Mortality.
Invaliding.
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out statistics, and no information has been afforded me of the marches made, I have no special
remarks to make, and can only say that those detachments returned no whit the worse for
the duties they were engaged on.
Hospital.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
XIV. Hospital.—Fully described in my report for 1874.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding .—Strength of the Regiment
Present . . .
457.72
Absent . . .
248.33
Total . . .
706.05
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
O F
Daily
average
number of
sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
P E R A N N U M .
From
To
Admis-
s i o n s . Deaths.
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters at Khairwara
and Oodeypore . . . 1st January. 31st December. 271.17
122
2
3.58 44.99 0.73
1.32
Detachment at Kotra . . .
ditto.
ditto.
120.91
233
2
5.43 192.70 1.66 4.48
Detachment at Oodeypore . . .
1st January. 31st October.
5 5 . 0 2
39
. . .
1.12
76.33 Nil.
2.03
27th Nov.
31st December.
Detachment at Khairwara . . . 1st November. 29th November. 10.62
7
. . .
.17
65.91 Nil.
1.60
TOTAL . . .
. . .
. . .
457.72
401
4
10.30 87.61 .87 2.25
Number of deaths in hospital 4; out of hospital 3; Total 7; per cent. of total strength . . .
.99
" i n v a l i d e d . . . 2 0 ; " " . . .
2.83
" s e n t o n s i c k l e a v e . . . 1 ; " " . . .
.14
' of days spent in hospital 3,694; per admission 9.21; per man of total strength . . .
5.23
" " on sick leave 15; per man . . . 15; " " . . .
2.12
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . .
7.35
The table above shews that the general health of the corps has been remarkably good,
and at head-quarters was such that Khairwara will probably stand in the very first rank
as compared with other stations of our Native regiments. The Kotra outpost contributes
a large proportion of the general average of sickness as compared with head-quarters, or with
the outpost at Oodeypore.
I here re-produce my table of last year, shewing up to date the chief diseases to which
the corps has been liable, as far back as we have any records.
Year.
Diseases.
Fevers.
Guinea-
worm. Abscess. Ulcers. Contu-
sions.
Opthal -
m i a . Total.
Other diseases. Grand Total.
S t e a d y a n d p r o - g r e s s i v e d e c r e a s e . 1858
Admissions.
342
196
54
228
207
67
1,094
636
1,730
1859
"
525
159
35
285
138
52
1,194
469
1,663
1863
"
415
96
39
101
75
43
769
223
992
1864
"
336
101
48
50
61
38
634
186
820
1865
"
286
56
48
39
65
37
531
201
732
1 8 6 6
"
333
76
40
32
22
12
515
141
656
1867
"
287
71
34
21
17
41
471
145
616
1868
"
240
35
50
17
29
35
406
147
553
*1869
"
495
85
86
32
22
32
752
292
1,044
1870
"
229
53
24
8
40
28
382
111
493
1871
"
184
54
14
3
6
23
284
102
386
1872
"
406
45
75
30
40
12
608
196
804
1873
"
282
40
63
55
27
59
526
268
794
1874
"
155
63
30
44
17
25
334
103
437
1875
"
133
51
41
6
21
23
275
126
401
* T h e f a m i n e a n d e p i d e m i c y e a r i n R a j p o o t a n a .
Mortality .—The mortality of the year has been seven only, of which number, four deaths
occurred in hospital. This is below the usual average and requires no special comment.
Invaliding.—There were 20 men invalided, 5 only for medical reasons, and the remainder
for old age. This number, however, represents the invalids of two years, as I noted in my last
report that Colonel Gordon has represented the hardship of sending weakly men so far as
Neemuch in the fever season, during which they had to pass through an unhealthy jungle; and
pending a reply to his request to be allowed to invalid his own men on the spot, no steps
were taken to send any before the committee at Neemuch. When the reply came, it was in
the negative.
Principal
causes of dis
-
ease.
XVI. Principal causes of disease .—These have been much the same as usual since the
corps was raised. With the exception of acute bronchitis, of which 22 cases were admitted, no
other disease was at all prevalent except those therein particularised. Venereal diseases were,
as usual, almost unrepresented, but two cases of gonorrhœa were admitted.