118
Localization of epi-
demic to D. and K.
Barracks.
141. It will be observed with reference to these cases that eight of them came
out of the upstair barrack-room marked D., and two from the
room below it marked K. ; of the remaining four cases, two
were from married quarters, one from M. barrack, upstairs,
and one from the Pay Sergeant's quarters (ground floor).
Dr. Wood, Assistant Surgeon, H. M.'s 45th Regiment, remarks of the
cases occurring at the Red Hill Camp :—
" The first case at the Red Hills, that of Lewis, occurred on the forenoon
of 6th March, the day after leaving Madras. He complained of weakness on the
5th, and is said to have had diarrhoea, apparently on the 4th, for which he took
medicine. He was batman to Colour Sergeant Smith of F. Company, and in
which company several cases had occurred up to the 5th, and had been working
hard amongst the kits of men of the company who had been taken ill. Private
Bradbury, seized with cholera on the 9th, had taken Lewis' place as batman.
Colour Sergeant Smith (name not in above list) became affected with diarrhoea
and vomiting, but these symptoms wore off under treatment. He lived in the
tent with Lewis and Bradbury."
H. M.'s 45TH REGIMENT " S. F."
Return of the Citolera Cases which occurred in the men sent to the Red Hills.
Corps.
Regimental
No.
165
874
299
1,171
Rank and Names.
Pte.
,,
James Bradbury.
John Doyle
John Lewis
Francis Scalling.
Charles Taylor...
Company
F.
G.
F.
F.
F.
Room occupi-
ed by Com-
pany in the
Fort Saint
George.
* Upstairs...
Downstairs
(* under the
above.)
Upstairs ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Range
D.
K.
D.
D.
D.
Age.
29
25
38
30
29
Service.
5
7
11
12
10
Admitted
9-3-70
9-3-70
6.3-70
7-3-70
9-3-70
Died
11-3-70
11-3-70
Convalescent
Do.
Do.
Remark.
Malignant cholera.
Do.
Do.
Choleraic diarrhoea.
Malignant cholera.
H. M.'s 45TH REGIMENT " S.
F"
Return of the Cholera Cases which occurred in the men of the above Corps stationed at Fort Saint
Georqe, Madras.
Corps.
f
(D
8
1,293
689
877
1,577
1,473
1,555
2,G97
Rank and Names.
Pte.
Color
Segt.
John Roome
Joseph Wilkinson
Henry Ayling ...
William Phillips...
Walter Smith ...
Henry Rickwood.
John Stafford ...
Company
A.
G.
F,
F.
F.
F.
C.
Room occupi-
ed by the
Company.
Upstairs ...
Downstairs.
Upstairs ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
No. 1 Pay
Sergeant's
quarterdown-
stairs.
Range
M.
K.
D.
D.
D.
D.
Centre of
Barracks
Age
36
32
26
31
20
21
40
Service02
16
12
7
12
4
3
26
3-3-70
4-3-70
4-3-70
4-3-70
4-3-70
5-3-70
S-3-70
11-3.70
4-3-70
Convalescent
6-3-7"
Convalesoent,
Do.
8-3-70
Remarks.
Malignant cholera
Diedof pneumonia
Malignant cholera
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Conditions predis-
posing to outbreak.
General.
142. The weather at Madras previous to 2nd of March had been unusually
windy and dusty. The wind blowing from north, or north by
west, with a velocity of from 280 to 304 miles in the twenty-four
hours. For some days the surf was so high that no commu-
nication could be held with shipping in the roads.* On the 28th February, the last
* NOTE.—In connexion with this strong wind and dust from the north,it may bo noted that cholera was occurring
at Nellore, about 100 miles to the north, previous to, and at the date of, the outbreak in the Fort, There is no record
of its presence between Nellore and Madras.