minimum
64.3
64.2
63.4
63.8
64.1
Do. humidity (saturation 100) ... 72.6
70.
70.
66.
64.
Do. maximum solar heat in vacuo
128.8
134.1
132.5
143.1
148.0
Do. minimum on grass
...
... 62.1
61.3
61.6
56.6
61.6
Do. depth of rain in inches
. . . 39.911 29.111 56.580 22.20
17.35
Number of days on which rain fell ... 92
80.
126
76
73
56
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF MADRAS.
Lavatories.
Lavatories.—The hospital lavatories are generally small but sufficient for their purpose, and
• are all provided with bathing tubs.
Hospital
Hospital clothing.—The supplies of the hospital clothing are kept up to the regulation
clothing.
allowance.
General
General conservancy and administration.— The conservancy of the lines and military stations
conservancy generally is well attended to. A weekly report is sent to the Deputy Surgeon-General, intimating
and adminis- that the regimental lines have been visited by the Commanding Officer, Quartermaster, and the
tration.
Medical Officer.
STATEMENT No. I.
Statistical.
Divisions.
Strength.
Admitted.
Died.
Invalided.
Average
Daily Sick.
In.
Out.
Pensioned. Discharged
Mysore Division ...
...
3235 . 03
1,809
33
8
65
5
66.38
Ceded Districts
...
...
1520.87
892
17
1
66
7
39.27
Divisions.
Ratio per Mille of Average Strength.
Admitted.
Died.
Invalided.
Average
Daily Sick
In.
Out.
Pensioned. Discharged
Mysore Division.
1875
...
...
652 . 28
6.50
0.93
36 . 24
3.72
26.70
{ 1876
. . .
. . .
559.19
10 . 20
2.47
20.09
1.54
20 . 51
Ceded Districts.
1875
. . .
731 . 70
9.32
...
34.40
1.43
34.28
1876
... ...
586 . 50
11 . 17
0.65
43 . 39
4.60
25.82
STATEMENT No.II.
Mysore Division.
Stations.
Corps.
N o o f We e k s R e s i d e n t .
Average
Annual
Strength
A d m i t t e d i n t o H o s p i t a l .
Died.
Invalided.
A v e r a g e D i a l y S i c k .
Ratio per 1,000 of Strength.
In. Out.
B y P e n s i o n .
B y D i s c h a r g e .
A dmit-
ted.
Died.
I n v a l i d e d .
Aver-
age
Sick.
In.
Out.
(
Bangalore
...
Head-quarters Q.O. Sap-
pers and Miners.
52
658 . 09
337
6
...
8
1
7 . 51
512 . 08
9.11
...
13.67 11.41
23rd Regiment W.L.I. ... 52
658 . 53
504
2
...
14
2 15 . 61
765 . 34
3 . 03
...
24.29 23.70
36th
do.
N.I.
... 52
654 . 54
178
4 ...
26
...
8.82
271 . 94
6 . 11
.,.
39.72 13.47
Garrison
...
... 52
12 . 59
14
2
4 ...
...
1 . 05 1111 . 99 158.85 317.71
...
83.39
Total ... ... 1983 . 75 1,033 14
4 48
3 32.99
520.73
7 . 0 5 2 . 01 25.70
1 6 . 6 3
French Rocks ... 30th Regiment N.I.
... 52
572. 84
296
6
1
1
...
10 . 78
516.72
10 . 47
1.74
1.74 18.81
Mysore
... Detachment 30th N.I.- 52
64.52
37
1
...
...
...
0 . 72
57.34
15 . 49
..,
...
11.15
Mercara
... 28th Regiment N.I. ... 52
6 1 3 . 9 2
443 12
3 16
2 21 . 89
721 . 59
19 . 54
4 . 88
2 9 . 3 1 35.65
Ceded Districts.
Bellary
...
4th Regiment L. C.
... 52
245.76
172
...
1 15
...
4.74 699 . 86
...
4.06 61 . 03 19.28
21st
do.
N.I.
... 52
600 . 80
230
. 6
. . . 16
1 10 . 95
382 . 82
9.98
...
28 . 29 18.22
27th
do.
„
... 52
614. 47
429
9
...
35
6 22. 17
698 . 16 14. 64
...
66 . 72 36.07
Garrison
..
... 52
14. 51
4
1
. . .
...
...
0.21
275 . 67 68 . 91
...
...
14.47
Total ... ... 1475 . 54
835 16
1 66
7 38 . 07 565.89 10 . 84
.67 49 . 47 25.80
Kurnool
... Right Wg. 21st Regt. N.I.
8
45 . 33
57
1
...
...
1 . 20 1259 . 65 22.06
...
...
26.47
58
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF MADRAS.
STATEMENT No. III.
Divisions.
Years.
Ratio per 1,000.
Admitted.
Died.
Invalided.
Average
Daily Sick.
In.
Out.
Mysore Division
...
1872
874.08
6.73
1.92
28.84
28.83
1873
927.48
9.12
1.82
29.20
27.31
1874
674.84
6.29
2 .
2 9 . 4 4
24.85
1875
6 5 2 . 2 8
6.50
.93
39.96
26.70
1876
559.19
10.20
2.47
21.63
2 0 . 5 1
Ceded Districts ...
1872
519.37
8.75
.63
38.13
19.38
1873
476.67
3.18
1.27
27.89
2 0 . 3 3
1874
473.80
4 . 5 9
...
25.60
17.32
1875
731.70
9.32
. . .
35.83
34.28
1876
586.50
11.17
0.65
47.99
25.82
Statement No. III furnishes in a tabular form the same information for the last five years in
the Mysore Division and the Ceded Districts respectively. From this it appears that the
admissions into hospital, the average daily sick, and the number invalided, have been less in the Mysore
Division during the year 1876 than in any of the preceding four years ; but that the mortality
has been somewhat higher. In the Ceded Districts the admissions and average daily sick,
though lower than the year 1875, have been higher than in the three antecedent years, but the
mortality and invaliding have been greater than in any of the four preceding years.
MYSORE DIVISION. 59
STATEMENT No. IV.
Stations.
Mysore Division.
Ceded Districts.
Bangalore.
Strength 1983.75.
French Rocks.
Strength 572.84.
Mercara.
Strength 613.92.
Mysore.
Strength 64.52.
Bellary.
Strength 1475.54.
Kurnool.
Strength 45.33.
Diseases.
Admi t t e d.
Died.
Ratio per 1000.
Admi t t ed.
Di ed.
Ratio per 1000. Admi t t e d.
Died.
Ratio per 1000. Admi t t e d.
Di ed.
Ratio per 1000. Admi t t e d.
Died.
Ratio per 1000. Admi t t e d.
Di ed.
Ratio per 1000.
A.
D.
A.
D.
A.
D.
A.
D.
A.
D.
A.
D.
Cholera
...
...
...
2 1
1.00 .50
7 3
12.21 5.23 ... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
7 3
4.74 2.03
3 1
66.18 22.06
Small-pox ...
...
...
1 ... .50
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 ... 3.38
...
...
... ...
...
Intermittent fever ...
... 268 2 135.09 1.00
90 2 157.11 3.49 151 3 246.32 4.88
14 ... 216.98 ...
256 3 173.49 2.03
10 ... 220.60
...
Remittent
do. ...
... .... ...
...
...
...
...
... ...
1 1
1.62 1.62 ..
...
... ...
6 3
47.44 2.03 ...
...
...
...
Continued
do. ...
... 111 2
55.95 1.00 ... ...
...
...
... ...
... ...
...
... ...
...
1 ... .67
...
...
... ...
...
Ent eri c do. . . . . . .
...
... ...
...
... ...
... ...
... ...
...
...
... ...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
... ...
Dysentery ... ...
...
31 ...
15.62 ...
10 ...
17.45 ...
35 2
57.00 3.25
1 ...
15.49 ...
29 ...
19.65 ...
1 ...
22.06
...
Diarrhœa
... ...
25 1
12.60 .50
5 ...
8.72 ...
51 ...
83.07 ...
3 ...
46.49 ...
17 1
11.52 .67 1
...
22.06
...
Hepatitis ...
...
... ... ...
....
... 2
... 3.49
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
1 ... .67
...
...
... ...
...
Pneumonia ...
...
...
6 ... 3.02
...
...
... ...
...
1 ...
1.62 ...
...
...
...
...
3 2
2.03 1.35 ...
...
...
...
Pleuritis
...
...
...
1 ... .50
...
...
... ...
...
...
... ...
...
... ...
...
...
1 ... .67
...
...
... ...
...
Other respiratory diseases ...
17 1
8.56
.50
10 ...
17.45 ...
8 1
13.03 1.62
10 1 154.99 15.49
16 ...
10.84 ...
1 ...
22.06
...
Phthisis pulmonalis
...
2 1
1.00 .50
...
... ...
...
...
2 ... 1.35
...
Dropsies
...
...
...
3 ...
1.51
... 2
3.49 ...
5 1
8.14 1.62
3 ...
46.49 ...
1 ... .67
Venereal ...
...
...
30 ...
15.12 ...
2 ...
3.49 ...
14 1
22.80 1.62 ... ...
...
...
30 ...
20.33 ...
2 ...
44.12
...
Eye diseases
88 ...
44.36 ...
25 ...
43.64 ...
1 ...
1.62
...
18 ..
12.19 ...
..
. ..
...
...
Abscesses ...
...
... 19 ...
9.67 ...
12 ...
29.48 ...
31 ...
50.49 ...
... ...
...
...
26 1
17.62 .67
1 ...
22.06
...
Ulcers
... ... ....
24
12.09 ...
3 ...
5.23 ... 11
17.91
22 ... 14.90 ...
1 ...
22.06
...
Wounds and Accidents ...
67 ...
33.77 ...
18 ...
31.42
...
22 ...
35.83 ...
2 ...
30.99 ...
89 ...
60.31 ...
2 ...
44.12 ...
Rheumatism
32 ...
16.11 ...
14 ...
24.43 ...
14 1
22.80 1.62 ... ...
...
...
46 1
31.17 .67
4 ...
88.24
...
Other diseases
...
... 306 6 154.25 3.02
96 1 167.58 1.74
98 2 159.62 3.25
4 ...
61.99 ...
259 2 175.52 1.35
31 ... 683.87
...
Total ... 1,033 14 520.73 7.05 296 6 516.72 10.47 443 12 721.59 19.54
37 1 573.46 15.49 835 16 565.89 10.84
57 1 1257.44 22.06
MYSORE DIVISION.
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STATEMENT No. V.
Diseases.
Mysore Division.
Ceded Districts.
Admissions
1,809.
Deaths 33.
Admissions 892.
Deaths 17.
Ratio per Mille
to all Admissions
by Diseases.
Ratio per Mille
to Deaths.
Ratio per Mille
to Admissions.
Ratio per Mille
to Deaths.
Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
4.97
121.21
11.21
235.29
S mall-pox ...
...
...
...
...
.55
. . .
5.60
...
Fever, intermittent... .. ...
...
289.11
212.12
298.20
176.47
Do., remittent ...
. . . . . .
...
.55
30.30
6.72
176.47
Do., continued ...
... ...
...
61.35
60.60
1.12
. . .
Do., enteric
...
...
... ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Dysentery ...
...
...
...
...
42.56
60.60
33.63
...
Hepatitis
...
...
...
...
...
1.10
. . .
1.12
...
Respiratory diseases
...
...
...
29.29
90.90
23.54
117.64
Diarrhœa
...
...
...
... ...
46.43
30.30
20.17
58.82
Phthisis pulmonalis
... ...
...
1.10
30.30
2.24
. . .
Dropsies
...
...
...
...
...
7.18
30.30
1.12
. . .
Venereal
...
... ...
...
...
25.42
30.30
35.87
. . .
Eye diseases
... ...
... ...
63.01
. . .
20.17
. . .
Abscesses and Ulcers...
...
...
... 55.27
. . .
56.05
58.82
Wounds and Injuries
...
...
...
60.25
...
102.01
. . .
Rheumatism...
...
... ...
...
33.16
30.30
56.05
58.82
All other diseases ...
...
...
278.60
272.72
325.11
117.64
STATEMENT No. V I .
Mortality.
Diseases.
Mysore
Division.
Ceded
Districts.
Diseases.
Mysore
Division.
Ceded
Districts.
Simple continued fever
...
2
. . .
Pneumonia
...
...
...
2
Ague ...
...
...
...
7
3
Asphyxia...
...
1
...
Remittent fever
...
...
1
3
Dysentery
...
...
2
...
Spasmodic cholera ...
4
. . .
Diarrhœa
...
...
...
1
1
Malignant
do. .. ..
...
4
Peritonitis
...
. . .
1
...
Febricula
...
...
...
1
. . .
Obstruction of bowels
...
1
. . .
Rheumatism ... ...
...
1
1
Albuminuria ...
...
...
1
. . .
Secondary syphilis ... ...
1
. . .
Urinary abscess
. . . ...
1
. . .
Phthisis pulmonalis . . .
1
. . .
Abscess
. . . ...
...
. . .
1
Anæmia
...
...
...
...
1
Itch ...
...
...
...
1
. . .
General dropsy
...
. . .
1
. . .
General debility
...
...
2
1
Dilatation of heart ... ...
1
. . .
Bronchitis
... ...
...
2
...
Total ...
33
17
Statement No. V. represents the proportion which the admissions and deaths from the
same diseases bear to the admissions and deaths from all causes in both military commands,
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF MADRAS.
and No. VI. shows the particular diseases to which the mortality was due. These need no
comment.
STATEMENT No. VII.
Invaliding.
Diseases.
Pensioned or Discharged.
Ratio per Mille to all Invalided.
Mysore
Division.
Ceded
Districts. Total.
Mysore
Division.
Ceded
Districts.
Total.
Ague
...
...
...
...
2
1
3
28.57
13.69
20.98
Rheumatism
. . . . . . . . .
4
2
6
57.14
27.39
41.96
Primary syphilis ...
...
...
1
1
2
14.28
13.69
13.99
Secondary do.
...
...
...
3
7
10
42.85
95.89
69.93
Anæemia ... .. ... ...
1
...
1
14.28
...
6.99
Epilepsy ...
...
...
...
1
1
2
14.28
13.69
13.99
Paraplegia ...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
13.69
6.99
Hemiplegia ...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
13.69
6.99
Shaking Palsy ... ... ...
...
1
1
...
13.69
6.99
Amaurosis ...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
13.69
6.99
Impaired vision
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
13.69
6.99
Eye diseases
...
...
1
...
1
14.28
...
6.99
Deafness
...
...
...
...
2
...
2
28.57
...
13.99
Palpitation of heart
...
...
2
...
2
28.57
...
13.99
Valvular disease of heart ...
...
...
2
2
...
27.39
13.99
Varicose veins
...
...
....
1
...
1
14.28
...
6.99
Hæmoptysis ...
...
1
...
1
14.28
...
6.99
Shortness of breath
...
...
1
...
1
14.28
...
6.99
Dyspepsia ...
...
..
...
...
1
1
..
13.69
6.99
Hernia
...
...
...
...
3
1
4
42.85
13.69
27.97
Diarrhœa ...
...
...
...
1
...
1
14.28
...
6.99
Fistula
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
14.28
...
6.99
Stricture of the urethra ...
...
...
1
1
...
13.69
6.99
Albuminuria ...
. . . . . .
...
1
1
...
13.69
6.99
Hydrocele ...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
13.69
6.99
Synovitis ...
...
...
...
1
...
1
14.28
...
6.99
Abscess
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
14.28
...
6.99
Psoriasis ...
...
...
...
1
...
1
14.28
...
6.99
Ulcer
...
...
...
3 ...
3
42.85
...
20.98
Itch ...
...
...
...
1
1
...
13.69
6.99
General debility ... ...
...
18
25
43
257.14
342.46
300.69
Old age and debility
...
...
11
1
12
157.14
13.69
83.85
Old age
...
...
...
6
6
...
82.19
41.96
Old and worn out ... ...
9
...
9
128.57
...
62.94
Fracture
...
...
...
1
1
...
13.69
6.99
Sprain
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
14.28
...
6.99
Concussion of brain ...
. . .
... 1
1
...
13.69
6.99
Unknown ...
...
...
...
14
14
...
191.78
97.90
Total ...
70
73
143
Diseases of Men sent on Sick Certificate during the Year.
Diseases.
On Sick
Certificate. Died.
Diseases.
On Sick
Certificate. Died.
Simple continued fever
...
2
... Diarrhœa
...
...
...
5
2
Ague ...
...
...
...
29
4 Splenitis ...
...
...
...
1
...
Rheumatism ...
...
...
5
... Albuminuria
...
...
...
2
2
Secondary syphilis
...
2
... Periostitis ...
...
...
2
...
Phthisis pulmonalis ...
1
... Synovitis ...
...
...
...
1
...
Anæmia ...
...
...
...
1
1 Inflammation cellular tissue ...
1
...
Paralysis ... ...
...
2
... Ulcer ...
...
...
...
2
...
Hemiplegia
...
...
...
1
... Itch
...
...
...
...
1
...
Facial paralysis ...
... 3
... General debility ...
...
...
5
...
Dilatation of heart ...
...
1
... Unknown
...
...
...
2
...
Bronchitis ... ... ...
3
...
Dysentery
...
...
...
7
1
Total ...
79
10