XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.—Strength of the regiment :—
Present
. . .
.
.
.
.
. .
. . 719.59
Absent
. . . . . .
.
. 3 3 . 3 7
Total . .
7 5 2 . 9 6
Slickness,
mortalit y a n d i n v a l i d i n g .
78
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL,
STATION.
Head-quarters at Agra .
PERIOD.
Strength.
507.64
TOTAL NUMBE OF
OF
Daily
a v e r a g e n u mb e r o f s i c k .
14.72
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH PER ANNUM.
From
1st Jan. 1878
To
22nd April 1878
Admis- sions.
93
Deaths
1
Admi s-si
ons.
59.70
D e a t h s .
.61
Daily aver age s i ck.
2.90
Head-quarters in transit to
Bombay and on S.S.
Bengal.
23rd April „ 28th May „ 513.68
31
. . .
5.33 61.13
. . . 1.03
Head-quarters and both
Wings at Malta.
29th May „ 17th July „ 698.72 149
1 34.48 155.63 1.02 4.93
Head-quarters on board S.S.
Bengal.
18th July „ 26th ,, ,, 498.
13 ...
22.22 105.85 ...
4. 46
H ead-quarters and both Wings
at Larnaka, Cyprus.
27th ,, ,, 1st Aug. „ 696.
10
2 17.16 70.32 17.03 2.46
Head-quarters and both Wings
at Baffo, Cyprus.
2nd Aug. „ 21st „ „ 692.2
86 ...
22.85 226.66...
3.30
Head-quarters on board S.S.
Macedonia and by rail to
Agra.
22nd „ „ 23rd Sept. „ 370.03 136
2 54.21 403.44 5.97 14.65
Head-quarters and both
Wings at Agra.
24th Sept. „ 31st Dec. „ 620.76 573
6 125.44 3403.0 3.54 20.29
Detachment at Fattehgarh . 1st Jan. „ 22nd April ,, 154.37 18 . . .
4.41 37.99 ...
2.85
Ulwar
Ditto . . 22nd Feb. , ,
53.
12 ...
3. 155.91 ...
5.66
Part of Left Wing on board
S.S. Oriflamme proceed-
ing to Malta from Bom-
bay.
28th Apri1 „ 28th May ,, 200.
16 ...
3.19 94.2 ...
1. 59
Part of Left Wing on board
S.S. Goa proceeding to
Cyprus.
18th July ,, 26th July „ 200.
2 ...
2.77 40.55 ...
1.38
Left Wing on board S.S.
Trinacria and en route
to Agra.
22nd Aug. „ 25th Sept. „ 333.
101
.3 30.97 316.30 9.38 9.30
Depôt at Agra . .
. 23rd April „ 23rd „ „
92.43
56
. . .
5.83 143.58 ...
6.30
Detachment at Muttra
. 15th Nov. „ 31st Dec. „
42.
7 ...
2.42 130.85 ...
5.76
TOTAL . .
...
...
719.59 1,303
15 58.62 181.07j 2.08 8.14
Number of deaths in hospital 15 ; out of hospital 2; total
17 ; per cent, of total strength . 2.25
„ invalided
. . . . . . . .
22 ; „
. 2.92
„ sent on sick leave . . . . . . .
55 ; ,,
, ,
. 7.30
„ of days spent in hospital 21,280; per admission . 16.33; per man of total strength
. 28.26
,,
„ . on sick leave 2,814 ; per man . . 51.16; „
, ,
. 3.73
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . 31.99
Principal
causes of
sickness.
Principal
causes of
mortality.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.—As may be gathered from the foregoing paragraphs,
fevers have occupied by far the most prominent place. There were 787 admissions from these
alone, 765 being ague a, 13 ague b, and 9 remittent fever. Next in order comes dysentery
118 (of which 61 cases occurred in the six weeks at Malta). Primary syphilis occupies the
third place with 39 admissions ; and boils next with 36. Acute bronchitis 22; most of:
these occurred in men already debilitated by fever. General debility also, chiefly the result of
fever, gave 21 admissions. After these come blistered feet 20; and catarrhal opthalmia and
chronic rheumatism, each 19. Gonorrhœa contributed 17 to the total. No other disease was
specially prominent.
XVII. Principal causes of mortality.—There were 17 deaths; 15 in, and 2 out of hospital.
Of the former, 4 were due to pneumonia; 2 to remittent and 4 to intermittent fever; 1 to mania,
supervening upon remittent fever; 1 to encephalitis; 1 to phthisis; 1 to dysentery; and 1 to gun-
shot wound (1070) of abdomen, homicidal. Of the 2 deaths out of hospital, I was gunshot