Medical History of H. M. \5th Hussars. 405 



g^ttion X. 



Vaccination. 



Fifty-nine children have been vaccinated from 1st April 

 1844 to 3 1 st March 1845, of whom ten failed, but these 

 were re-vaccinated, when they proved successful. 



Section XL 



Detailed histories of such cases as have been particularly worthy of notice, with the symp- 

 toms, diagnosis, and mode of treatment pursued and post mortem examination. 



No case requiring especial detail during the period em- 

 braced by this report. Forty-one recruits joined from Eng- 

 land, and one was enlisted at head-quarters, all bearing 

 marks of previous vaccination. 



Volunteers, None. 



Invalids ....Ten have been invalided from Poonamallee, whose cases are 



detailed in a separate return. 



Officers, During the period six joined, one exchanged, and two died 



at head-quarters, and one (Captain Chambers) committed 

 suicide. 

 Out of thirty-five officers there have been fifty admissions, 

 which give a ratio of 143 per cent. Of the individual 

 cases no detail is required, one having been killed by a 

 fall from his horse, the other from hepatic abscess. 



Women, Out of 137 women, forty-nine have been treated, with one 



death. The cases of the women have been mild, and they 

 appear to possess an extraordinary immunity to the ende- 

 mics of the country as compared with the officers and men. 



Children, .... Of 181 children there have been 108 admissions, with seven 



deaths, six from Dysentery and one from Febris Remit- 

 tens ; no case requires especial notice. Fevers, Catarrh, 

 Dysentery have been the most frequent diseases ; Ophthal- 

 mia appears every year; it is at times very prevalent, and 

 always exists in the Bazar; it is known as the country sore 

 eye, and is highly infectious. 



J. MOUAT, M.D. 

 Bangalore, \st April, 1845. Surgeon H. M. \5th Reyt. or King's Hussars. 



