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general diminution of admissions from all causes. Among the native troops the 

 diminution under the special heading is very marked, but the general admission 

 rate shows little, if any, sign of steady diminution. The only other diseases which 

 have shown a considerable diminution among native troops for the same period are 

 diarrhoea and dysentery, and they do not do so nearly so decidedly as abscess and 

 ulcer. Having thus seen that there has been a general diminution in abscess and 

 ulcer coincident with improved general health of the troops dependent, beyond doubt, 

 on attention to sanitary improvement, we may next proceed to matters of more 

 detail. 



The next table shows the relative prevalence of abscess and ulcer among the 

 troops in different parts of the country from 1865 to 1874, 



TABLE II. 



Admission Rate per 1,000 from Abscess and Ulcer in different parts of the country. 



The general diminution demonstrated by the previous table is here (Table II) 

 shown to have been due to improvement in each individual area for both European and 

 native troops. The native troops of the Punjab frontier, in place of any diminution, show 

 a considerable increase ; but as the former table only shows the figures for the regular 

 army, this peculiarity may be set aside for the present. Taking the figures regarding 

 Europeans alone first, we find that the Gangenic Provinces give the highest average 

 rate, followed successively by Rohilkund and Meerut, Bengal, Agra and Central India, the 

 Punjab, and the hill stations. Taking the average for the ten years, Rohilkund and 

 Meerut is almost equal to the Gangetic Provinces ; but this is almost entirely due to 

 the two first years, as the averages for the two periods of five years included in it 

 very distinctly show. 



