Syphilis.
Pneumonia.
Guinea worm.
Deaths.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
Detachments.
Meteorology.
whole year. Average strength of Serohi detachment 103; of that at Marwar 58. Detachments
relieved every 3 months. In addition, the Agent, Governor General, Rajpootana, was ac
-companied on his tour by an escort averaging 158, from 24th August to 30th September.
IV. Meteorology and Climate.—Temperature of air about 3 degrees less than last year.
Rainfall high, being 5¾ inches above the average of past eight years. Readings of aneroid
barometer almost the same as last two years.
Mean of Aneroid Barometer . . .
28.72
"
Thermometer
. . .
810°R
ainfall . . .
18 inches.
Sanitary con
-ditions,
Hospital.
Sickness, mor
-tality and in-
-validing.
There is no change in the sanitary conditions of the lines &c. worthy of
any special remark. The hospital was fully described in the report for 1873,
and the scanty accommodation for the hospital assistants has been ameliorated;
and quarters for native medical pupils are in course of erection.
XV. Sickness, mortality, and invaliding.— Strength of the force—present 765.40; absent
109.65; total 875.05.
Prevalent
diseases,
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUM-
BER OF
D a i l y a v e r a g e n u m b e r o f s i c k .
P E R C E N T O F
STRENGTH PER AN-
NUM .
From
To
Admis-
sions.
D e a t h s .
Admis-
sions.
D e a t h s .
D a i l y a v e r a g e s i c k .
Head Quarters at Erin-
poorah
. . .
1st January
1874.
31st Decem-
ber 1874.
708.40
605
7 19.62
85.40
. 9 8 2.76
Detachment at Joud-
pore, Marwar
. . .
1st July 1874. 31st Decem-
ber 1874.
61.33
45
. . .
1.60 145.58
. . . 2.60
Esort to Agent, Gov-
ernor General, Raj-
pootana . . .
1st July 1874 30th Septem-
ber 1874.
105.33
37
. . .
.93 139.41
. . .
. 8 8
TOTAL
. . .
. . .
. . .
765.40
687
7 22.15
89.75
. 9 1 2.89
Number of deaths in hospital, 7; out of hospital, 3; total, 10; per cent of total strength . . .
1.14
" i n v a l i d e d , 5
; " . . .
.57
" s e n t o n s i c k l e a v e 1 ; " . . .
.
1 1
"
of days spent in hospital, 6,918; per admission, 10, per man of " . . .
7.90
"
on sick leave, 13; per man, 13; " . . .
.01
Total temporary loss of service
"
7.92
XVI. Principal causes of sickness rank as follows, namely:—
Ague . . . 287 or about 42 per cent of admissions
Conjunctivitis . . .
74 "
11 "
Pneumonia . . .
28
"
4
"
Blisters of feet . . .
2 8 "
4 "
Diarrhœa . . .
26 "
3 ¾ "
Contusions
. . .
26
"
3¾
"
Boils
.
.
.
18
"
2 ½ "
Abscess . . . 1 7 "
2 ½ "
Dysentery . . .
13
"
2 ½ "
Gonorrhœa
. . . 11
"
1½
"
Other diseases . . . 159
"
23
"
Total
. . . 687
100
Attention may be drawn to the absence of syphilis from the above list, the admissions on
this account having been 3 only for the year.
Pneumonia shows a slight increase in the number of admissions, being 28 ; but of the 30
cases treated, there were only 3 deaths, or 10 per cent.
Admissions from guinea worm 8 only, which is a marked decrease from former years.
XVII. Principal Causes of Mortality.—In h ospital.—Pneumonia 3, phthisis pulmonalis
1, acute bronchitis 1, hepatitis 1, snake-bite I. Of the pneumonia cases one was a
second attack occurring within 10 days of recovery from a former one in a very old and feeble
man; another was double pneumonia, proving rapidly fatal, and the third was complicated
with diarrhœa and hepatitis. The fatal case of hepatitis terminated in a large abscess of the
right lobe.
Out of hospital.—Ague 1, enlargement of liver 1, fracture of skull 1.
Epidemics.
No epidemic occurred during the year.
Inspections.
Deputy surgeon-General E. C. Thorp, M. D., states in his inspection report
(dated 8th December 1874), that he found some of the huts overcrowded owing
to the men bringing their women and children into them. The hospital, a
fine building on the standard plan, was in excellent order.