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STATEMENT No. IX.
Showing ate _Regiments of the Native Army in order of Mortality.
S e r i a l n u m b e r .
Corps.
Station.
D e a t h s p e r c e n t . o f s t r e n g t h .
S e r i a l n u m b e r .
Corps.
Station.
D e a t h s p e r c e n t o f s t r e n g t h .
1* 1† 38th N. I.
... Barrackpore
... 26.27 53* 65† 5th N. I.
... Bhagulpur
... 1.98
2
2 14th N. I.
...
Peshawur
...
12.59 54 68 14th B. C.
... Peshawur
... 1.94
3
3 41st N. I
..
. Morar
...
9.69 55 49 4th Goorkhas . . . Bukloh
... 1.76
4
4 1st S. I.
... Kohat
..._ 6.85 56 38 8th B. C.
... Mooltan
... 1.75
5
5 20th N. I
....
Peshawur
...
5.24 57 82 24th N. I.
... Jhansi
... 1'72
6
9 5th Gar. Batty. ... Kohat
... 4.99 58 46 Bhopal Battalion ... Sehore
... 1.71
7
6 1st P. I.
... Quetta
... 4.91 59 57 2nd N. I.
... Fyzabad
... 1.69
8
8 12th N. I.
... Jullundur
... 4.42 60 64 2nd C. I. H.
... Goona
... 1.62
9
7 2nd P. I.
... Kohat
..._ 4.18 61 53 17th N. I.
... Morar
... 1.56
10 13 7th N. I.
... Peshawur
... 4.11 62 61 7th B. C. ...
Ditto
... 1.55
11 11 17th 13. C.
...
Ditto
...
3.92 63 63 15th B. C.
...
Cawnpore
... 1.53
12 10 2nd P. C.
...
Rajanpur
...
3.91 64 95 28th N. I. R. W.
...
Moradabad
...
1.51.
13 16 27th N. I
...
Nowshera
...
3.72 65 56 Deolee I. Force
...
Deolee
... 1.48
14 12 25th N. I.
...
Umballa
...
3.67 66 73 Guides
... Mardan
... 1. 44
15 14 32nd N. I.
...
Quetta
...
3.54 67 47 6th N. I.
... Lucknow
... 1.42
16 15 2nd S. I
...
Dera Ghazi Khan
...
3.37 68 66 1st N. I.
... Benares
... 1.41
17 20 33rd N. I
...
Delhi
...
3.23 69 78 31st N. I.
... Jullundur
... 1.37
18 50 10th N. I. L. W. . . . Dacca
...
3.12 70 60 44th N. I. L. W. ... Gauhati
... 1.36
19 80 1st M. Batty. ... Kohat
...
3.08 71 76 Erinpoorah I. F. ... Erinpoorah
...
1.36
20 19 3rd P. I.
...
Dora Ismail Khan
...
3.03 72 81 10th B. C.
... Umballa
...
1.36
21 52 18th N. I
...
Baxa
...
3.02 73 62 4th P. I.
... Edwardesabad ... 1.36
22 17 4th S. I
....
Dora Ismail Khan ... 2.99 74 67 23rd N. I.
... Simla
... 1.28
23 45 36th N. I.
... Barrackpore
... 2.98 75 70 21st N. I.
... Rawal Pinch
... 1.28
24 37 9th N. I.
... Meean Meer
... 2.90 76 59 11th N. I.
... Ditto
... 1.26
25 18 19th B. C.
...
Ditto
...
2.80 77 71 Malwa B. Corps
...
Sirdarpore
... 1.25
26 27 2nd Goorkhas . . . Dehra Dun
... 2.76 78 72 43rd N. I.
... Dibrooghur
... 1.24
27 24 1st P. C.
... Dora Ghazi Khan ... 2.74 79 102 4th P. L. F. B. ... Abbottabad
... 1.22
28 42 45th N. I.
... Alipore
...
2.68 80 74 Sappers
... Roorkee
... 1.11
29 35 Meywar B. Corps ... Kherwarra
...
2.67 81 75 15th N. I.
... Sialkot
... 1.12
30 28 30th N. I.
...
Ferozepore
...
2.55 82 69 9th B. C.
...
Meerut
... 1.12
31 43 3rd P. L. F. B. . . . Quetta,
...
2.55 83 93 3rd B. C.
...
Lucknow
... 1.10
32 31 29th N. I. . . .
Talagang
...
2.52 84 77 6th P. I,
...
Abbottabad
... 1.07
33 23 5th P. I.
...
Kohat
...
2.50 85 83 34th N. I.
...
Allahabad
... 1.01
34 36 35th N. I. . .
Cachar
...
2.48 86 88 40th N. I.
...
Gorakpur
... .99
35 54 5th P. C.
...
Kohat
...
2.46 87 89 37th N. I.
...
Bareilly
... .98
36 21 44th N. I. R. W. ... Shillong
...
2.43 88 79 2nd 13. C.
... Segowlie
... .87
37 51 4th P. C.
... Dera Ismail Khan,.
...
2.40 89 84 12th B. C.
... Jhelum
... .87
38 22 19th N. I.
. . . Mooltan
...
2.40 90 86 13th 11. C.
... Rawal Pindi
... .85
39 32 26th N. I.
...
.
Meean Meer
... 2.40 91 90 3rd N. I.
... Dinapore
...
84
40 25 Mhairwarra Battn. ... Ajmere
...
2.40 92 96 3rd P. C.
... Edwardesabad ...
82
41 58 16th N. I.
...
Fort William
...
2.25 93 85 39th N. I.
... Meerut
... .71
42 29 13th N. I.
...
Agra
...
2.25 94 100 6th B. C.
Sitapore
... .67
43 30 42nd N. I.
...
Shillong
...
2.24 95 92 18th B.C.
... Bareilly
... .66
44 44 4th B. C.
... Deolee
... 2.19 96 87 2nd P. L. F. B. ... Abbottabad
... .61
45 39 11th B. C.
... Nowshera
... 2.15 97 97 4th N. I.
... Lucknow
... .58
46 55 3rd S. I.
.... Edwardesabad
...
2.15 98 91 16th B. C.
... Allahabad
... .44
47 34 22nd N. I.
...
Peshawar
... 2.14 99 94 1st B. C.
... Sialkot
... .43
48 26 5th Goorkhas ... Abbottabad
... 2.14 100 98 28th N. I. L. W. ... Shahjehanpore ...
.33
49 33 10th N. I. R. W ... Julpigoree
...
2.07 101 99 5th B. C.
...
Nowgong
...
.22
50 41 1st Goorkhas . . .
Dhurmsal
a ...
2.06 102 101 3rd Goorkhas
...
Almora
...
.14
51 48 1st C. I. H.
...
Augar
...
2.03 103 103 V. B. Guard
... Dehra Dun
... Nil.
52 40 8th N. I.
... Agra
... 2.00
* This serial number represents the order of the ratio of " total deaths " to " total strength."
† ,, ,, ,, ,, " deaths present," to " present strength."
19. The preceding remarks have been explanatory of the statistics of the
Native Army generally, and I shall now endeavour to extract the lessons of its
medical history for, however interesting the former may be as indications of ,
the precise conditions of health and disease which affect a body of men, their real
importance lies in the assistance to be derived from their study in ascertaining
the etiology and development of disease under modifications of life peculiar
to the native soldier, and the measures which should be adopted to ameliorate
the condition of the Army at large.
20. The commencement of active service and the invasions of Afghanistan
have given opportunities, which I am glad to acknowledge, for many excellent
topographical descriptions of new countries traversed by the Army on the
march. Surgeon-Major J. W. R. Johnston, M. D., has given, in the annual
report of the 3rd Goorkha Regiment, a most interesting and scientific account
of the geological tracts, the fauna, and the botany of Southern Afghanistan,