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Return shewing the comparative Ratios of Admissions and Deaths from the most prevalent and fatal Diseases amona 

 H. M. Troops in the three Presidencies, during the Quarter from 1st January to Z\st March, 1H40. 



Bengal, 



No. Admitted. 



Intermittent, 31 

 Remittent, ... 68 

 Continued, . . 375 



Total. .. 



474 



Madras,. 



i Intermittent, 

 \ Remittent,. 



Total. 



Bombay, 



Total. 



Continued,.. 509 



587 



Intermittent, 

 Remittent,.. 

 Continued, . 



47 

 201 

 254 



Summary of each type of 

 Fever in the three Pre 

 sidencies, . . 



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General Total and Ratios 

 of Fevers 



Bengal, 

 Madras, 

 Bombay, 



General Total and Ratios 

 of Pneumonia. . . 



Bengal, 

 Madras, 

 Bombay, 



General Total and Ratios 

 of Hepatitis,. . . . 



Bengal, 

 Madras, 

 Bombay, 



General Total and ratios of 

 Dysentery. 



Bengal, 



Madras, 



Bombay, 



General Total and ratios 

 of Cholera. 



Bengal, 

 Madras, 

 Bombay 



Genl. Total and ratios 

 Rheumatism. .. 



of 



Bengal, 



Madras, 



Bombay, 



General Total and ratios of 

 Venereal. 



Bengal, 

 Madras, 

 Bombay, 



Genl. Total and ratios of 

 other Diseases. . . 



502 



Intermittents, 145 

 Remittents, . . 280 

 Continued,.. 1138 



1563 24 



! Quarterly ratio 

 per cent, of 

 Admissions to 

 a. Strength for 

 the Quarter. 



Quarterly ratio 



per cent, of 



Deaths to 



Strength for 



the Quarter. 



Ratio pel- 

 cent, of 

 Deaths to 

 Admissions. 



1st Table — of Fevers. 



39 

 085 

 469 



10 



593 







001 



011 



012 



00 

 1 47 

 240 



2- 10 



093 

 015 



7-08 



001 

 001 



0-07 



: 1( 



0-09 



1-49 

 909 

 098 



1-29 



113 



4-82 

 608 



o-o 



00 



007 



1-49 



009 



157 



12 03 



016 



85 

 17 

 21 



Summary of Fevers. 



0-75 

 1-44 

 5-88 



8-07 



00 



003 

 009 



012 



2nd Table — of Pneumonia. 



106 

 003 

 050 



123 



112 



243 



60 



415 



205 

 372 

 156 



733 



74 

 43 

 12 



129 



122 



258 



50 



430 



514 

 561 

 183 



1258 



1272 



1355 



713 



3340 



2.", 



3rd Table — of Hepatitis. 



33 



4th Table — of Dysentery. 



50 



52 



46 



063 



022 



o-o 



016 



1-45 



069 

 178 

 1-58 



1-53 



2117 



00 

 33 33 



1. From this Table we learn that the 

 Admissions of Intermittent Fever 

 were the least numerous of this class 

 ot complaints. The admissions were 

 highest at Madras. Only one death 

 occurred from it among the Koyal 

 Troops in India during the Quarter 

 viz. at Madras. 



0-12 



2032 



1-40 

 337 

 1 43 



214 



0-08 

 20 

 026 



625 



617 



1833 



017 



256 

 5-17 

 374 



018 

 0-29 

 0-33 



378 



0-25 



5th Table— of Cholera. 



0.92 

 059 

 028 



0-66 



038 

 020 

 014 



026 



07// Table — of Rheumatism. 



1-52 

 3-58 

 1-17 



222 



00 

 00 



00 



00 



Tth Table — of Venereal. 



643 



779 



438 



01 

 00 

 004 



7-95 



731 

 5-04 

 897 



6.82 



41 89 

 34-88 

 500 



40 31 



00 

 00 

 00 



6-50 



001 



Hth Table— of other (» 

 nor) Diseases. 



15 93 

 18 83 



17 09 



16-74 



0-27 

 16 

 0-28 



o-o 



017 



Oil 



109 



0-23 



0-23 



172 

 0-88 

 1-68 



2. Remittent Fever was most prevalent 

 in the Bombay Command, where the 

 greatest proportion of " Deaths to 

 Strength" from it occurred ; but the 

 greatest proportion of "Deaths to Ad- 

 missions" was in the Madras com- 

 mand ; where, however, only 1 died. 



3. In Continued Fever, the highest pro- 

 portion of " Admissions to Strength' ' 

 is found at Madras ; but the propor- 

 tion of Mortality from it, in reference 

 both to " Strength and Admissions," 

 is conspicuously lowest in the Iteturn 

 of that Presidency. 



4. Upon the whole, there were fewest 

 rovers in the Bengal Command, but 

 the greatest number and proportion of 

 deaths ; and these were chietly from 

 continued Fever, which is generally 

 the least dangerous type in India, and 

 the most easy of cure, if earlv and 

 properly treated. 



5. Unusual mortality from Inflamma- 

 tion o/t/ie Lungs appears in theBen^al 

 and Bombay returns. Of the 18 deaths 

 in the former, 6 occurred in the I6th 

 Lancers, and 1U in the 13th Foot, both 

 on service beyond the Indus ; and 

 the whole of the deaths from it in the 

 Bombay Command occurred in the 

 17th Foot, which was on field service 

 in Sciude duriDg part of the period. 



. Hepatitis prevailed to a much greater 

 extent in the Madras than the other 

 Presidencies : but proved most fatal 

 at Bombay in proportion to strength, 

 and conspicuously so in regard to the 

 number admitted. In Bengal too, 

 a greater proportion of those admitted 

 died, than in Madias. 



7. Dysentery is always a disease of very 

 great, frequency in the Madras Com- 

 mand;butthis table shews, thatalthough 

 the proportion of admissions was high- 

 est in that Presidency, the ratio of mor- 

 tality amongst those admitted was con- 

 spicuously the least. The ratio of 

 " deaths to strength" was lowest in the 

 Bengal, and highest in the Bombay 

 returns. 



Cholera proved most prevalent and 

 most fatal in Bengal during this quarter 

 in proportion to numerical strength, 

 and least so in Bombay. It was most 

 fatal in proportion to the number ad- 

 mitted at Bombay, and least so at 

 Madras. 



9. Rheumatism was by far most prevalent 

 in the Madras Presidency, none died 

 from it; but it is a disease by which 

 many are rendered inefficient to the 

 service; and its causes, therefore, 

 ought to be well studied and guarded 

 against. 



10. Venereal diseases seem most preva- 

 lent at Madras. This Table shews 

 that, according to the average ratio, 

 rather more than one man 111 every 

 4 of H. M. Troops in India, [26 

 per cent.] would be in Hospital 

 with Venereal in the course of the 

 year. It deserves notice, that, ex- 

 cepting from Fevers of all types, the 

 ratio of Admissions from Venereal 

 greatly exceeds that from any other 

 class of disease. 



11. The proportion of Admissions from 

 Minor diseases was greatest at Madras ; 

 but the proportion of Mortality from 

 them conspicuously smallest in that 

 Command. 



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Note.— Specific Tables of any other particularly prevalent ot fatal Diseases occurring, should he added to these. 



