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A SKETCH OF THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BOMBAY.
3. Total admissions during the year, 177. Fever as usual ranks highest, being 62 ;
this is also an increase of 18 in the admissions from this disease,
as compared with that of last year. Contusions of upper and
lower extremity gives 36 admissions, boils 20, rheumatism 11,
dysentery 8, lumbago 4, neuralgia 3, &c. One death took place from perforation of the
intestines. Three men were sent on medical certificate to their country, and 1 discharged
by court-martial, and 8 were invalided.
Sickness, mortality, and invalid-
ing.
Vaccination and re-vaccination.
4. Total vaccination successful 20 ; re-vaccination, none.
5. Referring to the records it is perceived that although there has been a slight
increase in the admissions over the former year, the health of
the squadron at this station has been, on the whole, good. No
epidemic occurred during the year.
REMARKS BY DEPUTY SURGEON-GENERAL D. WYLLIE, M.D.
Not inspected; health was less satisfactory than in previous year, owing to greater
prevalance of ague ; nothing unusual appears to have occurred.
Left Wing of H. M.’s 10th Regiment N. L. I.
AGAR.—In medical charge of Surgeon J. P. GREANY, M.D. ; average strength, 243.
1. The Left Wing H. M.’s 10th Regiment N. L. I. arrived
at Agar from Mehidpore by
companies, relieving those of the Right Wing on the following
dates :—
March 1st 1876 ... Nos. 6 and 8 Companies.
„
4th „
... No. 5 Company.
„
6th „
... „
7
„
and remained at that station till the 24th of October, when it marched to Nusseerabad
viâ Neemuch, relieving the 16th Regiment N. I., ordered to proceed to the Imperial Assemblage
at Delhi. Nusseerabad was reached on the morning of the 19th November, being the
twenty-seventh day after leaving Agar; halts were ordered every third day, thus bringing the
actual marching days down to twenty-one.
2. Conservancy is well carried out : there are two permanent latrines, distant about 430
yards from the lines ; they are kept clean, as the sweepers’
houses are between the latrines, and they are therefore always on
the spot ; the filth is removed in iron receptacles and carried
beyond camp limits. The only objection to the present latrines is their great distance from
the lines, which, especially in the rains, is a source of great discomfort to the families.
3. Water is supplied from existing wells, of which there are six in and about the lines ;
it is abundant and of good quality. The wells are pucca-built,
having good chunam copings, and brickwork extends for about
6 feet from the top all round the inside ; there are no imperfections or sources of impurity.
During the cold season the sub-soil water is about 32 feet from the surface ; from this it varies
to 43 feet in the hot season, and to 16 feet in the rains.
4. Food is plentiful and of good quality ; the rates of the principal articles used by the
sepoy as food during the year were as follows :—
Flour, wheaten...
. . .
. . .
. . . 10 seers per 1 rupee.
Gram ...
...
. . .
. . . 16
„
Rice ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
7
,,
Ghee ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1¼
„
Dhall ...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
9
,,
Milk
. . .
.
16
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M e a t . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
„
Resumé of the whole.
Location and movement of
corps.
Conservancy and sanitary ar-
rangements.
Water-supply.