MANUAL OP THE NILAGTKl DISTRICT. 79 



Tlie accompanying- taLle is intended to convey at a glance the CHAP, iv, 

 sickness and mortality at the depot for the past four years, showing PART III. 

 the disposal, i.e., men that have benefited and have returned to Wellington 

 the plains and those who have not benefited, who have either Medical 

 been sent to the depot at Poonamallee, retained at this depot c^J^mate &c 

 for another year, or invalided. 



In 1873 the average strength of the depot was 450-91 men, 

 66 women, and 138 children. Out of this number 107 men were 

 treated for fever, of which 56 were ague; 33 were treated for lung 

 affections, 32 for heart disease, and 240 for other complaints, 

 including debility, accidents, and milder classes of disease. 

 There were 401 men benefited; 28 were sent to Foonamallee ; 40 

 invalided to England; 10 deaths occurred — 2 from fever (one of 

 which was enteric), 3 from lung affections (2 of which were phthisis 

 and 1 pneumonia) , 2 from aneurism, 1 from dysentery, and 2 from 

 abscess of the liver. If we analyse these deaths, we will see that 

 the two cases of phthisis ought never to have been sent to the 

 Hills, that the case of dysentery could not have been expected to 

 benefit, that the two aneurisms were decidedly unsuitable cases, 

 and also the abscess of the liver, as all organic affections of this 

 organ are objected to, if it could have been diagnosed. The result 

 is only three cases of death due to the climate, whilst in the 

 case of enteric fever it is doubtful whether it may not have been 

 contracted elsewhere. 



There were no deaths among the women in 1873, and the 

 principal sicknesses from which they suffered were bowel-com- 

 plaints, hepatitis, and debility. 



Among the children there were 6 deaths, 1 from measles, 2 

 from debility, 1 from bronchitis, and 2 from diarrhoea, the latter 

 showing the great necessity for warm clothing. 



In 1874 the average strength of the depot was 477-42 men, 

 85-52 women, and 189-71 children. There were 543 admissions 

 to hospital among the men, of which 71 w^ere fever, 49 lung 

 diseases, 18 derangements of the liver, 19 intemperance, 85 

 bowels, and 176 from other complaints. 470 benefited and 

 returned to the plains, 12 were sent to Poonamallee, 51 invalided 

 home, and 7 died from the following causes : — 1 calcareous degene- 

 ration of the aorta, 1 medullary cancer, 1 red softening of the brain, 

 1 meningitis, 2 pneumonia, and 1 enteric fever. To analyse these 

 deaths, all, except the fever and pneumonia, might have occurred 

 anywhere, and therefore cannot be attributed to any peculiarity 

 of the Wellington climate. 



Of the women there were 67 admissions and 4 deaths — 1 from 

 small-pox, 1 from consumption, 1 from angina pectoris, and 1 

 from abortion. 



