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Cholera Hospital at
Bangalore.
station. Medical subordinates were placed at the disposal
of the Municipality, under the order of the Garrison Surgeon,
for house-to-house visitation in the bazaars, and the disinfection of houses was
carried out through a special sanitary agency entertained by the Municipality.
All suggestions were immediately acted upon and vigorously carried out."
CHOLERA AT THAYETMYO, BRITISH BURMAH.
166. It does not fall within my province to give an account of the distribution
of cholera in British Burmah. The Sanitary Commissioner of that locality will
doubtless detail the facts in his annual report. I have only here to note that
there was a reproduction of cholera in April 1870 at Thayetmyo, and that a
lamentable mortality occurred from it in Her Majesty's 76th Regiment and Royal
Artillery. The particulars, in regard to the epidemic invasion of the Irrawaddy
valley in 1869, are admirably described by Dr. Thompson, Her Majesty's 76th.
Regiment, in the Appendix to my cholera report for that year.
Outbreak at Tha-
yetmyo on 3rd April
amongst camp-follow-
ers.
167. The outbreak of 1870 began, so lar as the European Troops were con-
cerned, on the 7th April, but two cases occurred amongst the
native followers of the Regiment (one in the " cooly lines,"
where the first case of the 1869 invasion occurred,) and the
other in the " Sudder Bazaar" on the night of the 3rd April.
European Troops
attacked on the 7th.
On the morning of the 7th of April, cases of cholera occurred in the
barracks and hospital of the 76th Regiment and in a Royal
Artillery barrack ; in the former among the Band and Drum-
mers, and B., Gr., and L. Companies. On this first day of outbreak seven cases
came under observation.
Eemoval to camp of
affected troops.
168. The first step taken on the occurrence of cholera was to march out the
affected companies to camp. On the 8th April, the Band and
Drummers were moved to the Brigade parade-ground, and
on subsequent dates, 9th, 10th, and 11th April, respectively, the B., G., and L.
Companies were also marched out to the site chosen for a cholera encampment.
On the 13th the Band and Drummers were shifted from their camp on the parade-
ground to this site. A distinct hospital establishment was provided for each
company. On the 8th of April a second patient in hospital, in Thayetmyo, was
Patients in hospital
attacked.
attacked by cholera, and shortly atterwards the wife of the
Hospital Sergeant who resided in the building. During the
night of the 8th April, the wife of a Corporal, residing in Ko. 10 Family Barracks
was attacked, also two privates in the G. and L. Companies, respectively.
On the morning of the 9th, another man of the L. Company was seized, and
in the afternoon one of the G. Company. No fresh case occurred until the
afternoon of the 12th, when a man of the E. Company was attacked.
Appearance of cho-
lera in the camp on
the 13 th April.
169. On the afternoon of the 13th April, the first case occurred in the men
moved out to the cholera camp, and from that date up to the
19th no less than fourteen new attacks took place, of which
number twelve died. These cases occurred principally in the
L. Company. On the 15th April seven men of this particular company were
attacked, and only one survived.
On the appearance of the first case m the cholera camp near the cantonment