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another severe epidemic visited the civil population in most parts of the
Presidency during the past year. Seven cases occurred in the Presidency Divi
-sion, all amongst the troops stationed in Bombay. In the Poona Division there
were 13 cases in the 1st L. C. and the 5th and 8th regiments at Poona, 4 in the
15th at Ahmednagar, 5 in the 13th N. I. at Malligaum, 7 in the 19th at Sholapore,
4 in the 12th at Dharwar, and 3 each in the 14th at Belgaum and the detachment
at Kaladgi. No deaths occurred either in this or in the Presidency Division.
In the Northern Division there were 15 cases, with one death, in the 22nd
N. I. at Baroda, and 4 in the 9th Regiment at the same station. Ten cases with
2 deaths occurred in the 25th N. I. at Mhow, and 7 cases in the 23rd. There were
3 cases each in the 1st Grenadiers at Ahmedabad, the 3rd L. C. and 10th N. I. at
Neemuch, and the 16th at Nusseerabad. In the 11th at Bhuj and in the wing
at Agar there was one case each. In Sind there were 4 cases, with one death,
in the 27th at Hyderabad, and one case in the 29th at Kurrachee. At
both the latter stations the disease was particularly virulent amongst the civil
population.
12. There has been no cholera in Sind this year. In 1876, however, there
were no less than 68 cases, all amongst the troops
of the Frontier Field Force. Leaving Sind, therefore,
out of consideration, there have been 67 cases in the other three Divisions
during the past as compared with 44 in the preceding year. In the Presidency
Division the number has been the same for both periods—13 with 9 deaths.
Three cases occurred in the detachment of the 4th Rifles at Bombay, 4 in the
20th N. I., and 3 in the 21st. There was one in the wing of the 7th at Tanna,
and two in the 17th at Surat. In the Poona Division there were 18 cases altoge
-ther, of whom 12 died. One case each was admitted in the 26th at Poona, the
detachments of the Poona Horse at Dhulia and the 3rd N. I. at Kaladgi, and
the 19th N.I. at Sholapore. Three cases occurred in the 12th at Dharwar, the
same number in the 13th at Malligaum, and 2 in the 15th at Ahmednagar. In
the 2nd Grenadiers at Belgaum there were 6 admissions with 5 deaths. In the
Northern Division a serious outbreak of cholera took place in the 9th N. I. at
Baroda in October; 13 cases occurred, of whom 8 died. In the 22nd N. I.,
after it had moved to Ahmedabad in September, an outbreak also occurred, when
16 men were attacked and 7 died. These figures include a few cases which
appeared in a small detachment of the regiment on its way to Sadra. There were
4 cases in the 1st Grenadiers at Ahmedabad, and one each in the 23rd N. I. at
Mhow, the 10th at Neemuch, and the 24th at Mehidpore. Considering the great
extent to which epidemic cholera prevailed in the Deccan, the Konkan, and
Guzerat during the past year, the comparative immunity of the troops from this
disease is very satisfactory.
13. A notable decrease has occurred in the treated for rheumatic affections.
The total was 1316, or a diminution on the preced
-ing year's returns of 349. There were only two
deaths. The most material improvement has taken place in the Northern Divi
-sion, the numbers having fallen from 822 in 1876 to 575 in the past year. In
the other three Divisions the proportionate decrease has been less considerable.
The percentage of treated to strength for the Presidency Division was 6.9, for
the Poona Division 4.3, for the Northern Division 6.6, and for Sind 6.0. In the
year previous the figures were 8.1, 5.2, 9.2, and 6.3 respectively. The regiments
which show the largest proportion of cases this year are the 6th N. I. at Aden,
the 1st Grenadiers at Ahmedabad, the 22nd N. I. at Baroda, and the 3rd L. C. at
Neemuch.
Cholera.
Rheumatism.
14. Syphilitic affections appear to have been somewhat less frequent in the
Presidency and Northern Divisions. A small increase
has taken place in Sind, but a very considerable one
in the Poona Division. The total number of cases treated during the period
Syphilis.