PESHAWAR DISTRICT.
131
STATION'.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average
number of
sick.
PEE CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
From
To
Head-quarters at Peshawar 1st Jan. 1878. 31st Dec. 1878. 340.10
682
5
14.53 200.52 1.47 4.27
Detachment at Shubkuddur. „
„ „ 18th April „
50
8
. . .
.43
51.74 ...
.86
,,
Michuee
.
1st Jan. „ 29th Mar. „
48
3
...
.14
25.92 ...
.29
4th June „
9th Ang. „
48
6
...
.58
68.09 ...
1.20
19th Sept. „ 23rd Oct. „
48
52
•..
8.91 1129.76 ... 18.56
24th Dec. „ 31st Dec. „
48
1
. . .
.50
91.90 ...
1.04
,,
M a e k e s o n
. 5th Feb. „
15th Feb. „
41
1
. . .
.54
80.93 ...
1.31
Shubkuddur.
14th June „ 9th Aug. „
50
8
. . .
.59
87.16 ...
1.18
19th Sept. „
23rd Oct. „
50
22
. . .
2.62 458.84 ...
5.24
(27th Dec. „
31st Dec. „
50
2
. . .
.40 292.
...
.80
,,
Burj-i-Hurree
Singh.
5th Oct. 1878 1st Nov. „
123
38
..,
5.61 402.72
...
4.58
2nd Nov. „
11th „
„
97
3.50 338.65 ...
3.60
TOTAL
.
. . .
...
411.76
832
5
16.56 202.06 1.21 4.02
Number of deaths in hospital 5; out of hospital 4; total
9; per cent. of total strength .
.
1.94
,, i nval i ded
4;
„
.
.
.86
sent on sick leave
.
.
.
.
.
.
14;
„.
3.02
„,, o f d a y s s p e n t i n h o s p i t a l 6 , 0 4 5 ; p e r a d m i s s i o n
7.26; per man of total strength .
. 13.08
,,
,,
on sick leave 1,736 ; per man
.
.124;
„
, , .
.
3.75
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength.
. 16.83
XVI. Principal causes of mortality. —Nine deaths occurred during the year; 2 from
pneumonia, 1 from jaundice, 1 from ague, 1 from dilatation of the heart, 1 from anæmia,
1 from bronchitis, 1 from general debility, and 1 cause unknown.
Principal
causes of
mortality.
Inspection. —Deputy Surgeon-General F. E. Allen, C.B., inspected this regi-
ment at Peshawar on the 18th March 1878. He notices tile following defects
viz :—the wretched accommodation for the hospital assistants, medical pupils and
servants. The health of the corps during 15 months of Peshawar had remained
good—quite equal to what was experienced at Rawal Pindi. The huts had been
improved by adding verandahs. The hospital service was well looked after,
and the case-books had important medical notes.
Inspection.
17th Regiment, Bengal Cabatry—Peshawar.
I. Medical Officer. — Surgeon D. P. Macdonald held medical charge of the
regiment throughout the
year, with the exception of
two months while on privi
- l e g e l e a v e .
II. Location and morements.—
The detachments at, the Doaba
outposts were relieved, as a rule
monthly in the cold weather, and
bi-monthly in the hot weather.
IV. meteorology and climate.—
There are no meteorological in-
struments available for making
observations of any value. There
were some remarkable irregulari-
ties in the rainfall. During the
cold weather and in the spring there were heavy rains, also some heavy showers in the early
part of the hot weather ; whereas there has been no rain whatever since the 18th August.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1873
. Sialkot, March 1872
.
157.1
.4
5.4
1874
.
Ditto
. . .
154.5
.4
5.6
1875
.
Ditto
.
. .
177.11
...
6.89
1876
. Peshawar, Feb. 1876 .
277.92
2.19
7.75
1877
.
Ditto
.
.
.
109.71
.43
3.09
Average
.
175.27
.68
5.74
1878
. Peshawar .
.
.
220.60
3.92
4.62
Medical officer.
Location and
movements.
Meteorology
end climate.