Sanitary
condition of
all buildings.
Water-supply.
Conservancy
of the neigh
bourhood.
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BRITISH BURMAH DIVISION.
This state seems to have been brought about in many cases through a defective supply of
sufficiently nutritive food, and to have resulted in other instances from repeated attacks of fever
and dysentery. Syphilis has prevailed to a great extent and been the cause of a considerable
amount of invaliding. The large number of new recruits in the regiment, of course, tends to
augment the number of admissions under this head.
The general sanitation of the barracks and hospital has been on the whole very good. The
most urgently required remedial measures are the building of a new hospital and more suitable
barrack latrines.
Deputy Surgeon-General H. R. Oswald, M.D., inspected this corps on the 2nd
December 1878 and reports as follows :—
Barracks.—Each man in barrack had on an average 1,158 cubic feet and 65 square
feet during the year. The barracks are surrounded by superficial earth drains. The site is
rather flat so that the storm water does not run off very readily.
Sanitary condition of all buildings.—The same latrines are in use ; new latrines were built
but not taken over, as they were not deemed suitable, and there has been much correspondence on
the subject between the Quartermaster-General's Department and the Garrison Engineer. The
old latrines are kept in as clean a state as possible ; there are no cess-pools or foul drains.
Water-supply.—From five wells near the barrack ; good quality and abundant except towards
the close of the hot season.
Conservancy of the neighbourhood.—Conservancy of neighbourhood of barracks and station
is good. Great attention has been paid to the state of the cantonment and sudder bazaar
during the year. Night-soil is removed nightly from every compound by the Conservancy
Department ; hedges kept down ; trees pruned, and rubbish and weeds removed from compounds
Landlords and tenants are very apathetic and obstructive, and much remains to be done.
Hospital.—The hospital is kept clean and in good order as well as the compound. The
latrine is a masonry building of four compartments. It is not built on good principles, and the
dry-earth system is not carried out efficiently. Excreta are removed daily, and there are no
cess,-pools or foul drain. Coal-tar is freely used.
Principal diseases.—The principal diseases which have caused admissions during the year
have been intermittent fever of a mild type, febricula, bowel-complaints, and venereal affections
rheumatism, catarrh, and skin diseases, such as itch and linea circinata.
Barracks.
Hospital.
Principal
diseases.
3 2 n d R e g i m e n t N a t i v e I n f a n t r y .
STATION—THAYETMYO.
Arrived from Trichinopoly, 12th March 1878.
Average strength .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
686
Do.
do.
present
..
.. .. .. .. ..
664
Admissions ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
576
Daily sick
..
..
.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
14
Deaths in hospital ..
..
..
.. .. .. .. ..
6
Do. out of hospital
.. .. .. .. .. ..
..
2
Pensioned
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
11
Sick leave
..
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
The following return shows the rates of sickness, deaths, and invaliding as
contrasted with previous years :—
Years.
Stations .
Rate per Cent. of
Average Strength Present.
Average Strength.
Admissions. Daily Sick. All Deaths. Pensioned.
Sick Leave.
1875
..
.. Trichinopoly
. . .
61.23
2.05
2.81
5.76
2.66
1876
..
..
Do.
..
60.62
1.79
1.45
3.31
3.58
1877
..
..
Do.
..
83.78
2.55
1.61
5.14
1.61
Average ..
68.54
2.13
1.95
4.73
2.61
1878
..
.. Thayetmyo
..
86.74
2.10
1.16
1.60
..
Surgeon H. J. Hazlett was in medical charge of this corps during the year
and reports as follows :—
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