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AGE AND LENGTH OF SERVICE AS AFFECTING THE ARMY IN INDIA.

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Detailed Statement showing how and in what proportion the men of the Army of Madras have been Invalided in relation to Length of Residence in India.

DISTRIBUTION BY LENGTH OF INDIAN SERVICE OF THE STRENGTH OF THE ARMY OF MADRAS, 1871—75.

Total Strength. Four years and under. Five to seven years. Above seven years.
55,750 31,885 10,049 13,816

INVALIDING OF 1871-75, AND THE INVALIDING RATIOS AT THE DIFFERENT PERIODS OF INDIAN SERVICE.

CAUSES OF INVALIDING. INVALIDED AFTER YEARS OF INDIAN
SERVICE.		 INVALIDED PER 1,000 OF THE ABOVE
STRENGTH.		 RATIO OF LIABILITY IN PERCENTAGES.
1 to 4 years. 5 to 7 years. Above 7 years. 1 to 4 years. 5 to 7 years. Above 7 years. 1 to 4 years. 5 to 7 years. Above 7 years. Total=100.
Fevers... 23 6 8 .72 .60 .58 37.90 31.58 30.52 100
Phthisis pulmonalis... 125 49 56 3.92 4.88 4.05 30.50 37.98 31.52 100
Rheumatism and Neuralgia... 56 30 63 1.76 2.99 4.56 18.90 32.12 48.98 100
Venereal affections... 90 31 56 2.82 3.08 4.05 28.34 30.96 40.70 100
Epilepsy and Brain affections... 43 14 16 1.35 1.39 1.16 34.62 35.64 29.74 100
Mental affections... 25 12 15 .78 1.19 1.09 25.49 38.89 35.62 100
Heart disease... 82 22 48 2.57 2.19 3.47 31.23 26.61 42.16 100
Palpitation... 75 13 12 2.35 1.29 .87 52.11 28.60 19.29 100
Bronchitis... 14 14 29 .44 1.39 2.10 11.20 35.37 53.43 100
Dysentery... 217 72 99 6.81 7.17 7.17 32.20 33.90 33.90 100
Hepatitis... 231 86 144 7.25 8.56 10.42 27.64 32.63 39.73 100
Spleen disease... 5 ... 2 .16 ... .15 ... ... ... 100
General debility... 148 87 212 4.64 8.66 15.34 16.20 30.24 53.56 100
All other causes... 133 51 97 4.17 5.07 7.02 25.65 31.18 43.17 100
All causes... 1,267 487 857 39.74 48.46 62.03 26.45 32.26 41.29 100

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