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24 cases, with a mortality of 6. In the wing of the 13th N. I. at Ahmedabad 12
cases and 2 deaths occurred, and in the 1st Grenadiers at the same station there
were 5 cases and 2 deaths. Amongst the troops at Rájkot there were 6 cases
and 2 deaths, and in the detachment of the 28th at Dwárka 1 case occurred.
The Sind Army, which escaped altogether in 1875, suffered severely during the
past year. A fatal outbreak of cholera occurred in the troops of the Frontier
Field Force. In the Sind regiments of the force there were 68 cases, with 35
deaths ; 33 cases and 21 deaths occurred in the 30th N. I., 26 cases and 9 deaths
in the 3rd Sind Horse, and 9 cases and 5 deaths in the company of Native
Artillery.
14. An increase is again shown in the total treated for rheumatic affections.
For the year under report they amounted to 1,665, as
compared with 1,588 for the preceding year ; in each
year there were 4 deaths. In the Presidency division there were 260 treated, in
the Poona division 392, in the Northern division 822, and in Sind 191. The
corresponding figures for 1875 were 203, 595, 675, and 115. The percentage of
treated to strength for the Presidency, Poona, Northern, and Sind divisions was
8.1, 5.2, 9.2, and 6.3, respectively ; whilst the figures for 1875 were 6.1, 7.3,
7 . 8 a n d 4 . 0 . T h e 2 0 t h N . I . a t B o m b a y , t h e 1 7 t h a t S u r a t , t h e 2 2 n d a t B a r o d a , a n d
the 28th at Rájkot have had the largest proportion of admissions from this class
of affections. The remarks made at the latter part of paragraph 22 of the
History for 1875 apply equally well to the year now under report.
15. It is satisfactory to note a decrease in the total number treated for syphi
-lis. The figures for 1876 and the preceding year are,
for the Presidency division 97 and 92, respectively ; for
the Poona division 193 and 213; for the Northern division 142 and 155; and for
Sind 74 and 81 ;the respective totals for both Years being 506 and 541. The per
-centage of treated to strength for 1876 was for each of the divisions 3.0, 2.5, 1.5,
and 2.4, respectively ; while the corresponding figures for the year previous were
2.7, 2.6, 1.8, and 2.8. The increase shown for the Presidency division is due
to the greater prevalence of syphilis in the regiments stationed at Bombay. In
the 21st N. I., for example, the percentage of treated to strength was 5.9 ; the year
before it was 4.1. Although the total treated for the Poona division is somewhat
less, yet the number of cases in the regiments stationed at Poona itself has in-
creased. In 1875 there were 88 cases, while in the year under report there were
101. The 26th N. I. shows a percentage of treated to strength of 8.1. The
regiments at Sholápur and Ahmednagar show a larger proportion of cases than
do those stationed at the other Deccan towns—Poona, of course, excepted. In the
army of the Northern division the 11th N. I. at Bhuj and the 10th at Mehidpur
had the largest number of cases. In Sind there has been less disease in the 27th
N. I. at Hyderabad, but more amongst the regiments stationed at Jacobabad.
16. The total number treated for scorbutic affections is slightly above that
for 1875. For the past and the preceding year the
figures are 203 and 198, respectively. In the Presidency,
Poona, and Sind divisions there has been a decrease. The regiment (6th N. I.) at
Aden has, as usual, been the greatest sufferer. In the Northern division the
number treated has risen from 82 in 1875 to 99 in the year under report. The
majority of the cases in this division occurred in the 7th and 28th N. I. at Rájkot,
the former showing 24 admissions and the latter 34. In the preceding year the
numbers treated for scurvy in these regiments were 5 and 1, respectively.
17. The total treated for this class of diseases was 1,493, but two more than
in the year previous. The mortality has, however, been
much greater ; it amounted to 55 for the year under
report, as compared with one of 43 in 1875. The
percentage of mortality to treated was for both years 3.6 and 2.8, respectively.
The number treated in the Presidency division has fallen from 320, including 9
Rheumatic affections.
Syphilis.
Scurvy.
Diseases of the respiratory
organs.