Sanitary
condition of
the lines as
to cleanliness,
ventilation,
&c.
Sanitary
condition of
the latrines,
&c.
Rations.
Water-supply. —Water abundant.
Water-
supply.
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Hospital
ventilation.
Hospital ventilation is satisfactory. There has been no overcrowding.
Hospital
drainage.
Hospital drainage. —The drainage is good, and the latrine which has been recently built is
clean, well ventilated, and on the dry-earth principle, which is efficiently carried out.
Water-supply.
Water-supply. —The hospital supply is received from the lines. Is good.
General conclusions. —The health of the regiment for the year under review has been very
satisfactory as compared with the previous year, there being in 1875, 273 admissions and in
1876, 269. Four deaths occurred : one in hospital from ague and debility, one an old subadar
in the regimental lines from anthrax following diabetes, and two others out of hospital from
unknown causes.
Deputy Surgeon-General J. Wilson inspected this corps on the 18th January
1877 and reports as follows :—
General
conclusions.
Sanitary condition of the lines as to cleanliness, ventilation, &c.— T h e
l i n e s o f t h i s
regiment are clean, and being on laterite with a good slope are very well drained. The huts
are tiled and in good repair, built in double rows back to back. Average in each hut 3.52.
Superficial area for each person 34 feet; cubical area for each person 442 feet.
Sanitary condition of the latrines, &c. —There are no public latrines in the lines, but two
in the immediate vicinity. The sewage is carted away daily from the latter and also from the
huts by carts, and buried at a distance in filth-pits. There are no cess-pools or foul drains.
Rations. —Fish and rice is the staple food, the former abundant and cheap, the latter
plentiful but dear.
Hospital. —The hospital is well-adapted for its purpose, being clean, well-drained by
natural drainage, and well-ventilated by doors, windows, wall and ridge-ventilators. There
is, however, no contagious ward or any place to separate serious cases. The hospital is
sufficiently large, being adapted for 22 patients. It has no well, the water being supplied from
the lines. The latrine is clean and coal-tar freely used, and the dry-earth system carried
out.
Hospital.
2 5 t h R e g i m e n t N a t i v e I n f a n t r y .
STATION—CANNANORE.
Arrived from Moulmein, 14th February 1869.
Average strength
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 682
Do .
do.
present ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 649
Admissions
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 466
Daily sick
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
16
Deaths in hospital ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Do. out of do.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Pensioned ...
...
...
...
...
...
78
Sick leave
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
12
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.
1873 ...
... Cannanore
...
...
31.14
. 9 3
...
7.73
2.01
1874...
...
Do.
...
...
42.81
1.81
.86
3.45
1.87
1875 ...
...
Do.
...
...
68.65
2.74
.44
7.46
3.58
Average ...
47.53
1.82
.43
6.21
2.48
1876 ...
... Cannanore
...
. . .
71.80
2.48
.43
11.43
1.75