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Foot-soreness.
Duty.
Drill.
Exercises.
Hospital water-supply. —Good and abundant supply of water.
Hospital
water-supply.
•
Foot-soreness.— There have not been any admissions into hospital for foot-soreness, but a
large number of the men have been excused wearing boots for a few days at a time.
Duty.—The duties at Madras are always rather severe. Average number of nights per week
in bed 41.
Drill.
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Drills morning and evening in the cold weather. Parades once or twice a week
during the hot weather.
Exercises.
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There is no gymnasium in the lines, but when at Madras a few of the men
attended a gymnasium near at hand.
Vaccination.—Vaccination has been attended to. Fifty-nine men have been re-vaccinated
of these 31 were successful and 28 unsuccessful. One case of small-pox (modified) occurred on
the last day of the year. The patient was said to have been vaccinated in childhood but bore no
marks. He was re-vaccinated twice (unsuccessfully) from tubes on the 3rd. August and 10th
October this year.
Vaccination.
Epidemics.—There has been no epidemic disease during the year. The principal causes of
admission to hospital have been intermittent fever, general debility, diarrhœa and dysentery.
The cases of debility were generally due to under-feeding. Five men were admitted for primary
s y p h i l i s ; f o u r o f t h e m s t a t e d t h a t t h e y h a d c o n t r a c t e d t h e d i s e a s e a t P a l l a v a r a m w h e n g o i n g t h r o u g h t h e a n n u a l m u s k e t r y c o u r s e . T h r e e o f t h e m h a v e s i n c e s u f f e r e d f r o m s e c o n d a r y s y p h i l i s .
Epidemics.
• Hospital ventilation.—Ventilation good.. No overcrowding. Drainage good. The dry-
earth system has been carried. out very efficiently. The men do not use the earth, but the toties
are made responsible for the cleanliness of the latrines. It has only been necessary to fine them
once or twice during the year for neglect of duty.
Hospital
ventilation,
Cooking.
Cooking .— When hospital " extras " are supplied to patients, such as mutton or milk, they
have to be sent to friends in the lines to be cooked. This is not a good system, as there is nothing
to prevent the friends keeping some of the extras for themselves.
General conclusions.—There seems to have been some improvement in the health of the men
during the year. There has been no epidemic.
1878.
1877.
The admissions into hospital were
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518
571
Daily sick
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19.58 21.91
General
conclusions.
There were 5 deaths in hospital and 2 out of hospital. The principal causes of admissions
to hospital were fever (intermittent), dysentery and general debility. Vaccination has been
attended to. There were 59 re-vaccinations, of these 31 were successful and 28 unsuccessful.
One case of small-pox occurred (modified). The man had been twice re-vaccinated unsuccessfully
(from tubes) during the year. Eight men were sent on sick leave. Thirty-nine men were
invalided for discharge from the service. There are a large number of weakly men in the
regiment.
2 0 t h R e g i m e n t N a t i v e I n f a n t r y .
HEAD-QUARTERS AND LEFT WING STATION—BANDA,
Arrived from Seetabuldee on the 15th January 1874,
RIGHT WING STATION—NOWGONG.
Arrived from Seetabuldee in January 1874.
Average strength
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693
Do.
do.
present
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651
Admissions
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603
Daily sick
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17
Deaths in hospital
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10
Do. out of hospital
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2
Pensioned
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4
Sick leave
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7
The following return shows the rates of sickness, deaths, and invaliding, as
contrasted with previous years :—
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