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division 3,083, in the Northern division 5,111, and in Sind 2,844—the numbers
for the year before being 1,280, 2,938, 4,375, and 1,973, respectively. These
figures show an increase all round, and a very considerable one, indeed, for the
Northern and Sind divisions. The percentage borne by malarious fevers to the
total treated for all diseases was, for the Presidency division, 43.0, for Poona
41.2, for the Northern division 44.6, and for Sind 54.0—the respective percentages
for the year previous being 35.2, 37.7, 39.7, and 52.8. In the Presidency
division the 17th N. I. at Surat, the 20th at Bombay, the detachment of the 21st
at Bassadore, and the Aden Troop at Khor Muksar, show the largest proportion
of cases. In the 17th N. I., with a strength of 631.6 and a total treated for all
diseases of 1,212, the percentage of malarious fevers to total treated was 56.4,
and the number of cases 684, including 3 deaths. In the 20th Regiment there
were 209 cases in a total treated of 749, in the Aden Troop 98 in 160, and in the
detachment at Bassadore 139 in 198. In the Poona division the regiments stationed
at Poona have, as usual, suffered the mostseverely, particularly the 5th and 8th; the
former, with a strength of 589, had 784 cases out of a total treated of 1,119, while
the latter had 648 cases in a total treated of 1,337. The other two regiments,
the 1st Lancers and the 26th N. I., suffered to a less extent. The troops in the
other parts of this division have not been affected more than usual. In the
Northern division the detachment at Barda Choki shows, as is generally the case, the
largest proportion of admissions from fever. The figures for the head-quarters
of the 10th N. I. at Mehidpur show forcibly the very malarious conditions exist--
ing that station. With a strength of 378, and a total treated of 1,096, there
were 734 cases of fever, equal to a percentage on treated of 66.9, as compared with
one of 54.1 for the preceding year. The detachment of this regiment at Agar
shows also a very large number of admissions from fever, contracted, no doubt,
at Mehidpur. The 24th N. I. at Neemuch, the 16th at Nusseerabad, the 9th at
and the 1st and 13th at Ahmedabad, were also very considerable sufferers
from malarious fevers, the 16th N. I, especially; it shows a percentage to total
treated of 65.2. In the Sind division all the regiments, with the exception of
the 3rd Sind Horse, suffered more severely from fever than they did in 1875.
For the year under report the 29th N. I. at Kurrachee shows 342 cases, the 27th
at Hyderabad 594, while the 30th N. I. and the 1st and 2nd regiments of Sind.
Horse at Jacobabad show 687, 436, and 220 cases, respectively. The correspond--
ing figures for the year previous were 324, 275, 437, 367, and 129. The 3rd
Sind Horse had 402 cases, a few less than in 1875. The remarks made in the
preceding paragraph regarding the unhealthiness of Upper Sind are amply borne
out by the figures given above.
12. During the past year 57 cases of small-pox were treated, as compared with
10 cases in 1875. One death occurred. In the Presi
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dency division there were 12 cases— 4 in the 20th N. I.,
and 1 in the 4th Rifles at Bombay, and 7, with 1 death, in the wing of the 7th at
Tanna. In the Poona division 27 cases occurred in the regiments stationed at
Poona, 4 in the 13th N. I. at Málegaon, and 1 each in the regiment at Belgaum,
Kolhápur, and Dharwar. In the Northern division there were two cases in the
11th at Bhuj, 3 in the 23rd, and 1 in the 25th at Mhow, and 1 each in the
wings at Agar and Indor. In Sind there were only 3 cases altogether; they
occurred in the 27th N. I. at Hyderabad.
13. This disease appeared in all the divisions; during the year under report
112 cases were treated, 53 of them proving fatal. In the
previous year cholera was confined to the Poona and
Northern divisions, 120 cases having been treated, with a mortality of 71. In the
Presidency division there were 13 cases and 8 deaths— 2, both fatal, occurred in
the 20th N. I. at Bombay, and 11, with 6 deaths, in the 17th, at Surat. In the
Poona division 7 cases, including 4 deaths, occurred. There was 1 each in the
Sappers at Kirkee and 2nd Grenadiers at Belgaum; 2 cases, both fatal, in the 12th,
at Dharwár; and 3 in the 19th, at Sholápur. In the Northern division there were
Small-pox.
Cholera.