A guide to sick nursing in the tropics / by Andrew Duncan.

  • Duncan, Andrew, 1744-1828
Date:
1908
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Credit: A guide to sick nursing in the tropics / by Andrew Duncan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ing was the daily admission rate for the regiment for the years 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885 : — 1881 1882 1885 1884 1885 59.65 per 1,000 57.29 22.55 18.55 51.41 ) J ) > At first sight, the admission rate for 1885 seems greatly in excess of that for 1884 ; but on examining carefully the rate for 1885, I found the following circumstances to have existed. The great bulk of the regiment was in the Hurnai Pass up to April 18th; from April 18th to November 16th it was in the Pishin Valley ; from the latter date it was travelling to Umballa. Now, on analysing the daily admission rate the following ratios came out: — From January 1 to April 18 the rate was 25.74 per 1,000 From April 19 to November 26 the rate was 19.61 ,, From Nov. 27 to December 51 the rate was 59.40 ,, Hence the large bulk of admissions occurred a/ter the regiment had returned from Pishin. Thirdly, it was held that a white fog that pre- vailed about the lines in January caused the dis- ease. But the latter continued, although the fog ceased. Lastly, the cold of the Punjab from Decem- ber to February was stated to have been the cause. This, however could not have caused the disease when the warm weather set in. The table given on the next page shows the temperature taken in hospital during the jirevaleiice of the affection : — Looking at this table we find that at 6 a.m. the temperature ranged from 48° F. to 78° F.; at noon from 54° F. to 94° F.; at 6 p.m. from 50° F. to 92° F., during the period of the ejndemic, or with ranges at these hours respectively of 30° F., 40° F., and 42° F. As the cases, notwithstanding the onset of the hot weather, continued to come into hospital, my con-