Duties.
favourably with the previous year. The strength of the regiment for the years 1875 and 1876
was almost identical, being, respectively, 690 and 684. The total admissions into hospital for the
former year was 1,381, of which 328 were from contusions ; for the latter the number was 1,311,
of which 187 were from contusions, showing a considerable falling off in the number of admis-
sions from this cause, which, I presume, is to be attributed to the fact that the men are now
become more adept labourers at duties to which at first they were comparative strangers.
construction of new lines, no doubt accounts for the large num
-ber of dmissions into hospital. Although large, they compare
Lock-up rooms and cells.
Marches.
Hospital and its surroundings.
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10. The labour to which this regiment has been subjected during the year 1876, in the
Exercise, amusement, and oc-
cupation.
11. The regiment has been kept fully occupied during the
past year in the construction of the lines.
12. Proper to the regiment such buildings do not exist, but when circumstances demand,
solitary cells situated near the staff hospital are used. Guard
rooms, lock-up rooms, and cells are to be built in the new lines.
13. None have taken place during the past year.
14. There is nothing further to state under this head
than has been already narrated in previous reports.
15. Arrangements in this respect are, in my opinion, very good indeed. The roof is pro-
vided with ridge ventilation, and there is always a free ciru-
lation of air through the wards.
Ventilation.
Over-crowding.
16. This does not exist ; there is at all times ample accom-
modation for the ordinary sick.
17. The fact of the non-existence of either a dead-house or contagious ward in connec-
tion with the hospital has been brought to notice in previous
reports. The same state of affairs still exists. I again beg to
urge that such requirements are absolutely necessary, the latter not only for the health of the
regiment, but for the safety of the surrounding populace.
18. This subject has been fully treated in previous reports. A tiled gutter, as advised
by Dr. Sexton, to carry off the liquid portion of the night-soil,
would be, indeed, a great advantage, as the soakage of nitro-
genous elements adjacent to an establishment for the treatment of disease is not to be desired.
19. The water-supply of the hospital is obtained from a stand-pipe erected in front of
the adjacent staff hospital. It derives its supply from the
Kharakwásla reservior. This is the whole source of supply. I
understand that a scheme for the supply of the hospital has been proposed, viz., the erection
of four stand-pipes, two in front of, and two behind, the hospital ; this proposition has not yet
been carried out practically. A stand-pipe did exist some short time ago in front of the
hospital, by which it was in part supplied, but that has been removed.
20. The total number of cases of diseases treated in hospital during the year 1.876 was
Requirements.
Conservancy.
Hospital water-supply.
Sickness, mortality, and invalid-
ing.
1,337, of which 1,311 were admitted between the 1st of January
and 31st December. The total number of patients discharged
was 1,325, namely, 1,307 to duty, and 18 otherwise. The total
number of deaths was 2. Seventeen convalescents were sent to their homes for change of air. On
the whole, these figures show a diminution in the sick rate as compared with last year. Two
deaths have occurred in the regiment during the year under review—one from pneumonia, the
other from bronchitis. This death rate is almost identical with last year, as the actual number
of deaths is the same in both periods, viz., 1875 and 1876. The strength of the regiment for
both years was almost the same.
Invaliding.
21. Disease of heart . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 2
, , o f l u n g . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . 1
Fractures ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 3
Debility ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 41
Rheumatism
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 6
Syphilis...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 3
Varicose veins . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 2
Total... 58