XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.—Strength of the regiment :—
Present
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 649.
Absent .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 61.84
Total
.
. 710.84
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
Lines, &c.
Clothing.
Duty.
XI. Duty.—The duties had not been severe. A large number of small escorts has been
required during the year. The average number of . consecutive nights in bed has been 6.64.
The smallest average was in October, 4.5, and the largest in. March, 9.1.
STATION.
P E R I O D .
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
A d m i s -
s i o n s . Deaths.
Admits-
sion. Deaths
Daily
average
sick
From
To
Head-quarters at Rawal
Pindi.
1st Jan. 1878 31st Dec. 1878 543.34
788
6
20.52 145.02 1.14
3 . 7 7
Detachment at Fort At-
took.
1st Jan.
„ 29th Mar.
181.96 453
3
23.09 492.75 3.25 12.69
27th Sept. „ 31st Dec. „
„ .
at Murree . 26th Apl. „ 2nd Aug. „
61.92
6
...
.60 35.68 . . .
.96
TOTAL
.
.
...
...
649.00 1,247
9
31.71 192.14 1.38
4.88
Number of deaths in hospital 9; out of hospital 0 ; total
9 ; per cent. of total strength.
.
1.26
,,
invalided
. . . . . . .
17;
,,
,, .
.
2.39
,,
sent on sick leave .
.
.
.
. .
4 ;
,,
, ,
.56
,,
of days spent in hospital 11,582; per admission
9.28; per man of total strength .
.
16.29
,,
,,
on sick leave 438 ; per man
.
.35 ;
„
, ,
.61
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
.
16.90
Note.—The report is very brief, having been compiled by Surgeon A. J.
Sturmer (Madras Medical Service), from the regimental records only. There
was no inspection of this regiment during the year.
21st (Punjab) Regiment, Aatibe Infantry—Rawal Pindi.
YEAR
.
STATION.
PER CENT OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1873
. Peshawar, Nov. 1870 .
100.9
4.
2.5
1874. Rawal Pindi, Mar. 1874
75.6
2.9
2.5
1875
.
Ditto
45.87
1.14
1.82
1876
Ditto
48.18
...
1.54
1877
.
Ditto
.
69.06
.70
1.58
Average
.
67.92
1.75
1.99
1878
. Rawal Pindi ; marched
on active serivce, Oct.
16th.
133.93
1.12
36.5
I. Medical Officers.— Surgeon W. A. C. Roe held medical charge of the
regiment from 1st January
to 6th March, when he was
relieved by Surgeon W. E.
Griffiths.
II. Location and movements.—
The head-quarters of the regiment
remained at Rawal Pindi until
16th October ; detachments hav-
ing been sent to Fort Attock,
Murree, and the camp of the
Lieutenant-Governor, Punjab, at
different times. The regiment,
leaving 18 men at Rawal Pindi
as a depôt and 42 sick, marched
from that place on the 16th Octo-
ber for Kohat, where it joined the
force then assembling under Major
General Roberts, V.C., C.B. Halt-
ing at Kohat until 7th November, it then moved on to Trull, arriving at the latter place on the
13th November ; remaining at Thull 25 days, the regiment crossed the Koorum river into foreign
territory on 7th December, and proceeded to Hazir Pir Ziarut, where it was encamped until the
close of the year.
V. Lines, &c.—Before marching, the tents of the regiment were made over to the 17th
Foot, and bell-tents were supplied in lieu thereof. The ordinary sepoy's pal is, in my opinion,
much better as regards ventilation. and I regret that the change was necessary.
X. Clothing, &c.—The men wear the ordinary native shoe, and I believe it is the most
suitable covering for the foot, except the sandal. Nearly all the blistered-feet cases that come
under treatment are sores on the dorsum of foot, upper surface of toes, &c. The men are
encouraged to wash their feet after a long and dusty march, and, if they are able, to oil their
shoes, and also their feet. Woollen jersey is the one article of clothing which the men need
badly, and I believe that many of the cases (especially affections of the chest) that come under
treatment are almost entirely due to the fact that the sepoy is insufficiently clad. It is satis-
factory to know that the Government has recently sanctioned the issue of a thick woollen banyan
to each native soldier who is on field service.
Medical Officers.
Location and
movements.