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9. There were 1,220 cases (or 3.1 per cent. of total admissions) of rheuma-
tism during the year, with only 6 deaths; and in 1878
there were 1,368 cases, or 3.4 per cent., with 6 deaths.
437 of these cases, or 2.8 per cent., occurred in the Northern Division. At
Rajkote, Baroda, and Bhooj there were 82, 52, and 50 cases, respectively; at
Nusseerabad there were only 13 cases.
10. Of these there were 1,360 cases, or 3.5 per cent. of total admissions,
with 92 deaths, against 1,190, or 2.9 per cent., last
year, with only 52 deaths. At Quetta there were 100
cases with 15 deaths, in the Bolan Pass 85 and 7 deaths, and at Malegaum there
were 86 with 5 deaths. As regards the different Circles it will be noticed that in the
Northern Circle, in which there are always so many cases of malarial fever, and
where there is a great diurnal change, there are only 380 cases, or 2.5 per cent. of
total admissions in the Circle, compared with 381, or 2.3 per cent., last year. This
is a lower percentage than in any of the other Circles. In the Presidency, Poona,
and Sind Circles there were 4.2, 4.5, and 2.7, respectively.
11.
These were chiefly diarrhœa and dysentery. Of diarrhœa there were
1,395 cases, or 3.5 per cent., with 37 deaths, against
1,057, or 2.6 per cent., with 23 deaths last year. As
might be expected, the greatest number of these cases occurred amongst the men
on Field Service, there being 563 in number, or 8.1 per cent., with 25 deaths,
whereas in the Presidency, Poona, Northern, and Sind Circles there were only
3.3, 3.3, 2.1, and 2.7 per cent., respectively.
In the 19th Regiment, 18 cases out of 164 proved fatal; 4 out of a total of 128
amongst the 1st Grenadiers died; and in the 30th Regiment at Quetta there were
114 cases with one death. In the 20th Regiment at Baroda there were 107 cases,
and in the 22nd at Belgaum there were 93.
The number of cases of dysentery compares favourably with last year, there
being only 1,033, or 2.7 per cent., with 28 deaths, against 1,394, or 3.5 per cent.,
and 19 deaths in 1878. The largest number of these also occurred amongst men
on field service, there being 463 cases, or 6.7 per cent., with 15 deaths. In the
Presidency Circle there were 2.8 per cent.; in Poona 1.9, in Northern 1.1, and in
Sind 2.5.
The 1st Grenadiers had 172 cases and 9 deaths and the 19th Regiment 113
cases with 2 deaths. In the 3rd Regiment N. L. I. at Hydrabad there were 57
cases, and in the 28th at Surat there were 45.
12.
There were 228 cases of scurvy, being 0.5 per cent. of admissions with
7 deaths; 75, or 1.2 per cent. of admissions, were
amongst the, regiments on service; in Sind there were 30,
or 0.6 per cent.; in the Northern Circle 22 cases, or 0.1 per cent. Of these one
died.
13.
Syphilis gave 728 admissions, or 1.9 per cent. of the total, with 4 deaths,
agai nst 626, or 1. 5 per cent . , wi t h 7 deat hs l ast year.
3.9 per cent. of the admissions in the Poona Circle were
due to this cause, 1.9 in Sind, 1.3 in the Northern Circle, and 0.9 in the Presi-
dency Circle. The stations in the Presidency which furnished the largest number
of cases were Ahmednugger 59, where the 23rd Regiment was stationed, Poona
and Deesa contributed 45 cases each, the 11th Regiment being at Poona and the
26th at Deesa. The 8th Regiment at Sattara had only 34 cases.
14.
This furnished 217 cases, against 173 last year, being 0.5 per cent. this
year against 0.4 per cent. in 1878. No less than 32 of
these cases occurred at Rajkote in the 12th Regiment
N. I . There were no deaths from this cause.
Rheumatism.
Lung diseases.
Intestinal affections.
Scurvy.
Syphilis.
Guinea-worm.