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the second two days later. No cause traceable in first case. In the second it was
attributed to drinking a large quantity of dirty water. Cholera had been prevalent
for some time in the native town and sorrounding villages. Two women of the
Royal Artillery were attacked at this station on 2nd and 3rd September respectively.
Both were delicate ; in one it was attributed to indulgence in unripe jungle fruit ;
in the other to having eaten some tank fish. The result was fatal in both cases.
On 2nd October a fatal case occurred in a woman of 2/13th Regiment at Bellary.
Attack attributed to free indulgence in cucumber and other indigestible substances.
Two cases were recorded at Cannanore in 48th Regiment ; both terminated fatally.
Both men were prisoners undergoing imprisonment in cells. They were admit
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ted to hospital on 7th Dcember. One had been in cells since 13th November 1878,
the other since the 27th of same month. Several isolated cases of cholera had been
reported among natives in the bazaars and borders of the cantonment. The cause
of the attacks could not be traced. The cells were carefully inspected, but nothing
insanitary was detected in them or their surroundings. No previous visitation
of cholera had occurred in barracks or cells. There was no communication between
the cell prisoners and any other locality where cholera had previously prevailed.
Two fatal cases were recorded in detachment 48th Regiment Maliyapuram. Both
occurred in November. The man first attacked had been in an infected locality and
had there partaken of some sour and dirty toddy. The man subsequently attacked
occupied the same barrack-room. He had for nearly five years suffered from chronic
diarrhœa, and the night prior to his seizure he had been in the company of the man
first attacked and smoked from the same pipe. At Secunderabad 18 men, 2 women,
and I child were attacked ; 12 men and 2 women died from the disease. The first
case occurred in a soldier of 1/21st Regiment on 14th February, and proved fatal
the same day. The disease was prevalent in the bazaars. No further case occurred
until 6th July, when a soldier of 2/16th Regiment was attacked and died the
following day. On 9th July a soldier of 43rd Regiment attached to 1/21st Regi
-ment, a prisoner, was admitted from the military prison with dysentery. He had
been in prison since 14th November 1876, and for some weeks before admission
to hospital had suffered from diarrhœa. On the evening of 11th July choleraic
symptoms manifested themselves in hospital. He recovered. On 22nd July
another soldier of 2/16th Regiment was attacked and recovered. A soldier of
1/21st Regiment was next seized in hospital while under treatment for dysentery
and died on 26th July. Same day (26th) the Quartermaster Serjeant, 2/16th
Regiment, under treatment for mania, was attacked in hospital and died on 27th.
On 28th July a gunner of the Royal Horse Artillery was seized in barracks and
recovered. On 30th July a soldier of 1/21st Regiment, a patient in hospital with
hepatitis, was seized and died the same day. A soldier of 2/16th Regiment was
also attacked, but recovered. On 8th August a driver of the Royal Horse Artil
-lery was attacked in barracks and recovered. On 9th August two soldiers of
2/16th Regiment were seized in hospital ; one died the same day, the other
recovered. The same day (9th) one of the children of the Medical Officer, 2/16th
Regiment, aged months, was attacked in the officers' quarters and
recovered. It had been ill for some time previously with diarrhœa due to teething.
On 10th August a soldier's wife belonging to 2/16th Regiment was attacked in
hospital and died the same day. A soldier of 2/16th Regiment was also attacked
in barracks and died on 13th. On 11th three soldiers of 2/16th Regiment were
admitted from barracks ; two died on that day and the-third on 14th August.
On 12th August another soldier of 2/16th Regiment was admitted from barracks
and died the same day. No further cases occurred until 18th August, when a
soldier of 2/16th Regiment was admitted from tents and died the same day. On
21st August the wife of a soldier of 2/16th Regiment was attacked in the camp
hospital while under treatment for dysentery ; she died. Her husband was attacked
on 22nd July, but no communication had existed between them subsequent to that
date. No further cases occurred. Concerning these cases at Secunderabad, cholera
was and had for some time been prevalent in the bazaars. About a week prior to
the occurrence of the first case in the Royal Artillery cholera is said to have