PUNJAB FRONTIER FORCE.
169
STATION.
P R R I O D .
Strength.
TOTAL
NUMBRR OF
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis- sions. Deaths.
A d m i s -
sions. Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters, Dera Ghazi
Khan.
1st Jan. 1878 16th Feb. 1878
255.50 425
4
15.83 166.34 1.57 6.19
,, Dera Ismail
Khan.
16th Feb. „ 31st Dec. „
Detachment, Quetta and
Khelat.
1st Jan.
„ 14th May „
159.75
77
1
8.07 131.27 1.70 5.05
,, Manghi and Dra-
band.
4th Mar. „ 31st Dec. „
53.77
23
1
.76 51.68 2.23 1.41
„
Zam and Girni Ditto
„
Ditto
,,
54.48
24
. . .
1.76 53.05 ...
3.23
,, Mungrota .
1st Jan.
„
16th Feb. „
27.50
2
. . .
.51
56.47 ...
1.85
TOTAL
.
...
. . .
409.14
551
6
25.16 134.67 1.46 6.15
Number of deaths in hospital 6; out of hospital 6; total.
12; per cent. of total strength .
. 2.4
,,
invalided
.
.
.
.
. . . .
3;
,,
, , .
. .60
„
sent on sick leave
. . . . . .
38;
,,
, , .
. 7 . 6 1
„
of days spent in hospital 9,283; per admission .
16.84; per man of total strength .
. 1 8 . 6 0
,,
, ,
on sick leave 4,560; per man .
.
120;
„
,,
.
. 9 . 1 4
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
. 27.74
Principal
causes
of
mortality.
XVII. Principal causes of mortality. — S i x d e a t h s o c c u r r e d d u r i n g t h e y e a r . O n e f r o m
enteritis took place in the Quetta detachment when on the march back. One man died from
concussion of the brain, having collided with another sowar on parade, and died in a few
hours. Ague, inflammation of the brain, dysphagia and dysentery accounted for the remaining
four deaths. The deaths were two more than in 1877.
special
observations
and
remarks.
XXI. Special observations and remarks. — O w i n g t o t h e g r e a t p r e v a l e n c e o f f e v e r i n t h e
garrison, a committee was assembled to enquire into its cause. The wells were examined ; also the
ground in cantonments. This summer the water from the Luni hill-stream was brought into
the civil station and cantonments for irrigation purposes, but as the fever was very severe loug
before that, it could hardly be assigned as a cause. There was no stagnant water, the wells
were clean, and the water good; and the committee were unable to arrive at any decision as to
the causation.
4th Regiment, Sikh Infantry—Dera Ismail Khan.
Medical
Officer.
I. Medical Officer.—Surgeon G. McBride Davis held medical charge of the
corps during the year.
Location and
movements.
II. Location and movements.
— T h e r e g i m e n t w a s s t a t i o n e d a t
Dera Ghazi Khan from 1st Jan-
uary to 31st January. On 1st
February it marched towards
Dera Ismail Khan, arriving at
the latter place on the 26th
February, where it was stationed
till end of year, occupying the
lines vacated by the 2nd Sikhs.
Topography.
III. Topography.— T h e s t a t i o n
of Dera Ismail Khan has been
described in previous annual
reports. The Indus floods com-
menced early, and during July
and August were unusually high,
a great deal of the surrounding
country being under water.
Meteorology
and rainfall.
IV. Meteorology and rain fall.—The rainfall was much above the average, 16.43 inches fell,
the average of the previous five years being 11.08. Rain fell chiefly in the hot months :
April showing 2.84, May 1.12, June 1.50, July 2.65, and August the extraordinary heavy fall
for this place of 6.29 inches.
s 1
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1873
.
Khelat, Feb. 1872 . .
181.4
2.3
3.9
1874
. Ditto
.
.
.
173.5
1.4
3.8
1875
. Dera Ghazi Khan, Jan.
1875.
149.76
2.7
3.75
1876
. Ditto .
.
.
.
152.41
1 . 7 7
4.21
1877
. Ditto .
.
.
.
152.64
1.90
4.62
Average .
.
161.94
2.01
4.05
1878
. Dera Ismail Khan, Feb.
1878.
223.40
3.00
6.71