YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1873
. Dera Ghazi Khan, from
Kohat, Jan. 1872.
173.3
1.9
5.1
1874
. Dera Ghazi Khan
.
194.1
1.2
4.8
1875
. Dera Ismail Khan,Jan.
1875
.
131.2
2.5
4.3
1879
.
Ditto
.
.
.
132.5
.42
3.41
1877
.
Ditto
.
. .
121.27
.96
3.95
Average
.
.
150.47
1.39
4.31
1878
. Kohat, March 1878
.
217.89
4.18
7.25
160
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL,
CASTE.
.
Strength on
1st December
1878.
Admissions.
Admissions
per cent. of
strength.
Deaths.
Deaths per
cent. of
admissions.
Deaths per
cent. of
strength.
Sikhs .
.
.
.
. . . .
255
73
28.6
29
39.7
11.3
Dogras . . . . . . . .
27
10
37.
5
50.
18.5
Hindustani Hindoos
.
.
.
.
.
35
13
37.1
7
53.8
20.
Pathans
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
64
13
20.3
4
30.7
6.2
Punjabi Mussulmans .
.
.
.
.
84
16
19.
4
25.
4.7
Other Mahomedans
. . . . .
8
6
75.
1
16.6
12.5
TOTAL
.
.
473
131
27.6
50
38.1
10 5
Camp-followers
. . . .
125
...
...
8
. . .
6.4
Inspection.— T h e i n s p e c t i o n o f t h i s r e g i m e n t t o o k p l a c e a t K o h a t o n t h e
28th March 1878. The inspecting medical officer considers the site of the lines
unsanitary, as being too low, receiving the drainage of the town of Kohat, and
being too near the influence of irrigated cultivation. But the Deputy Surgeon-
General pointed out that the surface drainage might very fairly be cut off by
diverting a small artificial stream at the back of the lines into the natural
stream on the flank, before even the former reaches the latter at all; and that
as trees flourish exceedingly well about Kohat, the pernicious exhalations of
the irrigated area might be cut off and purified by a belt of forest growth on
the opposite side of the stream ; and Dr. Allen particularised the Eucalyptus
as exactly suited to the place and object. The conservancy arrangements of
the lines and hospital were satisfactory.
2nd Regiment, Punjab Infantry—Kohat.
M e d i e a l
Officers.
I. Medical Officers. —The medical charge of this regiment was held by no
less than eight surgeons at
different times of the year.
Surgeon W. Jackson writes
the report.
Location and
Movements.
II. Location and movements
. —
On the 1st January the head-
quarters of the regiment were at
Dera Ismail Khan and a wing at
Dera Ghazi Khan. The wing re-
joined the head-quarters at Dera
Ismail Khan on the 11th January.
On 17th November the regiment
marched for Thull, forming part
of the 2nd brigade of the Koorum
Field. Force, and was on active
service during the remainder of
the year.
Drainage.
V I . D r a i n a g e .
— T h e s u r f a c e d r a i n a g e i s g o o d , b u t t h e r e i s n o a r t i f i c i a l s y s t e m o f
drainage.
Diet.
I X . D i e t .
—In cantonments the same system has obtained as described in previous reports,
but since the regiment has been on service the men have received free ration from the Commis-
sariat Department, and in consequence of the absence of meat, milk and vegetables from the diet,
a s c o r b u t i c t a i n t h a s s h o w n i t s e l f i n m a n y o f t h e m e n .
Clothing.
X . C l o t h i n g .
— S a m e a s b e f o r e ; a n d a l t h o u g h t h e r e g i m e n t w a s s e r v i n g i n a n e x t r e m e l y c o l d
climate, no additional warm clothing had been received up to the end of the year.
Marches and
service.
XIII. Marches and service. —The regiment marched from Kohat on the 17th November to
join the Koorum Field Force, reaching Thull on the 21st November, and crossing the frontier on
the 23rd. Between Thull and Koorum the marches were long and the duty heavy, and these
causes, together with the increasing cold, began to tell upon the less robust men. Koorum was
reached about 11 o'clock on the night of the 27th November, and the regiment marched at 4
the next morning for Peiwar, distant about 20 miles. The men neither had time for rest or cook-
ing their food, and numbers fell out during this march. The regiment formed part of the reserve
during the reconnaissance that was carried on during the afternoon of the 28th, and about
6 o'clock went back about a mile to the encamping ground, and the regiment was halted
there until the night of the 1st December. At 10 P.M. on the night of the 1st the regiment