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SKETCH OF THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BOMBAY.

STATEMENT showing the SICKNESS and MORTALITY among the NATIVE

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.
              SIND
27th Regiment N. I. Kurrachee None. 668 985 12 2·6 147·4
29th do. Haidarabad Do. 652 1,133 8 5·1 173·6
30th do. Jacobabad Do. 510 931 19 5·4 182·5
1st Sind Horse Do. Do. 354 640 13 3·6 180·7
2nd do. Do. Do. 453 581 12 8·3 180·4
3rd do. Do. Do. 338 770 10 3·3 227·1

Summary of the Statistics

YEARS. Average daily
Strength.
Admissions
into Hospital.
Ratio per cent.
of Admissions
to average
Strength;
mean of all.
Average daily
Sick per cent.
to average
Strength; mean
of all.
Deaths in
Hospital.
Ratio of Deaths
in Hospital per
cent. to average
Strength.
Ratio of Deaths
in Hospital per
cent. to
Admissions.
1872 22,903 36,209 158·09 4·54 226 0·98 0·62
1871 22,959 29,733 129·50 4·31 236 1·03 0·79
1870 22,715 28,380 139·08 4·33 191 0·84 0·68