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Re/vrn, shewing the Comparative Ratio of Admissions and Deaths from, the most prevalent and fatal Diseases among 

 Her Majesty's Troops in the three Presidencies, during the Quarter, from 1st April to 30M June, 1840. 



Presidencies. 



No. Admitted! 





Hatio per Cent, 

 of Admissions to 

 strength for the 

 Quarter. 



■3 -a 



Jo.2 



°3 

 -3 



OS 



3 s 

 io'a 



03 



1% 



a 



3 s 

 « 



Remarks. 





Intermittens, 7' 

 Rernittens, . - 5J 

 Continued,.. 73fc 



75 



57 



798 



1st Table — of Fevers. 



000 

 351 



100 







08b 

 2 0-62 

 8 872 



001 

 002 

 0.09 



00 

 3 77 

 108 



1. I should have added a Table lo shew lhceflect<i 

 of exposure of our Soldiers (<> the strong rays 

 of the Sun, and to the influence o( high atmos- 

 pheric temperature, from whieh it appears a 

 jtrL-.it mortality occurred during this Quarter, 

 Several died suddenly from this cause, not enter- 

 ed at all in the Hospital Returns, and several 

 deaths from it are returned under the head of 

 Fever. Those denominated " Apoplexy" were 

 nil from this cause, and six deaths appear under 

 this head. 



I wish to call the attention of Medical Officers to 

 the very dangerous ellccts of exposure to the Sun 

 and to oppressive heat, and at the same time to 

 remind them of one of the most efficacious reme- 



Total,.. 



864 



93o! 



10-21 



0-11 



1-15 



107 





Intermittens, 224 

 Rernittens,.. 4c 

 Continued,.. 845 



236 



48 



922 



1 327 

 1 063 

 6 12-36 



001 

 001 

 09 



0-44 

 2-32 



0-71 



042 

 2-08 

 45 



Total,.. 



1112 



1206 



8 16-27 



011 



0-71 



0-66 



dies for its cure in the first stage, viz.. "the 

 pouring of a stream of cold water on the head," 

 which appears to be in little use here. 





Intermittens, 48 

 Rernittens,.. 37E 

 Continued,.. 733 



58 

 402 



7621 



1 -27I 0-00 



3[ 9-83 0.34 

 2 1-90: 0-31 



0-00 

 3-43 

 1-63 



00 

 3-23 

 156 



2. The Tables of Pneumonia and Rheumatism, 

 shew that Soldiers require to be particularly 

 guarded against " checked perspiration," which 

 is by far the most prolific cause of disease and 

 death among H. M.'s Troops in India 



3. I have given double columns for Cholera, as in 

 the Regimental Returns it is divided into Cho- 

 lera Biliosa, and Cholera Spasmniliea ; although 

 it is evident from the ratios of Mortality, that the 



Total,.. 



1159 



1212S 



5 300 0-64 



215 



200 





Intermittens, 345 

 Rernittens,.- 474 

 Continued,.. 2316 



369 



507 1 

 2482 2 



Summary of Fevers. 



0-27 

 3- 15 

 104 



Diagnosis of the Malignant disease in its com- 

 mencement is often most difficult, if not impossi- 



Summary of each type C 

 of Fever in the three -] 

 Presidencies, .. .. ( 



1 1-80 

 6 247 

 6 1209 



000 

 007 

 013 



0-29 

 3-36 

 112 



stumbling block, involving the question whether 

 it be derived from VoXJ) bite, and pi(0 '•> 

 flow; or from VoAtpct a Waterspout. 



i. As usual, the greatest quantum and ratio of 



General Total and Ratios 



I 3135 



3558 4 



3 1115 



0'22 



1-37 



1-28 



these Comparative Tables we shall soon be ena- 

 bled to shew the localities where it is most preva- 

 lent and fatal, so will they facilitate the investi- 





36 

 21 



14 



55 

 26 

 15 



•2nd Table— of P 



neumon 



ia. 







2 0-42 



0-30 



1 3-36 



0-02 

 000 

 002 



5-55 

 930 



7.14 



3.63 

 000 

 6-66 





General Total and Ratios 

 of Pneumonia, 



\ 7. 



96 



3 0-37 



0-01 



422 



312 







115 

 231 



69 



135 



2871 



78 



rd Table — of Hepatitis. 



518 







7 1-35 



4 3-38 



5 1-79 



0-08 

 020 

 013 



608 

 006 

 7-24 





641 





General Total and Ratios 

 of Hepatitis, 



1 415 



500 2 



6 211 



13 



626 



5-20 







336 

 499 

 166 



4 



388 2 

 545 3 

 1971 



th Table — of Dysentery. 



6-44 

 587 

 609 





Bengal, . . . . : 



5 397 

 2 5-89 

 2 4-31 



029 

 0-47 

 0-31 



744 

 6-41 

 723 





General Total and Ratios 

 of Dysentery, 



I 1001 



1130 6 



9 5-22 



035 



6-89 



606 







Biliosa, . . 71 

 Maligna, . . 3 



75 2 

 3 



5th Table— of Cholera. 



26-66 

 6666 







0-83 

 2 0-03 



0-23 

 002 



2816 



6666 





Total, . . 



74 



78 2 



2 087 



0-26 



2972 



2820 







Biliosa, . . 5 

 Maligna, . . 2 



5 

 3 



007 



1 002 



000 

 001 



000 

 50.00 



0-00 

 33-33 





Total, . . 



7 



8 



1 010 



0-01 



14-28 



1250 





Bombay, -[ 



Biliosa, . . 16 

 Maligna, . . 35 



17 

 35 1 



6 0-41 

 4 090 



015 

 0-36 



37-50 

 4000 



3529 

 40-00 





Total, . . 



51 



52 2 



1-32 



51 



3921 



38 4G 





Summary of each type) 

 of Cholera in the three [- 

 Presidencies, . . . . •) 



Biliosa, . . 92 

 Maligna, . . 40 



972 

 41 1 



6 0-48 



7 0-20 



~l 



3 0-68 



013 

 0-U8 



28-26 

 42-50 



26-80 

 41-46 





General Total and Ratios 



J- 132 



138 4 



0-22 



32-57 



3115 







192 



226 



90 



6 



237 

 257 

 101 



th Table — of Ilheumatis 



n. 





Bengal 



1 227 

 3 30 

 1-32 



0-01 1 0-52 

 000 0-00 



o-oo ( 000 



0-42 



o-oo 



0-00 





General Total and Ratios 

 of Rheumatism, 



508 



595 



1 265 



0-00 



000 



000 







468 

 773 

 216 



614 



896 

 239 



1th Table — of Venereal. 



016 

 0-22 

 083 







1 5-53; 



2 11-31 

 2 560 



001 

 002 

 005 



0-21 

 0-25 

 0-92 





General Total and Ratios 

 of Venereal, 



} 1457 



2256 



5 7;6o 



002 



0-34 



0-22 







1615 



1346 



993 



) 



1805 2 

 15171 

 1139 1 



th Table — of Other Diseases. 







7 1908 

 7 1969 

 5 2577 



0-31 



0-24 

 0-38 



167 

 1-26 

 1 51 



1-40 

 112 

 131 





General Total and Ratios 

 of other Diseases, 



' 3954 



44615 



9 20-65 



'0-30 



1 48 



1-32 





