Principal
causes of
sickness.
Vaccination.
SIRHIND DIVISION.
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STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average
number o
f sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
s i o n s .
.
Deaths.
Admis - s i o n s . Deaths. Daily
average sick.
Head-quarters . . . 1st Jan. 1878 31st Dec. 1878
368 508
2 17.56 138.04
. 5 4 4.77
Detachment at.Jullundur
Ditto
Ditto
57 57
1 1.63 120.06 2.10 2.86
,,
Malta
. 4th May „ 4th Oct. „
126 80 ...
4.90 143.98
. . . 3.88
,,
Umballa . 22nd Oct. „ 31st Dec. ,, .
35
12 . . .
2.06 176.33 ... 5.90
,,
Nowshera . 17th Dec. „ Ditto
.
66
6
1
.09 221.19 36.74 .60
,,
Abazai
. 18th „ „ Ditto
.
50
3 ...
1.3 156.44 ... 2.60
TOTAL
...
...
436.76 666
4 24.02 152.48
. 9 1 5.50
Number of deaths in hospital 4; out of hospital 3 ; total .
7 ; per cent. of total strength .
1.35
„
invalided
6;
,, ,,
.
1.16
, , s e n t o n
l e a v e
25; „
,,
.
4 . 8 5
,,
of days spent in hospital 8,767 ; per admission . 12.93 ; per man of total strength . 1 7 . 0 3
,,
„ on sick leave 2,412 ; per man . . 6.24 ; „
.
4.68
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . 21.71
XVI. Principal causes of sickness. —The admissions into hospital were much more numer-
ous than in 1877, in fact more than double, having been 666 against 313 ; difference 353.
Fevers (as is generally the case) have predominated over all other classes of disease ; out of the
total of 666,301 were cases of fever.
XIX. Vaccination.—All the recruits and children in regimental lines and bazaars were
inspected early in March, and were all found to be protected the vaccination performed by
me in the previous year.
Inspection.—The regiment was inspected at Umballa on the 20th October
1878. All the hospital arrangements are reported to be in complete order, the
recruits, a particularly fine body of young men, and the regiment as a whole,
" fit to go anywhere and do anything."
Inspection.
25th (Punjab) Regiment,Native Infantry—Umballa.
I. Medical. Officers.—Surgeon-Major G. V. Currie, 10th Bengal Lancers, had
medical charge of the regi-
ment from 1st to 4th Jan-
uary, when it was assumed
by Surgeon W. R. Murphy.
On his departure to join the
Malta expeditionary force on
20th April officiating charge
of the regiment was taken
by Surgeon J. G. Hancock,
who had been attached to
the regiment from the 28th
March. Surgeon Hancock
was relieved by Surgeon-
Major L. F. Dickson, M.D., on
16th August, who remained
in officiating medical charge
until Surgeon Murphy re-
joined on 4th October. Surgeon Murphy remained in medical charge until the
end of the year. Surgeon W. H. Cadge was attached to the regiment from end
of October, and had charge of the right half battalion detached on escort from
November 19th to December 30th, 1878. The report, written by Dr. Murphy,
is certainly one of the most complete and interesting which has been received.
VIII. Water-supply.—The camel puckawls1 a l l o w e d t o t h e r e g i m e n t a n d t h ec
h a g u l s 1
w i t h
which every dandie and doolie was fitted, were found most invaluable on the very trying
marches through Beloochistan.
.1 See foot-note, page 75.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admisions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1873 . Rawal Pindi, Nov. 1870.
77. 8
1.3
2.1
1874 . Meean Meer, Feb. 1874 .
139.1
.8
3.9
1875 . Ditto . .
165.99
1.7
3.63
1876 . Umballa, Nov. 1876 .
153.41
1.27
4.39
1877 .
Ditto . . .
64. 3
2.12
2.37
Average
.
120.12
1.44
5.28
1878 . Umballa ; marched on
active service in Af-
ghauistan, Oct. 10th.
167.96
3.67
4.79
Medical
Officers.
water-supply.