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7. Table 2 in appendix gives details as to the causes and number of deaths in
each corps and station, and table 3 contrasts the prevalence and mortality from
the different classes of diseases in each of the administrative circles.
8. Officers. —The average strength was 295. There were 235 admissions and
3 deaths and 20 invalided. The ratio of admissions per Dille was 796.61, and of
deaths 10.17, and invalided 67.79. Of the total admissions, 27 were on account
of febricula, 21 ague, 14 dysentery, 9 remittent fever, 7 diarrhœa, 5 enteric fever,
and 14 contusions.
The deaths were as follow :
—
A Colonel in the 14th Hussars from hepatitis (abscess) after a prolonged
illness from enteric fever, and two Lieutenants of the same regiment were killed by
lightning whilst playing a game of billiard after dinner.
9.
Women. —Average strength 900, admissions 877, and deaths 12 or a ratio
of 974.44 of admissions per mille of strength and 13.33 of deaths, compared with
1,023.67 and 11.27, respectively, the previous year. The chief causes of admis-
sions were 263 on account of child-birth, diseases of the digestive system 158,
conditions 129, generative system 86, and the febrile group 65.
10. Children.—Out of a strength of 1,851, there were 1,175 admissions and
59 deaths, or a ratio of 634.79 of admissions per mille of strength, and 31.87
of deaths. The chief causes of admissions were diseases of digestive system 297,
diseases of febrile group 275, affections of respiratory system 189, and conditions
111. The deaths were chiefly due to diseases of digestive system, conditions, and
affections of the nervous system.
SANITARY REMARKS.
H. The following remarks give an abstract of matters which received atten-
tion during the year :—
BARRACKS.
Eastern District. —The lower rooms in the King's Barracks, Fort St. George,
are scarcely fit for occupation during the hot weather, owing, not to want of venti-
lation, but to the rooms being cut off from free perflation. In consequences of the
garrison being weak, very few men were accommodated in these rooms during the
hot weather. At St. Thomas' Mount, owing to the reduction in the strength of
the troops, it was not necessary to occupy the old north and south barracks ; the
other occupied barracks are on a good plan and in good sanitary condition. At
Poonamallee the barracks have been condemned as unsuitable for this depôt and
double-storied barracks are to be erected. Though these buildings are old, they
are in fair order and afforded ample accommodation for the men sent there during
the year.
Bangalore Division and Ceded Districts. —At Bangalore all the barracks are in
a good sanitary condition, but some are, as has been noticed in previous reports,
in close proximity to a densely-crowded native bazaar.
At Wellington the sergeants' mess has been moved from a room in front block
of barracks to basement of school-house, formerly used as an infant school, which
has been moved upstairs. The room, vacated by the sergeants' mess, has been
converted into an officers' mess and reading room. A church is being built on a
level spot above married quarters. This, when completed, will give one more
dormitory to the depôt. A bakery is also in course of construction.
Belgaum and Western Districts. —At Malapuram there was, for a short time
during the Monlah outbreak, some overcrowding, owing to a great accession to the
strength. One of the rooms of the new barracks has not as yet been completed,
and temporarily the old married quarters have been utilized for the accommoda-
tion of the single men. The old barracks at Cannanore are of faulty construction.