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GOVERNMENT OF MADRAS.
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
29th August 1881, No. 4647.
Sanitary—Reports and Returns.
Read the following papers
:—
No. 471. From Surgeon-General Sir A. D. HOME, v.c., K.C.B., Surgeon-General,
Her Majesty's Forces, Madras, to Colonel E. L. HANKIN, Acting
Secretary to Government, Military Department, Ootacamund; dated Fort St.
George, 19 th August 1881, No.—.
I have the honor to forward, for the information of Government, the usual
tabular statements specified in the
margin, with remarks on the health of
the European troops serving in the
Madras Command during 1880.
2. The average annual strength
of the non-commissioned officers and
men was 10,280, and in this number
there were 14,084 admissions into hos
-pital, while 238 men were invalided and
100 died. The rates per 1,000 given by
these numbers are—for admissions, 1370.04 or 32.55 less than in 1879; for invalided
23.15, or 21.30 less; and for deaths 9.72, or 6.75 less. The average number con
-stantly sick was 678, the average time passed by each soldier in hospital 24.15
days, and the average duration of each illness 17.62.
3. Compared with the results of the previous year, those of 1880 were favor
- a b l e , b u t t h e h i g h s t a t e o f h e a l t h m a i n t a i n e d m u s t b e r e g a r d e d a s e x c e p t i o n a l
and due largely to the comparative absence of epidemic disease.
4. In the following table the statistics of 1880 are contrasted with those of
the ten preceding years:—
A.
Years.
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 i e d i n t h e C o m m a n d .
I n v a l i d e d .
C o n s t a n t l y s i c k .
Ratio per 1,000 of Strength.
A v e r a g e S i c k T i m e t o e a c h S o l d i e r .
A v e r a g e D u r a t i o n o f e a c h C a s e o f S i c k n e s s .
A d m i s s i o n s .
D e a t h s .
I n v a l i d s .
C o n s t a n t l y s i c k .
1880 . . .
10,280
14,084
100
238
678 1370.04
9.72
23.15
65.95
24.15
17.62
1870–79 . . .
110,782 137,633
1,944
5,281
6,456 1242.38
17.55
47.67
58.27
21.27
17.12
These figures shew a larger prevalence of sickness but greatly-reduced
mortality and invaliding rates in 1880, as compared with the results of the ten
preceding years. There was thus in 1880 greater present inefficiency with a
reduction in the more serious remote consequences of sickness. One cause for the
increased sick rate was the inclusion in the number of daily sick of men detained
for the day and of convalescents excused duty, but as this arrangement was only
brought into force in the last quarter of 1880, it would not affect results to any
considerable extent, so that an explanation of the greater inefficiency in that year
must be looked for elsewhere. On comparing more closely the figures for 1880
No. 1.—Return showing the sickness, morta
-lity and invaliding in Her Majesty's
British troops in the Madras Presi
-dency for 1880.
No. 2.—Return showing the mortality in and
out of hospital in Her Majesty's
British troops during the year 1880.
No. 3.—Table showing the prevalence and
mortality of the different classes of
diseases in each of the military divi
- s i o n s d u r i n g t h e y e a r 1 8 8 0 .
4
MILITARY DEPARTMENT, 29TH AUGUST 1881, No. 4647.
C.
Months.
A v e r a g e s t r e m g t h
f o r t h e m o n t h .
A d m i t t e d i n t o H o s p i t a l d u r i n g t h e M o n t h .
4 74
.41 '
D i e d d u r i n g t h e M o n t h .
R e m a i n i n g i n H o s p i t a l o n t h e l e a t F r i d a y o f t h e M o n t h .
A n n u a l R a t e o f A d m i s s i o n s p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f t h e S t r e n g t h .
A n n u a l R a t e o f D e a t h s p e r 1 , 0 0 0 o f t h e S t r e n g t h .
R a t e o f r e m a i n i n g o r o f c o n s t a n t l y s i c k .
January ...
...
... 10,096
1,261
9
656
1474.64
10.52
64.97
February ...
...
...
10,000
1,290
9
674
1628.06
11 . 35
67.40
March
...
...
... 10,003
1,107
8
601
1306.58
9.44
60.08
April
. . .
...
...
10,229
1,136
8
626
1354.89
9.54
61.19
May
...
...
...
9,975
1,012
14
617
1197.81
16 . 57
61.85
June
...
...
...
9,619
951
7
556
1206.17
8.88
57.80
July
...
...
...
9,628
989
7
577
1212.77
8.58
59.93
August
...
...
...
9,608
1,056
7
600
1297.63
8.61
62.45
September... . . .
...
... 11,213
1,247
10
630
1356.75
10 . 88
56.18
October
...
...
...
10,985
1,215
5
587
1305..86
5.37
53.43
November ...
...
...
10,880
1,462
9
665
1639.38
10 . 09
61.12
December ...
...
...
11,127
1,358
7
657
1440.92
7.42
59.04
Average annual strength ... 10,280
14,084 100
622 . 17
1370.04
9.72
60.52
[Statement
The relation of sickness and its results to particular stations in the Command is given in the following table :
—
D.
M I L I T A R Y D E P A R T M E N T 2 9 T H A U G U S T 1 8 8 1 , N O . 4 6 4 7 .
Ratio per 1,000 of Strength.
Stations.
Average
Strength.
Average
Daily
Sick. Admitted.
Died in
and out of
Hospital.
Invalided. Average
Daily Sick. ad,mitted.
Died (in
and out of
Hospital.)
Invalided.
Average of previous
Period of 10 Years .
Admitted.
Died
Centre and Northern Districts.
Madras ...
...
... ...
465
36
639
4
14
77.42 1374.19
8.60
30.11 1307.01
17.62
St. Thomas' Mount ...
...
344
30
564
5
7
87.21
1639.53
14.54
20.35 1271.64
20.64
Total ...
809
66
1,203
9
21
81.58 1487.02
11.12
25.96
...
...
Southern and Malabar and Canara
Districts.
Cannanore
...
...
...
481
22
424
2
6
45.74
881.50
4.15
12.47
1291.59
15.29
Calicut ...
...
...
...
100
4
57
...
1
40.00
570.00
10.00 1032.59
18.13
Malapuram ...
... ...
93
2
71
...
...
21.51
763.44
...
...
917.02
16.31
Total ...
674
28
552
2
7
41.54
818.99
2.97
10.39
...
...
Mysore Division and Ceded Die-
tricts.
Bangalore
Bellary ...
...
...
...
1,258
108
1,677
7
30
85.85
1333.07
5.56
23.85
1255.90
11.83
...
...
...
376
42
1,035
5
6
111.70
2752.66
13.30
15.96 1316.70
10.13
Total ...
1,634
150
2,712
12
36
91.80 1659.73
7.34
22.03
...
...
Hyderabad Subsidiary Force and
Hyderabad Contingent.
Nagpore Force and Central India
Regiments.
Secu
nderabad ...
...
...
2,530
171
3, 205
20
24
67.59 1266.80
7.90
9.48 1248.93
20.30
Kamptee ...
...
...
770
55
1,383
17
6
71.43
1796.10
22.08
7.79 1617.49
14.87
Seetabuldee ... ...
...
48
3
143
...
...
62.50
2979.16 ...
...
1664.79
6.16
Tot al
. . .
818
58
1,526
17
6
70.90
1865.52
20.80
7.33
...
...
British Burmah Division.
Rangoon
...
...
...
715
58
1,763
3
25
81.12 2465.73
4.20
34.96 1154.80
15.83
Thayetmyo ...
...
...
1,093
54
1,108
6 38
49.40
1013.725.50
34.77 1167.52
22.86
Tonghoo
..
...
...
453
20
394
3
9
44.15
869.76
6.62
19.87
983.09
16.18
Tayrangoon ...
...
...
295
8
176
4
8
27.12
596.61
13.56
27.12
96.89
1.41
Port Blair
...
...
...
129
7
199
...
2
54.26
1542.63 ...
15.50
762.19
10.90
T o t a l
. . .
2,685
147
3,640
16
82
54.75 1355.68
5.95
30.54
...
...
Troops treated at Convalescent
Depôts and other Hospitals.
Poonamallee ... ...
...
178
24
351
4
6
134.83
1971.91
22.47
33.71
2499.90
56.37
Wellington ...
...
...
517
35
579
7
7
67.69 1119.92
13.54
13.54
1338.69
17.29
Elsewhere ...
...
...
239
...
...
...
49
...
...
...
205.02
...
...
T o t a l
. . .
934
59
930
11
62
63.17
995.72
11.78
66.38
...
...
On the March
...
196
8
143
13
...
40.82
729.59
66.32
...
658.01
47.98
Infantry.
2nd Battalion, 13th Regiment
...
...
...
939 1,628
17
15
7546 1733 . 76
18. 10
15 . 97
8.36
29.41
16.96 Kamptee Tz (and detachments at Seetabul-
dee, Bellary, Bangalore and Madras).
2nd
do. 16th
do.
...
...
...
920
731
3
4
38 .90
794. 56
3.26
4.35
42 . 28
15.47
19.48 Secunderabad 1, on the march -1, and Can-
nanore 10i, and detachments at Calicut and
Malapuram.
1st
do
21st Fusiliers
. . .
...
. . . 844 1,005
4
11
56'65 1190. 76
4.74
13'03
67.12
24.57
20.63 Secunderabad ...
...
...
...
... 12
2nd
do. 24th Regiment
...
...
... 290
517
4
...
18'12 1782. 76
13 . 79
...
62.48
22.87
12.83
Do .
...............4
43rd Regiment
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 611
684
8
.3.2
39 .63 1119 . 47
13 . 09
52-37
64-86
23-74
21 .21 Thayetmyo
...
...
...
...
... 12
Left Wing, 43rd Regiment ...
..'.
...
...
236
152
1
...
7'44
644.07
4.23
...
31.52
11.54
17'92 Tonghoo 93-.
44th Regiment
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
829
701
7
.2.2
36'14
917. 97
8.44
26. 54
43 . 59
15.96
17'40 Thayetmyo 12, and detachment at Tayran-
goon 91-.
Left Wing, 44th Regiment ...
...
...
...
68
43
...
...
1.75
632. 3
.
...
2573
9.45
14'95 Tonghoo 3.
48th Regiment
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . . 688
925
7
6
41 .50 1344.48
10 .17
8.72
60-32
22.08
1642 Cannanore I and Secunderabad 9i and em-
barked for England.
Left Wing, 54th Regiment ...
...
...
...
129
406
1
...
10-97 3147'29
7.75
...
85.04
31.12
9.89 Rangoon 43- and left for Calcutta.
67th Regiment
...
...
...
...
...
206
422
2
32
21 .26 2048. 54
9.71 155 . 34 103 .21
3778
18.44 Detachment at Bangalore 10, and Head-
quarters joined 6th November 1889.
77th do.
...
...
...
...
...
... 104
308
2
...
6-47 2961 . 54
19 .23
...
62.21
13.48
7'70 Madras 3, on the voyage and Rangoon i.
Left Wing, 77th Regiment ...
...
...
...
176
236
...
...
8-00 1340.91
.
. .
...
45.45
28.15
12.41 Bellary 3.
.89th Regiment
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 878 1,590
3
26
55.92 1810 . 93
3.41
2961
63. 69
23.32
12 . 87 Rangoon 12 (and detachment at Port Blair).
Total
... 6,918 9,408
59
148 418 . 21 1359 . 93
8.53
21-39
60.45
2213
16'27
)11
1-3
‘. 1-3
L\D
rn
00
00
0
MILITARY DEPARTMENT, 29TH AUGUST 1881, No. 4647.
vorable reports were received as to the cooking of food, but some cook-houses were
reported as smoky. A new cook-house was provided for the Royal Artillery
at Thayetmyo.
CANTEENS.
Improved buildings were in course of being provided. Strong objections
were recorded by some medical officers regarding the optional allowance of spirits
to be got from the canteens. At Kamptee, Secunderabad and other places, the
purity of aërated waters was investigated. As they are chiefly made by native
dealers, there is always the risk of impure water being employed.
At Madras, arrangements were made by which the nuisance, to residents
in the Fort, of the main drain was greatly abated, the sewage being now pumped
up into a high-level sewer and discharged at a distance into the sea. At Banga
-lore, surface drainage was extended around the Cavalry barracks, and various
improvements in other quarters carried out. The drainage of the Infantry barracks,
Bellary and Rangoon, was reported defective, and at Secunderabad the proximity
of marsh to the entrenchment barracks was considered unfavorable to the health
of the troops.
LATRINES.
The dry-earth system was in operation. The buildings were in general well
designed, the number of conservancy servants sufficient and the disposal of the
night-soil judicious. From inattention there were at times defects in the working
of the system, but these were remedied as soon as possible. During the year, the
latrines at Poonamallee were reconstructed, and new ones built for the Royal Artil
-lery at Thayetmyo, Infantry at Kamptee, and married quarters, Secunderabad.
CLOTHING.
The whole of the men were not provided with colored flannel shirts.
DUTIES.
These were not hurtful. In one instance, it was believed that the too frequent
recurrence of guard duty aggravated the prevalence of ague. On representations
the defect was attended to.
No. 1.
RETURN showing the SICKNESS, MORTALITY, and. INVALIDING in Her Majesty's BRITISH TROOPS in the
MADRAS PRESIDENCY for 1880.
Years.
A v e r g e S t r e n g t h .
A d m i s s i o n s i n t o H o s p i t a l .
DEATHS IN HOSPITAL
D e a t h s o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
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 STRENGTH.
F r o m C h o l e r a .
E x c l u d i n g C h o l e r a .
F r o m a l l C a u s e s .
A d m i s s i o n s i n t o H o s p i t a l .
Deaths in Hospital
D e a t h s o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
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 .
F r o m C h o l e r a .
E x c l u d i n g C h o l e r a .
F r o m a l l C a u s e s .
1879 . . . 10,507 14,737
23
129
152
21
173
467 1402.59 2.19 12.28 14.47 2.00 16.47 44.45
1880 . . . 10,280
14,084
1
85
86
14
100
238 1370.04 0.10
8.26 8.36 1.36 9.72 23.15
9
12
MILITARY DEPARTMENT, 29TH AUGUST 1881, No. 4647,
No.
TABLE showing the PREVALENCE and MORTALITY of the DIFFERENT CLASSES
Office of Surgeon-General Her Majesty's Forces,
Fort St, George, 19th August 1881,
CENTRE
AND
SOUTHERN
AND
MALABAR
,,,
luYSORE
DIVISION
AND
H. S. F.
AND
HYDERA-
NAGPORE
FORCE AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
BURMAH
DEPOTS.
ON TI
MILITARY DIVISIONS.
NORTHERN
AND
CEDED
BAD CON-
INDIA
DIVISION.
MARC
DISTRICTS. CANARA DISTRICTS. TINGENT. REGIMENTS.
DISTRICTS.
Average Strength
• .
809
674
1,634
2,530
818
2,685
695
196
-6
-6
-,6
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-6
-ci
-6 C)
-6
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I. GENERAL DISEASES.
( Eruptive Fevers
..
..
..
• •
• •
5 ..
1..
1
.
0 . I Continued do.
..
110
—
31 ..
267 ..
309
6
57
6
270
1
6 ..
11
7;1 ' '' ' 1 Yellow
do.
..
' , --4 .
"Z F
?, Paroxysmal Fevers ..
••
29
••
..
.•
46
00
..
547
• •
..
• •
••
270
1
• •
897
••
1
.0
1,444
..
1
••
274
••
..
e•
49
•-° Cholera
..
1
1
..
..
.,
t_Other diseases
• .
3 ..
1
..
6 , .
6
1
6 ..
4 ..
3 ••
.•
Total of Febrile Group,.
142 ..
78 ..
825 ..
586
8
961
7 1,720
3
283 ..
60
pi.. r Rheumatism
..
31 ..
19 ..
62 ..
101
..
18 ..
42 ..
40 ••
••
.a g I Primary Syphilis . •
.- 6) Secondary do.
..
128
19
..
..
49
5
..
..
383
85
..
..
317 ..
94 ..
43
6
..
1
112
22
..
..
38
32
, .
..
10
3
' '
‘;' .-, Tubercular diseases ..
2 ..
..
..
26 ..
13 ..
9
1
13
..
10
2
..
6 ri [Scurvy and Purpura.. .. .. .. 0
••
••
••
••
0.0
••
1
..
• .
.•
..
Other diseases
PO
2 ..
2 ..
26 ..
..
..
..
..
1
..
I ..
..
—
—
—
Total of Constitutional
Group ..
182 ..
-
75 . ,
-
582 ..
525 ..
76
2
191 ..
121
2
---
13
II. LOCAL DISEASES.
-
_ -
Diseases of the
Nervous System
• •
17
2
4 ..
26
4
16
2
27
4
45
1
15 ..
1
Eye ..
• •
• •
18 ..
..
..
35 ..
54 ..
9 ..
41
..
Ear • .
..
..
20 ..
7
..
13 ..
34 ..
7 ..
14 ..
Nose ..
••
2. •
..
06
..
•6
6.
Circulatory System
..
21
2
5
1
47 ..
30
3
5
1
56
3
17
2
2
Absorbent
do.
28 ..
8 ••
72 ..
124 ..
17
..
41 ..
21 ..
3
Ductless Glands
.............
1
Respiratory System
..
31
2
13 ..
53 ..
79
1
27 ..
117
1
28
1
4
Digestive
do.
. •
250
3
153
1
327
4
704
2
142
3
509
5
244 5
33
Urinary
do.
„
171 ..
70 ..
265
1
434 ..
90 ..
198 ..
54 ..
9
Generative do.
.•
18
..
3 ..
22 .,
37 ..
1
..
56 ..
Organs of Locomotion ..
10
..
1
..
18 ..
20 ..
10
..
16
..
..
..
..
Cellular Tissue
..
23 . •
13 ..
40 ..
27 ..
13 ..
46
..
6
..
. •
Cutaneous System
• .
119 ..
54 „
147 ..
173 ..
61 ..
168 ..
46 ..
2
III. DIBILITY
. ,
• •
17
..
15
..
48 ..
53 ..
19
..
188 ..
25 ..
8
TV. POISONS
• •
..
V. INJURIES.
1
..
1
, ,
3 ..
9
1
2 ..
9
1
2
1
General —
..
SO
••
lo•
6.9
..
1
2
1
„
.
..
Local ..
.•
00
133 ..
52 ..
185
1
297
3
67 ..
222
1
45 ..
8
In Action
..
• .
PO
et
GP;
••
o •
o •
se
op
••
•o.
eq.
e•
••
e•
••
No Appreciable Disease • .
2 ..
Cause unknown • .
• •
••
..
.•
••
••
—
—
—
—
General Total • • 1,203
9
562
2 2,712 12 3,205 20 1,526 17 3,640 16
930 11 143
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3
4
5
6
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MILITARY DEPARTMENT, 29TH AUGUST 1881, No. 4647.
No. 472.
ORDER THEREON, 29th August 1881, No. 4647.
Forwarded to the Most Honorable the Secretary of State for India, with an
additional copy for the Sanitary Commissioner at the War Office,—also to the
Government of India and the Sanitary Commissioner.
2. The Returns, Nos. 1 to 3., will be published in the Gazette.
(Signed)
E. L. HANKIN, Colonel,
Ag. Secretary to Government.
To the Surgeon-General, Her Majesty's Forces; Surgeon-General with the Government of
Madras; Quartermaster-General; Sanitary Commissioner; Superintendent, Govern
-ment Press, with Returns, Nos. 1 to 3.
No. 473.
No. 4648.
Copy of the above forwarded to the Secretary to the Government of India,
Military Department, for the information of the Most Honorable the Governor-
General in Council.
(By Order.)
(Signed)
E. L. HANKIN, Colonel,
Ag. Secretary to Government.
Exd. A. Raitt.
GOVERNMENT OF MADRAS.
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
4th October 1882, No. 5251.
Sanitary—Reports and Returns.
Read the following paper :—
No. 53. From C. D. MADDEN, Esq., Surgeon-General, Her Majesty's Forces,
Madras, to Colonel E. L. HANKIN, Acting Secretary to Government, Mili
-tary Department ; dated Ootacamund, 6 th September 1882, No. 328.
I have the honor to forward, for the information of Government, the usual
tabular statements specified in the
margin, together with a brief report on
the health of European troops in the
Madras Command during 1881.
2. In an annual average strength
of 10,389 non-commissioned officers and
men there were 11,989 admissions and
114 deaths ; and 286 men were invalided.
The rates per 1,000 of strength given
by these numbers are for admissions
1,154.01, for deaths 10.97, and for in
-
valids 27.53. The average number of daily sick, including men detained for the
day and convalescents, was 663, being at the rate of 63.82 per mille, while the
average sick time for each man was 23.29 days and the average duration of each
case of sickness 20.19 days.
3. These results although very satisfactory are not all so favorable as in the
preceding year, as the death rate was higher by 1.25 and the invaliding rate by
4.38 per mille of strength. On the other hand, the admission rate was lower by
216.03 and the average daily sick rate by 2.13 per 1,000 men.
4. The increase in the death rate was due to cholera, there having been 17
deaths from this cause against 1 in 1880. The invaliding rate, 27.53 per mille of
strength, although less favorable than in 1880, was still much below the rates in
preceding years, and shows that the low rate of 1880, viz., 23.15 per 1,000, was
not obtained by keeping men in the country who ought to have been sent to
England.
5. It may be interesting to contrast the above health results with those
for the Native troops of this Presidency, With an average strength of 30,626
the admission rate for the Native Army was less by 232.01 per 1,000 men, but
the death rate was 5.53 and the invaliding rate 13.37 higher than the correspond
-ing ratios for Europeans in the Command. It thus appears that disease was more
destructive to efficiency and life amongst men living in their own country than to
foreigners.
No. 1.—Return showing the sickness, morta
-lity, and invaliding in Her Majesty's Bri
-tish Troops in the Madras Presidency for
1881.
No. 2.—Return showing the mortality in and
out of hospital in Her Majesty's British
Troops during the year 1881.
No. 3.—Table showing the prevalence and
mortality of the different classes of diseases
in each of the Military Divisions during
the year 1881.
MILITARY DEPARTMENT, 4TH OCTOBER 1882, No. 5251.
acid from the regimental coffee-room in mistake for Epsom salts ; in the other
case the poison was taken under the belief that it was Epsom salts, but the source
of the supply could not be discovered. Measures were taken by the Military author
- i t i e s t o p r e v e n t s u c h a c c i d e n t s .
Injuries.—There were seven cases of accidental drowning, and of these four
took place amongst the troops at Kamptee while in cholera camp near the Canton
- m e n t . F i v e d e a t h s a l s o o c c u r r e d f r o m s u i c i d a l g u n - s h o t w o u n d s .
9. Influence of Season on Sickness.— The following table shows the relation
of seasonal influences to sickness and mortality amongst the troops
C.
Monthly Abstract.
—
Average
Strength for
the Month.
Admitted
during
Month.
Died
Remaining
on last Friday
of Month.
In
Hospital.
Out of
Hospital.
January
. . .
10,105
1,132
8
1
678
February
. . .
10,316
853
5
2
602
March
. . .
9,742
945
8
. . .
563
April
. . .
9,927
1,067
6
. . .
568
May
. . .
10,846
1,034
9
4
580
June
. . .
10,689
1,161
7
2
612
July
. . .
10,685
1,081
7
1
612
August . . .
10,648
1,071
8
4
656
September
. . .
10,620
1,023
17
2
579
October
. . .
10,532
946
7
3
506
November
. . .
10,366
856
3
1
507
December
. . .
10,186
820
6
3
465
Total
. . .
124,662
11,989
91
23
6 , 9 2 8
Average Annual Strength
. . .
10,389 Average No. remaining in Hpl.
577
10 . Health State of the Troops at the several Stations.— The relation of sickness
and its results to particular stations in the Command is given in the following
table :—
4
M I L I T A R Y D E P A R T M E N T , 4 T H O C T O B E R 1 8 8 2 , N O . 5 2 5 1 .
5
Stations.
Ratio per 1,000 of Strength.
Average
Strength.
Average e
Daily Sick. Admitted.
Died in
and out of
Hospital.
Invalided. Average
Daily Sick. Admitted.
Died (in
and out of
Hospital).
Invalided.
Average of previous
Period of 10 Years.
Admitted.
Died
Centre and Northern Districts ... Madras ...
...
... ...
491
44
651
6
11
89.61 1,325.87
12.22
22.40 1,340.49
16.04
St. Thomas' Mount ....
...
363
25
375
4
15
68.87 1,033.06
11.02
41.32 1,306.83
16.79
Total ...
854
69
1,026
10
26
80.80 1,201.41
11.71
30.44
. . .
. . .
Southern and Malabar and Canara
Districts.
Cannanore
... ...
...
593
3 2
496
2
27
53.96
836.43
3.37
45.53 1,283.61
14.37
Calicut... ... ... ...
...
97
4
92
1
2
41.24
948.45
10.31
20.62
1 , 0 2 6 . 6 1
16.59
Malapuram ... ...
....
92
2
50
1
1
21.74
543.48
10.87
10.87
882.70
14.98
Total ...
782
38
638
4
30
48.59
815.85
5.11
38.36
...
...
Mysore Division and Ceded Dis
tricts.
Bangalore
...
...
...
1,389
103
1,640
7
62
74.15 1,180.71
5.04
44.64 1,148.81
11.17
Bellary...
...
...
...
445
50
966
4
22
112.36 2,170.78
8.99
49.44 1,478.24
10.80
Total ...
1,834
153
2,606
11
84
83.42 1,420.94
6.00
45.80
. . .
. . .
Hyderabad Subsidiary Force and
Hyderabad Contingent.
Secunderabad ...
...
...
2,401
162
2,598
19
72
67.47 1,082.05
7.91
29.99 1,262.48
19.14
Nagpore Force and Central India
Regiments.
Kamptee ...
...
...
848
60
1,201
24
20
70.75 1,416.27
28.30
23.58 1,628.51
15.79
Seetabuldee ...
...
...
48
1
56 ...
. . .
20.83 1,166.67
. . .
. . .
1,858.70
6.16
Total ...
896
61
1,257
24
20
68.08 1,402.90
26.79
22.32
...
. . .
British Burmah Division
...
Rangoon
... ...
...
630
42
941
5
11
66.67 1,493.65
7.94
17 46 1,240.92
15.58
Thayetmyo ...
...
...
1,273
72
1,398
15
23
56.56 1,098.19
11.78
1 8 . 0 7 1,096.20
16.47
Tonghoo
... ...
...
448
23
400
2
11
51.34
892.86
4.46
24.55
959.83
14.73
Tayrangoon ... ...
...
158
5
112
2
...
31.65
708.86
12.66
. . .
. . .
. . .
Port Bi ai r . . .
...
...
1 3 1
8
137
1
1
61.07 1,045.80
7.63
7.63
859.31
9.12
Depôsts
... ... ... ...
Total ...
2 ,640
150
2,988
25
46
56.82 1,131.81
9.47
17.42
. . .
. . .
Poonamallee ...
...
...
122
22
238
8
1
180.33 1,950.82
65.57
8.19 2,405.48
54.10
Wellington ...
...
...
563
42
537
4
7
74.60
953.82
7.10
12.43 1,273.91
17.42
Total ...
685
64
775
12
8
93.43 1,131.39
17.52
11.68
. . .
. . .
On the March ...
165
3
62
9
...
18.18
375.76
54.54
. . .
596.26
44.03
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MILITARY DEPARTMENT, 4TH OCTOBER 1882, No. 5251.
From these figures it appears that the greatest amount of sickness took place
in the Mysore Circle—a circumstance partly due to the presence of two regiments
which had returned from service in Afghanistan. At Cannanore the admission
rate per 1,000 men was 317.58 lower than the average for the whole Command,
and the death rate 7.60 per mille less than the general average for the year. In
the Centre and Northern (now Eastern) Districts the admission rate was 285.61
per 1,000 men lower than in 1880, but the death rate fractionally higher. At
Secunderabad there was a decrease in the admission rate of 184.75 per mile as
compared with 1880. In the Kamptee Force there was a reduction in the admission
rate to the extent of 379.83 per 1,000 of strength as contrasted with 1880 but an
increase in the death rate owing to the prevalence of cholera. In British Burmah
there was a decline in the admission rate but an increase in mortality.
11. The chief results for each corps in the Command are shown in the
following table:—