5. The average daily strength of the army in the Presidency Division was
3196.4, or 10.6 less than in 1876. The
average daily sick has diminished by
24.5. The number of admissions has,
however, been greater by 184. The
percentage of admissions to strength
was 110.9 as compared with one of 104.8
for the previous year. Forty deaths
occurred, equal to 1.1 per cent. on the
total treated.
6. In the Poona Division the average daily strength was 7771.6, or an
increase of 323 on that of the preceding
year. The average daily sick has risen
from 220.4 to 261.2, and the admissions
during the past twelve months have
been more frequent than in 1876 by
1422. This increased sickness must be
attributed chiefly to the greater preva-
lence of malarious fevers and, to a less
degree, of bowel disorders. The per-
centage of admissions to strength was
111.5, while for the previous year it was
97.3. The deaths numbered 72, or 30 more than last year, and 32.7 in excess
of the average of the three preceding years. The increased mortality is princi-
pally due to remittent fever, cholera, and diarrhœa.
7. In the Northern Division the average strength of the army was 8601.3,
or a decrease of 336. There has been a
reduction in the average daily sick, as
compared with that of the previous year,.
of 71.1, and in the admissions of 2200.
The percentage of admissions to strength
was 104.3, while for the preceding year
it was 125.1. Malarious fevers and
bowel diseases have been much less
frequent. The mortality was 67, just
one less than in 1876.
8. The average strength of the army in the Sind Division has remained
nearly the same. The average daily
sick has diminished by 13.7 ; and the
admissions, owing to the lesser preva-
lence of malarious fevers, have decreased
by 1194. The percentage of admissions
to strength, although not so low as in
some former years, was 131.5 ; in 1876
it reached 171.5. The deaths have been
only 36, as compared with a mortality
of 92 in the preceding year, when a large
proportion of it was due to cholera.
9. Taking the army as a whole, its standard of general health would appear
to have undergone a decided improvement. Examined
by Divisions, however, this is not found to be main-
tained throughout. In the Northern and Sind Divisions there has been a very
considerable improvement, malarious fevers, especially in the latter Division,
having prevailed to a much less degree than in the previous year. In the Presi-
dency Division general health has experienced little or no alteration, either
for better or worse. The army in the Poona Division shows a lower standard
Presidency Division and Aden.
Years.
Average
strength.
Average
daily
sick.
Admis-
sions.
Deaths.
1872
...
... 3,297
144.0
4,731
33
1873
...
... 3,358
140.2
4,513
28
1874
...
... 3,343
133.4
3,861
32
1875
...
... 3,288.5
125 .4 3,551 36
1876
...
... 3,207
128.7
3,363
45
1877
...
. . . 3,196.4 104.2 3,547 40
Poona Division.
Years.
Average
strength.
Avera g e
dail
sick.
Ad
mis-s i o n s .
Deaths.
1872
...
... 8,577
319.7
10,703
51
1873
...
... 8,209
250.4
7,334
35
1874
...
... 8,197
241.2
6,855
36
1875
...
... 8,145 .9 224.2 7,607 40
1876
...
... 7,448 .6 220 .4 7,249 42
1877
. . . ... 7,771 .6 261 .2
8,071
72
Northern Division.
Years.
Average
strength.
Average
dail
y
sick.
Admis-
sions.
Deaths.
1872
...
... 8,054
427.4
15,735
68
1873
...
... 8,450
392.9
13,498
52
1874
...
... 8,362
376.2
12,426
53
1875
...
... 8,547 .1 318 .2 10,714 105
1876
...
... 8,937 .3 365 .5 11,177
68
1877
...
... 8,601.3
294. 4
8,977
67
Sind Division.
Years.
Average
strength.
Average
daily
sick.
Admis -
sions.
Deaths.
1872
...
... 2,975
148.0
5,040
74
1873
...
... 2,950
92.7
3,690
50
1874
...
... 2,848
84.9
3,459
55
1875
...
... 2,837 .5 104. 9
3,603
32
1876
...
... 2,999 .4 142 .2
5,129
92
1877
...
... 2,991 .7 128 .5
3,935
30
General Health.