MILITARY DEPARTMENT, 8TH SEPTEMBER 1879, No. 5000.
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In Table E are shown the average strength, average daily sick, admissions and
deaths at the several stations and circles, and the average admission and death rate
for the preceding ten years is also exhibited for comparison.
Compared with the average admission and death rates of the ten preceding
years, the following results are noted in the various circles, viz. :—
Presidency Circle. —Admission-rate increased at Fort St. George, Trichinopoly,
and Bellary, specially in the latter ; decreased at St. Thomas' Mount. Death-rate
increased at Trichinopoly and Bellary ; decreased at St. Thomas' Mount and Fort
St. George.
Mysore Circle.—Admission-rate increased at Cannanore and Calicut ; decreased
at Bangalore and Maliyapuram. Death-rate increased at Cannanore, Calicut; and
Maliyapuram ; a decrease is noted at Bangalore only.
Hy
derabad Circle. —Admission-rates increased at Secunderabad and Seeta
-buldee ; decreased at Kamptee. Death-rate shows a slight increase at Secunderabad
and Kamptee. No death occurred at Seetabuldee.
Burmah Circle. —Admission-rate increased at all stations, specially at Port
Blair. Death-rate increased at Rangoon and Tonghoo ; decreased at Thyetmyo
and Port Blair.
Depôts.— At Poonamallee and Wellington the admission-rates are under the
average of the ten years preceding. At Ramandroog it is much in excess. The
death-rate shows an increase at Poonamallee and Ramandroog ; a decrease at
Wellington. Only one death occurred at Ramandroog during 1878.
Depôts excluded, Seetabuldee contributed the highest admission-rate of any
station in the command, viz., 2187.50 per mile, exceeding that furnished by the
same station in 1877 by 473.21 per mile. There were 105 admissions against 84
in 1877. No disease was specially prevalent. The strength of the troops at this
station is small, viz., 48. No death occurred. Bellary furnished the next highest
admission-rate, viz., 1849.25 per mile, exceeding that in 1877 by 378.24. This
increase was due to the prevalence of febrile diseases ; there being 340 cases of
simple continued fever against 58 in 1877, 406 of ague against 103, and 146 of
remittent fever against none in the previous year. The death-rate at this station,
12.66 per mile, shows an increase of 3.19. Five deaths were recorded from fevers
against one in 1877. St. Thomas' Mount, Trichinopoly, and Maliyapuram are
the only stations showing reduced admission-rates. At Tonghoo the rate was
identical with that of 1877. At all other stations it has increased. The death-rate
has increased at all stations, Fort St. George, St. Thomas' Mount, Bangalore,
Thyetmyo, and Port Blair excepted. The reduced admission-rate at St. Thomas'
Mount occurs chiefly in febrile affections and diseases of the digestive system; at
Trichinopoly in the same classes, and at Maliyapuram solely in fevers, of which
there was not a single case during the year. The increased admission-rate at
Fort St. George is due to a greater prevalence of ague, primary syphilis, debility,
and diseases of the respiratory system ; at Bangalore chiefly to febrile affections ;
at Cannanore mainly to venereal disease, diseases of the digestive and cutaneous
systems and debility ; at Calicut to gonorrhœa and dysentery ; at Secunderabad to
febrile and venereal affections, diseases of the digestive system, and cholera. There
were at this station 265 admissions for simple continued fever against 60 in 1877 ;
298 for febricula against 197 ; and 360 for ague against 232 ; 395 of dysentery
against 144 ; 168 of hepatitis against 118; and 18 of cholera against 7 in the year
preceding. At Kamptee the increase is due to febrile, syphilitic, and bronchial
affections. The increase at Thyetmyo is due to febricula and ague; at Port Blair
to ague, affections of the respiratory and digestive systems, and trifling injuries.
It is stated that at Port Blair admissions to hospital increased considerably after
the introduction of the new canteen rules. The reduction in the death-rate at Fort
St. George is slight. No death occurred from cholera, which furnished three in the
year preceding. At St. Thomas' Mount there were five deaths from all causes against