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SKETCH OF THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BOMBAY.
STATEMENT showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE
N.B. —The Regiments are placed as
| REGIMENT. | Station. | Movements in the year. | Average Strength for the year. |
Number of Admissions. | Number of Deaths in Hospital. |
Average Daily Sick per cent. to average Strength. |
Ratio per cent. of Admis- sions to average Strength. |
| PRESIDENCY DIVISION, | |||||||
| Detachment, 11th Regi- ment N. I. |
Bombay | Proceeded to Poona on duty from 18th No- vember to 19th De- cember 1872. |
158 | 140 | 1 | 3.1 | 88.6 |
| 19th Regiment N. I. | Do. | None. | 630 | 667 | 6 | 3.1 | 105.8 |
| 21st do. | Do. | Do. | 563 | 474 | 3 | 3.4 | 81.2 |
| Details do. | Do. | Do. | 46 | 39 | 3 | 6.5 | 84.8 |
| Right Wing 15th Regi- went N. I. |
Tanna | Do. | 295 | 646 | 1 | 4.7 | 218.9 |
| Detachment 19th Regi- ment N. I. |
Janjira | Do. | 16 | 34 | ... | 0.7 | 21.2 |
| 26th Regiment N. I. | Surat | Do. | 640 | 1,590 | 10 | 6.3 | 248.4 |
| Detachment 21st Regi- ment N. I. |
Str. "Dalhousie" | Do. | 8 | 22 | ... | 0.1 | 275.0 |
| Do. | St. Turret Ships "Abyssinia" and "Magdalla". |
Do. | 16 | .. | ... | ... | ...... |
| Do. | Bassadore | Do. | 11 | 114 | 1 | 18.1 | 1,036.3 |
| lst Company Native Ar- tillery. |
Aden | Do. | 85 | 187 | 1 | 6.3 | 217.4 |
| 5th Regiment N. L. I. | Do. | Do. | 592 | 399 | 6 | 3.6 | 67.3 |
| 2nd Company Sappers and Miners. |
Do. | Do. | 96 | 41 | ... | 1.4 | 42.3 |
| Aden Troop | Do. | Do. | 89 | 308 | ... | 7.8 | 341.5 |
| Detachment 5th Regi- ment N. I. |
Perim | Do. | 52 | 70 | 1 | 1.7 | 134.6 |
| POONA | |||||||
| 1st Regiment L. C. | Poona | Do. | 450 | 648 | 1 | 4.4 | 144.0 |
| 1st Grenadier Regiment N. I. |
Do. | Do. | 677 | 1,204 | 6 | 4.5 | 177.7 |
| 2nd do. | Do. | Do. | 668 | 1,020 | 7 | 4.1 | 152.6 |
| 8th do. | Do. | Arrived from Ahmeda- bad in February 1872. |
660 | 1,493 | 3 | 5.0 | 226.2 |
| Detachment Poona Horse. |
Dhulia | None. | 151 | 61 | ... | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| 17th Regiment N. I. | Do. | Left Wing proceeded to Poona in Novem- ber 1872. |
613 | 807 | 4 | 4.2 | 130.0 |
| Sappers and Miners | Kirkee | None. | 407 | 296 | 2 | 1.9 | 72.7 |
| Head Quarters 15th Re- giment N. I. |
Maligaum | Arrived from Mehid- pur in February 1872. |
351 | 295 | 3 | 2.2 | 84.0 |
| 6th Regiment N. I. | Belgaum | None. | 631 | 302 | 3 | 2.0 | 47.8 |
| 12th do. | Do. | Do. | 648 | 604 | 2 | 2.5 | 93.2 |
| Poona Horse | Sírtír | Proceeded to Bombay on the 28th October and returned on the 8th December 1872. |
205 | 194 | 2 | 2.9 | 94.6 |
| 11th Regiment N. I. | Satara | Proceeded to Poona in November and re- turned in December 1872. |
385 | 576 | 2 | 4.1 | 14.0 |
| 28th do. | Sholápur | Do. | 645 | 972 | 7 | 5.1 | 150.6 |
| 13th do. | Ahmadnagar | 2 Companies marched to Sholápur in Octo- ber and returned in December 1872. |
650 | 753 | 3 | 2.8 | 115.8 |