SIND DIVISION OF THE ARMY.
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2. The total admitted into hospital for treatment has been 230. The strength of the
detachment is 148, showing the large number of re-admissions,
Sickness and mortality.
chiefly from ague, which caused 162 admissions into hospital.
There were 5 cases of dysentery, out of which 1 proved fatal. This has been the only
casualty in the detachment for the year:
The large amount of sickness may be accounted for by the fact of the sick and weakly
portion of the regiment having been left behind, when the head-quarters marched to Khelat
.
Detachment of H. M.'s No, 2 Mountain Battery.
JACOBABAD.—In medical charge of Surgeon J. McCLOGHRY; strength, 52.4.
1. No. 2 Mountain Battery arrived in Kurrachee from Aden on the 6th of January, and
remained there till the 13th of March; the men marched for
Location and movement of Jacobabad, their families going by train and river steamer to
corps.
Sukkur. The men arrived in this station on the 3rd of April,
when a committee assembled and picked out the men fit for active service; these formed
part of the "Political Escort " which marched into Beloochistan
.
2. The lines are built on the same principle as those of the 30th Regiment, N. I.,
and accommodate 200 single men, giving them ample air
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space. They were formerly occupied by a regiment of rifles,
which was disbanded some years ago. The native commissioned and non-commissioned
officers each occupy a separate bungalow in rear of the lines. There are no family lines
at present, married men with their wives living in the barracks.
3. There are no regular latrines attached to the lines, the men and women at present
using two latrines situated in the hospital compound. The
Conservancy.
filth from the places having been mixed with dry earth is
removed twice daily to a distance of 11/2 miles from the. l i n e s .
4. Tht supply is the same as that of the other regiments
Food and water.
in camp.
5 . T h e h o s p i t a l i s b u i l t o n t h e s a m e p l a n a s t h a t o f t h e 3 0 t h R e g i m e n t N . I . , a n d i s
supposed to hold the same number of beds, viz., 16, which is, I
Hospital.
consider, ample for the whole battery. There is no dead-house,
nor quarters for an hospital assistant attached to the building. The building attached to the
hospital as a latrine is defective, being simply an empty hut without any arrangements inside.
I understand that a sum of money has been granted for the purpose of building latrines for
the hospital and lines.
6. The number of cases treated during the nine months the half battery was separated
from head-quarter were 181; of these no less than 135 were
Sickness and mortality.
for ague. Chronic rheumatism comes next on the list of
frequency, showing 13 admissions, to which 3 cases of lumbago may be added. Many of the
cases of ague were complicated with severe rheumatic pains in the joints. There was no loss
of strength either from mortality or invaliding. The principal causes of sickness were
malarious fevers and rheumatism; the latter might be expected, considering the age of
the men.
7. The health, like that of the other regiments stationed in
Health and physique.
Jacobabad, has been extremely bad. Most of the men are very
old and of long service.
H. M.'s 30th Regiment N. I., or Jacob's Rifles.
.JACOBABAD.—In medical charge of Surgeon J. McCLOCHRY; strength, 429.
1. The head-quarters of the regiment have not been removed from Jacobabad during the
year under review. The left wing in company with the 3rd
Location and movement of corps. Regiment Sind Horse proceeded on escort duty into
Beloochis-