Vaccination,
regimental.
By public
vaccinators.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF MADRAS.
Cholera.
Cholera may be said to have been prevalent more or less in Secunderabad, in the city of
Hyderabad, and in the Hyderabad Assigned Districts during the greater part of the year. The
epidemic may be regarded as a continuation of the epidemic from the previous year.
The following table will show the number of attacks and deaths among the Native troops,
their families, camp-followers, and in the cantonment of Secunderabad.
Troops
...
...
...
...
...
Attacks.
Deaths.
23
10
Families ...
...
...
...
... 21
10
Camp-followers ...
...
...
9
6
Total ... 53
26
Small-pox.
In the cantonment of Secunderabad there were 173 attacks among males and 144 among
females, with 93 and 75 deaths respectively. Apart from the different opinions that exist as to
the beneficial results of quarantine, and which would probably prevent any such arrangement
being carried out unless all the authorities concerned, Political, Military, Civil and Medical,
not only m Secunderabad and Chudderghaut but also in the " city " of Hyderabad itself, were
all of one mind. There is the fact that Hyderabad is nearly always in a chronic state of cholera,
and that a quarantine has never been established here, the reason being perhaps its utter
impracticability owing to the open situation of the cantonment, its accessibility from all sides
not being confined to roads, and the constant stream of intercourse between the three mentioned
places.
Small-poxw a s t h e c a u s e o f o n e a d m i s s i o n i n t o t h e h o s p i t a l o f t h e 3 r d L i g h tI
n f a n t r y ;
the patient made a good recovery, though as a sequel he suffered from interstitial corneitis of
both eyes. He had been twice vaccinated unsuccessfully some years ago.
Six cases were admitted into the hospital of the 40th Native Infantry. All these cases
had been previously successfully vaccinated; the disease was of a modified type ; all made good
recoveries.
Vaccination, regimental.—Vaccination has been steadily carried on during the year.
The number of vaccinations by Medical Subordinates, as shown by the returns, was 1,40,4 of
which 1,086 or 77.35 were successful.
By public vaccinators. —The number of operations performed by the public vaccinators
was 4,411, against 4,460 in 1875. Of these operations 3,956 or 89.68 per cent. were successful.
Lock hospital.
Lock hospital. —The working of the lock-hospital during the year shows a slight
decrease in the admissions of European troops for venereal disease as also a slight decrease in
the admissions of public women as compared with the year 1875.
There were 487 admissions for venereal disease into the European hospitals in an average
strength of 3,243 Europeans against 511, with a strength of 2,282, in 1875, giving a ratio of
admissions per mille of strength of 150.17 against 224.36 in 1875.
In 1876 there were 179 admissions from primary syphilis, 71 from secondary syphilis, and
219 from gonorrhœa, against 201.72 and 223 in 1875.
On the 1st January 1876 there were 117 prostitutes on the register in the Trimulgherry
and Secunderabad bazaars; 50 were added during the year, making a total of 167 ; of this number
46 either absconded or removed their names, leaving a balance of 121 on the 31st December
1876.
As already stated, there has been a slight decrease in the number of admissions among the
prostitutes into the lock, 250 against 300 in 1875, with a daily average number sick of 11
a g a i n s t 2 3 3 / 1 1 i n 1 8 7 5 . Av e r a g e d a i l y n u mb e r o f d a y s i n h o s p i t a l ,1 7 a g a i n s t 2 6 i n 1 8 7 5 .
The following table shows the number of admissions into the lock to the total number
registered for 1874-75 and 1876 :—
Years.
Prostitutes. Admissions.
Per Mille.
1874 ...
. . .
127
161
1267.71
1875 ...
...
160
300
1875.00
1876 ...
...
167
250
1497.00
There has been an increased vigilance on the part of the Police in discovering and appre-
hending women suspected of cohabiting clandestinely with soldiers ; but until registration is
rendered compulsory on the part of all women who consort with soldiers, and additional
detective police are employed and a still stricter supervision on their part exacted, I fear there
will be but slight chance of diminishing, to any appreciable extent, disease amongst the
European soldiers, as there can be little or no doubt that the majority of venereal diseases
arise from the soldiers cohabiting with unregistered women.