Sickness.
Mortality
Vaccination.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL,
doors and doors have been, painted and numbered, and the cots planed and restrung. Blankets
and pillows have been provided, and all the additional articles sanctioned by G. G. 0.
No. 681 of 1879. The hospital-assistants' quarters also are in good repair, to which have
been added zenana compound walls. On service good new lascars' pals were issued for the
treatment of the sick-one for the accommodation of 12 men—and the number supplied cal-
culated at 12 per cent. on the strength of the regiment. The sick transport consisted of dan-
dies with four bearers each at the rate of 10 per cent. of strength. The kahars received from
Government suitable warm clothing, and more than sufficient tentage was provided for their
accommodation.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.—Strength of the regiment :—
Present
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 395.62
Absent
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 72.82
Total
.
. 468.44
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
O F
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Admis-
sions. Deaths
Daily
Average
sick.
Head-quarters, Rawal Pindi
1st Jan. 1878 31st Dec. 1878 379.61 378
3
11.80 99.57
. 7 9 3.10
, , C a m p N o w -
shera.
,,
Camp Hoti
Mardan.
,,
Camp Jum-
rood.
Detachment, Nowshera . 23rd Nov. „ 20th ,, ,,
63.00
3
...
1.58 62.05 ...
2.50
,,,
Abazai
. 14th
20th ,, ,,
44.07
7 ...
1.45 156.65 ...
3.29
,,
Rawal Pindi. 26th Oct. „ 31st
,,
32.21
8
...
2.79 135.26 ...
8.66
TOTAL
.
. . .
...
395.62 396
3
12.62 100.09
. 7 5 3.18
Number of deaths in hospital 3 ; out of hospital 1 ; total.
4; per cent. of total strength
.
.85
..
invalided .
.
.
. . . . .
18; ,,
,,
.
3.84
,,
sent on sick leave
.
.
.
. . .
5; ,,
.
1.06
,,
of days spent in hospital 4,307; per admission . 10.87; per man of total strength
.
9.20
,,
, ,
o n s i c k l e a v e 4 0 5 ; p e r m a n
. 81. ; „
,,
.
.86
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
. 10.06
XVI. Principal causes of sickness. —The health of the regiment both in station and on
active service has been very satisfactory in the year under review.
XVII. Principal causes of mortality.
—Four deaths occurred in the regiment, three in and
one out of hospital.
XIX. —Vacci nat i on. — T e n m e n w e r e v a c c i n a t e d d u r i n g t h e y e a r . '
Recommenda
-tions.
Special
observations.
Inspection.
Medical
Officers.
Location and
movements.
XX. Recommendations.—All recommendations relative to the health and comfort of the
men were sanctioned and adopted.
XXI. Special observations and remarks. —The recruits (132) entertained during the year
promise to become good and efficient soldiers.
Inspection.— There was no inspection of this regiment during the year.
11th Regiment, Natibe Infantry-Bamal Pindi.
I. Medical Officers.— Surgeon-Major J. Duncan held medical charge of
the head-quarters through-
out the year. Surgeon-
Major A. Thompson, Sur-
geons A. Keith and B. Doyle,
Garrison Surgeons of Fort
Attock, and Surgeon-Major
R. Gray, Civil Surgeon of
Murree, held medical charge
of detachments.
II. Location and movements.
— T h e r e g i m e n t h a s b e e n s t a t i o n e d
during the whole year at Rawal
Pindi, furnishing the following
detachments:—
(a). 1 European officer and 176 Native officers and men, from 1st January to 29th March,
to Fort Attock.
( b). 1 European officer and 175 Native officers and men, from 27th September to 31st
December, to Fort Attock.
(c ). 61 Native officers and men, from 26th April to 2nd August, to Murree.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1873
. Bareilly, Feb. 1872
.
51.
.57
1.66
1874
. Ditto.
42.6
.28
1.5
1875
Ditto
54.96
1.29
1.9
1876
. Rawal Pindi, Mar. 1876
101.37
.94
2.86
1877
. Ditto.
83.13
.42
2.33
Average .
.
.
66.61
.70
2.05
1878
. Rawal Pindi
.
.
192.14
1.26
4.88