PESHAWAR DISTRICT.
141
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMB
ER
OF
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGT
H
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions Deaths.
Admis-
sions.
Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters at Nowshera 1st Jan. 1878 16th Nov. 1878
292
314
2
11.7
121.85
.77 4.
„
„
in Camp
. 17th Nov. „
31st Dec. „
242
136
. . .
22.42 455.88 ...
9.3
Detachment, Fort Mackeson 17th Feb. „
11th Nov. „
26.5
44
..
1.01 226.12
...
3.81
,,
Abazai
. . 1st Jan.
„
15th „
„
50
39
1
.61 80 . 24 2.31 .22
,,
Peshawar
.
Ditto
16th Feb. „
88.7
2
...
.25
17.47
...
.53
,,
Cabul Mission . 11th Sep. „
25th Sep, „
58.
3
...
.98 125 . 8
...
1.60
Peshawar
. 4th Oct.
„
12th Nov. „
99.7
40
...
7.11 366.09
...
7.13
,,
Nowshera
. 17th Nov. „
31st Dec. „
132
47
2
3.30 288 75 12 . 24
2.5
,,
Charzai
. 21st Dec. „
Ditto
50
6
...
3.64 398 . 18 ...
7.28
TOTAL
...
. . .
377.1
631
5
18.57 167.59 17.2 4.92
Number of deaths in hospital 5; out of hospital 5; total
10; per cent. of total strength .
.
2.1
invalided .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
16;
„
, ,
3.4
, ,
sent on sick leave
.
.
.
.
.
.
10;
„
2.1
, ,
of days spent in hospital 6,779 ; per admission .
10.7 ; per man of total strength .
.
14.6
, ,
„
on sick leave 976; per man
.
97.6 ;
,,
, ,
2.1
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
.
16.7
XXI. Special observations and remarks.—Cinchona powder as a substitute for quinine has been
given a very good trial during the year, and with very fair success. Five grains of the powder
with dilute sulphuric acid, three times daily, were found to be sufficient for the cure of all ordinary
cases of intermittent fever. In the severer cases, those of the remittent type, it was not so effica-
cious, and quinine had to be resorted to in doses of 15 to 20 and even 30 grains during the
remission. In these latter cases, as also in pneumonia, quinine hypodermically has been followed
by the best results, and notably in one case of remittent fever, the severest witnessed during
the year, in which 5 grains were injected every morning during a very slight remission ; each
day the paroxysm came an hour later, and on the tenth day the fever disappeared altogether.
Inspection. —The regiment was inspected by Deputy Surgeon-General
F . F . A l l e n , C . B . , a t N o w s h e r a , o n t h e 1 6 t h M a r c h 1 8 7 8 . T h e m e d i c a l h i s t o r y o f
the corps for the two years it had been in Nowshera was very favorable, and both
the daily average sick and the mortality had been low. The hospital service
was found in a very efficient state.
27th (Buniab) Regiment Native Infantry—Nowshera.
I. Medical Officers.— Surgeon-Major Caldwell held medical charge of the
regiment from the beginning
of the year until December
14th ; from which date until
the end of the year, Surgeon
Lewtas officiated for him.
II. Location and movements. —
In the beginning of the year the
head-quarters of the regiment
were at Shergasha. On the 7th
February the regiment marched
for Nowshera, reaching there on
10th February. From this date
until November 17th, the head-
quarters remained at Nowshera.
On the 18th the regiment went on
field service.
IX. Diet.—The Commissariat ration at first served out to the men was—
Flour
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 1 seer.
Dhal
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 2 chittacks.
Ghee
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. ½ chittack.
Salt
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. a sufficiency.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1873
. Barrackpore, April 1872
81.3
2.8
2.9
1874
. Nowshera, Feb. 1874
.
144.2
2.9
5.08
1875
.
Ditto.
.
127.97
1.85
3 . 5 4
1876
.
Ditto
117.67
. 9 8
2.87
1877
.
Ditto
.
.
.
128.74
. 2 8
2.79
Average
.
119.97
1.76
3.43
1878
. Nowshera
.
.
.
206.93
3.72
4.67
Special
observations
and remarks.
Inspection.
Medical
Officers.
Location and
movements.
Diet.
L 1.