ALLAHABAD DIVISION.
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STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL
NUMBER OF
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Admis- sions. Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters, Camp of Exer-
cise at Delhi and at Cawn-
pore.
1st January 31st December
3 7 6 . 6
386
4
1 8 . 2 102.49 1.06
3 . 1 3
Detachment at Cawnpore .
Ditto ... 26th February
93.5
10
...
5.6 68.64
...
5.98
TOTAL
.
.
.
.....
.....
391.45
396
4
12.3 101.16 1.02
3.14
Number of deaths in hospital 4; out of hospital 3; total
7; per cent. of total strength .
.
1.54
„
invalided
.
24;
„
. .
.
527
,,
sent on sick leave
,
4;
„
, ,
,
.88 -
, ,
of days spent in hospital 4,399; per admission 11.01; per man of total strength
.
9.66
,,
,,
on sick leave 534; per man
. 133 5;
„
,, ,
.
1.17
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
.
10.83
XVI.—Though the admissions from fever were large, as compared with last year, none of the
cases were of marked severity, and readily gave way to treatment, the powdered bonduc nut
being found. veryu s e f u l i n m a n y c a s e s . T h e i n j u r i e s c o n s e q u e n t o n c a v a l r y w o r k f o r m e d t h e
second hi ghest number of admi ssi ons, and wer e i n excess o t he admi ssi ons of l ast year by 16.
A large number of these were, of course, trifling contusions from accidents on parade, but
musketry practice also furnished a number of contusions of the shoulder, from insecure grasp-
ing of the carbine. Diseases of the digestive system gave 43 admissions with two deaths ;
Two cases were sent on sick leave—one with splenitis, and the other with persistent attacks of
gastritis. ---- -
Diseases of the respiratory system gave 26 admissions, as compared with 12 of the pre-
vious year : none of these were of importance. Cutaneous affections numbered 17, as compared
with 25 of 1875. General diseases B only 14, as compared with 34 of the previous year:
Amongst this class, one case of leprosy was under treatment for some time ; there was
extensive blanching of the skin of both upper and lower extremities, and slightly on the face,
accompanied by an ulcer on the great toe of one foot. There was no family history of disease,
and it appeared to have followed very closely on an attack of syphilis. The affected sowar was
finally discharged from the service by a special invaliding committee.
Principal
causes of
sick ness.
Leprosy.
There was the usual absence of cases of syphilis amongst the admissions, but at the
same time there is no reason to believe that the men conceal such affections, but rather that the
regiment is in this respect comparatively free. Diseases of the ocular system gave 10 admis-
sions, as compared with 34 of the year before, which is a marked and satisfactory falling off.
Aural cases gave 9 admissions, with one death, many of these cases being aggravated
apparently by unskilful probing of the ear with some instrument before attendance at hospital.
_
XVII—Principal causes of mortality.— The deaths in hospital were both the consequence
of injuries received on parade, in both cases the horse rearing and falling back on the rider
Of those " out of hospital," one death resulted from meningitis supervening on a long-stand-
iug abscess of the ear, and the other from dysentery. There were two deaths amongst me
n absent on sick certificate—one from bronchitis, and the other from chronic diarrhœa. Th
e r e m a i n i n g c a s e w a s t h e r e s u l t o f a f a l l f r o m a c a m e l , t h e m a n b e i n g o n t e m p o r a r y l e a v e a t t h e
time. The cause of death was not certified.
XVIII. Epidemics.—Although
cholera was prevalent in the city of Cawnpore almost
throughout the hot weather, and at intervals also in cantonments, there were no cases in the
regiment. Both the European infantry and the battery of artillery suffered, but the two
Native regiments remained free. Two cases of small-pox occurred in the lines amongst camp-
followers. They were immediately sent to the city hospital, the house occupied by them
well disinfected, and all the camp-followers inspected. The disease did not spread any further.
One of the two cases died in the city small-pox hospital.
XIX. Vaccination.—Towards the close of the year 27 men, who showed no marks of
vaccination, inoculation or previous small-pox, were vaccinated, On the whole, the regiment
is well protected from the disease by inoculation and previous small-pox.
Inspection.—Deputy Surgeon-General Walker inspected the regiment on
the 19th March 1877, and reports the sanitary state of the lines to be satisfac-
tory : 329 men were inspected and " presented an excellent appearance, and
up to service of any kind." The hospital and its arrangements were all that
could be desired, with the exception that wash-house tanks were wanting, and
that blankets had not been indented for.
Syphilis.
Vaccination.
Epidemics,
Principal
, causes of
, mortality.