XX
Cases of
bronchitis, pneumonia, &c,
7 in Edwardesabad; 6 in Cachar, in the detachment of the 4th Punjab Cavalry
en route to Khelat, and in the Bolan Pass, respectively; 4 in Barrackpore,
and in a detachment of the 43rd Regiment Native Infantry at Alinagar and
Chargola; 3 at Lucknow, and 2 in each of the following cantonments: viz.,
Allahabad, Bhagalpur, Dacca and Rawal Pindi. The remainder, single cases,
were similarly as in 1875, widely scattered.
51. Statement No. XIII exhibits the total number of cases of bronchitis
and bronchial catarrh, pneumonia, pleurisy and other throat and chest diseases
t r e a t e d d u r i n g 1 8 7 6 , a n d t h e n u m b e r o f d e a t h s c a u s e d b y e a c h . F o r t h e s a k e o f
comparison, the similar statistics for the preceding quinquennial period are also
given.
YEARS.
STATEMENT No. X111.
BRONCHI TI S AND
BRONCHI AL
CATARRH.
PNEUMONIA.
PLEURISY. OTHER DISEASES.
TOTAL.
Admitted. ed. Admitted. Died. Admitted. Died, Admitted. Died. Admitted. Di ed.
1,668 66 624 149 233 13 366 7 2,891 235
1871
1872
1,909 61 498 103 187 3 353 16 2,947 183
1873
1,792 52 536 87 238 13 307 9 2,873 161
1874
1,749 25 I544 111 209 8 248 7 2,750 151
1875
1,769 18 701 177 189 11 263 5 2,922 211
1876
1,960 19 I 421 87 175 9 253 I10 2,809 125
C o m m a n d s i n
which chest
diseases were
most prevalent.
Syphilis.
It will be seen that bronchitis and bronchial catarrh were more prevalent
than in 1875, or indeed than in any year of the preceding quinquennial period,
but the death-rate from them was not so high. This decrease in the mortality,
which has been so marked during the three years of 1874, 1875 and 1876, may be
fairly attributed to the liberal allowance of purdahs and firewood to all military
hospitals in those stations where, during the cold season, an equable and rather
high. temperature inside the hospital buildings is such a well-recognised and
indispensable adjunct to skilled medical attendance for the successful treatment
of all acute or chronic chest diseases.
52.Chest diseases were most prevalent in the following military commands
in order of frequency, viz.: Peshawar, North-Eastern Frontier, PunjabFrontier,
Presidency, Lahore, Rawal pindi and Umballa, and these results agree with
those recorded in previous annual reports. There has been a marked decrease
in the admissions from pneumonia, and to a slight extent in those from pleuritis
and. other chest diseases ; while there has been an increase in the number of
admissions from bronchitis and bronchial affections.
53.The proportion of cases of primary and secondary syphilis, gonorrhœa,
STATEMENT No. XIV.
YEARS.
1871
CASES PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
TOTAL.
2.95
Primary syphilis.
1, 43
Secondary syphilis.
. 5 4
Gohorrhœa, &c.
.98
1872
1.24 .51
96 2 . 7 1
1873
1.25
. 6 8 1. 05 2.98
1874
1.77
. 6 6 .48 2.91
1875
1, 48
. 7 1 1.07 3 . 2 6
1876
1.47
-. 51
.82 2.80
i s Shown
&c., s shown in the accom-
panying Statement No. XIV.
For the sake of easy compari-
son, I have given the statis-
tics, which show the preva-
lence of venereal diseases in
the Native Army during each
of the five preceding years.
It will be noticed to. what a
trifling extent the propor-
tion of venereal diseases has
varied, and at what a low
rate per cent. of strength it
has been. The sepoys can-
not derive much benefit from the working of the Contagious Disease Act, as
the women who are brought under its operation are mostly those who consort
with European soldiers. I have elsewhere in this volume given extracts from
the inspection reports of the several Deputy Surgeons-General on the working
of a great -number of the Lock Hospitals in this Presidency, which show that