NORTHERN DIVISION OF THE ARMY.

139

       Table showing dengue among the women of the sudder bazaar:—

       Table showing dengue among the children of sudder bazaar:—

       Table showing dengue among the men of the detachment Royal Artillery:—

       In the 4th Rifles all the European officers, 8 in number, with one exception were attacked
sooner or later, and two ladies out of 4 were affected, but the children, 4 in number, escaped.

       Admissions into hospital from all causes numbered 1,305: these with the remainder 16
gave a grand total of 1,321 under treatment; there was one death during the year from
asthma. The deceased was never a robust man, and he appears to have suffered much from the
malady complicated with bronchitis before coming into hospital. Expectorants and stimulants
were freely given but with transient benefit. Emetics and datura tatula seemed to do most
good. Death at last was sudden and unexpected.

       Ague and dengue combined furnished the list with 1,025 patients, the remaining 296 com-
prised 35 cases of chronic rheumatism and 8 acute. There were 34 admissions for bronchitis,
and 18 and 20, respectively, on account of dysentery and diarrhœa. Of the 19 abscesses under
treatment, a severe one, most probably caused by caries of one of the vertebrae, was admitted in
June. Matter entered the thigh and penetrated below the poplital space, the parts were laid
freely open, but not in time to save their vitality. The parts sloughed and healthy action was
established, but purulent deposits kept forming, which called for the inteference of the knife
from time to time. At first the rectum was supposed to be involved, but careful examination
could detect nothing wrong. Two new sinuses exist but they do not communicate. These
had stimulating washes injected and the walls were brought together by bandaging. The