Principal
causes of
mortality.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
100
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
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 at Bareilly
let Jan. 1877 31st Dec. 1877 642.
255
4
12.05 39.72
.62
1.87
Number of deaths in hospital, 4; out of hospital, 2; total
6; per cent, of total strength
.
.85
”
invalided
.
.
.
.
.
.
17;
„
” .
2.41
”
„
sent on sick leave
.
.
.
.
10;
„
”
.
1.41
„
days spent in hospital, 4,401; per admission .
17.26 ; per man of total strength
.
6.23
”
” on sick leave, 1,812; per man
.
181.2;
„
”
.
2.57
Total temporary loss per man of total strength .
8 . 8 0
Principal
causes of
sick ness.
Comparison
with four pre.
ceding years.
XVI.—Principal causes of sickness.— Out of the 255 admissions, 50 were due to intermit-
tent and 4 to remittent fevers, giving for malarial fevers, over 21 per cent. of the whole.
"Blistered feet" comes next, having given 20 admissions, bronchitis, acute and chronic has the
third place. with 18 cases, and primary and secondary syphilis the fourth with 13; gonorrhœa
gave 10 admissions.
There were only 17 admissions on account of the four diseases, dyspepsia, constipation,
diarrhœa and dysentery.
The following table, giving the admissions for a few of the principal diseases, tends to
prove the greater prevalence of dysentery and malarial fevers in Calcutta as compared with
this station, and likewise the remarkable influence of the year 1877 on the health of the
re g iment as before alluded to:—
YEAR.
A v e r a g e a n n u a l s t r e n g t h p r e s e n t .
B r o n c h i t i s , a c u t e a n d c h r o n i c .
M a l a r i a l f e v e r s .
“ B l i s t e r e d f e e t ”
D i a r r h œ a .
D y s e n t e r y .
S y p h i t i s , p r i -
m a r y a n d s c o n d a r y .
G o n o r r h œ a .
Station.
1873
.
.
.
.
.
619.19
50
417
19
56
75
6
9
Fort William.
1874
.
.
.
.
.
602.23
30
234
45
29
70
14
8
Di t t o.
1875
.
.
.
.
.
606.87
26
209
15
25
77
19
17
Ditto.
1876
.
.
.
.
.
627.88
9
181
77
59
.14
33
1
Bareilly.
1877
.
.
.
.
.
642.00
18
54
20
9
3
13
10
Ditto,
inspection.
Lock-hospital,
XVII. Principal causes of mortality.— One of the four fatal cases was that of a man
shot through the body. He expired immediately after he had been received into hospital.
XVIII. Epidemics .—Small-pox prevailed in the latter part of the year in the city of
Bareilly, but happily there was but one case among the men of the regiment. This case
occurred in May.
XIX.
Vaccination.— As the men of the regiment appeared all to have had small-pox,
either spontaneous or induced, I did not think it necessary to have any vaccinated. Those
children of the regiment were vaccinated who had not previously been protected.
Inspection.—Deputy Surgeon-General J. A. C. Hutchinson, M. D., in his in
-spection report supports the recommendation of the medical officer, that the doors
and windows of the hospital should be glazed. The want of a dead-house is also
pointed out. The men were very healthy When the inspection was made in
December, and the recruits were found to be promising . lads.
The Bareilly lock-hospital (1st class) was inspected on the 22nd December.
The hospital accommodation is sufficient, and the arrangements appropriate.
There were, 89 on the roll, among whom160 admissions took place (primary
syphilis 79, secondary syphilis 2, gonorrhœa 53, ulcer of os. 13, condyloma 6,
bubo 3, and leuccorrhœa 4). The admissions for venereal in the European
garrison amounted to. 107.9 per 1000 against 89.4 in 1876. Illicit prostitu-
tion is said to be common and difficult to put down.