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supply the Belooch wells. It has been recommended to divert the drainage referred to above
to a distance from the tank.
3. Good and abundant , but s omewhat dear er t han l as t
Food.
year. Grain compensation made up for increase of price.
4. Consi st ed of t he usual par ades, guar ds, and escor t
Duties,
duty, which had no special effect on health.
Exercise, amusement, and occupa-
5. Wrestling, horizontal and parallel bars, &c.
tion.
t6. The quarter-guard is unsuitable,and the cells are much
Lock-up rooms and cells.
too small, especially in the hot weather; a new quarter-guard is
urgently required.
7. These have been fully described last year, and no
Hospital and its surrounding change has occurred,since the new hospital, which was reported
ventilation.
as under consideration last year, has not been built and is much
required.
On account of the excessive number of cases of ague, tents
Overcrowding.
had to be pitched near the hospital for additional accommodation.
8. The chief diseases were the following, arranged in the order of their frequency:—
malarious fever, 594; injuries, including contusions and shoe-
Sickness, mortality, and invalid-
ing.
bites, 131; digestive system, 51; cutaneous system, 32; lung
affections, 27; rheumatic affections, 27; venereal affections, 22,
of which 11 were primary syphilis, 9 secondary syphilis, and 2 gonorrhœa. Cellular tissue, 13;
conjunctivitis, 12; small-pox, 10, of which 3 were sepoys, 3 sepoys' children in the regiment
line, and 3 adults and 1 child in the regiment bazaar. Seven deaths occurred—3 from
bronchitis, 1 from phthisis, 1 from phlegmonous erysipelas, 1 from dysentery, and 1 from
ague. Eighteen men were invalided, 14 being pensioned and 4 discharged with gratuity.
9 . T h e r i v e r I n d u s r o s e a f o o t h i g h e r t h a n l a s t y e a r a n d f l o o d e d a l a r g e r e x t e n t o f t h e
low-lying ground, which produced an excessive amount of
Principal causes of sickness.
ague cases.
Epidemic.
10. Small-pox has during the last few weeks appeared.
Vaccination and re-vaccination.
11. Fifty-four were vaccinated and 224 re-vaccinated
General health and physique of
12. With the exception of malarious fever, it has been fair.
the men.
13. The small-pox cases were immediately isolated and every precaution taken to stop
the spread of the disease. The highest temperature was 112,
Special observations. and the lowest 56; the average temperature of the hot weather
was 107, and of the cold 59. The rainfall was 8 in ches and 20 cents; 85 recruits joined,
of whom 70 were Mussulmans and 15 Hindoos. The regiment is composed of 561
M u s s u l - m a n s , 1 3 9 H i n d u s , a n d 2 J e w s .
REMARKS BY DEPUTY SURGEON-GENERAL F. G. JOYNT, M.D.
The sanitary condition of the lines is fair, and their cleanliness and ventilation are duly
attended to. There is no overcrowding; water is abundant and of fair quality. Malaria has
been very prevalent this year. Visited the hospital December 12, 1876; found its sanitary
state fair; the accommodation is insufficient to meet an outbreak of malarious fever like, the
present one. It is situated rather too close to the lines in the rear. Vaccination is attended
to, but the whole corps should be re-vaccinated.
H.M.'s 1st Regiment Sind Horse.
JACOBABAD—In medical charge of Surgeon S. O'B. BANKS; strength, 325.2.
Location and movement of
Head-quarters of the regiment not moved during the
corps.
year.