Lines.
Conservancy.
Water.
Amusements.
Cells.
Marches.
Hospital.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
the year, one reason—perhaps for the small number of admissons
—being that the men were drawing extra pay nearly the whole
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2. The lines occupied by the Sappers have been con-
demned, and estimates made for construction of new ones.
3. No changes have been made in conservancy or sanitary
arrangements, which continue satisfactory.
4. Condensed water is issued by Government for drinking
purposes, and water for ablution is obtained from a well close
to the lines.
5. The rations, with exception of the vegetables, are good, and of sufficient quantity.
The vegetables, however, that are sowed out during the hot
weather, are of very little use as anti-scorbutic agents, and pota-
toes, limes, and tamarinds ought to be served out during that season.
Food.
Clothing.
6. The clothing is the same nearly as that worn by native
regiments, but the men are supplied with a suit of blue coarse
cloth as a working uniform.
7. The men supply their own guards and a few orderlies, but they have been employed
during the greater part of the year in assisting in building the
fortifications and making roads. The work does not influence
their health unfavourably.
Guards.
8. I have seen no amusements or gymnastics exercised by
the men.
9. There are no cells, but prisoners are locked up in the
guard-room.
10. The company has not moved since its arrival.
11. Any sick are admitted and treated in the hospital at
tached to the native regiment, which has been already described
12. There have been 43 admissions during the year, and 2 re-admissions. Percentage of
Sickness, mortality, and invalid-
ing.
treated to strength is 44 . 1, daily average of sick 2 . 2. There have
been no deaths in hospital ; but one man, who was on sick certi-
ficate, died at Poona. Eight men were invalided.
13. Ague has given 15 admissions, none of them severe, and yielding easily to treatment.
Cause of sickness.
Seven rheumatic affections amongst men who had served sufficient-
ly long to entitle them to pension. Syphilis gave 4 admissions.
One infecting chancre brought from India and one non-infecting contracted in Aden, and 2 cases
of secondary syphilis, one of whom was sent on sick certificate, and died some time after arrival
at Poona. There were 3 admissions from scurvy, and 19 men received lime-juice in the lines.
One case of dysentery and 1 of diarrhœa ; also 1 case of a large ganglion forming in the sheath
of one of the tendons of the wrist which was cured with some difficulty. The remaining
admissions were from contusions.
14. There was an epidemic of small-pox in the bazaar, but
no cases occurred in the lines.
15. There have been 8 vaccinations, 4 of each sex, on sub-
jects under one year of age.
16. It will be seen from the above, that the company has enjoyed very good health during
time whilst working at fortifications, &c., but this pay was not drawn whilst in hospital ; also
the extra pay enables the men to live better than ordinary line sepoys.
REMARKS BY DEPUTY SURGEON-GENERAL W. G. HUNTER, M.D.
Inspected the lines of H. M.'s No. 4 Company, Sappers and Miners, and the military
Native General Hospital in which the sick are accommodated, on 26th December 1876. The
lines are unfit for habitation ; they had previously been condemned, and steps are being taken
for the construction of new ones. The hospital is a straw hut, and is, in my opinion, quite un-
fit for the accommodation of the sick in a climate like Aden. The company arrived at Aden
from Kirkee in January 1876 ; its health is good, the daily average of sick being about 2 per
cent. There had been no deaths.