Inspection.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL,
in his opinion, would be restored to health by the camp life, conjoined with exemption from
duty and properly reulated diet: On the 11th of December it was suggested that the con-
valescents be allowed to return to the lines on account of the coldness at night which had then
set in. One man died in the camp ; but on the whole the change had a beneficial effect on the
men.
Inspection.—The regiment was inspected by Deputy Surgeon-General
A. Christison, on the 29th December 1878. " The latrines were found in
good working order. The hospital was full, and some of the sick in tents."
There was one serious case of diarrhœa, but no other patient appeared in a
dangerous condition. An unusual number of the men had enlarged spleen."
On parade the men seemed " in fairly good condition." About 100 recruits were
also seen,—" well-formed young men. About 50 men had been invalided out
of the service. The hospital services and equipment were all in good order.
Medical
Officer.
Location and
movements.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
24th (Punjab) Regiment, Native Infantry—Thansi.
I. Medical Officer.—Sur
- g e o n H . J . L i n t o n h a s b e e n
in medical charge through
- o u t t h e y e a r .
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
Jhansi up to the 18th October
1878, when it received orders to
proceed on active service. On
the morning of the 19th October
the regiment proceeded viâ Agra,
Jhelum, Peshawur to Ali Musjid
and Jumrood, where it was sta
- t i o n e d a t t h e c l o s e o f t h e y e a r .
XV. Sickness, mortality and
invaliding.—Strength of the regi
- m e n t : —
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Death. Daily sick.
1873 . Meean Meer, Oct. 1870
166.6
2.5
3.07
1874 . Jhansi, 9th Feb. 1874
.
103.1
1.42
2.75
1875 . Ditto.
. .
122.1
. 8 6 3.79
1876 . Ditto.
.
.
133.47
. 5 7 3.29
1877 . Ditto.
.
.
98.96
. 7 2 2.97
1878 .
Average
.
Jhansi, and active service
in Afghanistan.
124.84
1.21
3.17
138.30
1.72
3.09
Present
.
.
.
.
. .
.
. .
.
611.00
Absent
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. .
.
83.33
Total
. .
6 9 4 . 3 3
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis
-sions. Deaths.
Admi
s- sions. Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters, Jhansi
. 1st Jany. 1878 17th Oct. 1878
508 531
2 16.31 131.55 .49 3.21
„ Peshawur . 1st Nov. „ 31st Dec „
564 160
2 17.00 169.69 2.09 3.13
Wing, Hoti Murdan . . 17th Dec. „ 26th Dec. „
263
21
. . .
5.40 291.27 ... 2.05
Detachment, Lalitpore
. 1st Jany. 1878 18th Oct. 1878
73 114
. . .
1.76 195.87 ... 2.41
„ Sipri
. .
Ditto
Ditto.
26
19 ...
.36 91.66 ... 1.38
TOTAL
.
...
...
611 845
4 18.88 138.30
. 65 3.09
Number of deaths in hospital 4 ; out of hospital 8 ; total
12 ; per cent. of total strength . . 1.72
„
invalided . .
. . . . . .
18 ;
„ „
. . 2.59
„
sent on sick leave . .
. . . .
18 ; „
„
. . 2.59
„
of days spent in hospital 6,890 ; per admission .
8.15 ; per man of total strength . . 9.92
„
„ on sick leave 3,240 ; per man
.
1.80; „
„
. . 4.66
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
. 1 4 . 5 8
Principal
causes of
mortality.
Inspection.
XVI I . P r i n c i p a l c a u s e s o f mo r t a l i t y . —I n h o s p i t a l : b u b o ( 5 8 9 ) 1 ; a c u t e b r o n c h i t i s 1 ;
pneumonia 2. Out of hospital : remittent fever 1 ; pneumonia 1 ; suicide 1. Four men died at
their homes while on furlough from unknown causes.
Inspection.— Owing to the sudden departure of this regiment on active ser
-vice, no inspection took place during the year.