Medical
Officers.
Location and.
movements.
Topography
and physical
geography.
Meteorology
and climate.
Water-supply.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
PUNJAB FRONTIER. FORCE.
1.63
urinal for each troop ; the hospital was in good repair, and all arrangements
for the care and comfort of the sick properly attended to ; records well written
up ; equipment serviceable and complete."
3rd Regiment, Punjab Cavalry—Edwardesabad.
I. Medical Officers. —Surgeon Joshua Duke held medical charge of the
regiment from 1st January
until 29th May 1878, when
he proceeded on privilege
leave and afterwards on sick
certificate to Europe, and
during the interval, until the
end of the year, the medical
charge was successively held
by Surgeons Robinson, Mo-
loney, and O'Connor.
II. Location and movements.
—On the 7th March the regiment
marched in the course of relief
from Dera Ismail Khan to Ed
wardesabad and arrived there on
the 14th March. The regiment
remained in the station until the
end of the year.
III. Topography and physical geography. —The station of Edwardesabad is situated on the
bank of the River Koorum, in a corner where the great Suliman Range branches off in a north
-easterly direction towards Kohat. The hills on the northern aspect are about 6 miles dis
-tant. The cantonment is a very small one, the space being limited by the Koorum, which at
times is only a small stream, but after heavy rain it becomes a rushing torrent, sometimes
im-passable for days. The cavalry lines are situated close to its southern bank. The country
around is very fertile and is watered by the River Koorum, part of its channel being diverted
by one or two large bunds near its exit from the hills.
IV. Meteorology and climate.— Owing to the free supply of water in all directions derive
d from the Koorum, the air of cantonments and the district around is rendered damp and relax
-ing in the hot weather, and the autumnal fevers here are unusually severe. The cold during the
month of December was very intense. The rainfall has been unusually low.
VIII. Water-supply.—The drinking water is derived from a large well sunk near the
south bank of the river, and is good in quality and sufficient in quantity. The water used by th
horses is derived from the River Koorum and is stored in a tank covered in with chattees, one
being allotted to each troop.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.—Strength of the regiment—
Present
Absent
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Total
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
414.21
73.48
487.69
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1873
. Dera Ghazi Khan, Jan.
1872.
168.8
1.2
4.9
1874
.
Ditto
.
.
.
250.9
.81
5.8
1875
. Dera Ismail Khan, Jan.
1875.
167.3
1.22
3.71
1876
.
Ditto
.
. .
175.16
.61
4.82
1877
.
Ditto
.
.
.
140.16
.61
3.15
Average
.
180.47
.89
4.47
1878
. Edwardesabad, March
1 8 7 8 .
256.87
.82
5.93
PERIOD
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
O F
Daily
average
number of
sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
STATION.
From
To
Admis-
sions.
Deaths.
Admis- s i o n s . Deaths.
D a i l y a v e r a g e
sick.
Head quarters at Dera Ismail
K h a n .
1st Jan. 1878
6th Mar. 1878
218
989
2
21.9
453.67
.92 10.05
, , m a r c h i n g
. 7th Mar „
14th ,, „
, , a t E d w a r d e s a b a d 15th „ „
31st Dec. ,,
Detachment at Edwardesabad 1st Jan. ,,
15th Mar. „
186
54
. . .
3.11 143.18 ...
1.67
„
at Zam
.
.
Ditto
.
Ditto
.
26
3
. . .
.4
56.92
. . .
1.54
, , a t J a n i K h e y
l
Ditto
. 31st Dec. „
20
18
...
.35 443.92 ...
1.75
TOTAL .
.
. . .
...
414.21 1,064
2
24.59 256.87 .48
5.93
Number of deaths in hospital 2; out of hospital 2; total
4; per cent. of total strength
.
.
.82
invalided
15;
, ,
, ,
.
3.07
„
sent on sick leave
.
.
.
.
.
1 1 ;
, ,
, ,
.
.
2.25
, ,
of days spent in hospital 8,975; per admission
7.54; per man of total strength
.
.
1 8 . 3 9
, ,
,,
on sick leave 1,329; per man
120.82;
„
, ,
.
.
2.73
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
. 21.12