PRESIDENCY DIVISION, ADEN, AND BOMBAY MARINE.
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TABLE showing Strength, Treated, Deaths, Average Daily Sick of the Native Troops in
Garrison in Bombay, during 1870, 1871, 1872.
| Years. | H. M.'s 19th Regiment N. I. | H. M.'s 21st Regiment N. I. | Detachment 11th Regiment N. I. |
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| Treated. | Died. | Treated to Strength. |
Deaths to Strength. |
Treated. | Died. | Treated to Strength. |
Deaths to Strength. |
Treated. | Died. | Treated to strength. |
Deaths to Strength. |
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| 1870 | Strength | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 633 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Daily Average | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | 408 | 5 | 64.4 | 0.8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 1871 | Strength | ... | ... | 646 | ... | ... | ... | 575 | ... | ... | ... | 177 | ... |
| Daily Average | ... | ... | 28.6 | ... | ... | ... | 20 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other diseases | 873 | 1 | 135.1 | 0.15 | 465 | 8 | 80.8 | 1.4 | 103 | 1 | 58.2 | 0.56 | |
| 1872 | Strength | ... | ... | 630 | ... | ... | ... | 563 | ... | ... | ... | 158 | ... |
| Daily Average | ... | ... | 20.6 | ... | ... | ... | 19 | ... | ... | ... | 5.9 | ... | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other diseases | 702 | 6 | 111.4 | 1.0 | 502 | 3 | 89.1 | 0.53 | 143 | 1 | 90.5 | 0.63 | |
RIGHT WING H. M.'s 15TH REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY.
TANNA.—In Medical Charge of Surgeon H. ATKINS; Strength 295.
The Right Wing of the 15th Regiment N. I., arrived here from Mehidpore on the 10th
January 1872, after 19 days' march.
The strength is 295 sepoys and 2 European officers. During the month of August the
wing was increased by 60 men, (on account of the number of sepoys on the sick list suffering
from dengue,) who left again on the 29th November.
The following table shows the average yearly strengths of fighting men in the wing:—
| Average yearly Strength of Fighting Men. | 1871. | 1872. |
| 248 | 295 | |
| Remained in hospital last return | 18 | 14 |
| Admitted in hospital during the year | 345 | 646 |
| Discharged from hospital during the year | 335 | 645 |
| Died in hospital during the year | 2 | 1 |
| Transferred from the regiment | ... | ... |
| Invalided from the regiment | 6 | 7 |
| Remaining in hospital this day | 14 | 13 |
| Recruit joined during the past year | ... | ... |
| Average daily sick during the past year | 7.7 | 14.7 |
| Proceeded on sick leave from the regiment | ... | 3. |
| Proportion of sick to strength | 146.3 | 223.72 |
| Proportion of deaths to strength | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Proportion of deaths to treated | 0.5 | 0.1 |