ALLAHABAD DIVISION.
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V. Sickness, mortality and invaliding. —Strength of the regiment :—
Present
. . . . . . . . . . . . 661.39
Absent
. . . . . . . . . . 47.04
Total . . 708.43
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
O F
Daily
average number
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Daily
average sick.
Head-quarters at Dinapore . 1st Jany. 1878 31st Dec. 1878 481.22 395
3
9.28 82.87
. 6 2 1.92
Detachment at Berhampore.
Ditto .
Ditto . 140.13 219
1
5.20 156.22
. 7 1 3.71
Ditto Allahabad . 29th Aug. 1878 11th Oct. 1878 8 8 .
16 ...
1.44 150.81 ... 1.63
Ditto Benares . 10th Nov.1878 31st Dec. 1878 89.62
25 ...
3.42 195.76 ... 3.81
Ditto Chunar .
Ditto .
Ditto . 82.60 10 ...
1.16 84.93
. . . 1.40
TOTAL
. . .
...
661.39 665
4 15.35 100.54
. 6 0 2.32
Number of deaths in hospital 4; out of hospital 2; total
6; per cent. of total strength
.
.84
„ invalided
. . . . . .
2 7 ;
„ „
.
3.81
„ sent on sick leave.
. . . .
4;
„ „
.
.56
„ of days spent in hospital 5,097; per admission .
7.66; per man of total strength
.
7.19
„ „
on sick leave 396; per man
.
99;
„ „
.
56
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
. . 7.75
The admissions into hospital during the year under report have been more numerous than in
any previous year.
XX. Recommendations. —These had reference to-
1. Preventing the men from visiting places where cholera and small-pox prevailed.
2. Adopting their clothing to the time of the year.
3. Sleeping in their huts towards the latter part of the hot weather, when sudden
changes of temperature occurred during the night and caused fever among the men.
4. The use of flannel for underclothing as a preventive of fever.
Inspection.—The following remarks occur in the inspection report of this
regiment, which was made by Deputy Surgeon-General R. Cockburn on the 16th
March 1878 :—" During the past year the highest monthly compensation for
dearness of provisions was Rs. 1-1. The average cost per month of a sepoy's
diet during the year was Rs. 4-4. The hospital is an excellent building (for-
merly belonging to the European regiment), well raised and well ventilated,
and the sick in every respect most comfortably provided for.
2nd Regiment, Bengal Cabalry—Segowlie.
I . M e d i c a l O f f i c e r s .
— S u r g e o n - M a j o r F . P a r s o n s h e l d m e d i c a l c h a r g e
throughout the year. Sur-
geon Emerson did duty
with the corps from 13th
August to the 27th October.
II. Location and move-
ments.—The head-quarters
of the regiment has been at
Segowlie during the year.
Detachments have been fur-
nished as before to Goruck-
pore 50 men, Dinapore 14,
and Benares 11. On the
1st November a squadron,
strength 137, marched for
Barrackpore, and the Go-
ruckpore troop rejoined head-quarters, arriving on the 1st December.
VIII. Water-supply.— N o c h a n g e h a s o c c u r r e d i n t h e s o u r c e o r q u a l i t y o f t h e d r i n k i n g
water used by the men. It is very hard, containing lime, potash and probably magnesia ; but
rough analysis shows it, with this exception, to be fairly good and better than can be obtained
in most parts of the district ; the planters near sending from several directions for their supply
(for drinking) from the station, though living seven miles or more distant. The horses are
watered from the wells, but the river water is also available for this purpose. Clothes are
washed in the river near the lines, but chiefly in a back water below them.
X. Clothing. —The small native shoe, fairly broad at the toe, continues to be worn on
dismounted duties, and appears to answer this purpose, for no cases of blistered feet occur.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1873 . Bareilly, Feb. 1870
66.1
.23
2.63
1874 . Fyzabad, March 1874 .
85.5
.6
3.2
1875 . Segowlie, Feb. 1875 .
64.4
.21
2.64
1876 . Ditto . . . .
62.27
1.53
2.42
1877 . Ditto . . . .
58.09
.87
2.43
Average.
67.27
.69
2.66
1878 . Segowlie . . .
66.30
.87
2.47
Inspection.
Medical
Officers.
Location and
movements.
Water-supply.
Clothing.