MILITARY DEPARTMENT, 18TH SEPTEMBER 1878, No. 4838.
Classification of the Diseases, Wounds and Infirmities of Men,&c.— (Continued.)
C l a s s .
O r d e r
Diseases and Defects.
Ages.
T o t a l
Period of Service.
Men who have served
Less than
A b o u t 2 0 Y e a r s .
T o t a l .
Un d e r 2 0 .
2 0 - 2 4 .
2 5 - 2 9 .
3 0 - 3 4 .
3 5 - 3 9 .
4 0 a n d u p w a r d s
1 Y e a r s .
5 Y e a r s .
1 0 Y e a r s .
1 5 Y e a r s .
2 0 Y e a r s .
2 13 Abscess cellular tissue . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
1
” 14 Eczema . . .
. . . 2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
Ulcer . . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
2
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
2
3
– General debility . . . 1 13
13
12
44
38 121
. . . 14 17
5
67
18 121
5
2 Contusion . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
1
Fracture . . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
3
1
6
. . .
. . .
1
1
4
. . .
6
6
1 Amputation left shoulder
joint.
. . . 1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
2
. . .
1
. . . 1
. . .
. . .
2
Total . . . 1 84 136
88 117
84 510
. . . 86 148
66 179
31 510
The invaliding ratio was highest in the Artillery—56 . 44 ; least in the Infantry
— 4 3 . 0 9 ; t h e C a v a l r y o c c u p y i n g a n i n t e r m e d i a t e p l a c e 4 4 . 9 9 .
General Health.—Return No. 1 compares the sickness, mortality and invalid
-ing in 1877, with 1876 ; while in Table A, the sickness, mortality and invaliding for
1877 are contrasted with that of the preceding nineteen years.
Having regard to the extensive prevalence of cholera and small-pox among
the Native community throughout the Presidency, the health statistics of the troops
for 1877 are favorable,—the ratios of daily sick, admissions, deaths and invaliding
showing only a slight increase as compared with the previous year.
Compared with the preceding nineteen years, the average daily sick, admissions,
deaths from cholera and total deaths all show a decrease. The death ratio for
cholera was 1 . 72 per mille against 2 . 16—the average of the preceding nineteen
years.
A.
Y e a r s .
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
A v e r a g e D a i l y S i c k .
A d m i t t e d .
D e a t h s f r o m C h o l e r a .
T o t a l D e a t h s i n a n d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
I n v a l i d e d .
Ratio per 1,000 of Average Strength.
A v e r a g e D a i l y S i c k .
A d m i t t e d .
D e a t h s f r o m C h o l e r a .
T o t a l D e a t h s .
I n v a l i d e d.
Average from 1858 to1876
(for 19 years.)
11,439
704 15,299
25
236
531
61.58 1338.31 2.16 20.67 46.77
1877 . . . 11,016
593 12,591
19
188
510
53 . 83 1142 . 98 1.72 17. 07 46.29
Increase . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Decrease . . .
423
111
2,708
6
48
21
7.75
195 . 33 0.44 3.60
0.48
Epidemics.—No epidemic attacked the troops. Cholera caused thirty-five
admissions and nineteen deaths among men. One officer died from this disease.
The cases were distributed pretty generally throughout the Command, and, with
the exception of those recorded at Thayetmyo, were of a sporadic character. Three
cases occurred in 67th Regiment, Fort St. George, viz., two in January and one in
December. All proved fatal. In one, the attack was attributed to errors in diet ; in
the remaining two to contact with infected localities in the Native town. One case
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