ROHILCUND DISTRICT.
STATION.
PERIOD
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average
number of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH P E R A N N U M.
From
To
Admi s-si ons. Deaths.
A d m i s - s i o n s .
Deaths. Daily
average
sick.
Head.quarters at Almora
up to 12th November . . . 1st Jan. 1875 31st.Dec. 1875. 445.95 492
3 21.34 110.32 00.67 4.78
Detachment at Pithoragarh . . .
. . .
. . .
111 07
1 0 6 . . .
4.62 95.43 . . .
4.15
Naini Tal . . .
. . .
. . .
64.45
39
. . .
1.55 60.51 . . .
2.40
Ranikhet . . .
. . .
. . .
27.61
No returns from this detachment.
Regimental depôt at Almora,
from 13th November . . . 13th Nov.1875 . . . 31st Dec. 1875 12.56
10
. . .
00.75 593
. . .
5.97
TOTAL . . .
. . .
. . .
634
647
3 28.26 102.05
. 4 5 4.44
Number of deaths in hospital, 3; out of hospital, 0; total, 3; per cent. of total strength . . . 00.41
" i n v a l i d e d . . . 3 7 ; " " . . .
5.11
" sent on sick leave 5; " " . . . 00.68
" " o f d a y s s p e n t i n h o s p i t a l , 1 0 , 3 1 8 ; p e r a d m i s s i o n , , 1 5 . 9 4 ; p e r m a n o f t o t a l s t r e n g t h . . .
14.24:
"
on sick leave, 750; per man, 150; " " . . . 1.03
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . . 15.27
The sickness has been very much as is usual during healthy seasons in Almora; it is a
little higher this than last year; but this is very much owing to there being many cases of
sore feet this year, caused by the long march to Delhi, there having been no such marching
last year.
PRINCIPAL DISEASES,
1874.
1875.
Quotidian ague . . .
182
154
Primary syphilis . . .
59
71
Secondary do . . .
14
20
Gonorrhœa . . .
1 3 .
10
Rheumatism, chronic . . .
30
35
Dysentery . . .
27
26
Blister of feet . . .
14
73
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.— With regard to the principal causes of sickness, I
would beg to refer to remarks on this head regarding syphilis in my reports for 1873 and 1874,
and again to point out that the returns of primaryand secondary syphilis are still higher this
year than ever, nor has anything been done in the way of protection by the introduction of
the Contagious Diseases Act into the station.
XVII. Principal causes of mortality.— The mortality has been very light, as there has
been little sickness, and diseases have been of a mild character.
PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF MORTALITY.
1874.
1875.
Pneumonia . . .
1
1
Dysentery . . .
1
1
Syphilis, secondary . . .
1
1
Principal
causes of
sickness.
Principal
causes of
mortality.
XVIII. Epidemics.—This regiment and the station of Almora have been singularly free
from epidemics this year. Although cholera existed to some extent at the foot of the hills, none
found its way into this station, not so much as a single case having occurred. I mention this
particularly, as at Simla and some other hill stations north-west of this, cholera existed to a
rather serious extent during the hot weather and rains. Great precautions were taken to
prevent the approach of the disease into the station, by keeping drains thoroughly clean and
disinfected, also by keeping persons from infected districts as much as possible out of the
station.
XX. Recommendation.—The commanuing officer assisted me in every way in keeping the
station, lines, drains, &c., as clean as possible; the drains around the regimental lines were
daily washed out, and disinfectants were freely employed; and the result has been so far satis
-
factory, that no epidemic disease has entered the station or lines.
XXI. Special observations and remarks.—Few cases of any interest have occurred in this
hospital during the year, one only being considered worth special note, namely, a ease of
leprosy of the anæsthetic form, which was greatly benefited by a course of the gurjun oil
Epidemics,
Recommend-
ation.
Special ob-
servations and
remarks.