Conservancy.
Hospital water-supply.
Sickness, mortality, and invaliding.
7.
PRESIDENCY DIVISION, ADEN, AND BOMBAY MARINE.
H. M.'s 17th Regiment N. I.
SURAT.—In medical charge of Surgeon-Major G. F. H. BROWN ; average strength 631.6.
Location and movements of
corps.
Detachment.
Conservancy and sanitary arrangements.
The regiment has been stationed at Surat during the whole
of the current year.
2.
There has been no detachment duty, and but little
escort duty.
3. The conservancy and sanitary arrangements are carried
on the same as before, and are efficiently performed.
4. Has been abundant and cheap the greater part of the year, but prices have risen
latterly, owing to exportation to famine districts ; but there has
been an abundant supply, if I may judge by the look of the
crops in and around Surat.
Food.
Clothing.
5. There has been no change made in this respect.
6. The duties at this station are exceedingly light, which is, perhaps, just as well as
Duties, and their effect on
health.
Exercise, amusem ent, and occu-
pation.
Lock-up rooms and cells.
Marches.
regards the health of the men, for the climate here for eight
months in the year is very enervating.
7.
The sepoys are had out occasionally for cricket, but
beyond this they are left principally to their own resources.
8. These are in all respects suitable.
9.
There has been no marching out during the year.
10. The only point I need notice is, that there has been no over-crowding during the
Hospital.
current year ; the leechman and dhoby attached to the hospital
having been abolished, the quarters occupied by these men have
been used as a cook-room,—a deficiency which had been previously reported upon, but was
not supplied.
11. Efficiently carried out in the same manner as last
reported.
12. The water-supply for hospital use is very good ; it is
obtained from the best well in camp in close vicinity.
13. The average strength for the year
has been
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
631.6
Daily average number of sick
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
35.0
Admissions to strength
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
189.0
Treated to strength ...
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
191.8
Deaths to treated
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
1.2
Deaths to strength
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2.4
Invalided
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 30
Fifteen deaths occurred in hospital—3 from remittent fever, 1 from erysipelas, 1 from
scurvy, 1 from valvular disease of the heart, 1 under the head
of palpitatio cordis, 1 pneumonia. 1 under the head of ulcers,
6 from cholera ; 5 deaths occurred out of hospital—1 shot himself in the lines, 1 died suddenly
from heart disease, 2 died when on medical certificate, 1 from disease of the liver, 1 from
chronic bronchitis, and 1 under the head of debility died in Bombay.
The total number of admissions from all causes was 1,194—a great increase over
the preceding year, when the regiment was at Poona, when
the admissions were 791 ; of these admissions ague gives
•
.
21,
1
655, remittent fever 21, dysentery 74, diarrhœa 46, pneumonia 3, bronchitis
21, rheu-
matism 83, ulcers 63. These are the principal diseases giving admissions to hospital.
Ague, as usual, heads the list ; this was occasionally of a very obstinate nature, ending in splenic
Mortality.
Sickness.