─────────────────┬────────┬────────┬────────┬────────┬────────┬──────── │ │ │ │ No. 10 │ │ │ │ │ No. │ Years │ │ │ │ │above 5 │ and │ │ │ No. of │ No. in │ Years │Upwards │ No. 20 │ │Patients│ Their │ and │ but │ Years │ │Under 5 │ 5th │ Under │ under │ and │ │ Years. │ Year. │ 10. │ 20. │Upwards.│ Total. ─────────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼──────── Disease of the │ │ │ │ │ │ lungs │ 170│ 50│ 20│ 50│ 10│ 300 Disease of the │ │ │ │ │ │ bowels │ 10│ 20│ 40│ 70│ 20│ 160 Disease of the │ │ │ │ │ │ brain │ 4│ 2│ 5│ 14│ 2│ 27 Disease of the │ │ │ │ │ │ eyes │ 30│ 10│ 70│ 35│ 5│ 150 ─────────────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴──────── It will be seen that nearly one-half of the sicknesses, occurring among the horses of the regiment, were chest diseases, and that nearly three-fourths of these were in animals under five years old, or in those newly purchased from the country. The subjoined table shows the relative prevalence of disease in different months of the year, deduced from the Register above referred to: