Medical
Officers.
Location and
movements.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
GWALIOR DISTRICT.
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invalided out of the service. There had been no epidemic during the year
except the prevailing fever. The mortality had been extremely low, regard
being had to the numbers admitted into hospital.
41st (The Gwalior) Regiment, Native Infantry—morar.
I. Medical Officers.—Throughout the year the following medical officers
held charge of the regiment,
viz. :—Surgeon Lewtas,
from 1st to 10th January ;
Surgeon-Major J. Browne,
M.D., from 11th January to
18th December ; Surgeon
G. F. Nicholson, M.B., from
19th December to the end of
the year. The latter has
written the report.
II. Location and movements.
— H e a d - q u a r t e r s r e m a i n e d a t M o r a
r during the year. A guard f
or Fortress Gwalior was furnished
by this regiment every alternate
week, the sick of which, however, were sent to head-quarters hospital. On 6th May a detachment
(consisting of 2 European officers and 300 men) was sent on treasure escort duty to Dholepore
The escort were re-admitted to the regimental lines on the 15th June.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding. —Strength of the regiment :—
Present
. .
. .
.
. .
.
.
.
. 626.74
Absent
.
.
.
. .
.
.
.
.
.
. 6 4 . 4 1
Total .
. 691.15
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1873 . Lucknow, May 1873 .
116.9
.43
4.43
1874
.
Ditto
.
. 105.1 .28
4.09
1875 . Ditto
.
.
78.92 .86
4.33
1876 . Morar, November 1876
.
107.66 .57
3.07
1877 . Ditto
. .
186.5
1.42
4.55
Average . 105.01.71
4.09
1878 . Morar . . .
. 234.38 9.69
6.47
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
O F
Daily
average
n u m b e r
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STREN
G T H
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Admis-
sions. Deaths Daily
average sick.
Head-quarters at Morar . 1st Jany. 1878 31st Dec. 1878 598.93 1,349
9 37.60 225.23 1.51 6.27
Cholera camps at Dholepore
and Tikri.
3rd May 1878 15th June 1878 300.6 120
55 27.07 331.15 151.72 9.00
TOTAL .
. . .
. . . 626.74 1,469
64 40.66 234.38 10.21 6.47
Number of deaths in hospital 64 ; out of hospital 3 ; total.
67; per cent of total strength . . 9.69
„
invalided . . . .
. . . . 14 ; „ „
. . 2.02
„
sent on sick leave
. . . .
. . „ $ , .
. 60 ; „ „
. . 8.68
„
of days spent in hospital 14,841 ; per admission 10.10 ; per man of total strength . . 21.47
„
„ on sick leave 9,242 ; per man . 154.03 ; „ „
. . 13.37
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . 34.84
XVII. Principal causes of mortality.—The causes of death were—cholera 56; small-pox
2 ; r e m i t t e n t f e v e r 1 ; p n e u m o n i a 1 ; e n c e p h a l i t i s 1 ; a c u t e a n e u r i s m o f h e a r t 1 ; g e n e r a l
debility 1. One man died hospital from fracture and dislocation of the cervical vertebræ ;
he was returning to the regiment from six months' sick leave, when he accidenlty fell from the
upper part of a camel-train on to the road, alighting on his head. He was carried into the
hospital about 2 o'clock P.M. semi-unconscious ; shortly after, tetanic spasms set in, and he died
at 11 P.M. the same day.
XVIII. Epidemics.—One case of cholera occurred at the head-quarters of the regiment,
resulting in death. An outbreak took place in a detachment of the regiment sent to Dholepore,
of which a separate report was submitted. Intermittent fever has been so prevalent this year
in Morar, that it might almost be considered as an epidemic.
XX. Recommendations.—On 261h November the medical officer suggested the advisability
of sending into camp, as a sanitary measure, some 50 men who were in a weakly state, and who,
Principal
causes of
mortality
Epidemics.
Recommend
a-tions.