Report on the medical topography and statistics of the ceded districts / Compiled from the records of the Medical Board Office.

  • Madras State
Date:
1844
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Credit: Report on the medical topography and statistics of the ceded districts / Compiled from the records of the Medical Board Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “The number of admissions into hospital in the detach- ment of artillery, arising from intemperance, is truly melan- choly, and two of the deaths may be directly ascribed to this cause.—82 cases of ebrietas,4 of delirium tremens,14 diarrhea, and 10 under the head cephalalgia, total 60, resulting solely from hard drinking, have been admitted into hospital.”’ Dated 3lst December, 1837. H. M.’s regiments. H.C. Artillery. _ Aggregate Strength, 7954. Aggregate Strength, $64.2)% From 1829 to 1838 inclusive. From 1833 to 1841 inclusive. | 5 PIES ARES POC a “aty. ASIN} =) . 4 oO oS td Se ct wd 18 oe | oF o® | ee |g wg bp oy 1) eo Se Se $ SR So | Table No. 24 and 20, 3 <--1 => 3 34 se 15 +S site Sm S Yo Ln IE a Oo 7 ae om . os belt o a VE Re AMS Sie eh Vee re | 4 Oe sell eel OOP ee ae Fevers.......4- fi 68 3532| 44! 44 -405] 1 -245|| 412! | 47 -684] 0 -o0o| Cholera. oc se. cee cl *154) G61{ 1 °936) 39 -610;| 25) 418 893) 72 ‘000|.5 & Distr c..ss caesar 636 7} 7% 995; 1 -100}| 148 3] 17 129, 2 027/38 2 Dysenteria ACULB st ekeets 1200! 72] 15 :086} 6 -000|}; 70} 1} 8 ‘101] 1 :428)~ 96 oe DROUICR. «0242955, 68] 3] 0 854] 4 -411]) 7| 2] 0 810) 28 -S7lla S Hepatitis BCUOLD vrs cn win'a 680] 35| 8 -549} 5 *147]| 87) 6) 10 -069) 6 -896)§ Ss ie MPORICH. ges ate Hees 131 9| 1 +646} 6 ‘870 3l 1} 3 ‘587} 38 +225 wis Catarrhus........seees 389} 3] 4 °890) 0 ‘7711; 60} 0} 6 °944) 0 -000 23 a Hoemoptysis.......+++- ‘ 11} 1| 0-138; 9 -090}) 1} 0} 0115] 0 -000/4 ox Asthina 4c. oon eh eee 37} 2] 0 -465| 5 -405)} 0} Of 0 -000; 6 -000)5 Phthisis... <veiew on sige oa 41; 17) 0 *515) 41 463) 3 1| 0 347) 33 °333)5 oo Pneumonia...... seoveeel UTL] 81 2 149) 4 “6781 19) 1) 2 +199) 5 2638 E Apoplexia....... omaueys 6; 5) 0 -075) 83 °333) 5) 5} 0 °578\100 -000;5 5 Epilepsia..........++++: 21) 1) O +264) 4 ‘761|/; 3] 0} 0 -347) 0 O00IE Paralysis. csec'psotsenps 28} 6} 0 °352! 1 °428'] 2! Ol 0-231) 0 000 5 = Amentia.. . di... scsece oes 3} 1} 0 :037) 33 333) 0} OO; 0 000} 0 000), & Mania... cocrcsseccevcess 18; 3; O °226] 16 -666 4 1] 0 462] 25 000; Ebrietas.....eccsecseese 91 1} 1 +144) 1 -098]| 207) 0} 23 -958, 0-000}, ‘¢ Delirium Tremens...... 179} 2) 2 +250} 1 °117}} 37) 1] 4 282) 2 -702)° AMNASAICA.. cease oe ce eees 13 2} O °163! 15 °384 0 0} 0 000} 0 -000\5 =f ASCIEES...cceseceee oe sie 12} 4) 0 *150] 33 -332 0} 0} 0-000} 0 000) © Rheumatismus acutus.. 830} 1) 10 +4385) 0 *120)| 94) 0) 10 *879) 0 -000) >a a ,, Chronicus......... 315 0! 3 °960) O :000}| 79 1} 9 °143) 1 *265 re > Syphilis &c...... epaeutne 2694) 3] 33 °868] 0 *111]} 370 1} 42 -824! 0 -270 Bg a Moret oculorum........ 2022} 0] 25 -421} 0 :000)} 73) 0] 8 -449; 0 -000/\5a% Cutis... <<. ages 0 106] 0} 1 -332| 0 -000|} 0} 0) 0 -000) 0 000,555 Other diseases. ........| 3411] 18] 42 -884] 0 -527|) 566] 3] 65 -509) 0 530 shokas Total,...| 16799} 309)211 :201! 1 °837 2303 45/266 “5501 11-953 “5501 11-953)* 6 Per centage of deaths to strength 3°884. Per centage of deaths to strength 5°208. Do. excludin cholera 37117, Do excluding cholera 3,125, H. M.’s troops, H. C. troops.