No 64, of 18th.
Indore N. Z in despatch.
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Duplicate Report of a Medical Committee appointed pursuant to instructions from the Surgeon Major General Comd. the force in things; points connected with the sickness of the troops during the past Season.
on certain
Superintending Surgeon Thomson, President; Apothecary Surgeon Parratty; Asst. Surgeon H. Menzie, Royal Artillery.
B.M.S.
To
1. "The first question the Committee proceed to consider and report on is "Whether there is reason to suppose that the occupation of the buildings in the Artillery square, has been attended with sickness beyond such as has prevailed in other buildings." Having examined the returns of sick of European and Native troops, occupying the Artillery square, West Point, Leighton's Hill, Kellett's Island, and the lines 44th Regt. M.N.S. the result of such examination is given in Tables 1&2, which in the opinion of the Committee give a tolerably just view of the comparative sickness and mortality at these different posts.
Table I
Descriptive
of the causes.
Committee would beg to refer to the reports of Proceedings of a Medical Committee on the sickness and mortality of the left Wing of H.M's 55th Regt. 15th July, 18th.