Enteric fever
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. 1 case.
Dislocation of spine
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Pneumonia 15a .
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Ague 15a
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Remittent fever
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Principal
causes of
mortality.
XVII. Principal causes of mortality.— Five men died in hospital during the year, viz.:—
PUNJAB
FRONTIER
FORCE.
155
5th Regiment, Punjab Cabalry-Kohat.
Medical
Officers.
I. Medical Officers.— During the year Surgeon-Major C. P. Costello held
medical charge of the regi-
ment from 1st January to the
9th August, Surgeon-Major
Holmes from 10th August to
3rd October, Surgeon-Major
S. Mackertich from 4th Oc-
tober to 6th November, Sur-
geon J. G. Hancock, M.B.,
from 7th November to 31st
December.
Location
and
movements.
II. Location and movements
. —
F r o m 1 s t J a n u a r y t o 9 t h O c t o b e r
the regiment was at Kohat;
from 10th October to 13th De-
cember the head-quarters were at
camp Thull ; and from 14th to
31st December at camp Hazir
Pir. The left wing, strength 179.43, remained behind at Kohat from 10th October to 31st
December.
Conservancy
and latrines.
V I I C o n s e r v a n c y a n d l a t r i n e s . —L
a t r i n e s o n t h e d r y - e a r t h s y s t e m h a v e b e e n c o n s t r u c t e d
during the year, the resulting poudrette being taken away by the local zemindars. Before this
the men had been in the habit of going to the fields.
Water-supply.
V I I I W a t e r - s u p p l y .-
W a t e r i s a l w a y s v e r y p l e n t i f u l a n d g o o d i n K o h a t . I t i s o b t a i n e d
from a spring at the foot of the hills and conducted by an underground pipe to the lines for
drinking and cooking purposes. The men bathe, and clothes are washed lower down the stream.
Diet and food
-
supply.
I X D i e t a n d f o o d - s u p p l y . —T
h e m e n a s a r u l e l i v e w e l l , t h o u g h t h e r e a r e a f e w e x c e p t i o n s ,
principally among the Sikhs. Grain was plentiful in Kohat until the last two months of the year,
when it became very scarce. Those men who crossed the Afghan frontier in December received
a daily ration of one seer of atta, two chittacks of dhal, one chittack of ghee, and one-third of a
chittack of salt. This, with fowls, milk, goats, &amp;c., which the men were able to buy for
themselves, made a very good diet.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.— Strength of the regiment :—
Present
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.
. 4 2 4 . 8 7
Absent
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6 1 . 3 6
Total
. 4 8 6 . 2 3
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1873
. Dera Ismail Khan, Feb.
1872.
195.9
1.4
6.
1874
.
Ditto
.
200.9
1.02
7.4
1875
. Edwardesabad, Jan.1875
221.53
1.83
6.17
1876
.
Ditto
.
179.23
.81
5.68
1877
.
Ditto
.
84.63
1.02
2.73
Average
.
176.44
1.21
5.59
1878
. Kohat, 1st Jan. 1878 .
201.94
2.48
5.78
STATION.
PERIOD
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average
number of
sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Strength.
Adm is-sions. Deaths.
Admi s -
sions. Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters, Kohat
. 1st Jan. 1878 9th Oct. 1878 364.09
572
2
19.24 203.33
. 7 1 5.28
,, Thull . 10th Oct. „ 13th Dec. „
257.96
138
3
17.47 301.89 6.51
6.77
,, Hazir Pir . 14th Dec. „ 31st „
„
168.33
13
...
4 .
156.54 ...
2.37
Detachment, Bahadur Kheyl 1st Jan. ,,
8th Nov. „
12.51
9
...
.17 84.16 ...
1.35
,, Thull .
. 14th Dec. „ 31st „
„
114.66
11
...
11.77 813.34 ...
10.26
Left Wing, Kohat
.
. 10th Oct. „ 31st Dec. „
179.43
115
...
21.92 284.90 ...
12.21
TOTAL
.
. . .
...
424'87
858
5
24.58 201.94 1.17
5.78
Number of deaths in hospital 5; out of hospital 7; total 12; per cent. of total strength .
2 . 4 8
, ,
invalided .
. . . . . .
.
15 ;
„
,,
.
3 . 0 8
„
sent on sick leave
.
.
.
.
. .
.
6;
„
,,
. 1 . 2 3
„
of days spent in hospital 8,988 ; per admission
.
. 9.65 ; per man of total strength
.
. 1 8 . 4 8
, ,
,, on sick leave 947 ; per man .
. 157.83; „ ,,
.
1.94
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
. 2 0 . 4 2