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MILITARY DEPARTMENT, 18TH SEPTEMBER 1878, No. 4838.
H.
Corps.
A v e r a g e A n n u a l S t r e n g t h .
A d m i t t e d i n t o H o s - p i t a l .
D e a t h s i n t h e C o m - m a n d .
Invalided. Ratio per 1,000 of
Strength of
A d mi s s i o n s i n t o H o s - p i t a l .
Deat hs.
I n v a l i d s .
MTHS.
Royal Engineers
33
1
3
30·30 90·91
Head Quarters at Bangalore
12
CAVALRY.
12th Lancers
431
485
11
8 1125·29 25·52
18·56 Secunderabad (arrived on 4th
February)
11
14th Hussars
458
529
10
32 1155·02 21·83
69·87 Bangalore
12
Total
889 1,014
21
40 1140·61 23·62
44·99
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
B/B, late B/C, R. H. Arty.
156
233
2
12 1493·59 12·82
76·92 Secunderabad
12
C/B, „ C/C, do.
171
183
3
6 1070·16 17·54
35·09 Bangalore
12
H/1st „ A/9th Royal Arty. 157
194
2
6 1235·57 12·74
38·22 Secunderabad
12
K/lst „ C/9th do.
149
234
8
7 1570·47 53·69
46·98 Bangalore 1½, on the march 1¾,
and Thayetmyo 8¾.
L/lst „ D/9th do.
153
216
1
12 1411·76 6·54
78·43 Trichinopoly
12
O/1st „ G/9th do.
153
203
2
4 1326·79 13·07
26·14 Thayetmyo 1¾, on the march 1½,
and St. Thomas' Mount 8¾.
A/6th „ A/20th do.
160
198
2
8 1237·50 12·50
50·00 St. Thomas' Mount 1½, and
Bangalore 10½.
B/6th „ B/20th do.
153
203
3
5 1326·79 19·61
32·68 Bellary
12
C/6th „ C/20th do.
148
241
3
9 1628·38 20·27
60·81 St. Thomas' Mount
12
D/6th „ D/20th do.
156
215
4
8 1378·21 25·64
51·28 Bangalore
12
E/6th „ E/20th do.
144
196
2
5 1361·11 13·89
34·72 Kamptee
12
F/6th „ F/20th do.
158
188
1
7 1189·87 6·33
44·30 Secunderabad
12
G/6th „ G/20th do.
151
258
1
10 1708·61 6·62
66·23 Kamptee
12
8/8th „ 1/5th do.
86
95
3
9 1104·65 34·88 104·65 Tonghoo
12
9/8th „ 2/5th do.
91
115
4 1263·74
43·96 Secunderabad 11½, and on the
march ½.
10/8th „ 3/5th do.
68
147
4
15 2161·76 58·82 220·59 Rangoon (arrived, March 1877) 9½
11/8th „ 4/5th do.
89
100
3
1123·59 33·71
St. Thomas' Mount (Detachment
at Madras 6 months) 12.
12/8th „ 5/5th do.
85
98
1
5 1152·94 11·76
58·82 Thayetmyo 12, Rangoon 12.
13/8th „ 6/5th do.
86
100
3
7 1162·79 34·88
81·40 Cannanore
12
14/8th „ 7/5th do.
86
103
3
8 1197·67 34·88
93·02 Tonghoo 11½, and on the march ½
2/9th „ 7/6th do.
22
22
1
1 1000·00 45·45
45·45 Rangoon
1 ½
Total
2,622 3,542
52
148 1350·88 19·83
56·44
INFANTRY.
2/16th Regiment
917 1,062
12
20 1158·12 13·09
21·81 Secunderabad
12
1/21st Fusiliers
807
778
20
49
964·06 24·78
60·72 Rangoon and Detachment at
Port Blair 11½, and on the
march ½.
33rd Regiment
758
907
7
33 1196·57 9·23
43·54 Kamptee (Detachment at See
-tabuldee)
12
43rd do.
848 1,246
10
33 1469·34 11·79
38·92 Bellary
12
44th do.
792 1,068
20
42 1348·48 25·25
53·03 Secunderabad 10¾, on the
march, ¾ and Thayetmyo ½.
45th do.
813
413
7
10
507·99 8·61
12·30 Bangalore
12
48th do.
837
860
12
35 1027·48 14·34
41·82 Cannanore (Detachments at
Calicut and Malliapooram)
12
67th do.
873
946
10
50 1083·62 11·45
57·27 Fort St. George (Detachment
at Trichinopoly)
12
Head-Quarters, 89th Regt.
507
388
6
50
765·29 11·83
60·46
Thayetmyo 112/3 and Rangoon 1/3.
Left Wing, 89th Regt.
320
366
8
1143·75 25·00
Tonghoo
12
Total
7,472 8,034
112
322 1075·21 14·99
43·09
This table shows the admissions, mortality and invaliding with the rates per
1,000 of strength of each corps serving in the Command.
Cavalry .—Compared with 1876, the admission, death and invaliding rates all
show an increase. The increased admission rate in the 14th Hussars was due to
the prevalence of venereal disease and to febrile affections. Syphilis and gonorrhœa
combined caused twenty-nine admissions in 1876 against 156 in 1877. Glandular