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SIND DIVISION OF THE ARMY.
Malarious fever in its various forms gave the greatest number of admissions, 362 in number,
or 74 less than last year :—
January
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . . 28
July
...
...
. . .
...
. . . 3
February
. . .
. . .
. . .
... 27
August . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
March ...
...
. . .
. . .
. . . 41
September
. . .
...
...
... 13
April
..
...
...
...
... 23
October ...
. . .
. . .
...
... 63
May
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . . 17
November
. . .
. . .
...
. . . 93
June
...
...
. . .
...
... 5
December
. . .
...
. . .
... 45
The fever this year has been exceptionally bad, and the type appears to be of a more debi-
litating nature than usual, and it has been remarked that many persons who had not suffered
from fever for years were attacked this year ; this applies particularly to Europeans.
Pneumonia and dysentery, met with here, does not call for any further description beyond
what was given in last report ; the former is very fatal, the latter mild. Mortality.-6 deaths
occurred in hospital, 2 on out-post duty, and 1 on leave. In hospital they were—ague 1,
pneumonia 3, ascites 1, debility 1. Out of hospital, pneumonia 1, ague 1, cause unknown 1.
17 men were invalided during the year-10 above 15 years' service, 3 under, and 4 under 5
years—from the following diseases :—malarious cachexia 4, enlarged spleen 1, lameness 1,
mental incapacity 1, old and worn-out 5, general debility 2, chronic rheumatism 2, syphilis-
secondary-1. 18 men were granted sick certificate for periods varying from 6 months to
14 days ; 4 men out of this number were permanently disposed of at the general invaliding
committee. The mortality, according to race, was—deaths in hospital, 5 Mussulmans and 1
Hindu ; out of hospital, 1 Mussulman and 2 Hindus.
8. The following table shows the temperature and rainfall during the year :—
Months.
Common Thermo-
meter in Verandah.
Maxi mum.
Mi ni mum.
Mean.
Rain.
Remarks.
January
. . .
. . .
. . .
67
52
54 1/2
In. ... cts.
Dust-storm, water frozen 5 times, cloudy,
and few drops of rain fell.
February
...
...
...
69
52
60 1/2
0 83
Cloudy weather, and rain fell 6 times in
the month.
March ...
...
...
...
101
48
74 1/2
. . . Cludy weather and hot winds.
April ...
...
...
...
106
70
88
...
Cloudy, dust-storms, hot wind, and few
drops of rain fell.
May
. . .
...
...
. . . 106
78
92
0
1
Cloudy and dust-storms, slight rain fell
and hot winds.
June
. . .
. . .
...
...
106
81
93 1/2
...
Hot wind and cloudy.
July ..
...
...
...
102
84
93
1 37
Coudy, rain fell, dust-storm.
Indus
water arrived in camp on the 10th.
August
. . .
. . .
. . .
99
83
91
. . . Cloudy. Flood water arrived on the 21st
round the camp.
September
...
. . .
...
98
80
89
1
12
Cloudy, duststorms, rain fell.
October
. . .
. . .
. . .
90
64
77
...
Weather fair.
November
...
...
...
79
60
69 1/2
0 74
Cloudy weather and rain fell.
December
...
...
...
68
46
57
0 12
Cloudy, and slight rain fell.
Total...
4 19
Vaccination.
General Health and Physique.
9. There were 12 vaccinations.
10. Could not by any possibility be much worse.
11. No opportunity has offered for any special line of treatment ; nothing save the
Treatment of Diseases when
special.
usual uninteresting cases commonly met in Native regimental
hospitals presented themselves.
12. I would call attention to my remark on the general health and physique of the
Special Observations,
regiment, also to my remarks on the same subject, ( vide report
for 1874,) from which will be seen the necessity of introducing some measure, such as I recommend in this report. The system of invaliding, as it is at
some measure, such as 1 recommend in this report. The system of invaliding, as it is at