80 MANUAL OF THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. 



CHAP. TV, Of the children there were 77 admissions and 7 deaths — 1 from 

 PART III. measles, 1 from constitutional syphilis, 1 from cancer of the mouth, 

 ^ ^ 1 from bronchitis, 1 from teething, and 1 from debility. 



W ELLINGTON. 



Medical In 1875 the average strength of the depot was 512-41 men, 



CLiM^r^E.^c. 95-50 women, 233-10 children. There were 478 men admitted to 



hospital, of whom 75 were cases of fever, 51 bowel disorders, 



26 liver derangements, 88 venereal, and 73 other complaints; 

 430 benefited, 58 were invalided, 8 sent to Poonamallee, and 6 

 died. Of these three were fi'om diseases of the circulatory system, 

 all being aneurisms of the aoita, and three of abscess of the liver. 

 These cases were not suitable to the climate of the Hills. 



Of the women there were 95 admitted and 4 deaths, 1 from 

 ague, 1 from pneumonia, 1 from retention of the placenta, and 

 1 from debility. 



Of the children there were 101 admissions, and the great 

 mortality of 20. Of these, 1 died of cancer of the mouth, 1 of 

 tabes mesenterica, 1 of scrofula, 2 of tubercular meningitis, 2 of 

 puerpera, 2 of convulsions, 2 of hydrocephalus, 1 of bronchitis, 

 3 teething, 1 dysentery, 1 tonsillitis, and 3 debility. 



The year 1876 was a sickly one, due, it is supposed, to there not 

 having been a proper fall of rain from the south-west monsoon, 

 and there were, up to the end of September, as many as 632 

 admissions to hospital among the men. 



