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following a prolonged attack of ague, complicated with sub-acute cystitis. Both the cases of
general debility were traceable to prolonged attacks of ague.
XIX. Vaccination.— There were 41 vaccinations—five men and 36 children ; 34 were
successful, four modified, and three unsuccessful. The larger proportion of the men bear marks
of having suffered from small-pox, or have either marks of inoculation or vaccination; those
who were not protected have been marked and are now being vaccinated, Most of the children
in the lines bear good marks of vaccination.
XXI. Remarks.— The medical history of this regiment has for years shown a great
amount of sickness, with always a large proportion of it due to fevers of an intermittent
character, as will be seen by the following statement :—
Vaccination.
Prevalence of
fever in the
regiment.
YEAR.
Average
strength.
Total
admissions.
Average
daily sick.
Total
deaths in
hospital;
Total
admissions
From fevers.
Total
deaths from
fevers.
Sent on
sick leave.
Invalided or
pensioned.
1869
688.9
530
16.08
3
206
. . .
. . .
. . .
1870
687.5
799
22.31
3
412
. . .
. . .
. . .
1871
655.
866
23.72
3
385
. . .
12
3
1872
660.
1,059
31.67
5
452
2
9
8
1873
669.7
1,339
62.08
5
315
. . .
24
25
1874
346.93
714
20.75
5
522
5
6
19
During the past year there were only 52 admissions and one death from fever up to the
end of June, but, towards the end of July, this disease assumed an epidemic character, which
reached its maximum in October, and decreased steadily in November and December, or with
the settling in of the dry cold weather. There were altogether 522 admissions, and all the
deaths (5) were either directly or indirectly traceable to this cause. The number of men who
were actually under treatment was only 288 though there is good reason to believe that
scarcely a man with the regiment escaped an attack, many of them not feeling ill enough to
report sick. The following statement shows the actual number of men admitted, and the
proportion of them who were re-admitted :—
Fever
according to
caste.
CASTE OR
St r engt h. Number
of men
admitted.
NUMBER OF TIMES ADMITTED.
Once. Twice. Three
times.
Four
times.
Five
times.
Six times.
Total ad-
missions,
Ratio per cent. of ad-
mission to strength.
Mahomedans 125
87
38
31
13
3
1
1
162
129.5
Gentoos . . .
133
109
57
34
6
9
3
1
195
146.6
Tamil . . .
39
35
21
7
3
4
. . .
. . .
60
1 5 1 . 3
East Indian
and Native
Christians . . . 47
36
18
5
8
3
2
. . .
74
157.5
Low castes . . . 33
14
8
4
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
22
66.6
Brahmins and
Rajpoots . . .
3
3
1
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
166.6
Mahrattas . . .
4
3
2
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
4
100.0
384
287
145
84
32
19
6
2
522
133.07
It will be seen by the above that only 145 out of the 422 admissions were from single attacks ;
in all the others the disease reccurred sometimes over and over again upon the least extra
exertion or exposure. The figures are too few in number to make any true deductions as to
the prevalence of the disease amongst the different castes, but it would appear that the Hindoos
suffer in a much larger proportion than the Mahomedans.
The following is a statement of the ages of the men attacked :—
16 to 20 20 to 25 25 to 30 30 to 35 35 to 40 Above 40
TOTAL.
Average strength . . .
109
50
53
80
30
62
384
Number of men . . .
70
50
49
60
24
34
287
Number of admissions . . .
139
93
79
107
42
62
522
Ages of those
attacked.
It will be seen that the younger men suffered in a greater proportion than the men who have
been exposed to many different changes of climate. Two of the admissions were from
remittent fever, 518 from fever of a quotidian type, one of tertian and one of quartan ; the
two latter were re-admissions of men who had previously suffered from the quotidian
type, The five cases admitted under the head of general debility, all had suffered from ague
more or less. Five of the cases were followed by congestion of the spleen, two cases were com
-plicated with brow ague, and one with lumbago. The type of the disease was, as a rule,
mild, but in some of the cases the fever ran a very severe course, continuing steady, with very
Type and
complications.