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now under review was 632; in 1876 it was 506, or a percentage of treated to
total average strength, for both years, of 2.8 and 2.2 respectively. For the
Presidency Division the percentage of treated to strength for the past year was
2.1, for Poona 4.4, for the Northern Division 1.4, and for Sind 3.0. The
corresponding percentages for the preceding year were 3.0, 2.5, 1.5, and 2.4.
The regiments of the Presidency Division which were most affected were of
course those stationed in Bombay; these have, however, suffered to a much less
extent than in 1876, the cases in the 21st N. I., for example, having diminished
more than one-half. The frequency of the disease amongst the troops stationed
at Poona continues nearly the same—99 cases as compared with 101 the year
before. In the Sappers and Miners at Kirkee the cases have increased from
10 to 18, in the 4th Rifles at Satara from 12 to 29, in the 2nd Grenadiers at
Belgaum from 2 to 17, in the 12th at Dharwar from 5 to 44, and in the 19th
at Sholapore from 18 to 73. The total treated for syphilitic disease for the
whole Division has increased from 193 to 345. In the Northern Division the
regiments at Bhuj, Mhow, Neemuch, and Nusseerabad have had the largest
proportion of cases. In Sind the number treated in the 27th N. I. at Hyderabad
has increased from 20 to 33, those at Kurrachee and Jacobabad remaining about
the same.
15. There has been a slight increase of scurvy in the Presidency, Poona, and
Sind Divisions, but in the Northern Division the
treated for scorbutic affections have diminished by
nearly one-half. The total treated numbered 182 as compared with 203 in the
preceding year. The returns from Aden show 41 cases, or an increase of 16.
None of the regiments stationed in the Deccan appear to have suffered more
than usual. In the Northern Division, as regards the troops at Rajkote, there
has evidently been a considerable improvement,—judging at least from the
returns,—the numbers entered as treated for scurvy having been two-thirds
less than in 1876. At Jacobabad there has been a slight increase of the
d i s e a s e .
16. Respiratory affections have been less frequent; the treated numbered
1193, including 45 deaths, as contrasted with 1493 and
55 deaths in the previous year. The percentage of
mortality to treated was, for the two years, 3.7 and
3.6 respectively. In the Presidency Division lung diseases have increased from
123 cases with 4 deaths to 149 and 6 deaths, the 17th N. I. at Surat showing
the greatest amount of sickness from this cause. In the Poona Division, on the
contrary, the numbers have fallen from 463 cases and 13 deaths to 345 and a
mortality of 11. The 8th and 26th Regiments at Poona and the 3rd at
Kolapore appear to have suffered most. There has been a very considerable
reduction in the number of admissions in the Northern Division—viz., 519., of
whom 15 died, as compared with 727 and 9 deaths in 1876. The 11th N. I.
at Bhuj, however, with an increase of treated from 37 to 76, is the principal
exception to a satisfactory general diminution of sickness in this Division
from diseases of the respiratory organs. In Sind the total treated was 180,
the same as in the preceding year; the mortality has fallen, however, from 29 to
13, severe pneumonia having been less prevalent than formerly.
17. The total treated for diarrhœa was 806 and 13 deaths, and for dysentery
807 with 6 deaths. In the previous twelve months the
treated for each disease numbered 779 and 738, includ
- i n g a m o r t a l i t y o f 1 0 a n d 8 r e s p e c t i v e l y . I n t h e P r e s i d e n c y D i v i s i o n d i a r r h œ a
has increased slightly, while dysentery has diminished in frequency. In the Poona
Division the treated from the former disease have risen from 132 to 241,
including 5 deaths; those from dysentery have increased from 212 to 341. The
8th and 26th N. I. at Poona, the 15th at Ahmednagar, the 1st and 14th at
Belgaum, the 3rd at Kolapore, and the 19th at Sholapore have suffered the
most severely from both maladies, the last-mentioned corps especially. The
Scurvy.
Diseases of the respiratory
organs.
Diarrhœa and Dysentery.
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