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GENERAL DISEASES.
Group A.
Sub-Group I.—Small-pox.—There were no admissions for this disease.
Other eruptive fevers caused 7 admissions, but no deaths.
Enteric fever occasioned 144 admissions and 35 deaths, compared with 139
cases and 44 deaths in 1886. Of these 144 cases, 91 were admitted at Secunder
-abad, and 16 of them were fatal. The great majority of the admissions for enteric
fever at this station were from the 7th Hussars, which had recently arrived from
England and in which there was a large proportion of very young men, the
barrack and latrine accommodation provided for the regiment being also reported
as defective.
At Bangalore there were 31 admissions with 11 deaths, indicating the greater
severity of the cases here than at Secunderabad. Bellary gave 8 admissions with
3 deaths, compared with one case for the previous year. At Kamptee there were
6 cases with 2 deaths; at Rangoon 2, one of which was fatal; at Malapuram 2
cases, compared with none for 1886. Belgaum, Wellington and St. Thomas' Mount
furnished only one admission each. One case was contracted on the line of march
from Belgaum to Bangalore.
Other continued fevers caused 708 admissions, compared with 1,257 for the
previous year.
Cholera.—There were 8 cases of cholera, of which 7 proved fatal. Four took
place at Secunderabad during an epidemic of the disease at that station, Hyderabad,
and neighbouring villages. Bangalore, Kamptee, and Thayetmyo furnished one
case each. One case fatal occurred out of hospital.
Dysentery caused 729 admissions and 10 deaths, giving a rate per 1000 of
average strength of 62.1 admissions and .85 deaths, compared with 68.8 and 2.68
respectively for 1886.
Three hundred and nine of the total admissions took place at Secunderabad,
giving a ratio of 108.57 per mille compared with 55.29 for the previous year. There
were no deaths at this station from this disease.
Bangalore division gave 156 admissions and 3 deaths, or a ratio per mille of
41.26 admissions and .79 deaths, compared with 24.54 and nil respectively in 1886.
There were 115 admissions and 2 deaths in Lower Burma, giving a ratio of
63.57 admissions and 1.11 deaths, compared with 116.28 admissions and 6.40
deaths for the previous year.
The ratios of admissions for the Eastern District, Southern District, and
Nagpore Force were 24.04, 50.06 and 18.16, respectively. There were 3 deaths in
the Eastern District, but none in the Southern District or Nagpore Force. The
causes are chiefly attributed to climate.
Sub-Group II .—Malarious fevers caused 1,632 admissions and 5 deaths,
compared with 1,573 cases and 8 deaths for 1886, or a ratio of 139.0 admissions
and .43 deaths against 140.5 and 0.71 respectively for 1886, Malarial fevers
prevailed chiefly in the Nagpore Force, British Burma Division, and Southern
District.
Sub-Group IV.—Under this head there were 2,954 admissions and 1 death, 918
being due to primary syphilis, 384 to secondary syphilis, and 1,652 to gonorrhœa,
compared with 1,079 primary syphilis, 378 secondary syphilis, and 1,710 gonorrhœa,
in 1886, or a ratio of admissions per 1000 for primary syphilis of 78.2, for secondary
32.7, and gonorrhœa 140.7, compared with 96.3, 33.8, and 152.7, respectively,
for the previous year.
The following table shows the ratios of admissions for primary syphilis,
secondary syphilis, and gonorrhœa per 1000 mean strength in Eastern District,
Secunderabad, Nagpore Force, and British Burma Division for 1886 and 1887:—