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Dr. Burkes Reports. 



[Jan. 



hot, that a partial illustration is afforded of the influence of climate 

 which sets all theory on the subject at defiance. 



Among the soldiers exposed to the same degree of heat, the influence 

 of the ingesta seems to be more powerfully injurious to the constitu- 

 tion than climate. There is a marked difference in the ratio of sick and 

 casualties between the Cavalry and Infantry Regiments, stationed in 

 the same cantonments, of His Majesty's service in India, in favour 

 of the latter. In the Cavalry the soldier's pay is greater, and among 

 them a superabundance of stimulant food and drink keeps so great 

 a number in an almost perpetual state of proximity to inflammatory 

 diseases. 



During the cold months the men continually expose themselves, 

 especially in the Upper Stations, to the direct rays of the sun, which 

 is a great cause of disease, even when all accumulation of heat is pre- 

 vented by the coolness of the breeze, for then the infringing of the 

 direct rays of the sun upon an opaque body causes a greater increase of 

 temperature than is observable by a thermometer. 



Abstract from the Monthly Returns of Sick shewing the proportion 

 of the average daily sick, and of deaths to strength per cent for 

 four years. -" 





1 



o 









M 

 rf 





Proportion of the average 

 laily sick to strength per 

 sent. 



nof th 

 sick t 

 ent. 



Proportion of deaths to 

 strength per cent. 



O P 







2 >>« 









5 u 



Months, 





o'S <o 









2^- 





1830 



1831 



1832 

 6-33 



1833 



Total pro 

 average 

 strength 



1830 



1831 



1832 

 31 



1833 

 15 



pfS 

 .8 sp 



A P 



■a| 



-U CO 



H3 



January, . . 



712 



594 



5 45 



6-21 



26 



23 



24 



February, 



7'58 



5-85 



596 



552 



6-23 



20 



10 



12 



18 



15 



March, . . 



864 



5 80 



610 



589 



6-61 



18 



19 



15 



.15 



17 



April, .... 



924 



714 



6-88 



622 



737 



28 



19 



17 



15 



20 



May, .... 



975 



847 



7'88 



678 



822 



20 



44 



25 



25 



29 



June, . 



9-34 



847 



736 



719 



8-09 



31 



37 



32 



37 



34 



July, 



914 



836 



7-61 



7-72 



8-21 



30 



44 



34 



74 



46 



August 



949 



910 



774 



829 



865 



34 



47 



35 



74 



48 



September, 



1071 



832 



803 



9.79 



9-21 



71 



46 



43 



1-15 



69 



October, . . 



892 



812 



8-20 



8-29 



836 



47 



64 



52 



30 



48 



November, 



8-16 



718 



7*05 



779 



7*54 



51 



60 



43 



35 



47 



December, 



6-77 



706 6-23 



7*40 



686 



33 



22 



32 



44 



33 



Total, 



872 



7-48 



7:11 



718 



7'62 



415 



439 



373 



4-98 



431 



The sick at Landour and Chirra Poongee are not included in the above. 



