Water-supply.
Diet.
Clothing.
Foot soreness.
Drill.
Exercises.
Vaccination.
Hospital
drainage.
General
conciusions.
Sanitary con-
dition of lines.
Water-supply.
NORTHERN DISTRICT.
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Surgeon-Major C. R. G. Parker was in medical charge of this corps during
the year and reports as follows:—
Climate of the station. —Early in the year rain fell, and continued to fall at intervals even
through what is usually the hot season, but which was consequently much less oppressive than
usual. This abnormal hot season however, was followed by an almost entire cessation of rainfall,
causing great injury to the early rice crop; the later and heavier crop being providentially saved,
but only just saved by timely showers. The cold season has been much less decided than that
of 1876.
Ventilation and drainage of the men's huts, &c. —Drainage exceptionally bad, and can
probably only be remedied by an entire change of site. Ventilation of huts bad as before stated.
The latter defect can only be removed by an entire change in the social and domestic arrange-
ments of the sepoys, a change which they certainly are not ready for.
Climate of
the station.
Ventilation
and drainage
of the men's
huts, &c.
Nuisance.—None from the latrine, which is cleaned twice daily. A large nullah at the
southern part of the cantonment is much used by the civil native population for purposes of
nature; the nuisance has been brought to notice, but still remains.
Water-supply .—Good and sufficient from wells near the lines.
Diet .—Food has been scarce, owing to the great demand caused by the famine in Madras.
Clothing, if recommendations have been made as to. —No recommendations have been
necessary.
Foot soreness removed easily by permission to do duty for three or four days without boots,
as has been done on my certificate.
Drill .—About an hour from 6 to 7 A.M., or 6½ to 7½ A.M., according to the season of the
year.
Exercises. —There is a gymnasium, which the men, especially the recruits, use. Some of the
men are also beginning to take up cricket.
Vaccination thoroughly kept up; 26 cases of modified small-pox occurred amongst the
men early in the year, while small-pox prevailed in the town.
Nuisance.
Epidemic
.—None, I am thankful to say, except some cases of modified small-pox early in
the year.
Epidemic.
Hospital
ventilation.
Hospital ventilation. —Good; no material overcrowding.
Hospital drainage .—Well drained. Latrine cleared twice daily; dry-earth system attempted.
General conclusions. —The regiment, as I have before noted, has been on the whole fairly
healthy.
Deputy Surgeon-General W. J. vanSomeren, M.D., inspected this corps on the
23rd October 1877 and reports as follows:—
Sanitary condition of lines .—The lines are clean, but in other respects as defective and
objectionable as they were at my last report.
Water-supply.—Water from six wells is supplied clear and potable to the lines, but one
well near the school has the pre-eminence in the quality of its fluid.
4 1 s t R e g i m e n t N a t i v e I n f a n t r y .
STATION—VIZIANAGRAM.
Arrived from Cuttack on the 1st and 7th April 1876.
Average strength
679
Do. do. present
653
Admissions
1,114
Daily sick
47
Deaths in hospital
9
Do. out of do.
3
Pensioned
58
Sick leave
32
The following return shows the rates of sickness, deaths, and invaliding, as
contrasted with previous years:—
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