The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-21 00:00:00

HEALTH OF THE ARMY OF TILE EAST.

(PROM LAST NIGHT'S cuzartz.)
WAR DEPARTMENT, MAKat 20, 1855.

IXTRACT PROM )1. I) sssss CH RICRIYRD DT LORD PAN-
IICRII FROM PIRLD-RARBHRL THR LORD RAOLAN,

DATED " BEFORE SEELBTOPOL," MEECH 3, 1835.

I beg now to lay before your lordship Dr. Hall's report
of the state of the sick, and I will direct him to make one
sreckiy, which I will transmit for your lordship's informa-
-1 tioa.

Extract from a Report from Dr. Hall, Inaptctor-General of
Hospitals, to Field-Manhal Lord Raglan, dated March 2,

I will offer a few observations on the weekly state up to
the 24th February; and, in doicg so, I may premise that
the result of the sanitary condition of the army up to that
period is by no means so satisfactory as the previous im-
provement during the week of fine weather that we had,
had led me to anticipate; but though the unfavourable
change in the weather, from the genial warm•h of spring to
the bitter cAd of winter, which took place on the 20th, had
■o injuritus effect on certain dame of disease in weakly
subjects, still there is sufficient Improvement remaining to
enable us to look forward with confident ho; e to tae future;
and I am the more inclined to indulge this hope from the
favourable change which has taken place in the type of
fever prevar. log in the General Ilosp•tal at B &Wave, in
the 93rd Highlenlers and some other regiments, fvoss low
typhoid to that of a remittent, and even iutermittent, form.

This aftinnoon 100 patients were to be realm d from the
General Hospital at Balsklays to the c nub scent esta-
blishment on the plateau of the old castle. oeerlookiug the
sea ; and when the remainder of the buts are erected,
which I aspect they will soon be mow, I 10. k ter the hap.
pie.t multi to follow, from being able to piece from 400 to
600 convalescents there, in place of seeding them down to
the crowded fstablishment at Scutari. In case of cur hav-
ing wounded °see, I should wish of all things to keep them
in so desirahle a li.cality ; and, by a very littla labour, the
road up to the hots from the town cou!si easily be made
practicable for ambulance moles ; seed this, lam informed,
the Cernmar.ding Royal Engineer has been ordered to
curry into immediate effect.

The poti.ien of the huts I think promises ee-ry ad-
vantsge ; they are placed on a dry ridgo orerloskir the
sea, sufficiently rumored from the nsi-e and stench of
the temp, and not too far from our antes cnd resturees.

There is a running stream in a ravine c:oee et hand, of
easy uscw,„and fed by a rprittg higher up in the hil;e, which
could wily he led to the buts themselves by means of gotta
perch& tubing.
Out of 442 psticnts, treated in the General Hospital at
Balsklave, between the 18th and 24th February, only three
casual tits have occurred, which, I thtak, may fairly be
teemed a low rate of mortality, considering the class ot pa-
tients that are generally sent in there for treatment—men
brought down from camp, and found too i.l t. embark when
they arrive at Balaklava.
The buts in the vineyard in front of the hospital have
»lb wed the hospital, and prevented the necessity of crowd-
ing it so much aa we were formerly occasionally compe:hd
to 43.

The ver.tilation, too, of the main building has been im-
proved, by boring two rows:of large auger holes through the
wooden ceiling of the wards. Mr. Hsi bury and the medi-
cal officers doing duty under him are ♦ery eat« ntivs to their
patients. The sick hese also the benefit of the care of Miss
Langston and the nurses under her, will are a great com-
fort to them; and I am glad to be able to assure your lord-
chip, that the state of the purveyor's store is such as to insure
every comfort the sick can require.
The cavalry divisioo, encamped in a sheltered valley near
Kadtkoi, hes enjoyed better health of late, and the mor-
tality this week, though high, as compared with service at
home, still cannot be considered excessive; but with the
increased comforts the men now enjoy, and their exemption
from night duty, further improvement may be expected.
The Artillery has also enjoyed good health; so 'has the
Highland Brigade, which occupies the lines in front of
Balaklava, part of which aro elevated, cad much exposed.
But being near Balaklava, they have exerted themselves,
and got wooden huts up for the accommodation of both the

pick, and a portion of the men in health, They have had
the advaLtsge of house shelter for their sick, in the vi,lage
of liCaMkoi, during the whole winter. The men are
warmly acd have the adlitional bensdt of being
nearer their resource, than the men in front.

The Zed, 4:h, and light divisions Lave improved in
health, bet the 3rd, and the Brigade of Guards, continue
sickly.

The Guards bare just been removed to Bs!Wave, where
rest and ►steer shelter will, I have no doubt, eo• balm
a beneficial effect on their health.
The 3rd division, too, will be relieved in iilll,l degree by
the 391 Regimen,. just sent op to j via it. The 30th bas

lately arrived, and is quite efficient. Huta have been
erected for tlicm on an eligible site, and they have o lair
chance of escaping any serious outbreak of disease.

Bowel courlemts continue to be the most prevalent clue
of diseases; but I thick they are not so a, liaise as they
were a short time ego, nor is scurvy so manifest as it wilt
since the issue of lime juice daily as a portion of the men's
ration. Lately, I have instructed the medical obSeess of
regiments to inspect the men, fur the purpo-e of de:ming
this complaiet—rain diseases, and seeicg thot.t4e coin are
clean in their persons, and change their shirts and fiances
at stated periods. The lut weekly repast is fav umsble.
In the 4th division, which is the on:y report I have at band
in my but, only 138, out of 2,696 men inspects d, bare any
it ices of *curvy ; and this is one of the divisions which was
as much or more affected with it then any division in the
army a short time ego. Mr. Roberts, the staff surgeon
recently appointed to superintend the medical concurs:a of
the division, is an intelligent, active,
sad he has effected wonderful reforms

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a movie's,' improvement would take place

And if the military operations carrying
of some longer ezemption from duty,
provement would be observed.
I am iherinid to think our greats,
miseries barn been surmounted, and•
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WEST INDIA. AND PACIFIC
MAILS.

The Royal West India' Mail Packet Parana, Cap-
tain Ellison—Admiralty agent Lieut. James Inglis,
R.N.--arrived at Southamptoa yesterday with the
West India and Pacific mails. Her dates of sailing
see ;—Greytown, 20th Feb. ; Colas, 23rd Feb.;Pa-
paws, 21st Feb.; Valparaiso, 30th Jan. ; Honduras,
20th Jan.; Carthagena, 26th Jan. ; Jamaica, 28th
Jan.; Demerara, 25th Jan. • Trinidad, 27th Jan.;
St. Kitts, 3rd March ; Barbadoes, let March ; St.
Lucia, 28th Feb. ; Antigua, 3rd March; St. Vincent,
28th Feb.; Martinique, 3rd March; Guadeloupe,
3rd March ; Grenada, 27th Feb.; Jaime], let March
Porto Rico, March 1 ; Dominica, 3rd March; St.
Thomas, sth March ; St. Vincent, 28th Feb. ; Toe-
tola, 24th Feb. The Parana brings 48 panorama
Her cargo includes specie—ln dollars 923,021 dots.;
gold and gold dust, 206,749 dole. gold and silver
coin. 30,416 doll. • jewellery., 8,800 dole. ; please,
90 dole. ; total, 1,169,076 dohs.; and a large and
beautiful collection of woods from the Jamaica So-
ciety of Arts for the Paris Exhibition.
The West India islands are generally healthy. A
serious disturbanos took place at Kingston on the
27th, originating in a misunderstanding between the
baptists and their minister (Mr. Oughton) about the
proprietorship of their large chapel. So great was
the tumult that the authorities were obliged to all
out the aid of the military. The result was not
known when the packet left next day.
The crops at the other islands look well, but will
be late, owing to the want or scarcity of rain in due
mason. They are tolet ably healthy, cholera having
almost disappeared. At St. Thomas a good deal of
yellow fever had lately visited the shipping. The
Des lost second engineer and three others, and the
Patina a like number.
Demerara is healthy. An inundation, supposed
to be connected with some subterranean pertur-
bation, has done considerable damage. Ma-
tecrolozical phenomena, unusual in Febramy,
have also manifested themselves. Houses (says asi
Royal Oazette) have " toppled down" befogs, extra-
ordinary winds; forest trees have also bees levelled
or dismembered, and such a sea has brains wpm the
meet as to destroy the seaward defences, break kokees
to pieces and create an amount of destruction un-
precedented in man's memory occurring within so
short a time. During one or two days the rain fell
incessantly and in torrents; but although back dams
were endangered by the pressure of the accumulating
savannah waters, no great damage could be effected
from this case—it only kept estates draining engines
in constant employment. The sea has thoroughly
saturated Kingston (p irt of George Town) with salt,
killing, as a matter of course, trees and shrubs and
fruit and flower with which it was ornamented, and
which coat both time and money in the raising.
There is also a mud deposit upon the land—in this
country the certain cause of disease. The Executive
and the Court of Policy have agreed to get out a
Dutch engineer, accustomed to sea defences on the
coast of Holland.
A visitation such as this would, under ordinary
circumstance', have been ruinous to a very large
amount of property on the east coast to windward of
the town. We are informed, however, that although
strong kokerr, or draining sluices, were shivered as if
they had been reeds, and many estates put under
water, the mischievous influence of the salt was to a
large extent counteracted by. the sweet rain-water
with which the torrents of rain covered the ground
simultaneously with the outbreak seawardly.
Trade is dull, shipping abundant, and freights low.
Cuba was still in a highly excited state, in conse-
quence of the expected descent of Colonel Kenny
and his filibusters on sonic unprotected part of the
coast. The Buzzard and Arab were looking oat to
intercept them. All able to bear arms were bins
enrolled. The Medea conveyed 200 Spanish trap
from Havana to Trinidad (south side of Cuba) jut
before she left.
Chili continues in its usual tranquillity and pros-
PeritY-
Peru is at present tranquil, under the directorship
of General Castillo, who holds the reins of govern-
ment until the meeting of Congress, about the middle
of June, to reform the constitution and elect a Presi-
dent. The late President Echinique left Peru for the
United States last mail car Panama.

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