deaths, to 123 and 4 deaths. In the Poona division there were 463 treated, with
a mortality of 13, as compared with a treated of 443 and 6 deaths in 1875. The
8th and 26th N. I. at Poona, the 14th at Belgaum, and the 3rd at Kolhápur, had
the greatest number of admissions. In the Northern division the total treated for
lung diseases has risen from 586 in 1875 to 727 in the year under report ; the
respective mortalities were 13 and 9. The 24th N.I. at Neemuch and the 25th
at Mhow have again suffered a good deal. The two regiments at Ahmedabad
show also a considerable number of admissions. In Sind there has been a total
treated of 180 and a mortality of 29, or a percentage of deaths to treated of 16.1.
This large death-rate is chiefly due to the prevalence of pneumonia amongst the
troops stationed in Upper Sind. For 1875 the corresponding figures were 142,
15, and 10.5.
18. For diarrhœa the total treated numbered 779 with 10 deaths, and for
dysentery 738 and 8 deaths. In 1875 the treated for
each disease was 706 and 635, and the mortality 7 and 2,
respectively. The whole of the increase occurred in Sind. The percentage of
deaths to treated in the latter disease has risen considerably. In both diseases the
greatest mortality was amongst the troops of the Sind division, there having been
7 deaths from diarrhœa and 5 from dysentery, out of a total mortality for the
whole Presidency of 10 and 8, respectively. In the Presidency division there
were 133 treated for diarrhœa, and 130 for dysentery. In the 17th N. I. at Surat,
76 admissions are shown for the latter disease, and in the 6th at Aden 21. In
the Poona Division there has been a very slight increase in both totals. The
15th N. I. at Ahmednagar appears to have suffered most from each disease. In
the Northern division the number treated for diarrhœa has fallen, while that for
dysentery has risen slightly. The greatest number of admissions from the last
-named disease were in the regiments at Ahmedabad and Mhow, and in the 28th
N. I. at Rájkot. In Sind diarrhœa and dysentery prevailed most amongst the
troops of the Frontier Field Force, and for the whole division the respective
numbers treated for each disease were 204 and 123 ; the corresponding figures
for 1875 were 82 and 61.
19. There is a satisfactory decrease in the total treated for this affection.
During the past year the number was 136, as compared
with 217 for the preceding year. In the Presidency
division, out of 16 cases half occurred in the 17th N. I. at Surat, and 3 in the 21st
at Bombay. In the Poona division the total has fallen from 130 to 37. The
12th N. I. at Dharwar, which in 1875 showed 64 admissions, had in the past year
only 14 ; in 1874 there were 142 cases. In the Northern Division the treated
numbered 66 only—2 less than in 1875. Cases occurred at nearly all the stations.
In Sind the admissions have risen from 5 to 17, 9 occuring in the 29th at
Kurrachee.
20. There has been a slight decrease in the total treated for injuries—2,984
as compared with 3,073 for the year 1875. The greatest
number of admissions occur, as usual, in the regiments
engaged at line-building and in reliefs and movements. The first-mentioned
cause gave rise to a considerable number of cases of contusion in the 8th N. I.
at Poona. With one or two exceptions, all the cases of injury recorded are
slight, either from ill-fitting shoes or from the unskilful handling of tools at line-
building.
21. The comparative salubrity of the military stations as regards their climate
and general surroundings, can be judged to a certain
extent from the sickness and mortality returns of the
various regiments. The notorious unhealthiness of
Upper Sind and Mehidpur has been already fully dilated upon in previous
reports. I beg, however, to draw attention to the remarks made by Deputy
Surgeon-General Wyllie on the latter station, in his note on the medical report
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Bowel diseases.
Guinea-worm.
Injuries and contusions.
Effects of climate on
health.