XV
STATEMENT No. XII.
CORPS.
STATION.
ADMITTED.
DIED.
REMARKS.
18th B. C. (Det.) . . . Barrackpore . . .
1
1
4th N. I. . . . Bhagulpore . . .
1
1
10th " . . . Barrackpore . . .
1
1
13th " (Det.) . . . Mozufferpore . . .
5
2
23rd " . . . Jhelum . . .
1
1
24th " (Det.) . . . Lalitpore . . .
1
1
35th " (Det.) . . . Mozufferpore . . .
1
1
37th " . . . Fort William . . .
1
. . .
42nd " . . . Gowhati . . .
13
12
42nd " (Det.) . . . Nowgong . . .
2
2
43rd " . . . Shillong . . .
2
. . .
43rd " (Det.) . . . Nowgong . . .
1
1
43rd " (Det.) . . . Sylhet . . .
2
1
43rd " (Det.) . . . Alinagur . . .
1
. . .
43rd " (Det.) . . . Caragola . . .
1
. . .
44th " . . . Gowhati and Debroogurh . . .
6
4
44th " (Det.) . . . Sudiya . . .
1
1
44th " (Det.) . . . Duffla Frontier . . .
1
. . .
44th " . . . Gowhati . . .
. . .
1
Out of hospital.
44th " . . . Mahanamookh . . .
. . .
1
44th " . . . Unknown . . .
. . .
1
6th " . . . Banka Ghat . . .
. . .
1
On famine duty.
13th " (Det.) . . . Bankipore . . .
. . .
1
Ditto.
TOTAL . . .
42
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Detail of
cholera cases
and deaths.
Cases of small-pox amounted to 55 and deaths to 13. The native army is
reported to be well protected, either by inoculation or a previous attack of
the disease, and measures are adopted to vaccinate the unprotected. Under
the operation of G. G. O. No. 890 of 1875, the protection of recruits from small
-pox will be more systematically accomplished. Cases of mumps occurred in
several regiments, but epidemically only in the case of the 4th Goorkhas at
Bukloh.
30. The prevalence of chest diseases in 1874 is shown in Statement No.
XIII, in comparison with the four preceding years:—
STATEMENT No. XIII.
Small-pox.
Vaccination.
Mumps.
Chest diseases.
YEAR.
BRONCHITIs AND
BRONCHIAL
CATARRH.
PNEUMONIA.
PLEURISY.
OTHER DISEASES.
TOTAL.
Admitted. Died. Admitted. Died. Admitted. Died. Admitted. Died. Admitted. Died.
1870 . . .
1,387
36
624
123
246
18
318
10
2,575
187
1871 . . .
1,668
66
624
149
233
13
366
7
2,891
235
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
544
111
209
8
248
7
2,750
151
The disease is most prevalent and fatal in regiments serving in Upper
India, and more especially in those stationed on the Punjab Frontier. The
subject is now undergoing special investigation, and when the data now under
collection have been gathered, additional light will, doubtless, be thrown on
the causation and prevention of these severe and fatal maladies. Meantime
medical officers are fully alive to the importance of protecting the sepoys as
far as possible from cold, which is, in the great majority of cases, the exciting
cause of chest affections.
31. The comparatively small number of cases of venereal disease treated
in the hospitals of native
regiments is again con
-spicuous. The incidence
of these affections in dif
-ferent regiments is very un
-equal; for example, the 16th
Native Infantry, where
the medical officer finds it
necessary to account for
their absence, and the 13th
Native Infantry, where an
explanation of their preva
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STATEMENT No. XIV.
YEARS.
CASES PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
TOTAL.
Primary
syphilis.
Secondary
syphilis.
Gonorrhœa,
&c.
1870 . . .
1.57
.53
1.31
3.41
1871 . . .
1.43
.54
.98
2.95
1872 . . .
1.24
.51
.96
2.71
1873 . . .
1.25
.68
1.05
2.98
1874 . . .
1.77
.66
.48
2.91
Venerea
disease.