NationalLibraryOfScotland/medical-history-of-british-india huggingface dataset:
96
House Number.
6
6
7
8
9
10
First observa-
tion end of
May.
Man
Wife.
Old coolies.
3 men.
New coolies.
2 men ..
. .
2 women.
New coolies.
Man . .
. .
Wife.
Child.
Infant.
Old coolies.
Empty house . .
Man
Wife.
2 children.
Man.
New coolies.
3 men . .
New coolies. _.,
Number of
persons.
5
4
4
• •
5
3
Second observa-
tion end of
August.
Two women extra
Statu quo
Two more men
from house No,
10.
House fallen down
Original occupants
gone to another
garden.
People from house
38 moved in.
Husband died of
cholera ; woman
and child went
to another line.
Vide 38 house
burnt down.
One man died. The
two others mov-
ed into house 7-
Number of
persons.
7
4
6
..
, ,
••
Third observation,
end of
November.
Statu quo ,.
One man and one wo-
man gone to their
country.
One new coolie and
one old coolie gone
recruiting.
....
• • • •
House empty
Number of
persons.
7
2
4
..
I
BIRTHS.
First 3
months.
..
••
Second 3
months.
. .
DEATHS.
First 3
months.
..
1
1
Second 3
months.
..
...
••
Entering Garden.
2
• •
Leaving Garden.
2
2
7
..
Changing into
House.
* "
..
3
Changing out of
House.
* "
..
..
..*
2
Old Coolies.
2
..
5
.
New Coolies.
3
4
3
Gone to Country.
..
* *
..
• *
97
11
12
13
14
15
10
17
18
[ 2 men ..
2 women.
New coolies.
1 2 men
1 woman.
New coolies.
Man
Wife.
Child.
Intant.
2 men.
Old coolies.
Man ..
Wife.
Child.
Old coolies.
Man ..
Wife.
3 children.
Old coolies.
Man
Wife.
2 children.
Man.
Wife.
Old coolies.
Man
Wife.
Old coolies.
Woman
2 youths.
Child.
Old coolies.
4
3
8
3
5
ft
2
4
Child born
Statu quo
Statu quo
Statu quo
Statu quo
Statu quo
Statu quo
Statu quo
i
3
6
3
6
0
2
.
4
Another child born . .
Statu, quo
Slatu quo . .
Statu quo
Mother gone to her
country.
One gut gone to rela-
lives in another line
One new women from
another garden.
One man gone recruit-
ing.
New place added to
house 8 feet square.
Woman from " bus-
tee " (garden lines
not on garden ?).
One youth left garden
6
3
0
3
4-
5
3
3
1
. .
..
1
. .
...
. .
..,
..
.
1
1
2
1
1
. .
. .
..
. .
6
3
6
6
2
4
4
3
„
..
.0
..
1
1
• 0
..
1 SC
N
98
House number.
19
20
21
22
23
24
2;
First observa-
tion end of
May.
Man
Wife.
Old coolies.
2 women
2 children.
Old coolies.
Man . .
Woman.
3 youths.
Woman.
Child.
Old coolies.
Man
Wife.
2 boys.
Old coolies.
Man
New coolie.
Man . .
Woman.
2 children.
Old coolies.
Man.
New coolie.
Man
3 women.
Child.
Old coolies.
Number of
persons.
2.
4
7
4
1
5
5
Second observa-
tion end of
August.
Statu quo
Statu quo
One man and three
women in addi-
tion.
Woman
and child to an-
other house.
Statu quo
Man gone ?
2 women come in.
Man gone ?
Statu quo
Number of
persons.
4
9
4
2
4
5
Third observation.
end of
November.
Statu quo . .
Statu quo ..
One woman to another
part of lines.
Wife gone to her coun-
try. One son gone
to house 23.
One woman gone to
another garden.
Youth and wife from
house 22
Husband gone recruit-
ing. One
eh 1 1
emaciated moribund.
One woman gone to
her country.
2
Number of
persons.
2
4
8
2
3
3
4
BIRTHS.
First 3
months.
Second 3
months.
DEATH..
First 3
months.
"
1
Second 3
months.
••
Entering Garden.
4
3
! 3
Leaving Garden.
1
2
2
1
Changing into
House.
1
3
Changing out of 3
House.
3
1
Old Coolies.
2
4
7
4
4
5
New Coolies.
1
1
[
Gone to Countr
..
1
-
1
1
99
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
,54
Man . .
. .
New coolie.
2 men
Woman.
Child.
Old coolie3.
Man . .
Woman.
2 children.
Old coolies.
Man.
New coolie.
Man
Wife.
2 children.
New coolies.
Man
Wife.
Child.
Old coolies.
2 women
Old coolies.
Man . .
4 women.
New coolies.
Man
2 women
Old coolies.
2 men . .
2 women.
3 children.
Infant.
New coolies.
1
4
5
4
3
2
5
3
8
An extra man, new
coolie.
Statu quo
Man gone to house
29. '
One extra man
from house 29.
Statu quo
Statu quo
Statu quo
Man and woman
from house 33.
Statu, qua
2
4
4
5
3
2
5
5
8
Statu quo ..
Man, woman and child
gone to country.'
Former occupants gone
to country. Man
and 2 women from
house 32.
One man gone recruit-
ing,
Statu quo
One woman gone to
another garden Two
women from an ther
line.
Man and 2 women to
house 28
Another man and wo-
men in moved in. One
woman gone to coun-
try.
One woman to another
house.
Statu quo ..
2
1
3
4
3.
3
2
5
8
..
..
..
1
2
3
4
1
1
1
3
1
..
4
..
. .
1
..
3
1
]
4
|
|
4
3
2
..
3
1
1
4
..
5
8
3
4
1
. .
..
1
N 2
100
House number
35
36
•37
'38
39
40
41
First observa-
tion end of
May.
2 men
2 women.
Infant.
Old coolies.
Man . .
Woman.
Child.
Old coolies.
Man . .
Women.
2 children.
Old coolies.
2 men . .
2 women.
Child.
New coolies.
Man
2 women.
Child.
Infant.
Old coolies.
Woman
Youth.
3 children.
Old coolies.
Man
. .
Women
Child.
Old coolies.
Number of persons.
5
3
4
5
5
5
3
Second observa-
tion end of
August.
Child dead
Statu quo
One new man, nev
coolie.
House burnt down.
One man and wo-
man
gone to
house 53, others
to house, No. 9.
Statu, quo
Statu quo
Statu quo
Number of persons.
4
3
5
5
5
3
Third observation
end of
November.
One man gone re-
cruiting.
Statu quo ,.
New coolie gone re-
cruiting.
. . .
Statu quo
Statu quo ..
Statu quo ..
BIRTHS;
Number of persons.
3
3
4
6
5
3
First 3 months.
Second 3 months.
..
DEATHS.
First 3 months.
1
Second 3 months.
_
Entering Garden.
1
Leaving Garden.
1
1
Changing into House.
0
3
Changimng out of House.
5
Old Coolies.
5
3
4
5
5,
3
New Coolies.
5
Gone to Country.
1
..
««
..
101
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
&
60
61
2 men . .
2 women.
Old coolies.
2 men . .
. .
2 women.
New coolies.
2 men
2 women.
New coolies.
2 men
2 women.
Old coolies.
Man ..
Woman.
Iniant.
Old coolies.
Man
Woman.
Child.
Infant.
New coolies.
Man
3 women.
Old coolies.
Man ..
Woman
Old coolies.
Woman
Old coolies
Man
Woman.
2 children.
Old coolies.
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
2
1
4
Stata quo
One man and one
woman with ul
cers.
Statu quo
Statu quo
Child emaciated
and intensely
anaenic.
Statu quo
Statu quo
Statu quo
Statu quo
Younger child very
ill.
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
2
1
4
Statu quo
The man gone recruit-
ing.
2 men gone recruiting.
Woman from house 48.
Man (sardar) gone re-
cruiting.
Child moribund
Another man from an-
other garden.
One woman gone to
house 44.
2 women and 2 child-
ren from another
garden.
Statu quo
Statu quo
Statu
quo
4
3
8
3
3
6
7
2
1
4
.
..
..
1
4
I
2
1
..
..
1
..
..
1
4
..
-
..
4
3
4
2
1
4
4
4
4
..
1
2
1
..
..
. .
••
. .
..
102
House number
62
$3
64
55
66
67
First observa-
tion end of
May.
Man
2 women.
Child.
Old coolies.
1 woman.
New coolie.
2 men
Woman,
New coolies.
Man . .
Woman,
2 children.
New coolies.
Man
Woman.
Child.
Old coolies.
Man
Woman.
Old coolies.
Man
2 women.
3 children.
Infent.
Old coolies.
to
Number of person
5
3
4
3
2
0
Second observa-
tion end of
August.
1 woman
gone
away (new coolie).
Another man and
woman
from
house 38.
House fallen down.
as result of heavy
rain. Occupants
gone to house 59.
Statu quo
Statu quo
Child aged 4 and
infant both dead.
Woman gone to
another garden.
A
Number of person
4
5
3
2
3
Third observation
end of
November.
Woman from another
garden moved in.
One woman gone to
house 60.
One man and one wo-
man gone.
Statu quo ..
Child born ..
Statu quo ..
Number of person
5
8
3
3
3
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
••
.,
..
1
"
..
2
"
,,
Entering garden
1
,.
Leaving garden
1
1
Changing Into house
••
2
6
Changing out of garden
• •
3
4
Old coolles
4
3
2
6
New coolles
1
3
4
...
Gone to country
..
.,
,.
..
103
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
2 men
Woman.
Infant.
Old coolies.
Man
.
Woman.
2 children.
Old coolies.
Man
Woman.
2 children.
New coolies.
Man
Woman.
Child.
Old coolies.
2 men
Woman.
2 children.
Infant.
Old coolies.
3 men
2 women.
New coolies.
Man
Woman.
2 children.
Old coolies.
Man
Woman.
Infant.
Old coolies.
Man
Woman.
Old coolies.
4
4
4
3
6
5
4
3
2
I
Infant emaciated
Statu quo
Statu quo
Statu quo
Statu quo
Statu quo
Statu quo
Statu quo
Child born In Au-
gust died shortly
after.
4
4
4
3
6
5
4
3
2
Child dead. Mother
had died and the
infant had been fed
by another woman.
Statu quo
One woman from
house 53. Man and
woman from another
garden.
Man gone recruiting . .
Infant dead
Woman gone to an-
other house.
One child aged 12
died.
Statu quo ..
Man gone recruiting ..
3
4
7
2
5
4
3
3
1
..
1
.
..
..
1
1
..
1
1
2
. .
. .
..
..
1
,,
1
1
••
1
4
4
3
6
. .
4
3
2
4
..
5
.. '
1
..
..
..
..
1
104
House number
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
First observa-
tion end of
May.
Man
Old coolie.
Man.
New coolie.
Man
2 Youths-
Old coolies.
Man
Woman.
Old coolies.
House empty
Man
Old coolie.
Man . .
Woman.
New coolies.
Man . .
Woman.
Old coolies.
Number of person
2
3
2
1
2
2
Second observa-
tion end of
August.
One man gone else-
where house 70.
Statu quo
Child born
People from house
73 moved in.
Woman died.
Man from 07 and
another woman.
Statu quo
Woman died in Au-
gust from child-
birth.
Child died sonic
time later.
House empty
Number of person
1
3
3
3
1
1
Third observation
end of
November,
The other man gone to
bustee.
New arrivals from an-
other garden man,
woman and 4 child-
ren.
Statu quo ..
Original people gone
to country.
People from house 80
moved in.
Statu quo
Statu quo
Slatu quo
Man moved in from
another, garden.
Number of person
6
3
5
3
1
1
1
BIRTHS.
First 3 month
1
1
Second 3 months
..
DEATHS.
First 3 months
1
2
Second 3 months
Entering garden
0
1
1
Leaving garden
1
3
2
Changing into house
5
3
Changing out of house
1
Old coolies]
1
3
2
1
2
New coolise
1
2
Gone to country
..
2
IP/13/AF.3
F O R T H E
MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BOMBAY,
[THE REGIMENTS ARE PLACED AS THEY STOOD IN THE ARMY LIST ON THE 1st JULY 1876.]
B o m b a y .
PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS.
SKETCH
OF THE
MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BOMBAY,
POR THE
[THE REGIMENTS ARE PLACED AS THEY STOOD IN THE ARMY LIST ON THE 1ST JULY 1876.]
Bombay:
PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS.
1877.
INDEX.
[The regiments are placed as they stood in the Army List on the 1st July 1876.]
PRESIDENCY DIVISION, ADEN, AND BOMBAY MARINE.
PAGE.
20th Regiment N. I., Bombay
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
1
21st do. do. or Marine Battalion, Bombay
...
...
...
...
...
3
Right Wing, 7th Regiment N. I., Tanna ...
...
... ... ... ... ...
6
17th Regiment N. I., Surat...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
7
Aden Troop, Khor Mucksar...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
10
No. 4th Company, Sappers and Miners, Aden ...
...
...
...
... ...
10
6th Regiment N. I., Aden ...
...
...
...
...
...
. . . . . . . . .
12
Detachment, 6th Regiment N. I., Perim ...
...
...
...
...
...
14
POONA DIVISION.
1st Regiment Light Cavalry, Poona
...
...
...
...
... . . . . . . 16
5th do.
N. I., Poona
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
18
8th do.
do. do. ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
21
26th do.
do. do. ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
23
Sappers and Miners, Kirkee...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
26
Poona Horse, Sirur ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
30
15th Regiment N. I., Ahmednagar
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
33
13th do.
do. Málegaon ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3 6
Detachment, Poona Horse, Dhulia ...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
37
Detachment, 4th Rifles N. I., with Garrison Staff and Details, Asirgarh
...
... 1 3 8
4th Rifles, Satara ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
42
2nd (Prince of Wales' Own) Grenadier Regiment N. I., Belgaum
...
...
... 44
14th Regiment N. I., Belgaum ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
50
3rd
do.
do. Kolhápur ...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
51
Det. 3rd do.
do. Kaládgi
...
...
...
...
...
. . . . . . . . .
53
19th
do.
do. Sholápur ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 5 3
12th
do.
do. Dharwar ...
...
...
...
..
.
...
...
...
58
NORTHERN DIVISION.
1st Grenadier Regiment N. I., Ahmedabad
...
...
...
...
...
...
62
Left Wing, 13th do.
do.
do.
...
...
...
...
...
...
69
1st Squadron, 1st Lancers, Baroda ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
71
9th Regiment N. I., Baroda...
...
...
...
...
...
... ... ...
72
22nd do.
do. do. ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
74
Squadron, 2nd Regiment Light Cavalry, Rájkot ...
...
...
...
...
...
76
No. 1 Mountain Battery, Rájkot ...
...
...
...
...
... ... ... ...
78
7th Regiment N. I., Rájkot ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
80
28th do.
do. do. ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
81
11th do.
do. Bhuj ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
84
2nd Regiment Light Cavalry, Deesa
...
...
...
.
..
...
...
...
86
18th do. N. I., Deesa ...
...
...
...
...
..
.
...
...
...
88
23rd do.
do. Mhow
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
89
25th do.
do. do.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
93
Wings, 25th and 23rd Regiments N. I., Indore ...
...
...
...
... ...
99
10th Regiment N. I., Mehidpur ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
102
3rd Queen's Own Regiment Light Cavalry, Neemuch
...
...
...
...
...
107
24th Regiment N. I., Neemuch
...
...
...
...
... ... ... ...
112
Squadron, 3rd Queen's Own Light Cavalry, Nusseerabad...
...
...
...
... 115
Left Wing, 10th Regiment N. I., Agar ...
...
...
...
...
...
... 116
1 6 t h R e g i m e n t N . I . , N u s s e e r a b a d
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. .
.
. . .
. . . 118
( ii )
SIND DIVISION.
PAGE.
29th Regiment or 2nd Belooch Regiment N. I., Kurrachee
...
... ... ... 121
27th
do.
or 1st
do.
do.
do.
Hyedrabad
...
...
. . .
...
1 2 2
1st Sind Horse, Jacobabad ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
123
2nd do.
do.
do.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
1 2 5
Detachment, 3rd Sind Horse, Jacobabad ...
...
...
...
...
...
... 126
Do.
2nd Mountain Battery, Jacobabad ...
...
...
...
.
..
. . .
127
30th Regiment N. I., or Jacob's Rifles, Jacobabad
...
...
...
... ...
127
Head Quarter Wing, 3rd Sind Horse, Mitri
...
...
...
...
...
...
129
No. 2 Mountain Battery, Khelat
...
...
...
...
...
...
... .... 134
Left Wing, 30th Regiment N. I., or Jacob's Rifles, Mitri
...
...
...
... 134
Report on the outbreak of cholera among the troops of the Sind Frontier Field Force,
135
Remarks by Deputy Surgeon,General F. G. Joynt on the proposed site for a military
cantonment at Mittri ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ... 137
STATISTICAL TABLES.
Statement showing the Sickness and Mortality among the Native Troops in the Bom-
bay Presidency during the year 1876 ......
...
...
...
...
140
Summary of
do.
do.
do.
...
...
...
...
... 144
APPENDICES.
Annual General Return exhibiting the Sick of H. M.'s Native Troops in the Bombay
Presidency for the year 1876, compared with 1874 ...
...
...
... 145
Return showing the Admissions, Deaths, &c., among the Native Troops of the Bo
m -
bay Presidency at the several stations for the year 1876, compared with 1875
... 146
Comparative Statement showing the Health of the Native Troops in the four Divi-
sions of the Bombay Presidency
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
149
N o . S . B . / 1 8 2 O F 1 8 7 6 .
THE SURGEON-GENERAL,
INDIAN MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
FROM
To
THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
Bombay, 5th June 1877.
SIR,
I have the honour to forward, for submission to His Excellency the Gover-
nor in Council, the Medical History of the Native Army of Bombay for the year
1876.
2. The convenient arrangement adopted last year is followed as closely as
possible in the present history. In order to avoid useless repetitions the separate
reports of the Medical Officers have been somewhat abridged, while all informa-
tion of importance has been retained.
2. The figures in the margin show that the total strength of the army was 236
Bombay Presidency.
Y e a r s .
A v e r a g e
strength.
Average d a i l y
sick.
Average
daily sick
p e r c e n t . t o a v e r -
age daily
strength.
A dmis-
sions.
D e a t h s .
1872
...
22,903 1,040 .0 4.54 36,209 226
1873 ... 22,967 876.2 3.82 29,035 165
1874 ... 22,750 835.7 3.66 26,601 176
1875 ... 22,819 772.7 3.38 25,475 213
1876 ... 22,583 856.8 3.79 26,918 247
below the strength for the preceding year.
With this diminished strength, however,
the average daily sick was 84 . 1 above the
average for 1875, and 28.6 above that for
the past three years. A corresponding
increase is seen in the percentage of daily
sick to average daily strength, while the
total admissions have increased by 1,443,
equivalent to a percentage on strength of
119 . 2, as compared with one of 111 . 6 for
the year previous. This increased sick-
ness was principally due to the greater
prevalence of malarious fevers, especially amongst the troops of the Sind division.
4. The total number of deaths was 296. as compared with a mortality of
Mortality.
279 for 1875. Of these 247 occurred in hospital, and 49
out of hospital and on leave ; the numbers for the year
before were 213 and 66, respectively,
5. The total number invalided, for discharge from the service, was 1,013. or a
Invaliding.
percentage on average strength of 4.48 ; the correspond-
ing figures for the preceding year were 972 and 4.26.
For change of climate 515 were invalided ; last year the number was 418.
6. The figures, as they affect divisions, are as follows :— In the Presidency
Presidency Division and Aden.
Years.
Average
strength.
Average
daily sick
A d m i s s i o n s . Deaths.
1872 . . .
. . . 3,297 144.0 4,731
33
1873 . . .
. . . 3,358 140.2 4,513
2 8
1874
. . .
. . . 3,343 133.4 3,861
32
1 875
. . . ... 3,288.5 125 .4 3,551
36
1876 ...
. . . 3,207 128.7 3,363
45
division the average daily strength, as
may be seen from the adjoining table,
was 3,207, or 81.5 less than in 1875. The
average daily sick was 128.7—a slight
increase on that of last year. The admis-
sions were 3,363—a percentage on
strength of 104.8. The corresponding
percentage for 1875 was 107 . 9. There
were 45 deaths, or a percentage to treated
of 1.3, as compared with a mortality of 36 and a percentage of 0 . 9 for the year
before. Eight deaths were due to cholera..
B 196— a
viii
numberless ways; food itself is not infrequently a vehicle. Therefore, unless all
communication of every sort and kind between a body of men and an infected locali-
ty is absolutely cut off, quarantine cannot be said to be thoroughly established.
It is plain that, in this country at least, the application of quarantine, as
described above, is impracticable. Still, though quarantine cannot be established,
much may be done to prevent the spread of cholera; communication with infect
-
ed places should, as far as possible, be cut off; but the chief means of safety con-
sists in the strictest attention being paid to the conservancy of the cantonment
and its surroundings, while all insanitary conditions, whether existing in the im
-
mediate locality or among a body of men, should, as far as practicable, be got rid
of. Above all, the water-supply should be preserved from contamination. All
precautionary measures should be taken beforehand, and the better the sanitary
state of the camp, the less likelihood is there of its being visited by cholera or
other contagious disease. In the majority of cases where cholera appears in a
camp, I believe that the outbreak is due chiefly to some local insanitary condition,
and that its arrest may be attributed more to the renewed and successful efforts
to ensure thorough cleanliness than to any precautions that may have been taken
in the direction of quarantine. The history of the outbreaks in the 13th N. I.
at Ahmedabad and in the 17th at Surat, as detailed in the medical officers'
reports, is instructive on these points. In every regiment, when cholera appeared,
due precautions were taken to prevent the disease from spreading, and in all
cases with success.
31. There are other points on which I am tempted to remark; but the date
is so recent since I took charge of the office of Surgeon-General—barely three
months—that I hesitate to commit myself to statements which a further and
more extended experience might cause me to regret.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
W. G. HUNTER, M.D.,
Acting Surgeon-General.
Average strength present during the year . . .
3,207.0
Average daily sick per cent. to the average strength . . .
3.9
Ratio of mortality per cent. to the average strength . . .
1.4
H. M.'s 20th Regiment N. I.
Water-supply.
B 196—1
A SKETCH
OF THE
MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE NATIVE AMY OF BOMBAY
FOR THE
YEAR 1876.
[The regiments are placed as they stood in the Army List on the 1st July 1876.]
PRESIDENCY DIVISION, ADEN, AND BOMBAY MARINE.
BOMBAY.—In medical charge of Surgeon-Major G. ASHER, M.D. ; strength 594.5.
The regiment has been stationed in Bombay; there is a detachment at Janjira, and
interchange of men between that out-post and head-quarters
has frequently taken place.
2. Statistical information as regards the health of the men on "detachment" duty does
not come under my scrutiny; but I am under the impression
that the men of the 20th Regiment who are on duty at Janjira
are comparatively less sick than those who have to take part in the heavy garrison work in
Bombay.
3. The locality of the lines is very bad; they are situated in the vicinity of a thickly
populated district, and on ground occupied in like manner for a
long period, and saturated with rottenness: moreover, they are
close to an abominable depôt of filth, the effluvium from which is perceivable and most
offensive, by times, throughout the eastern division of the lines. Space in, and ventilation of,
huts are sufficient; the height of plinth of huts varies; the floors of all are, more or less,
damp during the monsoon season. The huts constituting the regimental bazaar present a
very dilapidated and unseemly appearance.
4. The surface drainage in the lines is very defective. Gutters carefully constructed
have been formed in two of the pathways intervening between
rows of huts. None of the drains are trapped at openings, and
there is to he seen, and smelt, a mass of seething filth at these
apertures. As regards house drainage, it is very imperfect; and the very objectionable cess
-pool system still obtains in many instances. There are no tanks within the lines. The con
- d i t i o n o f t h e w a y s i s e x c e s s i v e l y b a d . M a n y o f t h e p a t h w a y s a r e u n s i g h t l y , a n d s o r u g g e d a s
to be dangerous to the very old, or very young, using them.
Movements.
Detachments.
Lines.
Conservancy and sanitary a
r-rangements.
5. Water is supplied from the Vehar lake, and no co
m-plaint of deficiency has been made.