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MILITARY DEPARTMENT, 19TH SEPTEMBER 1877, No. 5279.
In this table 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 nine years is also exhibited for comparison.
Presidency Circle .—The admission ratio at St. Thomas' Mount approximates
closely to that of the preceding nine years. At all other stations, there is a
marked decrease,—specially so in the case of Bellary. Compared with the previous
nine years, the death rate shows a decrease everywhere—Trichinopoly excepted.
Mysore Circle .—Compared with the preceding nine years, the admission rates
show a reduction at all stations. At Cannanore and Malliapoorum the death
rates show a decided decrease, at Bangalore they are nearly identical, while at
Calicut they have doubled. The strength at the latter station (96) is, however,
very small, and the total deaths amounted to three only.
Hyderabad Circle.— All stations in this circle—Seetabuldee excepted—show
lessened admission rates as compared with the average of the previous nine years.
At Seetabuldee, the strength is small, viz., fifty. Results obtained from such limited
numbers must, therefore, be received with caution.
The death rate at Secunderabad—14.61—is less than in 1875 by 2.86, and less
than the average of the preceding nine years by 12.25. The death rate at Kamptee-
— 2 3 . 1 0 — e x c e e d s t h a t o f 1 8 7 5 b y 1 0 . 1 7 , a n d t h e a v e r a g e o f t h e p r e c e d i n g n i n e y e a r s b y
6.73. This is due to mortality from sunstroke. At Seetabuldee, although the
death rate seems large, there was only one death. Depôts excepted, Kamptee shows
the highest admission rate in the command, but it is less, by 60.90 per mille of
average strength, than in 1875.
Burmah Circle .—Tonghoo excepted, all stations in this circle show decreased
admission rates as compared with the average of the nine years preceding. The
death rates at Rangoon and Tonghoo are slightly in excess of the average, while at
Thayetmyo, there is a marked reduction,—the death rate being 5.93 per mille of
strength against 22.51.
Depôts.—These are shown separately. Ramandroog excepted, the admission
ratios are above the average of the preceding nine years,—specially so in the case of
Wellington, viz., 1961.97 against 1259.51. At Poonamallee, the death rate shows
a decrease; at Wellington, a marked increase;—the increase at the latter being due
to mortality from cholera. As in previous years, so in this, Poonamallee furnished
the highest admission rate in the command.
Invaliding.— The invaliding, as shown in Table B, has notably lessened, the total
numbers invalided being 478 against 593 in 1875. Of these, 356 were for change
and 122 for discharge, giving a total invaliding ratio of 42.94 per mille of strength,
compared with 52.79 in 1875, and 46.98 the average of the preceding eighteen years.
The bulk of the invaliding was caused by the following diseases, viz :—
Per Mille of Strength.
Diseases of the digestive system . . .
14.01
Debility
.
.
.
9.16
Constitutional diseases . . .
8.26
Nervous system . . .
3.86
Circulatory system . . .
3.05
All other causes . . .
4 . 6 0
Total . . .
42.94
St. Thomas' Mount and Trichinopoly give the highest ratios—the former
reaching 87.98, the latter 82.40—but both are considerably under the highest ratios
of the previous year.