•APPENDIX. “ are coveted setae fbet from the ground .with a greenish coat, and bn entering
•A. K apimments a stranger experienrea, a -hind of- chilly fe'ell and a damp raw hind
** of' 'Smell. Although it cannot »be 'enumerated among -the .pauses, yet • Jlchhh.ot
** help thinking, the Dutch mode1 of medical practice, iin as far as it is inefficient
Sountera'ct - the diseases of this climate, must tend to increase the number of
“ -Th6 _I)ttfch practitioners, little in: the habit o f theorizing, -continue .the same
“ practice iti- eVbsy fof-ro ■ o f disease, and-thbyare particulariy prej ud iced against
fc the Use o f mefehry; opium, and other-powerful tnedrcinesy’ini.eonseqttence.relying
“ sblely on the most simple and inert remedies.. • Some few ebf themy! o f more enlarged
K understandi ng, adopt the English mode, and seem senStblesdf its Superior efficacy.
A fourth, and 1 am convinced a very general cause, especially of the diarrhoeas
,c and dysenteries which seldom fell to attack new jednrers^.is. the water. -.This most
“ 'ess6htial artB?lhii% taken either-from the canals on wells,- and it isrequally bad when
“ passed thfbhgh'a filtering stone.'• It 'retains .a braefcishy hardy unpleasant taste, and
f< if allowed to-remain some time in vessels without previous boilingytgenerates small
“ anhualcwdife.' '■ Sttch, I conceive,' are the most probable and principal causes of thfe.
u ihisahibrity of- Batavia ; thoughthere are, I doubt not; others jcKntributing, which
(t elude observation. •• :l t is a genetelly'received; Though 1 think an erroneous opinion;
u that the rainy season is the -most unhealthy.. The most unhealthy appears to me to be
K that immediately after the cessation of-the rainlq and the older hnd more experienced
“ Dutch residents have observed, that in years-- when there -has been a long.coni
u tihifed;'‘drought, disease has been more than Usually-prevaleitt, and they, .look
c< forward With anxiety ■for the accession of the fah%. las'• thel-mdans of .nesisring
££ itS'banel’uldisse'nfiination.
- ‘ * Woltevfeden, at a distance-of not more than three miles/ being less -exposed tD
\ te these causes, exceptingthe water, is exempt, in a great measure, froiuits prevailing
K eihdemic fever; though diarrhoeas are common, especially among-those newly
° arriving, but they are seldom of a serious or alarming nature. '■
u A mong the troops stationed at Weltevredeh and-GorneKs, diseases ate'mbt more
K frequent than in-the healthiest parts of India whichtl have visited 5.-though forigome
<£ months since the Bali expedition, the. casualties in- the 78th regiment have beeii
“ numerous. At Chemangis, about twenty«two miles from. Batavia-inland, a battalion
;of Sepoys is stationed, where, from the returns • I have ’received, it appears they
u enjoy comparatively good health, and have very few casualties, though a much
“ larger quantity of rain falls than in the vicinity of WeltevredenyjuJt is on an
<! elevated Commanding situation,- and open- and -clear of jnngle for a considerable
*{ extent around.”
In support of the opinion which has been given of the general salubrity of the
climate of Java, the-abstract returns of sick, &c. among the troops serving on Java
and its:dependencies, for the last two years, are annexed, together with a statement
of casualties, in His Majesty’s 78th regiment, while serving on the continent of India
and in Java.
G e n e r a l
GrENEit-Mk. Abstrac-t gj::-tlie MonthlyReturn o/ in li e Isla n d ,;gjf’.Java and
Jy iDep^dendes, frqrn,l^fr^oeifi'bejr ISi 31'to 30th Otxober 1814.‘
No. o^ TJpoops; . jiead> jcOT-Jl..
Months.
Natives.
Remained on j^liLeamir =?
Admitted. •
pBisciiarfied.
| Fever. |
~B|
11]
° a | 1 yj- | j.|i
H J;
I
Diseases. J
|
Ip ,
r prOTQrtwn 1
: o^iek,.
Propiwtion
of Deaths
to; Ogres*
i 8i k
‘5,196 «956 997 ;'1|§i Jf t l 30 I7t) jo ■ 101 fd : lA'4289 635 r to * '32-70
Dec, 2,399 0r'-J 908 h f ili 3 MSJo t m 150 205 m r « 1)64t e l 1 tp i ?
1814.
'j Bk .;|M1>| 5,536 m i 1 24 11 1# 1*96 11
I n
I m 1|77|232644 t m m I 'to 2T-86
p’cBr p i p 677 ~47f ' 477 “i 14 6 ;w w i T4-) i 63 '8 4 1 « H I MM '1 to'-9f3' r p » '|7 l'-39
Mar;' s p a a ' ‘i t e i f l l l r S l l 19 H 31 14ffl 152 1I # 183 116121W
Apr.“M W 4 962 f l k h w 5;U !i s 9 149 y m w '457 1 t d ^ H
May 6,509' ; J§t| 'i'p p ? li l f f.$j 35 - 1 .47 169 201 7 irfe 102H :16o'l95 -667 1 to 17T2
Jimp p P ] 5,790 '934n p f 11 30 13 54 M i f f‘03 127
July" n 5,560 83£ 0 0 $ f i l l 7 d LM, •47 304 I#® r5 jltis ■ I f ! 1,50 230 764
Aug. g p 9 ! a,73o W i l l „ Ip l 21 12 4 n i s n 8S
H p i 121 263M l t o ‘6-77 T ^ ® 3 1
S?pt. 2,309 5,863 i ,l 5 7 n i p 916 3 t y '8, 77 395] 17? i s 10^ 135 ['.97,159 355p25 ‘1 to 7i55 i^jto i :i ;89
Oct. - 2,306: 5,56Si H 876 1,018 i 'l 12-[45
B
241117^n
J 1
106 122 j 1 ^ 2 7 8 609| l to 8 ^ 1 ito'22-62
G e n e r a l M o n t h l y A v e r a g e o/ ’iS i c k and C a s u 4L44-b s oft th e Island o/ " I \ / l v a find
its Dependencies, from 1st November 18I3~io S ls l October 1814. ~
Aver age ;
. o f1
^pitDs and
De.tacknieiits.
j Average' .
; i;y:
j Average of
- Cures.
' ^’Average of ’
DejaSiSi
•Average
Proportion of
; Slek
Average '
ProportiQp pf ;
Deaths, So f e r e s . (
I ■ 7,470 r 8 6 g ■ | 8 3 2 ,54 ? 1 to 8 ’6 6 m u g n i g . j
M o n t h l y A v e r a g e of F a t a l D rsEA S S |_ , J ^ -o rn 1st November 1813 tp 31st
, October 1814.
Deaths cluriug tlieiYear.*1 TevefS. Flux. •0?her Diseases, j r£<m,-A3u'
5 1 4 U.|) 0 0 5 : - 99< :> m g •
Monthly A v e rag e . . *>1 ........ D m m | " 8.1
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