Hospital
water-supply.
General
conclusions.
93
HYDERABAD SUBSIDIARY FORCE.
Hospital ventilation good; no overcrowding.
_Hospital drainage .—The dry-earth system is carried out in the latrine with regard to night.
soil. Urine is separately removed.
Hospital water-supply, supplied by puckallies from the principal well.
General conclusions.— There is little that calls for remark in the sanitary condition of this
corps during 1877. The faulty construction of the lines has often been alluded to and can
scarcely be altered without entire rebuilding.
There have been no serious epidemics; the annual visit of ague has been mild, and the regi-
ment appears to be thoroughly acclimatised. I trust that I may be mistaken in my still persis-
tent conviction that the next corps which occupies these lines will have to undergo the same
ordeal which decimated the 3rd Light Infantry in 1872, 1873, and 1874.
Deputy Surgeon-General W. Williamson, M.D., inspected this corps in October
1877 and reports as follows:—
Sanitary condition of lines.— The regimental lines of this regiment were the subject of
a correspondence between the Military and Medical authorities last year as regards their site,
the state of huts, drainage, amp;c. , and certain improvements were ordered to be carried out " by
order of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, which orders have, as far as possible," been
complied with; but the site in my opinion is a bad one, and nothing but an abandonment of it
will ever make the lines what they ought to be. They are clean, and the huts in as good order
as it is possible to make them without a great outlay of money.
Sanitary condition of all buildings.— The guard rooms, cells are clean and in good order.
Two new latrines have been built since last inspection, one to the north and the other to the south
of the lines; they are well built and cleanly kept, but I fear their distance from the lines prevent
their being resorted to by the men when occasion requires, and preference is given to the private
latrines in compounds which should be only used in the cases of married men with families.
The private latrines are kept clean and either dry earth or ashes are used in all, Excreta removed
daily.
Conservancy.— The ground in the immediate vicinity of the lines and hospital is clean; no
complaint made of any offensive smell from the public filth pits about half a mile south-west of
the lines since the nuisance was brought to the notice of the Cantonment Committee sometime
ago.
Hospital is clean, in good order, and well ventilated by means of ridge ventilators; the
surgery or dispensary room is very small.
Hospital ventilation
Hospital
drainage.
Sanitary
condition of
lines.
Sanitary
condition of
all buildings.
Conservancy.
Hospital-
2 9 t h R e g i m e n t H a t i b e I n f a n t r g .
STATION—SECUNDERABAD.
Arrived from Hong-Kong, 19th February 1871.
Average strength...
... ... ...
... 709
Do. do. present...
...
... 668
Admissions
... ...
...
...
...
... 724
Daily sick
... ...
...
... ... ...
...
22
Deaths in hospital
... ... ...
...
.
..
9
Do.out of do.
... ...
...
...
...
4
Pensioned
... ... ... ...
...
46
•••
Sick leave
... ... ...
...
7
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.
1874
... Secunderabad
...
144.59
5.10
1.29
5.03
2.73
1875
...
Do.
... ...
68.27
2.63
.72
4.47
1.01
1876
...
Do.
... ...
92.15
2.47
1.44
2.01
2.01
Average ...
101.67
3.40
1.15
3.83
1.91
1877
... Secunderabad
...
108 . 38
3.29
1.83
6.48
.98
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