Medical
Officers.
Location and
movements.
CENTRAL INDIA.
53
Extras—
lbs.
Sword and belt weighs
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4.5
Boots and spurs
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5 . 5
Carbine and. ten rounds
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Lance
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4 .
New saddlery
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Cloak
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Nose-bag, ropes and pegs
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4.5
Total
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.
58.
or, a total weight carried by each horse of lbs. 194 . 58.
The average weight of a man in the 6th Dragoon Guards is lbs. 161 without accoutre-
ments, with accoutrements lbs. 284,* or an excess over the 2nd. Central India Horse of lbs.
90 . 42; of a man of the 10th Royal Hussars 137 lbs. 11 oz., or with accoutrements 253 lbs.
6 oz.,1 a n e x c e s s o v e r t h e 2 n d C e n t r a l I n d i a H o r s e o f l b s . 6 5 . 2 .
Inspection. —The Deputy Surgeon-General found the lines in excellent
order, with ample ventilation both for men and horses. The water-supply was
very good. " The latrines have never been used." White-washing the hospital
frequently was used to keep down the bugs. The sick report was favourable.
The hospital establishment efficient, and the equipment complete.
Malwa Bheel Corps—Sirdarpore.
Inspection.
I. Medical Officers. —Surgeon-Major A. D. Campbell, M.D., held medical
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1873
. Sirdarpore .
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.
111.5
1.5
3.4
1874
.
Ditto
.
. .
91.2
.67
3.15
1875
.
Ditto
.
. .
120.
.67
3.26
1876
.
Ditto
.
.
.
106.7
1.17
3.07
1877
.
Ditto
.
.
.
90.95
1.22
2.81
Average
.
104.07
1.04
3.14
1878
. Sirdarpore.
.
85.47
1.25
2.45
charge of the regiment up
to the 11th of October 1878,
from which date Surgeon-
Major F. Odevaine assum-
ed the medical charge, and
writes the present report.
II. Location. and movements. —
The corps is permanently sta-
tioned at Sirdarpore.
X. Clothing. —Ankle boots are
worn, and seem to answer fairly
well, though for long marches I
should prefer the native, shoe, as
worn by the men of the Bhopal
Battalion.
Hospital.—The cots are of iron, with newar bottoms, the latter being objectionable,
becoming soon soiled and causing considerable trouble in getting the tape washed and replaced.
There is no post-mortem room, but examination of the bodies of deceased sepoys are rare, owing
to the great objection that Bheels have to their dead being interfered with; it amounts to a
superstitious dread that such examinations are prejudical to their burial ceremonies.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding. —Stren gth of the regiment :—
Present
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.
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.
.
.
418.83
Absent
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.
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.
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.
.
.
137.16
Total
.
555.99
STATION.
P E R I O D .
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF.
Daily
average
number of
sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
P E R A N N U M .
From
To
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
D a i l y s i c k .
Head-quarters at Sirdarpore. 1st Jan. 1878 31st Dec. 1878 406.18
355
5
10.14 87.39 1.23
2.49
Detachment at Indore
, , w i t h A g e n t , G o -
25th Nov. „
Ditto
.
56.66
2
...
1.22 31.28 ...
2.15
vernor-General's Camp . 1st Dec.
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Ditto
.
55.
1
...
.48 21 . 36
...
.87
TOTAL
.
. . .
...
418.83
358
5
10.28 85.47
1.19
2.45
Number of deaths in hospital 5; out of hospital 2; total
7; per cent. of total strength .
.
1.25
,, i n v a l i d e d 1 0 ;
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1.79
sent or sick leave
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of days spent in hospital 3,752; per admission
. 1 0 . 4 8 ; p e rm
a noft
o t a l s t r e n g t h .
.
6.74
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on sick leave 351 ; per man . 87.75;
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.
.63
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
7.37
1 According to Professor Parkes.
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