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SKETCH OF THE MEDICAL HISTROY OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BOMBAY

APPENDIX E.

STATEMENT showing the Sickness and Mortality among the Native Troops serving in Sind in the Bombay Presidency during the year 1872.

Regiments. Station. Movement in the year. Average strength for the year. Number of admissions during the year. Number of deaths in hospital. Average daily sick per cent. to average
strength.
Ratio per cent. of admission to average
strength.
Ratio of
deaths
per cent.
Invalided. Hindoos. Mussalmans. Strength of the regiments on the 31st
December 1872.
Regiments. Number of deaths out of hospital and
death on leave.
Average number of consecutive nights in
bed.
To treated. To average strength. For discharge the service. For change of climate. Strength. Died per cent. to strength in and
out of hospital and on leave.
Strength. Died per cent. to strength in and
out of hospital and on leave.
27th Regiment N. I. Kurrachee None 668 985 12 2.6 147.4 1.1 1.7 39 15 126 ... 532 0.5 658 27th Regiment N. I. 3 3.91
29th " Haidarabad " 652 1,133 8 5.1 173.7 0.6 1.2 5 4 94 1.0 579 1.2 673 29th "    
30th " Jacobabad " 510 931 19 5.4 182.5 1.9 3.7 9 15 326 4.0 367 1.3 693 30th " 4 1
1st Regiment Sind
Horse
" " 354 640 13 3.6 180.7 1.9 3.6 17 14 36 0.2 457 3.9 493 1st Sind Horse 6 5
2nd " " " 322 581 12 8.3 180.4 1.9 3.7 23 10 86 4.6 405 4.1 491 2nd " 9 5
3rd " " " 338 770 10 3.3 227.8 1.2 2.9 34 8 57 0.5 437 2.3 494 3rd " 1 5
    Total 2,844 5,040 74 4.6 177.2 1.4 2.6 127 66 725 ... 2,777 ... 3,502   24 29