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Health of divisions.—The marginal table gives a comparative statement of Health of
divisions.
19.
Military Commands.
S e r i a l N u m b e r .
D a i l y S i c k p e r c e n t o f S t r e n g t h .
S e r i a l N u m b e r .
A d m i s s i o n p e r c e n t o f s t r e n g t h .
S e r i a l N u m b e r .
D e a t h s p e r c e n t S t r e n g t h .
Bengal
..
.. 1 1.48
1 37.23 4
.93
Malabar and Canara..
2 2.09
2 51.88 1
.49
Presidency Division.. 3 2.38
3 62.02 8 1.28
Southern District .. 4 2.48
4 63.26 10 1.49
Nagpore Force
.. 5 2.53
7 82.46 2
.74
Mysore Division
.. 6 2.70
5 70.30 3
.82
Ceded Districts
.. 7 2.87
6 71.50 5 1.09
Saugor Circle..
.. 8 3.02 10 101.30 7 1.18
Hyderabad Subsidiary
Force.
9 3.33
8 84.45 6 1.13
Northern District .. 10 4.36
9 95.85 9 1.30
British Burmah Divi-
sion.
11 4.67 11 118.15 11 1.95
Diseases.
Admit
-
ted.
Died.
Percentage of
Strength.
Admit
-
ted.
Died
in
Hos
-
pital.
Eruptive fevers
..
7
..
Continued do. ..
..
. 3
. .
. .
. .
Malarious do. .
..
126
1
20.75
. 1 6
Rheumatic affections ..
4
..
.65
. .
Diseases of the eye ..
6
..
.98
. .
Do. of the lungs ..
..
.65
. .
Diarrhœa
...
6
..
.98
..
Dysentery
..
..
4
1
.65
.16
Skin diseases ..
..
1 4
..
2.30
. .
21.
Diseases.
Admit
-
ted.
Died.
Percentage of
Strength.
Admit
-
ted.
Died
in
Hos
-
pital.
Eruptive fevers..
7
..
.37
..
Continued do...
3
. .
.16
..
Malarious do. .
..
162
2
8.71
. 1 0
Rheumatic affections ..
97
..
5.22
..
Diseases of the eye ..
16
..
.86
.
Do. of the lungs ..
33
1
1.77
. 0 5
Diarrhœa
..
..
23
1
1.23
. 0 5
Dysentery
..
..
39
.
2.09
..
Skin diseases ..
..
221
..
11.89
..
22.
Diseases.
Admit
-
ted.
Died.
Percentage of
Strength.
Admit
-
ted.
Died
in
Hospi
-
tal.
Eruptive fevers..
6
..
. 2 1
Continued do...
4 3
1
1.50
.03
Malarious do.
..
381
3
13.33
. 1 0
Rheumatic affections ..
83
..
2.90
..
Diseases of the eye ..
83
..
2.90
..
Do. of the lungs ..
85
5
2.97
. 1 7
Diarrhœa
..
..
84
2
2.94
. 0 7
Dysentery
..
..
97
3
3.39
. 1 0
Skin diseases ..
..
299
..
10.46
..
the health of the troops serving in the
several divisions. The corps serving in
Bengal had the smallest number of sick,
and the troops stationed in Burmah were
the most unhealthy. In the former the
percentage of daily sick to strength was
1.48 and in the latter it was 4.67.
The division of Malabar and Canara had
the fewest number of deaths, the rate
per cent. to strength having been .49,
while in Burmah the rate was 1.95,
The command next to Burmah in the
order of unhealthiness was the Northern
Division, the daily sick-rate there having
been 4.36, and the ratio of mortality 1.30.
A brief review will now be given of the
chief causes of sickness in each of the
divisions.
20. Bengal.—The average strength
of the troops serving in Bengal was 607,
and their state of health was highly
satisfactory. The disease which caused
the greatest number of admissions was
malarious fever.
the most healthy. The chief causes
of admission into hospital were skin
diseases of various kinds, to which troops
serving in the Western Coast are
always very liable. This susceptibility
to cutaneous affections in Malabar and
Canara may be partly due to the damp
warm nature of the climate. The
diseases causing the next highest num-
bers of admissions were malarious fevers
and rheumatic affections. The average
strength of the troops in this command
during 1875 was 1,858.
circle was 2,657. The chief diseases
were malarious fevers and skin affec-
tions, but the amount of sickness was on
the whole comparatively small. At the
same time the occurrence to any extent
of malarious fever in a town so favour-
ably situated on the coast, indicates that
our sanitary arrangements need further
attention. Steady attention has been
given to the sanitary condition of the
sepoys' huts and lines, but in the
vicinity of these are, in some instances,
municipal nuisances which cannot fail to
have a prejudicial effect on health.
Malabar and Canara.— The troops in this command were, next to Bengal,
Presidency Division.-The average strength of the native force in this
Bengal.
Malabar and.
Canara.
Presidency
Division.