Marches and
service.
Contingent of
10th B. C.
W'arm
Commissariat.
Hospital
establishment.
Hospital
equipment.
Embarkation
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL,
Inspection.
Inspection.—The regiment was inspected by Mr. Adley, Deputy Surgeon-
General, Allahabad Circle, on the 16th March 1878, and his observations bear
out the notes by the medical officer on the general sanitation and attention to
cleanliness so essential in a regiment. The medical officer has every confidence
in the value of the cinchona febrifuge to arrest the fevers which prevail.
Medical
Officers.
Drainage.
MEERUT DIVISION.
(INCLUDING THE STATIONS OF MEERUT, AGRA, DELHI, DEHRA DUN AND ROORKEE).
Average daily strength present during the year
. Cavalry 514. Infantry 4409'72
Average daily sick per cent. of average strength
.
, ,
4.60
, ,
5.84
Ratio of mortality per cent, of average strength
.
. ,,
.88
, ,
1.94
9th Regiment, Bengal Cabalry—Meerut.
I. Medical Officers.—The medical charge of the 9th Bengal Cavalry was
held by Surgeon Ferris from
the 1st January to the 8th
of March, and from that
date till the end of the year.
by Surgeon-Major R. Man-
tell.
VI. Drainage. —Upon the ge-
neral surface drainage of the sta-
tion a vast sum of money has
of late been expended in the
construction of open brick-and-
mortar drains, all more or less
running at right angles to and
opening into, a deep wide nullah
(Aboo Nullah), which commenc-
ing on the west of the cantonment, runs parallel with the lines of the European troops,
separating them from native lines and at 4 miles distance terminates in a river called the
Kala Nuddee. This nullah has been straightened and faced like an ordinary canal, and
I understand that it is intended to convert it into a brick-and-mortar saucer drain at a
considerable cost.
XIII. Marches and service. —The movement of chief interest was that in which the regi-
ment took part in the expeditionary force sent to Malta during the hot season, a brief account
of which is as follows. On the 17th of April, orders being received to proceed "on service,"
all preparations were made in accordance with a General Order issued on the subject. A depôt
of recruits, sickly and old men, and women and children was formed at Meerut, and on the 23rd
and 24th, in two trains on either day, the regiment proceeded to Bombay by rail, arriving on the
30th April and 1st May. The travelling was done chiefly at night, and halts were made during the
day in rest camps at the following places :—Toondla, Allahabad, Jubbulpore, Sohagpore, Khandwa,
Egutpoora. Plentiful and good supplies were procurable at each place. No accidents occurred ;
and on reaching Bombay the regiment encamped on the Esplanade. Here the regiment was
joined by a squadron of the 10th Bengal Lancers to complete its numerical fighting strength,
and also received 74 kahars, to whom as well as to all camp-followers was given out a free kit
of warm clothing, consisting of 1 great-coat, 1 blanket, 1 cloth jacket and trowsers, 2 coarse
white serge coats, 1 pair of ammunition boots, 2 pairs of socks, 1 water-bottle, 1 haversack.
Here likewise were received 7 dandies, 2 stretchers and 4 doolies, in exchange for a like
number which were put into the train by the Commissariat Department at Meerut, but found
broken and unserviceable at the end of the journey. The hospital establishment brought
from Meerut consisted of 2 hospital-assistants, 1 dresser, 1 goorgah, 2 cooks, 2 bheesties, and
2 sweepers ; whilst the squadron of the 10th Bengal Lancers brought 2 hospital-assistants, 2
dressers, 2 bheesties, 2 sweepers, and 29 kahars, with 2 doolies and 2 stretchers. In the matter of
hospital equipment, with the regiment there were :—two camel trunks, containing instruments and
medicines, one pair of panniers and one field-companion received at Allahabad, and one box of
fracture and dislocation apparatus received at Bombay. The squadron of the 10th Bengal Lancers
was also furnished with one pair of panniers and one field-companion. On the morning of the 2nd
May the regiment embarked on board four ships, as follows :—Steam-ship Macedonia, 2 officers, 9
fighting-men, in medical charge of a passed medical pupil ; sailing-ship Aros Bay, with head-
quarters, 4 officers, 112 fighting-men, in medical charge of Surgeon-Major Mantell ; sailing-ship
Kilkenan, 1 officer, 85 fighting-men, in medical charge of au apothecary ; sailing-ship Narcissus,
1 officer, 99 fighting-men, in medical charge of an assistant apothecary. The squadron of the
10th Bengal Lancers was conveyed in two ships, viz ., the Citadel, 2 officers, 84 fighting-men,
in medical charge of Surgeon Adye, Bombay Medical Establishment ; the Seaf or t h, w i t h
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick,
1873
. Rawal Pindi, Nov. 1870
81.9
. 6
2.5
1874
. Deolee, Jan. 1874
.
126.1
. 2
5.2
1875
.
Ditto .
.
.
.
103.7
1.7
5.1
1876
.
Ditto .
. . .
112.7
. 6 6
4.59
1877
.
Ditto .
.
.
.
92.98
2.2
3.95
Average .
.
103.47
1.07
4.27
1 878
. Meerut, March 1878 .
95.41
1.12
4.60