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A SKETCH OF THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BOMBAY.
STATEMENT showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE
N.B.—The regiments are placed as
Re g i me n t .
Station.
Movements during the
year.
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 r e s e n t d u r i n g t h e y e a r .
R e m a i n e d o n 1 s t J a n u a r y 1 8 7 5 .
A d m i t t e d d u r i n g t h e y e a r .
T o t a l t r e a t e d .
D i s c h a r g e d c u r e d . D i s c h a r g e d o t h e r w i s e . 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 .
R e m a i n i n g .
A v e r a g e D a i l y S i c k p e r C e n t . t o A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
R a t i o p e r C e n t . o f A d m i s s i o n s t o A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
RATIO PER CENT
OF DEATH.
Invalided
In Hospital.Out of Hos pi t a l .
To t r e a t e d .
To treated.
T o A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h .
T o A v e r a g e S t r e n g t h . F o r D i s c h a r g e t h e S e r v i c e .
F o r C h a n g e o f C l i m a t e .
PRESIDENCY DIVISION, ADEN,
20th Regiment N. I. . .. Bombay .. ..
None.
29.3 621.7 31 624 655 590 29
9 . . 27 4.7 100.3 1.4 1.6 . . . . 43 18
17.4 586.0 10 371 381 323 37 5 . . 16 2.9 63.3 1.3
0 . 8
1 . 1 0 . 7 22 22
21st
do.
Do.
None.
2.5 35.0 .. 32 32
1 8 6 1 . . . 7 7.1 91.4 1.1 2.8 . . . . 3 2
Details attached to 21st Re-
giment N. I.
Do. .. ..
None.
Do. .. ..
None.
6.3
1 4 1 . 5 4 133 137 122 7 2 2 2 6
4 . 5 93.9 1.4 1.4
1 . 4 1 . 4 12 4
Detachment, 4th Regiment
N. I.
Tanga .. ..
None.
8.2 301.0 1 267 268 245 6 5 1 1 12 2.7 88.7 1.9 1.7
0 . 4
0 . 3 . . 6
Right Wing , 7th Regiment N. I.
26t h Regi ment N. I. . .
. .
Surat .. .. From Surat to Poona. 34.4 614.0 24 1,240 1,264 1,141 78 1 1 1 34 5.6 201.9 0.9 1.7
0 . 0 8
0 . 2 19 20
0.3 8.0 .. 14 11 10 3 . . . . 1 3.7 :175.0
. . . .
. .
. . . . . .
Detachment, 21st Regt. N. I. " Dalhousie" .
None.
2.0 12.0 .. 155 155 152 3 . . . . .. 16.6 129.2
. . . . ..
. . . . ..
Do.
do.
Bassadore
None.
Do.
do. .. " Hugh Rose" ..
None.
0.2 10.0 .. 14 14 13 1 . . . . .. 2.0 140.0
. . . . . .
. . 1 ..
Do.
do.
. " Abyssinia " ..
None.
. .
8 . 0 . .
. . . .
. . . . . . . . .. . .
. .
. . . . . . . . . . ..
Do.
do. .. " Qnangtung"
None.
0.3 8.0 .. 9 9 9 .. . . . . . . 3.7 11.2
. . . .
. .
. . . . . .
Do.
do. .. Bushire ... ..
None.
0.4 16.0 .. 37 37 36 .. 1 . . .. 2.5 231.2
2 . 7 6 . 2 . .
. . .. . .
Do.
do.
. . " Magdala" .
None.
. .
8 . 0 . .
. .
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. .
. . . .
. .
. . . .
. .
Do.
do.
. . Bagdad
..
None.
. .
1 0 . 0 . .
. .
. .
. . . . . . . . . . .. ..
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
Do. 20th Rest. N. I.
J a n j i r a
None.
1.4 17.0 . . 8 8
. . . . . . . . . . 8.2 47.0
. .
. . . . . . . . . .
Total.. 102.7 2,396.2 70 2,904 2,974 2,667 170
3 4
8 103
4 . 3
121.3 1.1
1 . 4
0.3 0.3 100 72
2nd Grenadier RegimentN. I. Aden .. .. Proceeded to Belgaum in
December.
13.5 592.0 10 363 373 305 59
1 4
8 2.3 61.3
0 . 3
0 . 2
1. 1 0.6 28 24
Detachment
do. .. Perim .. .. Joined its head-quarter
at Aden in November to
proceed to Belgaum.
1.1 45.8 .. 21 21 14 7 . . . . . . 2.4 45.8
. . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1 66.8 1 29 30 25 4 1 1 .. 1.6 43.4
3 . 3 1.4
3 . 3 1 . 4 . .
1
2nd Company, Native Artil-
lery.
Aden .. ..
None.
1.5 97.0 .. 46 46 44 .. . . . . 2 1.5 47.4
. . . . . . . . 4 ..
5th Company, Sappers and
Miners.
Do. .. ..
None.
Aden Troop .. . . ... Khor Mucksa ..
None.
5.5 90.7 4 188 192 190 .. . . . . 2 6.1 207.3
. . . . . .
. . 2 4
Total.. 22.7 892.3 15 647 662 578 70 2 5 12 2.5 72.5
0 . 3 0.2
0 . 8 0 . 6 26 29
Total Presidency and Aden. 125.4 3,288.5 85 3,551 3,636 3,245 240 36 1 3 115 3.8 107.9 0.9
1 . 1 0 . 4 0 . 4 126 101
POONA
1st Grenadier Regiment N. I. Poona .. .. Left for Ahmedabad on
20th December 1875.
24.6 629.5 19 779 798 725 52 3 . . 18 3.9 123.7 0.4 0.4 ..
. . 24 30
8th Regiment N. I. .. .. Do. .. ..
None.
28.1 690.0 29 1,381 1,410 1,366 16 2 1 26 4.1 200 1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 32 16
17th do.
.. .. Do. .. .. _Marched to Surat in De-
cember.
22.8 658.5 19 791 810 779 10 3 4 18 3.4 120.2
0 . 4 0.4
0 . 5 0.6 16 10
1st do. N. L. C. .. Do. .. ., From Poona to Bombay
and back.
8.9 301.6 10 310 320 299 14 . . 1 7 2.9 102.7
. . . . . . 0.3 7 8
Sappers and Miners .. .. Kirkee .. ..
None.
9.2 488.5 7 281 288 269 4 4 . . 11 1.9 57.5
1 . 4 0.8 . .
. . 6 2
Detachment, Poona Horse .. Dhulia .. .. Joined its head-quarters
at Sirur to proeed to
Bombay in November.
1.9 91.5 2 31 33 28 4 1 . . . . 2.1 33.9
3 . 0 1.0 . .
. . . . 4
Head-quarters, 4th Regiment
N. I.
Satara .. .. 147 men marched to Asir-
garh.
5.6 352.5 5 308 313 298 9 1 . . 5 1.6 87.4
0 . 3 0.2 . .
. . 13 7
19th Regiment N. I... .. Shohápur .. .. Marched to Poona on 5th November 14.0 668.0 21 625 646 599 33 2 2 12 2.1 93.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 8 8
13th
do.
.. .. Ahmednagar .. Proceeded to Málegaon in
November 1875.
14.7 674.0 11 543 554 532 12 2 . . 8 2.2 80.5
0 . 4 0.3 . .
. . 12 12
5th
do.
.. .. Belgaum .. .. Marched to Poona in De-cember. 14.4 634.0 13 407 420 394 9 4 1 13 2.3 64.2
0 . 9 0.6 0.2 0.1 48 3
6th
do.
.. .. Do. .. .. Marched to Aden in Octo-
bor.
11.1 610.5 5 356 361 344 8 4 3 5 1.8 58.3 1.1 0.6
0 . 8
0 . 4 7 5
Poona Horse .. .. .. Sirur .. .. Proceeded to Bombay in
Oct ober and ret urned t o Poona i n December. 10.6 308.3 8 292 300 258 26 3 . . 13 4.3 94.7
1 . 0 0.9
. . . . 15 6
12th Regiment N. I... .. Dharwar .. ..
None.
18.3 685.0 12 363 375 354 2 4 . . 15 2.7 52.9
1 . 1 0.5 . .
. . 6 ..
Detachment, 4th Regt. N. I.. . Asirgarh
None.
4.0 137.1 2
1 5 1 153 149 3 . . . . 1 2.9 110.2 ..
. .
. .
. . 1 . .
14th Regiment N. I. .. .. Kolhápur
.. Proceeded to Belgaum in November. 20.2 524.0 9 419 428 378 25 4 3 21 3.8 79.9 0.9
0 . 7 0.7
0 . 7 25 10
15th
do.
.. .. Málegaon
.. Proceeded to Ahmednagar
in November.
14.4 608.0 13 517 530 467 38 2 . . 23 2.4 85.0 0.4 0.3
. . . . 13 5
Detachment, 14th Regiment
N. I.
Kaládgi ..
None.
1.4 85.0 1 53 54 47 4 1
. . 2 1.6 62.3
1 . 8 1.1 . .
. . 6 3
Total .. 224.2 8,145.9 186 7,607 7,793 7,2 86 269 4 0 1 5 198 2.8 93.4
0 . 5 0.5 0.2 2.0
2 3 9
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