Conservancy
and latrines.
Diet.
Amusements.
Marches and
service.
Hopital.
GWALIOR DISTRICT.
35
GWALIOR DISTRICT.
(INCLUDING THE STATIONS OF MORAR AND JHANSI.)
Average daily strength present during the year .
. . Cavalry 369.5 Infantry 1868.74
Average daily sick per cent. of average strength . . . „
3.02
„
5.09
Ratio of mortality per cent. of average strength . . .
„
1.57
„
4.37
7th Regiment, Bengal Cavalry—Morar.
I. Medical Officer.—Surgeon-Major J. W. R. Amesbury has officiated in
medical charge of the regi
-ment the whole year.
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
at Morar during the past year,
with the exception of a small
party of 20 men under a native
officer on command at Sipree.
V. Barracks, huts and lines.
— T h e r e g i m e n t h a s o c c u p i e d t h e i r
new lines for the year. As pre
-viously stated, they are built ac
-cording to the Government plan for
cavalry regiments. The huts con
-tain 940 cubic and 90 superficial
feet each ; they are built of mud,
with tiled roofs, and accommodate two men. Trees have been planted of two and three years'
growth ; already they give a pleasing effect.
VII. Conservancy and latrines. —Moveable screens over trenches are still in use, and
answer all requirements.
IX. Diet.—The mess system of dieting is still in force.
XII. Amusements.— Tent-pegging and other like games.
XIII. Marches and service. —With the exception of a detachment of 80 men under a
European officer, who went to Dholpore as an escort to treasure coming into the station, the
regiment has not marched during the year.
XIV. Hospital.—The new hospital is in course of construction, and is expected to be
finished and given over to the regiment this year. The site is a good one, to the south of the
lines, and the building is on the Government plan for cavalry hospitals.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding. —Strength of the regiment :—
Present
.
.
.
.
. . .
.
.
. . 369.50
Absent
.
. . .
. . .
.
.
.
. 75.11
Total .
. 444.61
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1873 . Sitapore, April 1872 .
78.3
.22
2.47
1874 . Ditto . . . .
63.1
.44
2.5
1875 . Di tto . . . .
69.03
1.32
9.19
1876 . Morar, 30th Jan. 1876 .
63.2
.22
2.32
1877 . Morar . . . .
41.27
1.09
1.64
Average
62.98
.66
3.63
1878 . Morar . . . .
90.39
1.57
3.02
Medical
Officer.
Location and
movements.
Barracks,
huts and
lines.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
STATION.
P E R I O D .
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER OF
Daily
average
number of s i c k .
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis- s i o n s . Deaths.
Admis- sions. Deaths.
D a i l y a v e r a g e
sick.
Head-quarters at Morar . 1st Jan. 1878 31st Dec. 1878 336.89 329
2
9.57 94.68 .59 2.84
Cholera Camp, Bowlee
. 13th May „ 24th May „
22.61
5
3
1.62 671.68 403.07 7.12
TOTAL .
...
...
369.50 334
5 11.19 90.39 1.35 3.02
Number of deaths in hospital 5 ; out of hospital 2; total 7 ; per cent. of total strength . . 1.57
„
invalided
. . . . . . . . . 1 7 ; „ „
.
. 3 . 8 2
„
sent on sick leave . . . . . . 14 ; „
„
.
. 3.14
„
of days spent in hospital 4,087 ; per admission 11.93 ; per man of total strength . . 9.19
„
„
on sick leave 2,009; per man . 143.5 ;
„
„
4.52
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength .
. 13.71