MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF MADRAS.
In the Ceded Districts the admission-rate is lower than in either of the two previous
years. The death-rate is, however, in excess of either previous years, being 3 . 27 per mile in
excess of that for 1870, and 2.44 over that of 1871. Invaliding is largely in excess of that
of the two previous years, being three times nearly that of 1871, and twice that of 1870. The
constantly sick-rate is almost the same as that of the year 1871, but slightly in excess of
that of 1870.
The next statement exhibits sickness and mortality as influenced by seasons as gathered
from the quarterly returns :—
STATEMENT NO. IV.
Quarters ending
Average
Strength,
inclusive of
Garriso
n Details.
Admitted.
DIED.
Averag
e Daily Sick.
RATIOS PER 1,000.
In. Out.
Aumitted.
Died
in
Hospital.
Average
Daily
Sick.
Mysore Division.
31.st March
...
. . .
2997 . 15
501
10
2
76.17
167 . 15
3.34
25.41
30th June
...
...
3054 . 07
543
3
2
84.31
177.80
0.98
27.61
30th September ...
...
3054.85
591
4
...
86.54
193.46
1.31
28.33
31st December ...
...
3378.69
1,093
4
2
112.78
323.50
1.18
33.38
Ceded Districts.
31st March
...
1647
157
8
...
26 . 29
95 . 32
4 . 85
15.96
30th June
...
...
1480.07
136
3
...
26.66
91.89
2.03
18.01
30th September .,.
...
1583.46
200
2
...
27.67
126.35
1.26
17.47
31st December ...
...
1689.0
338
1
1
43.72
200.11
0.60
25.88
This table shows that in the Mysore Division the admission-rate was considerably
higher in the last than in any of the previous quarters of the year. This excess is due
mainly to the prevalence of " Dengue.' The hospital death-rate was the highest in the
first quarter. In the Ceded Districts the same order of precedence of the admission and
death ratios is noticed, the last quarter furnishing the greatest number of admissions, and
the first the largest number of deaths.
Statement No. V. exhibits the admissions and deaths, with ratios per mille of strength
by the principal disc ases and the relative prevalence of such diseases at the different stations
in the t wo army commands.
STATEMENT No. V .
DIVISIONS ...
...
MYSORE DIVISION.
CEDED DISTRICTS.
Stations
...
.. .
Bangalore.
Strength 1818.10.
French Rocks.
Strength 589.92.
Mercara.
Strength 647.54.
Mysore.
Strength 65.84.
Bellary.
Strength 1,600.
Diseases.
A. D.
Ratio per
1,000.
A. D.
Ratio per
1,000.
A. D.
Ratio per
1,000.
A. D.
Ratio per
1,000.
A. D.
1
Ratio per
1,000.
A.
D.
A.
D.
A.
D.
A. D.
A.
D.
Cholera
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. .
. . . ...
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
S m a l l - P O X
. . .
5 ...
2.75 ...
2
3.39 ... ... ... ...
...
. . .
...... ... ...
2 1
1.25 .63
Dengue
...
3 3 4 . . .
1 8 3 . 7 1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 1 5
7 1 . 8 8
...
Intermittent.
363 3 199.6 1.65 142 1 240.71 1.69 208 ... 321 . 21 ... 17 .. 258.20
53 ... 33.13 ...
Fevers Remittent ...
4 4
2 . 75 2 .75
1 ...
1 . 69 ...
3 ...
4.3 ... ...... ...
. . .
4 2
2.50 1.25
Continued ...
4 . . . .
2 . 7 5
1 . . .
1 . 5 4
5 1
6.25 .63
E n t e r i c . . .
Dysentery . .
...
22 1 12.0 0.5
4 ..
6.8 ...
18 1 27.78 1.54 ...... ... ... 37 ... 23.3 ...
Diarrhea
...
...
47 ... 25.5 ...
12 ... 20.4 ...
14 ... 21.2 ... ...... ... ... 19 1 11.88 .63
Hepatitis
...
...
1 ...
. 6 3 ...
Pneumonia ...
...
9 2 4.95 1.10
1
1.69 ..
3 ...
4.63 ... ...... ... ... ... ... ...
...
Neuritis...
...
1
. 6 3
Other respiratory ...
45 2 24.75 1.10
8 ... 13.56 ...
46 ... 71.04 ... ...... ... ... 28 2 17.5 1.25
Phthisis pulmonalis...
2 . 5 0
Dropsies
...
...
5 ...
2.75 ...
5 1 8.47 1.69
1 ...
1.54 ... ..... ...
2 ...
1.25 ...
Venereal
...
41 ... 22.55 ...
5 ... 8.47 ...
15 ... 23.15 ...
. . . . . . ... ... 17 .. 10.63 ...
Eye diseases ...
...
62 ... 34.10 „.
32 ... 54.24 ...
7 ... 10.81 ... ...... ... ... 36 ... 23.75 ...
Abscesses
...
...
40 ... 22.00 ...
7 ... 11.86 ...
23 ... 35.52 ... ...... ... ... 23 1 14.38 ...
Ulcers...
...
...
62 ... 34.10 ...
10 ... 16.95 ...
11 .. 16.99 ... ...... ... ... 23 ... 14.38 ...
Wounds
...
...
28 ... 15.40 ...
5 ... 10.17 ...
34 ... 52.48 ... ...
...
... 33 1 20.63 .63
Rheumatism ...
...
97 ... 53.35 ...
39 1 66.11 1.69 17 ... 26.25 ... ...... ... ... 67 ... 41.88 ..
Other diseases
...
532 3 292.61 1.65 120 ... 201.72 ... 206 2 318.13 3.08 6 .. 91.13 ... 353 5 220.63 6.25
Total ... 1,705 15 937.78 8.25 393 3 666.19 5.09 607 3 937.39 4.63 2 3 ... 349.33 ... 823
I 4
576.91 8.75
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