the health of Troops in Arracan. 



201 



had something to do in producing these fevers is possible^ 



but there was no obvious source for its production. The 



soil was quite dry> and no rain fell till after the men had 



been suffering for months from fever. 



TABLE No. I. 



Shewing Deaths in the Arracan Local Battalion — average strength 830 — 

 and the number of Deaths in different months from 1838 to 1844. 





kj 



£ 















09 



u 



1 



09 





Years. 



i 



1 



A 



. 









1 





§ S 







3 

 a 





cS 



<1 





d 

 3 



2 



3 



m 

 5 



O 



O 

 3 



£ 8 



o a> 

 £ P 



2 2 



20 



1838 















1 



1 



1839 



— 



— 



3 



5 



20 



8 



2 



1 



2 



1 



— 1 



43 



1840 



3 



2 



1 



— 



— 



1 



8 



5 



I 



2 



2 2 



27 



1841 



— 



2 



3 



— 



21 



10 



1 



2 



2 



— 



1 1 



43 



1842 



— 



— 



1 



2 



— 



— 



1 



— 



1 



— 



2 



1 



8 



1843 



1 



1 



— 



2 



4 



1 



2 



10 



— 



3 



8 



14 



46 



1844 



11 



12 

 17 



8 



10 

 20 



4 

 50 



1 



23 



1 



2 



1 



1 



1 

 16 



21 



44 



Total, 



15 



18 21 



12 10 



Total, 



1st 



pei 



•ioc 



60 



2d 



dit 



to 



112 



3d 



tli 



tto 



59 





1 



>■ Regimental Returns. 



Superintending Sur- 

 geon's Returns. 



And deducting epidemics of cholera and small-pox- 

 lst period 27. | 2nd ditto 55. j 3rd ditto 33. 

 TABLE No. II. 



Table of the relative Mortality in the Assam Light Infantry, Sylhet Light 

 Infantry, and Arracan Local Battalion. 



Years. 



Deaths in 1838 



„ 1839 



„ 1840 



1841 



1842 



„ 1843 



1844 



O S3 © 



fl§ 



fl'o 



JO© 



HH 



M 2i 



. en 



1^3 



3^ 



5^ 



§"§«> 





gMg 



2 e 



<t% 



J^ 



T>£ 



<m 



mm 



19 



26 







37 



50 



11 



20 



25 



6 



34 



27 



9 



8 



26 



4 



46 



30 



3 



44 



45 



6 



! Superintending Surgeon's Re- 

 f turns. 



Head Quarters of Arracan Local Battalion, Akyab, mortality 4.1 percent. 



Assam Light Infantry, Bisnath „ 3.2 „ 



Sylhet Light Infantry, Cheera „ .7 „ 



N. B.— For the years 1843 and 1844 the strength of the Sylhet Light In- 

 fantry was only 690, the left wing being detached to Cachar, where it has been 

 much less healthy than the Head Quarters at Cheera. 



