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The ratio of admissions to average strength was also highest in the Northern
Circle, where it reached 200.5, against 200.1 the year previous ; in the Poona
Circle the ratio was lowest, being 121.2.
The ratio per cent. of deaths in hospital was lowest in the Poona Circle,
being only 0.9 compared with 1.3 last year. In the Presidency, Northern, and
Sind Circles the ratio is 1.2, 1.1, and 1.8, respectively.
As regards regiments, the 19th N. I. in the Bolan Pass has had the heaviest
mortality, the ratio per cent. of deaths to average strength present being 8.2 ; in
the 3rd Sind Horse at Khoosh-dil-Khan it was 8.0 ; in the 30th N. I. at Quetta
6.0 ; in the 1st Grenadiers, who were also in Afghanistan at various stations, 5.8 ;
whilst of those which remained behind in the Presidency, the 16th at Malegaum
suffered most, its mortality being 3.6 ; in the 22nd at Belgaum and 3rd Light
Cavalry at Deesa it was only 0.4 in each, as is seen in Table C .
Table C.
S e r i a l N u m b e r .
Corps.
Station.
Ratio of Deaths in and
out of Hospital per
cent. to Average
Strength present
and absent.
1 19th Regiment N. I.
. .
Bolan Pass
8.2
2 3rd Sind Horse
Khoosh-dil-K han
8.0
3 30th Regiment N. I. ..................
Quetta ...............................
6.0
4 1st Gr. Regiment N. I.
Afghanistan
5.8
5 16th
„ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Malegaum
3.6
6 1st Sind Horse
Jacobabad
3.0
7 28th Regiment N. I
Surat
2.7
8 2nd Sind Horse .................
Jacobabad...........................
2.6
9 7th Regiment N. I.
Bhooj
2.3
10 1 5 t h „ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ahmedabad ......................
2.2
11 Sappers and Miners ...................... Afghanistan, Poona & Aden
2.1
12 12th Regiment N. I.
......................
Rajkote
2.1
13 2nd
„ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nusseerabad
2.0
14 No. 1 Mountain Battery
Rajkote
1.7
15 3rd Regiment N. I
Hydrabad
1.7
16 27th
„
............................... Jabobabad
1.7
17 11th
„ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Poona
1.6
18
5th
„ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kurrachee
1.5
19 10th
„
Neemuch
1.5
20 20th
„ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Baroda
1.5
21 21st
„ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bombay
1.4
22 9th
„ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bombay
1.1
23 Aden Troop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Khormaksar
1.0
24 14th Regiment N. I.
Belgaum
1.0
25 2 3 r d „ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ahmednugger
1.0
26 25th
„ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Aden ..............................
1.0
27 26th
„ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deesa
1.0
28 8 t h „ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sattara
0.8
29
1st
„ L. C.
,,
Neemuch
0.8
30 6th
„ N. I.
Mhow
0.7
31 13th
„ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mhow ...............................
0.7
32 2 4 t h „ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mehidpoor
0.7
33 2nd
„ L. C.
Poona
0.6
34 Poona Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Siroor .............................
0.6
35 18th Regiment N. I.
Poona
0.6
36 17th
„ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dharwar
0.5
37 22nd
„ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Belgaum
0.4
38
39
3rd
„ L. C.
No. 2 Mountain Battery
Deesa
Afghanistan
0.4
Return and report
not furnished.
40 4th Regiment N. I. .....................
Poona
Records lost in Af-
ghanistan.
41 29th
„ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Afghanistan