SKETCH OF THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BOMBAY.
After the lapse of a fortnight the lines were re-occupied, and no further instance of the
disease occurred among the residents in them.
No other disease noted in the return seems worthy of special remark.
The invalids of the season numbered 21.
Six women and seventeen children have died in the lines of the regiment during the
year. These are taken account of in the mortuary returns pertaining to the general popula-
tion of the cantonment. One of the women died from cholera ; it was the first instance of the
disease as pertaining to the regiment.
No extraordinary scarcity or dearness of alimentary supplies for the men and their fami-
lies has occurred ; but fruit and vegetables have not been obtainable in abundance, and in the
hot season were scarcely procurable.
The water of the wells in use seems to be good, and the supply is reported to have been
sufficient.
The conservancy of the lines has been excellently maintained (surface drainage duly
attended to) ; and the latrines—although at an unavoidably inconvenient distance from the
lines—are of satisfactory construction, and have been kept in a cleanly condition.
The hospital and its subsidiary accommodation satisfactorily meets requirements.
SQUADRON H. M. 'S 3RD REGIMENT LIGHT CAVALRY.
NASIRABAD.—In Medical Charge of Assistant Surgeon SIMPSON ; Strength 133.
The average strength of the squadron during the past year has been 133.
The number of admissions 196.
The average number of sick 5.18.
The general health of the squadron has been good during the year.
During the months of September and October ague was prevalent.
The principal diseases treated were ague, contusions, rheumatism, conjunctivitis, dysen-
tery, and diarrhoea.
One death occurred during the year.
Six men were sent on sick leave.
Slate of the Lines.— The lines are in good order and kept clean. The hospital is in good
condition, and sufficient for the accommodation of the sick.
There has been no epidemic of cholera or small-pox during the year.
Vaccination has been regularly carried on in the squadron during the year.
H. M.S' 23RD REGIMENT N. I.
NASIRABAD.—In Medical Charge of Assistant Surgeon J. SIMPSON ; Strength 626.
The average strength of the regiment during the past year has been 626, the number of
admissions 1,891, the number remaining on 1st January 1871, 34, and daily average sick 60.9.
The regiment arrived at Nasirabad in the end of January 1872 from Poona, and up
to the middle of August the general health of the regiment was good ; from that time ague
became very prevalent, and continued until the cold weather set in.
The principal causes of admissions were as follows : intermittent fever 1,371, boils 43, dy-
sentery 34, contusions 34, diarrhœa 33, catarrh 30, chronic rheumatism 26. The figures on
the annual return show the remaining cases.
The most obstinate fever cases were in those men who had suffered from it when
in Kattywar. Hypodermic injection of quinine was tried in a good many cases with success,
and only in one did an ulcer follow.
The dysentery and diarrhœa cases were nearly all in men who were recovering from pro-
longed and repeated attacks of fever.
The rheumatism and catarrh cases generally occur in the cold season.
The contusions were nearly all caused by bad fitting boots when on the march.
Six deaths took place during the year : two from fever, one from scurvy, one suddenly from
disease of the heart, one from pneumonia, and one from constipation.
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