Principal
causes of
sickness.
Principal
causes of
mortality.
ALLAHABAD DIVISION.
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XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.— Strength of the regiment:—
Present
.
. .
. .
.
. . .
.
655.19
Absent
.
. .
. .
.
.
. .
.
53.18
Total .
.
708.87
STATIONS.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admi
s -
s i o n s .
Deaths
Admi s -
sions. Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters Benares
. 1st Jan. 1878 12th Nov.1878
555.16 500
8
17.79
90.07 1.44 3.20
at
Meean Meer 17th Nov.,,
31st Dec. „
Detachment at Chunar
. 1st Jan. „
11th Nov. „
88.61
41
. . .
1.
53.61
. . .
1.12
„
Allahabad . 21st Aug. „
25th Oct. „
133.6
28
. . .
3.72 115.86 ...
2.78
TOTAL
.
.
...
...
655.19
569
8
19 .33 86.84 1 .22 2.95
Number of deaths in hospital, 8; out of hospital 2 ; total
10 ; per cent. of total strength
.
1.41
„
invalided
.
.
.
.
. . . .
6 ;
„
,,
.
.84
, , s e n t o n s i c k s i c k l e a v e
.
.
.
.
. .
10;
„
, , .
1.41
,,
of days spent in hospital,
7,056; per admission
12.62; per man of total strength
.
9.26
,,
on sick leave, 1,521; per man
.
152. 1 ;
„
,, .
2.14
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
.
.
12.10
XVI. Principal causes of sickness. —Fever, as usual, gave the largest admission into
hospital during the year, 207. Blister of feet 59; this was due to bad ammunition boots in
use amongst the native soldiers and the want of socks. Dysentery gave 28; the type was mild
and very amenable to ipecacuanha with quinine. Syphilis gave 29 admissions.
XVII. Principal causes of mortatity. —There were 8 deaths in hospital and 2 out of
hospital. Deaths in hospital were from the following : fever 3, phthisis pulmonalis 1, chronic
bronchitis 1, hypetrophy of the spleen 2, necrosis of the lower jaw 1. Deaths out of hospital
were from 'following : general debility 1, phthisis pulmonalis 1.
I n s p e c t i o n . —
T h e
r e m a r k s o f t h e i n s p e c t i n g O f f i c e r a r e o r d i n a r y .
Adley mentions that the sick in hospital were tormented with heavy swarms
of flies ; and he has been asked to report whether the hospital has since been
fitted with chicks to the verandah as authorized by existing barrack regulations.
Mr. Inspection.
15th Regiment, Bengal Cabalry-Camnpore.
I. Medical Officer .—Surgeon Horace Yeld held medical charge of the regi-
ment throughout the year,
except for a short period in
the month of December.
XII. Occupations. , amusements,
c .—Tent pegging, sword exer-
cise and line cutting are regu-
larly practised and encouraged.
The men are many of them very
fond of shooting, and are permit-
ted at intervals to indulge this
taste. Since. the last report the
whole of the regiment has been
armed with the Snider carbine.
There are some excellent shots
amongst the sowars, and His
Excellency the Commander-in-
Chief's prize for the best shot in
the Native Cavalry was awarded to one of the men. The recruits are put through a short
gymnastic course.
YEARS.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1873
. Umballa, Feb. 1873
.
58.9
1.7
1.9
1874
Ditto
76.3
.21
2.5
1875
.
Ditto
76.3
.28
2.5
1876
. Cawnpore, Feb. 1876 .
100.9
1.02
3.2
1877
.
Ditto
56.8
.65
2.5
Average .
.
.
73.84
.77
2.52
1878
. Cawnpore and Meean
Meer
.
.
.
6.46
1.54
4.21
Medical
Officer.
Occupation,
amusements,
&c.