7. Six men were invalided during the year for hemiplegia, paraplegia, bronchial catarrh,
malposition of testicle, and debility.
Invaliding and its causes.
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The hospital, which was originally built for a European regiment, is admirably con-
structed for the accommodation of sick. It was found to be in a state of perfect cleanliness
and efficiency, and the books and records were neatly written up to date.
H. M.'s 19th Regiment N. I.
SHOLAPUR.—In medical charge of Surgeon R. BOWMAN.*
Average Strength
707.7
Deaths in Hospital
9
Do.
Present
613.1
Do. out of do.
0
Admissions
1,043
Invalided
6
Daily Sick
32.1
Sick Leave
7
Years.
Stations.
Rate per cent. to Average Strength
Present of
Admissions. Daily Sick.
Deaths in Hospital
1874
Sholapur
145.7
4.2
0.6
1875
Do.
93.6
2.1
0.3
1876
Do
51.6
1.7
0.5
Average
96.9
2.7
0.5
1877
Sholapur
117.1
5.2
1.4
The regiment arrived from Sholapur at Kurrachee on the 15th of November 1877.
Small detachments were absent from the regiment during
the year.
2. The general physique of the men is good. Their health, considering the unfavour-
able circumstances under which they were placed at Sholapur,
is fair. While at this station the regiment was much exposed,
during the latter part of the year, to malarious influences, A large number of the men also
suffered from primary syphilis. The dearness and inferiority of provisions have also had
t hei r ef f ect on t he genr al heal t h.
3. Out of the total number of 1,043 treated during the year, 565, or more than half,
were admitted suffering from ague. The fever was of a very
weakening character, and difficult to shake off. This was also
aggravated by the scarcity of food, and the consequent low state of the health of the men.
Amongst the other diseases of this class there were seven cases of small-pox, and one of
malignant cholera. There has been a marked increase in admissions from primary syphilis;
58 men were admitted during the past as compared with 5 in the previous year. The disease
was very rife at Sholapur, and in several cases, owing to the low state of the men, was com-
plicated with severe sloughing buboes. The admissions from secondary syphilis, lumbago,
and rheumatic affections are much the same as in 1876. A. large increase in the admissions
for diseases of the digestive system has also occurred; 118 were treated, as compared with
38 in the preceding year; of these 46 suffered from dysentery, and 40 from diarrhœa. Two
cases of each proved fatal. The diarrhœa cases were both much weakened by prolonged
attacks of fever. None of the other diseases treated were of any particular importance; there
were 45 cases of injury, all of a trivial nature.
4. There were nine deaths—two each from ague, dysentery, and diarrhœa, and one each
from cholera, typhlitis, and intestinal obstruction.
5 . S m a l l - P o x o c c u r r e d t o a s l i g h t e x t e n t ; s e v e n m e n w e r e a t t a c k e d w i t h t h e d i s e a s e ,
but were immediately separated, and all source of infection
removed from the vicinity of the lines. One case only of cholera
is recorded.
Location and movements.
General health and physique.
Details of treated.
Mortality and its causes.
Epidemics.
Vaccination and re-vaccination
6. Carefully attended to.
* Since arrival at Kurrachee the regiment has been in medical charge of Surgeon W. H. Henderson, by
whom the annual report has been compiled.
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