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18. In Statements VIII and IX which follow, is exhibited the sickness and
mortality as it has affected the units of the Army. These tables have now
been prepared for several years, and have at all times exercised a superficial
interest in ascertaining the precise condition of individual regiments ; but it is
certain that no scientific results can ever be drawn from this breaking up, as
it were, of the general body of figures, and it is not intended to continue these
tables beyond the current year. As a simple fact, the deductions go no further
than the data recorded. In Table IX, for example, of 1877 we find the 4th Bengal
Cavalry at Meerut to have had the cleanest bill of health in the whole service,
and in 1878 the 39th Native Infantry and the 9th Bengal Cavalry are both
very low indeed in the whole scale ; but it may be confidently predicted that
in 1879 the 38th Native Infantry at Meerut will show very nearly the worst
of all-a result fur which that cantonment is in no way responsible. And.
similarly, the healthy stations of Derah Doon and Agra will have their statis-
tics weighted heavily with fevers contracted at Larnaka, in Cyprus, by the 13th
Native Infantry and 2nd Goorkhas respectively.
STATEMENT No. VIII.
Showing the Regiments of the Native Army in order of Sickness:
Corps.
Station.
S e r i a l n u mb e r . A d mi s s i o n 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 .
D a i l y s i c k p e r c e n t . o f s t r e n g t h .
Corps.
Station
S e r i a l n u mb e r .
A d m i s s i o n 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 .
D a i l y s i c k p e r c e n t . o f s t r e n g t h .
3rd P. L. F. B ... Quetta
... 1 545.8 2 12.85 11th B. C.
... Nowshera
... 52 167.3 45 4.9
1st P. L. F. B ... Kohat
...
2 430. 21 6.96 10th N. I. L. W. ... Dacca
... 53 161.4 43 4.99
2nd P. C.
... Rajanpur
...
3 321.8 3 10.95 6th N. I.
... Lucknow
... 54 158. 24 6.68
9th N. I.
... Meean Meer ... 4 316.7 5 9.98 29th N. I.
... Talagang
... 55 156.7 64 4.09
32nd N. I.
... Quetta
...
5 310.9 76 3.60 V. B. Guard
... Debra Dun ... 56 152.5 52 4.64
Guides
... Mardan
...
6 304.8 4 10.36 10th B. C.
... Umballa
... 57 152.5 39 5.5
1st P. I.
... Quetta
...
7 297. 11 8.1 45th N. I.
...
Alipor
e
. . .
58 149.3 79 3.49
5th P. I.
... Kohat
...
8 289.3 19 7.19 44th N. I. R. W. ... Shillong
... 59 149.2 49 4.72
7th N. I.
... Peshawur
...
9 286.9 31 6.07 4th N. I.
... Lucknow
... 60 145.1 58 4.38
4th P. I.
... Edwardesabad 10 277.2 35 5.93 28th N. I. R. W. ... Moradabad ... 61 145.1 68 4.
22nd N. I.
... Peshawur
... 11 271.3 12 7.85 43rd N. I.
... Dibrooghur ... 62 142.2 71 3.92
38th N. I.
... Barrackpore ... 12 269.7 1 14.03 Bhopal Battalion ... Sehore
... 63 141.7 90 3.02
12th N. I.
... Jullundur
... 13 262.4 16 7.38 10th N. I. R. W.
...
Julpigoree . . .
64 140.9 59 4.34
3rd P. C.
... Edwardesabad 14 256.8 36 5.91 23rd N. I.
... Simla
... 65 140.6 74 3.71
2nd P. I.
... Kohat
... 15 247.9 18 7.24 4th Goorkhas
... Bukloh
... 66 139.4 60 4.29
19th N. I.
... Mooltan
... 16 242.7 30 6.09 24th N. I.
... Jhansi
... 67 138.2 88 3.07
1st S. I.
... Kohat
... 17 238.2 6 9.23 5th B. C.
... Nowgong . . .
68 136.5 95 2.91
14th N. I.
... Peshawur
... 18 237.3 32 6.04 19th B. C.
... Meean Meer ... 69 136.1 63 4.1
2nd S. I.
... Dera Ghazi Khan 19 236.7 14 7.77 42nd N. I.
... Shillong . . .
70 135.4 47 4.85
41st N. I.
... Morar
... 20 234.4 26 6.47 5th Goorkhas
... Abbottabad ... 71 135. 70 3.93
31st N. I.
... Jullundur
... 21 228.8 51 4.70 15th N. I.
... Sialkot
... 72 134.7 85 3.26
4th S. I.
... Dera Ismail
Khan.
22 223.4 23 6.70 4th P. C.
... Dera Ismail
Khan.
73 134.6 29 6.13
44th N. I. L. W.
Gauhati
... 23 221.1 20 7.11 21st N. I.
. . . Rawal Pindi ... 74 133.9 75 3.64
17th B. C.
... Peshawur
... 24 220.6 53 4.62 3rd B. C.
... Lucknow
... 75 130.3 69 3.93
Sappers
... Roorkee
... 25 215.3 42 5.08 4th B. C.
... Deolee
... 76 129.2 83 3.32
33rd N. I.
. . . Delhi
... 26 213.1 15 7.51 2nd N. I.
... Fyzabad
... 77 127.5 89 3.07
3rd P. I.
... Dera Ismail
Khan.
27 212.5 33 6.04 2nd P. L. F. B. ... Abbottabad
....
78 126.5 27 6.46
16th B. C.
. . . Allahabad ... 79 124.1 81 3.46
4th P. L. F. B.... Abbottabad ... 28 211.8 62 4.2 Deolee I. Force ... Deolee
... 80 123.1 54 4.61
36th N. I.
... Barrackpore ... 29 210.1 41 5.45 Erinpoora I. Force
Erinpoora
... 81 122.9 78 3.51
1st P. C.
... Dera Ghazi Khan 30 209.8 44 4.92 1st C. I. H.,
... Augur
... 82 120.4 80 3.47
18th N. I.
... Baxa
... 31 209.3 8 8.29 3rd Goorkhas
... Almora
... 83 120.4 73 3.75
26th N. I.
... Meean Meer ... 32 209.2 7 8.64 16th N. I.
... Fort William ... 84 119.6 96 2.89
30th N. I.
... Ferozepore ... 33 208.1 34 5.99 2nd C. I. H.
... Goona
... 85 117.4 82 3.35
27th N. I.
. . . Nowshera
... 34 207. 56 4.56 34th N. I.
... Allahabad
... 86 116.9 87 3.12
14th B. C.
... Peshawur
... 35 202.1 67 4.
15th B. C.
... Cawnpore
... 87 116.4 61 4.21
5th P. C.
... Kohat
... 36 201.9 37 5.76 40th N. I.
... Gorakhpur ... 88 110.8 57 4.5
1st Goorkhas ... Dhurmsala ... 37 201.1 22 6.89 6th P. I.,
.. Abbottabad ... 89 100.8 65 4.06
35th N. I.
... Cachar
... 38 199.5 17 7.26 3rd N. I.
... Dinapore
... 90 100.5 102 2.31
11th N. I.
... Rawal Pindi ... 39 192.1 46 4.88 13th B. C.
... Rawal Pindi ... 91 100.1 86 3.18
5th Garrison Batty. Kohat
... 40 192.1 28 6.17 9th B. C.
... Meerut
... 92 95.4 55 4.59
17th N. I.
... Morar
... 41 191.6 40 5.48 7th B. C.
. . . Morar
... 93 90.3 91 3.
8th N. I.
... Agra
... 42 187.7 13 7.82 1st N. I.
... Benares
... 94 86.8 93 2.94
20th N. I.
... Peshawur
... 43 184. 84 3.30 Malwa B. C.
... Sirdarpore ... 95 85.4 101 2.43
3rd S. I.
... Edwardesabad 44 183.9 9 8.17 5th N. I.
... Bhagulpore ... 96 83.5 94 2.92
12th B. C.
... Jhelum
... 45 182.8 77 3.52 28th N. I. L. W. ... Shahjehanpore 97 82.6 97 2.59
13th N. I.
... Agra
... 46 181.1 10 8.14 6th B. C.
... Sitapore
... 98 76.9 72 3.77
8th B. C.
... Mooltan
... 47 180. 38 5.68 18th B. C.
... Bareilly
... 99 75.5 92 2.99
Meywar B. Corps Kherwarra ... 48 179.9 66 4.02 1st B. C.
... Sialkot
... 100 68.9 98 2.57
2nd Goorkhas ... Dehra Dun ... 49 177.2 50 4.72 37th N. I.
... Bareilly
... 101 67.1 99 2.53
Mhairwara Battn. Ajmere
... 50 172.5 25 6.54 2nd B. C.
... Segowlie
... 102 66.3 100 2.46
25th N. I.
... Umballa
... 51 167.9 48 4.78 39th N. I.
... Meerut
... 103 54.3 103 2.00
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