Water-supply.
POONA DIVISION OF THE ARMY.
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The water-supply is the same as that of the lines—from the
river.
14. The amount of sickness has been less as compared to last year, for with an average
daily strength of 488 to 397 during last year, the average
daily sick has been 9·2 to 7·9, and the percentage of treated to
strength 58·8 to 88·1, or about 29 per cent. less. The deaths have, however, been greater,
namely, 4 to 1 during 1874, or a ratio percentage of deaths
to strength of 0·8; and of deaths to treated of 1·3 as compared
to 0·3 and 0·3 of 1874. The number of men invalided was 6 out of 8 men sent up. There
were about 50 more who offered themselves at the regimental committee, all men of 15
years' service and more; they consider that as the normal
period for service, and, unless there is a prospect of promotion,
they then make every effort to get away.
15. The principal causes are—climate and malaria, which cause all the admissions in
Sub-divisions A and B of the general diseases, amounting to 157
out of a total of 281, or more than two-thirds; skin diseases
(31), which include boils and ulcers, and are due partly to bad feeding, partly to want of
cleanliness; injuries (25) which, as usual, are nearly all of the lower extremity incurred on
works, and, therefore, are nearly all preventible by proper covering for the leg and feet.
16. The chief cause of the greater mortality was cholera, which gave 3 deaths, and 1
ensued from paralysis. The former were in June and July,
when there was no epidemic, but there were scattered cases in
the bazaar and cantonment ganerally. The accompanying table gives the mortality according
to race, and also the comparative average strength and admis
-sions by castes:—
A v e r a g e D a i l y S i c k .
A v e r a g e D a i l y S t r e n g t h p e r C e n t . d u r i n g y e a r .
A d m i t t e d d u r i n g y e a r .
D i e d i n H o s p i t a l .
D i e d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
Chr i s t i a ns .
Hindus.
Mussulmans. O t h e r s .
European. Natives.
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
A d m i s s i o n s .
Av e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
A d m i s s i o n s .
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
A d m i s s i o n s .
Av e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
A d m i s s i o n s .
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
A d m i s s i o n s .
1874
7·9 397 344
1
1
11
1 1 1 334 296
62
47
. . .
. . .
1875
9·2 488 281
4 ...
10
1 0 1 1 417 247
6 8 33
2
. . .
The following table shows the mortality for the year; its ratio to average strength according
to caste as compared to last year:—
Christians.
Hindus. Mussulmans.
Others.
Total.
European.
Natives.
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h . R a t i o o f D e a t h s t o A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h p e r C e n t .
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
R a t i o o f D e a t h s t o A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h p e r C e n t .
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h . R a t i o o f D e a t h s t o A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h p e r C e n t .
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
R a t i o o f D e a t h s t o A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h p e r C e n t .
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h . R a t i o o f D e a t h s t o A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h p e r C e n t .
A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
R a t i o o f D e a t h s t o A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h p e r C e n t .
1874
11
...
1
...
334 0 .3
62 ...
. . .
...
408 0·3
1875
10
. . .
1
...
417
0·8
6 8
. . .
2 ...
488
0 · 8
Sickness.
Mortality.
Invaliding.
Principal Causes of Sickness.
Principal Causes of Mortality.
Mortality according to Race.