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Return of Non-commissioned Officers and Privates Invalided, &c.—continued.
Station.
Rank.
Names.
Period
of resi-
dence in
India.
Disease for which inva-
lided or obtained
Sick Leave.
Period
under
treat-
meat.
Whether
probable
result of
this climate
or of a pre-
vious course
of service
elsewhere.
Central, Se-
cundera-
bad.
Driver
... G. Sparrow
... 4 9 Dysentery
. . .
153 In India.
Do.
... S. Seaman
... 4 9 Palpitation
. . .
114
Do.
Do.
... G. Jarvis
... 1 11 Dysentery
. . .
65
Do.
Do.
H. Siefers
. . .
1 5
Do.
...
124
Do.
Gunner
...
... W. Bowers
... 0 11 Secondary syphilis.
263
Do.
Do.
... M. R. Berry
. . .
2 10 Palpitation
...
112
Do.
Driver .... J. Midgley
... 2 0 Hepatitis ...
...
205
Do.
Bombardier. W. Miller
. . .
5 5 General debility ...
54
Do.
Gunner ... G. Burn ...
... 3 11
Do.
...
180
Do.
Sergeant ... W. White
... 5 3
Do.
. . .
47
Do.
Gunner ... D. Healy ...
... 10 1 Epilepsy
...
314
Do.
Do.
... J. Layfield
. . .
5 2 Dysentery
...
169
Do.
Driver
... G. Claridge
. . .
1 2 Enteric fever
...
224
Do.
Do.
... J. Livingstone ... 5 2 Dysentery
. . .
145
Do.
Do.
... T. Batchelor
. . .
5 2 Neuralgia, head
. . .
81
Do.
Gunner
.. J. Walsh ...
... 5 9 Hepatitis ...
...
339
Do.
Bombardier. T. Williamson ... 5 9 Rheumatism, chro-
nic.
330
Do.
.
North Se-
cundera-
bad.
Troop Ser-
geant Major.
G. E. Powney
... 8 4 Secondary syphilis.
. . .
143
Do.
Corporal ... A. Crouch
... 1 3 Fracture
...
102
Do.
Private ... P. Welsh ...
... 5 2 Phthisis pulmonalis. 122
Do.
Do.
... J. Clare ...
... 0 11 Melancholia
...
27
Do.
Do.
... W. Morgan
... 7 8 Chronic synovitis.
201
Do.
Do.
... A. Wyett ...
. . .
1 7 Gunshot wound of
the band.
72
Do.
South Se-
cundera-
bad.
.
Do.
. . .
John Mills
. . .
0 9 Imbecility
con-
genital.
74
Do.
Do.
... J. Murphy
... 0 10 Diseases of the
mucous membr.
tympani.
44
Do.
Corporal ... H. Hoare ...
. . .
1 11 Phthisis pulmonalis.
133
Do.
Private ... J. Barker ...
. . .
1 11 Gonl. rheumatism.
122
Do.
Do.
... C. Lake ...
... 1 11 Palpitation
...
42
Do.
Do.
... W. James ...
. . .
3 1 Dysentery
..
12
Do.
Corporal ... D. Flynn ...
... 12 11 Abscess of liver
19
Do.
asstd. with dy-
sentery.
Private ... J. Loftus ...
... 2 0 Hernia, double ...
...
Do.
Do.
... F. Newman
. . .
2 6 Val. disease of heart. 104
Do.
Do.
... J. Corry ...
... 6 4 Secondary syphilis.
73
Do.
Do.
... J. H. Cowling ... 0 6 Epilepsy ...
. . .
. . .Do.
Do.
... J. Light ...
... 2 0
Do.
...
. . .
. . .
Do.
Do.
... P. Quinn ...
... 10 11 General debility ...
...
Do.
Do.
... R. L. Bird
... 8 1 Sprain (left hand).
160
Do.
Do.
... C. Swellgrow
... 2 6 Necrosis, lower jaw.
116
Do.
Lance Corpl. G. Worwick
... 3 2 Lumbar abscess ...
6
Do.
Private ... J. Hart ...
... 4 6 Synovitis ...
...
146
Do.
Do.
... W. Drew ...
... 4 6 Dysentery
. . .
93
Do.
Do.
... H. Taylor
... 2 4 Palpitation
. . .
27
Do.
Do.
... F. Wyatt
... 4 6 Secondary syphilis.
54
Do.
Do.
... J. Prentire
. . .
2 4 Diffuse periostitis.
127
Do.
Do.
... G. Birch ...
... 0 11 Eczema ...
...
...
Do.
Do.
... J. H. Hamston ... 0 11 Polypus extl. meatus
27
Do.
Do.
.. J. Hyde ...
. . .
0 11 Epilepsy ...
. . .
27
Do.
Do.
... W. Gardner
... 2 4 Diarrhœa ...
...
...
Do.s
Sick Officers.
Corps.
Rank.
N a m e .
Period of
residence in
India.
Disease for which invalided or
obtained Sick Leave.
Period under
treatment.
Whether probable
result of this
climate or of a
previous course
of service else-
where.
If an Officer,
to what place
and for what
period has he
gone on sick
leave.
Royal Artillery ...
... Colonel ...
... C. W. Brereton
...
Y.
25
M.
10
D.
0 Dyspepsia
...
...
Y.
M.
...
D.
In India ... England.
Do.
...
...
Do. ...
... W. E. Lockhart ... 24
9
0 Diarrhoea
...
...
0
5
0
Do
...
Do.
Do.
...
... Major ...
... Burton Brown
...
3
9 26 General
debility
and
...
Do.
...
Do.
Do.
...
...
Do. ...
... V. C. Fisher
...
26
1
0
hepatic derangement.
General debility ...
... ...
Do.
...
Do.
Do.
...
...
Do. ...
... F. M. E. Vibart
... 10
0
0 Acute gout
...
...
0
2
0
Do.
...
Do.
Do.
...
... Captain
... C. C. Rich
...
3
0
0 General debility ...
...
...
Do.
Do.
12th Lancers
...
... Major ...
... A. S. G. Jancey
._.
9
0
0
Do.
... ...
0
9
0
Do.
.
Do.
Do.
...
... Captain...
... R. S. Richardson ...
4
1
0 Hepatitis
...
...
...
Do.
...
Do.
Do.
...
... Vety.-Surgeon... Fred. Smith
...
6 10
0 General debility ...
...
...
Do.
...
Do.
2/Royal Munster Fusiliers. Major ...
... R. Holbeche
...
1
6
0 Enlargement of liver
...
...
Do.
...
Do.
Captain
... H. H. Spitta
...
1
9
0 General debility and epi-
...
Do.
...
Do.
2/Somersetshire Light In- Lieutenant
. . . T. L. V. Crealock ...
4
8
0
lepsy.
General debility
... ...
0
4
0
Do.
...
Do.
fantry.
2/Hampshire Regiment ... Colonel
... W. H. B. Kingsley ... 13
0
0 Hepatitis ...
...
...
...
Do.
...
Do.
2/Middlesex
. . .
... Lieutenant
... F. Sapte
...
...
3
0
0 Enteric fever
..
... ...
Do.
...
Do.
Medical Staff
. . .
... Surgeon-Major.
M. L. White
4
6
0 General debility ...
...
0
8
0
Do.
...
Do.
Do.
. . .
...
Do.
... W. T. Martin
...
2
6
0 Dysentery
...
...
...
Do.
...
Do.
Do.
. . .
...
Do.
... J. B. Kelly ...
...
1
1
0 Sunstroke
...
...
0
11
30
Do.
Do.
Do.
...
... Surgeon
... J. D. T. Reckitt
...
1
7
0 Varicose veins
...
...
1
6
0
Do.
...
Do.
Do.
. . .
...
Do.
... J. P. Carmody
...
4
2
0 General debility ...
...
...
Do.
...
Do.
Do.
. . .
...
Do.
... M. E. Fitzgerald ...
0 11
0 Phthisis pulmonalis
... ...
Do.
...
Do.
OOTACAMUND,
(Signed)
J. IRVINE, M.D.,Q.B.F.,
17th August 1886.
Surgeon-General, Her Majesty's Forces, Madras.
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From J. IRVINE, Esq., M.D., Q.D.D., Surgeon-General, Her Majesty's
Forces, Madras, to Brigadier-General A. KENNEY-HERBERT, Secretary
to Government, Military Department ; dated Fort St. George, 30 th September
1887, No. 2842.
I have the honor to forward, for the information of Government, a brief report
on the health of British troops in the
Madras Command in 1886, together
with the tabular statements specified
in the margin.
2. The average strength of British
troops in the Madras Command in 1886
was 11,199, the number of admissions into hospital 15,296, the daily average sick
903, and a total of 182 deaths and 267 invalided. These results give the following
ratios per 1,000 of strength, viz., for admissions 1,365.84, for deaths 16.25, and
invaliding 23.84. Contrasting these with the corresponding ratios of the previous
year, there is an increase of 203.46 in admissions, of 6.94 in deaths, but a decrease
of 0.26 in invaliding. Of the invalids sent home, 13.75 per 1,000 were for change of
climate, and 10.09 for discharge from the service. The average number constantly
sick in the force was 903, the average sick time for each man was 29.43 days, and
the average duration of each case of sickness 21.55 days.
IP/25/AF.4
No. 1. Return showing the sickness, mortality and in
-validing.
No. 2. Return showing the mortality in and out of
hospital.
No. 3. Return showing the prevalence and mortality of
the different classes of diseases.
A.
—
1876—1885.
1886.
Admissions per 1,000 of strength.
1182.01
1365.84
Deaths
do.
do.
14.01
16.25
Invalided
do.
do.
35.05
23.84
3. The health of the British troops
during the year under report was not
satisfactory, inasmuch as there was a
higher ratio of admissions and deaths.
The marginal statement, which contrasts
the results of 1886 with the average of
the previous ten years, shows this, and
also shows that the ratio of invaliding
was less.
4
The admissions for primary syphilis compare very favorably with that of last year,
except in the Belgaum and Western districts, the increase in which is due to the
fact that the lock hospital at Cannanore was closed from 1st April 1885 to 15th
July 1886.
The Senior Medical Officer of the Station Hospital, Cannanore, reports that,
since the re-opening of the lock hospital (15th July), the cases of primary syphilis
were of a mild form, and the secondary disease had greatly diminished, and, further
states, since the 15th July only one admission for secondary syphilis has been due
to disease contracted since that date.
The following table compares the prevalence of secondary syphilis :—
Secondary Syphilis.
— Eastern
district.
Belgaum
and
Western
districts.
Bangalore
division
and Ceded
Districts.
Hyderabad
subsidiary
force.
Nagpore
force.
British
Burma
division.
Depôts.
1885 . . .
29
32
61
33
4
29
32
1886 . . .
35
77
91
48
6
65
56
The prevalence of secondary syphilis is very unfavorable as compared with
last year, and that without an exception there was an increase in the admissions
from this disease in all the circles and at the depôts, the greatest increase falling to
the Belgaum and Western districts and Bangalore division.
The increase in both circles is attributable to the closure of the lock hospitals
at Cannanore and Bellary. The former was re-opened on 15th July and the latter
on 13th March 1886.
The Medical Officer in charge, lock hospital, Bellary, states that very little
interest is taken by the police with regard to the working of the Contagious Disease
Act, and that consequently much more venereal disease prevails than would other
- w i s e b e t h e c a s e .
Gonorrhœa was most prevalent in the Belgaum and Western districts and
least in the Nagpore force as compared with the corresponding figures of 1885, as
will be seen in the following table:—
Gonorrhœa.
—
Eastern
district.
Belgaum
and
Western
districts.
Bangalore
division
and Ceded
districts.
Hyderabad
subsidiary
force.
Nagpore
f o r c e .
British
Burma
division.
Depôts.
1885 . . .
169
114
372
453
220
223
83
1886 . . .
190
322
374
424
90
250
57
The inefficiency induced by this group is 282.8 per mille. The general opinion is
that lock hospitals do good, though to a small extent ; they mitigate the disease ;
it is certainly less virulent.
Group B.
Sub-Group I.—Tœnia solium gives 25 out of 33 admissions under this head,
Secunderabad furnishing 13 cases, Bellary and Cannanore, 3 cases each ; probably
most of these were imported cases.
Sub-group II.—There was a case of scurvy. Alcoholism occasioned 139
admissions, including 8 of delirium tremens. Bellary gives 45 of these cases;
Secunderabad, 22; Rangoon, 18; Thayetmyo, 24. The inefficiency caused 12.4
per mille.
6
Organs of locomotion.— There were 61 admissions under this head, a ratio of
5.4 per mille; the principal causes were acute synovitis, 26 cases, and chronic
synovitis, 12; periastitis 6, inflamed bursa, 4.
Connective tissue.—The admissions under this head were 227, or 20.3 per mille.
Abscess of connective tissue occasioned 178, and inflammation connective tissue
48 of these.
Skin.—There were 1,002 admissions for skin affections, or 89.5 per mille; the
chief causes were boil, 367; ulcer, 288; eczema, 88; whitlow, 52; ring-worm, 52;
itch 39, herpes 24.
There were 8 admissions under this head—3 for alcohol, 3 scorpion stings, 2
from dead animal matter.
(1) General—occasioned 18 admissions and 17 deaths. Of the 17 deaths, 7
were occasioned by accidental drowning, 1 hanging, judicial, 8 heat apoplexy, and
heat stroke 1.
(2) Local.—There were 1,490 admissions and 14 deaths under this head, or a
ratio of 133.0 admissions and 1.25 deaths per mille. Of these 14 deaths, 9 were
suicidal, 1 from concussion of brain, 1 gunshot wound by accident, and 3 from
fracture of skull.
5. Influence of season on sickness.— The following table shows the amount of
sickness and mortality amongst the troops during each month of the year:
—
C.
Monthly Abstract.
—
Average
strength for
the month.
Admitted
during the
month.
DIED.
Average
number
constantly
sick.
In
hospital.
Out of
hospital.
January . . .
9,726
1,090
2
2
730
February . . .
11,081
1,075
6
. . .
799
March . . .
11,720
1,312
10
3
794
April . . .
11,927
1,418
8
3
875
May . . .
11,972
1,462
17
5
980
June . . .
11,769
1,346
17
2
929
July . . .
11,674
1,490
24
3
1,009
August
. . .
11,727
1,467
23
. . .
1,064
September . . .
11,566
1,140
18
1
1,047
October . . .
10,626
1,292
13
2
945
November . . .
10,376
1,081
11
1
881
December . . .
10,233
1,123
8
3
786
Total . . .
1,34,397
15,296
157
25
10,839
Average annual strength . . .
11,199
. . .
. . .
. . .
903
6: Health-state of the troops at Cie seve ral stations.-The amount of sickness, -mortality and number of men invalided in each circled
and in each station in the Command are shown in the following table :-
D.
Divisions.
Stations.
Average
strewth, gbh
Average
constantly
sick.
Admitted.
Died in
and out of
hospital.
Invalided.
RATIO PER 1,000 OF STRENGTH.
Average
constantly
sick.
Admitted.
Died in
and out of
hospital.
Invalided,
Average of previous
period of 10 years.
Admitted.
Died.
Easter district ...
...
-( Madras and Pallavaram
...
666
60
1,017
22
13
90.09
1527.03
33.03
19-52
1209.22
12.26
... 1. St. Thomas Mount ...
...
313
31
747
3
16
99.04,
2386.58
9.58
51.12
1233.14
13'78
Total ...
979
91
1,764
25
29
92.95
--
1801.84
25.54
29'62
...
B elgaum
...
...
...
802
-
66
900
5
21
82.29
1122.19
6'23
2618
Belganna and Western districts
Cann-more
...
'
'
...
693
57
909
5
46
82.25
1311.69
7.21
66.38
1022 50
8'97
... -
ua` licut ...
...
111
11
167
•..
99.10
1504-50
9'01
...
939.82
12'04
Malapuram
...
...
...
102
11
218
...
107.84
2137.25 _
...
868.34
12.54
-
Bangalore division
...
...
Total ...
1,708
-
145
-
2,194
11
67
8489
1284'54
6.44
-
39.2
...
-
...
--
Bangalore
...
...
...
1,597
90
1,499
12
22
56.35
93863
7.51
13.77
1145'48
9'10
Bellary ...
...
...
...
821
69
1,070
3
19
84.04
1303.29
3.65
2314
1484.49
9-14
Rtimandrug ...
...
...
27
...
1
...
...
370-37
...
...
Total ...
2,445
159
2,579
1.5
41
65.03
1054.81
6.13
16.7
...
...
Hyderabad subsidiary force
... Secunderabad ...
...
...
2,695
176
3,157
43
30
6531
1171.43
15.95
11'13
1153-17
1209
N agpore force ...
...
Kampteo
...
...
...
838
52
1,002
3
17
62'05
1195.70
3'58
20.29
1380'09
15 65
Seetabuldea ...
...
...
49
3
7
...
61.22
1448.98
167992
9'94
British Burma division ...
...
Total ...
887
55
1,073
3
1
62.01
1209'69
3.38
19.16
...
....
Rangoon
755
76
1,353
30
15
100.66
179205
3974
19.87
1378.77
13-83
...
...
Thayetmyo
...
401
64
1,167
22
9
159'60
2910.22
54.86
22-44
109085
1460
...
...
Tonghoo
...
420
39
566
6
6
92.86
1347.62
14-28
14-28
1096.98
13.36
Port Blair
...
...
...
133
4
125
1
...
30'07
939.85
7'52
...
925'07
7.42
Shoyagheen ...
...
...
11
1
3
...
...
90.91
3090.91
...
...
---
-
Total ...
1,720
184
3,245
59
30
106.98
1886-63
34'30
17-44
.......
Deptòts.
...
...
...
... Poonarnallee ...
164
42
506
8
32
256.10
3085.36
48-78
195'12
1954'97
4305
Wellington
.... ..
...
413
45
706
7
21
108-96
1709'44
16-95
50.85
1198.53
14.14
Total ...
577 _
87
1,212
15
53
150'78
2100.52
25'99
91.85
...
Marching ...
...
..
.,.
..
On the march
...
188
6
72
11
...
3191
382.98
58.51
...
585.09
49'16
Royal Engineers.
...
27
8
1
1
...
296.30 37.04 37.04
...
...
...
K Company, Royal Engineers ...
...
Infantry.
878
1,229
7
46
76 1,399.77
7.97
52.39 86.56
31.59 22.57 Cannanore (detachment at Calicut and
MONTHS.
12
2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, C. L. Regiment.
Malapuram)
2nd
„
P. A. Somersetshire Regiment.
206
241
10
8
15 1,169.90 48.54 38.83 72.82
26.58
22.72 Rangoon 41/3, and Burma Field Service
72/3.
2nd
„
Bedfordshire Regiment
...
951
1,326
10
20
88
1,394.32
10.52
21.03
92.53
33.77 24.22 Bellary 12 (Wing at Fort St. George 8).
2nd ,,
Royal Scots Fusiliers ...
...
659
1,274
16
10
73 19033.23 24.28
15.17 110.77
40.4.3 20.91 Thayetmyo and Tonghoo 9, and Ran.
goon and Port Blair 3.
2nd
„
South Wales Borderers
...
784
1,651
17
14
86
2,105.87
21.08 17.386 109.69
40.04
19.01 Madras 4 and Burma 8.
lst
„
Hampshire Regiment ...
...
778
877
17
3
51 1,127.25 21.85
3.86 65.55
23.93
21.23 Secunderabad arrived 2nd February
1886
...
...
...
...
...
11
2nd
, ,
,,
,, ...
...
70
83
13
3
5
1,185.71 185.71
42.86
71.43
26.07
21.99 Burma Field Service ...
...
...
12
2nd
„
Oxfordshire Light Infantry ...
616
637
2
2
36
1 , 0 3 4 . 0 9
3.25
3 . 2 5
58.44
21.33
20.63 Arrived from Egypt, 11th April 1886,
Bangalore 82/3, a n d o n e c o m p a n y a t
Belgaum.
2nd
„
Middlesex Regiment ...
...
941
1,153
11
4
62 1,225.29 11.69
4.25 65.89
24.05 19.63 Secunderabad 12 (detachment at
Kam pee and Seetabuldee).
2nd
„
Royal Munster Fusiliers
...
705
800
2
17
42 1,134.75
2.84 24.11 59.57 21.74 19.16 Kamptee and detachment at Seetabuldee
8 1/2, and Burma Field Service 31/2
1st
„
Rifle Brigade ...
...
..
673
703
5
16
53 1,04458
7.43
23.77
78.75
28.74 27.52 Belgaum 81/2 and Burma Field Service
31/2.
Details, Infantry ...
...
...
...
...
188
277
13
4
22
1,473.40 69.15 21.28 117.02
42.71
28.99
Total ,.. 7,449 10,251 123 147 609 1,376.16 16.51 19.73 81.76
29.84 21.68
Convalescent Depòts,
...
164
506
8
32
42
3,085.37
48.78 195.12 256.10
93.48 30.30
Poonamallee
...
...
...
...
Wellington
...
...
...
...
...
413
706
7
21
41 1,709.44 16.95 50.85 106.54
38.89
22.75
Total ...
577
1,212
15
53
86
2,100.52
26.00
91.85 149.05
51.40
25.20
Garrison staff and departments...
...
...
178
148
6
4
9
831.46 33.71 22.47 50.56
18.46
22.20
Grand Total ... 11,199
1 5 , 2 9 6
182 267 903
1,365.84 16.25 23.84
80.63
29.43 21.55
9
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The north station hospital is also a long one-storied building on a good
basement, well situated, dry and well drained; all the station hospitals are well
supplied with good water. The hospital for women and children is not a very
good one. It was one of the family quarters of the 1st British Infantry Regiment,
and is consequently defective in many respects as a hospital.
Nagpore Force.—The sanitary state of hospitals was satisfactory, and no
alterations were recommended or called for.
British Burma Division.—Owing to the establishment at Rangoon of a
general hospital for British troops in connection with the Burma Field Force, it
became necessary to remove the station hospital from the new buildings to those
which afforded it accommodation previously, while the former were being erected
in 1884. The new buildings were capable, with some slight alterations and addi
-tions, of affording accommodation for 200 beds, and were in consequence much better
adapted for the purposes of a general hospital than any other existing in the
station; while the barrack block and married quarters, formerly used as station
hospitals for males and females, provided sufficient and good accommodation for
the purpose.
Owing to the great increase of sickness at Thayetmyo, resulting from the
exposure and harassing duties devolving upon the various columns operating in
the neighbourhood, an auxiliary ward was opened in an empty block of the
barracks in close proximity with the station hospital and equipped from the
stores and establishment of the general hospital, which existed in connection with
the Burma Expeditionary Force of 1885.
With the exception of a railing which is required round the female hospital
at Tonghoo and the want of quarters for the Army Hospital Native Corps attend
-ants at the same station, all buildings were well suited for their purpose, kept in
excellent repair, and free from any insanitary condition.
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No. 1.
RETURN showing the SICKNESS, MORTALITY. and INVALIDING in Her Majesty ' s BRITISH TROOPS in the
MADRAS PRESIDENCY for 1886.
Years. A d m i s s i o n s s t r e n g t h .
A d m i s s i o n s n t o H o s p i t a l .
DEATHS IN HOSPITAL.
D e a t h s o u t H o s p i t a l .
0
T o t a l D e a t h s i n a n d o u t o f
Ho s p i t a l
.
I nval i ded.
RATIO PER 1,000 OP STRENGTH.
F r o m Ch o l e r a .
E x c l u d i n g C h
F r o m a l l c a u s e s .
A d mi s s i o n s .
.
Deaths in Hospital.
D e a t h s o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
._
T o t a l D e a t h s i n a n d o u t o f H o s p i t a l .
I n v a l i e d .
F r o m C h o l e r a .
E x c l u d i n g c h o l e r a .
F r o m a l l c a u s e s .
1885.. 10,414 12,106
2
79
81
16
97 251 1162.38 0.19 7.58 7.77 1.54 9.31 24.10
1886 .. 11,199 15,296
1 156 157
25 182 267 1365.84 0.09 13.93 14.02 2.23 16.25 23.84
GENERAL.
(1) Providing sun-shades to ventilators of Military prison.
(2) Supplying coir fibre for floor of the central gymnasium.
(3) Addition to bath room and night closet to prisoners' ward, South Station Hospital,
and other petty alterations to the buildings.
British Burma Division.—Owing to the establishment at Rangoon of a general hospital
for British troops in connection with the Burma Field Force, it became necessary to remove
the station hospital from the new buildings to those which afforded it accommodation previ
-ously while the former were being erected in 1884. The new buildings were capable, with
same slight alterations and additions, of affording accommodation for 200 beds, and were in
consequence much better adapted for the purposes of a general hospital than any others existing
in the station, while the barrack blocks and married quarters formerly used as station hospitals
for males and females provided sufficient and good accommodation for the purpose.
Owing to the great increase of sickness at Thayetmyo, resulting from the exposure and
harassing duties devolving upon the various columns operating in the neighbourhood, an
auxiliary ward was opened in an empty block of the barracks in close proximity with the
station hospital and equipped from the stores and establishment of the general hospital
which existed in connection with the Burma Expeditionary Force of 1885.
With the exception of a railing, which is required round the female hospital at Tonghoo,
and the want of quarters for the Army Hospital Native Corps attendants at the same station,
all buildings were well suited for their purpose, kept in excellent repair and free from any
insanitary condition.
The water-supply was everywhere abundant, of good quality and carefully guarded from
all known sources of contamination.
Drainage and sewerage everywhere received the utmost attention and was in no instance
thought defective.
(Signed)
J. IRVINE, M.D.,
Surgeon-General, H. M.' s Forces, Madras.