YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1873
. Dora Ghazi Khan, Mar.
1872
.
.
.
169.9
1.
3.9
1874
. Abbottabad, Mar. 1874 .
225.5
. . .
4.5
1875
.
Ditto
.
.
.
95.79
1.65
3.27
1876
.
Ditto
.
.
.
94.01
.54
2.51
1877
.
Ditto
75.36
.53
3.29
Average .
.
132.11
.74
3.49
1878
. Kohat, March 1878
.
289.38
2.50
7.18
Medical
Officers.
Marches and
service.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL,
5th Regiment, Punjab Infantry—Kohat.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
I. Medical Officers—Surgeon-Major S. Mackertich held medical charge
throughout the year. Sur-
geon W. A. Simmonds was
attached to the head-quar-
ters of the regiment from
the 15th December to the
end of the year.
XIII. Marches and service.—
In the early part of the year the
regiment was in Jowaki land. At
the close of these operations, it re-
turned to Kohat on the 9th March,
where it remained till the 9th
October. It then left for Thull as
part of the Koorum Field Force.
It went on when the force ad-
vanced to the Peiwar Kotul, and
was present at the operations there on the 28th November and again on the 2nd December,
when it took part in the flanking movement at the capture of the Kotul. Here it remained
until its return to Koorum on the 14th December, which place it left on December 24th en route
for Kohat, escorting 19 captured guns, with some stores and prisoners. The only casualty
resulting in death was that of the Subadar-Major, Aziz Khan, a fine old officer, who was shot
twice through the right thigh, and who sank under his wounds.
XV. Sickness mortality and invaliding.— Strength of the regiment:—
Present
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 651.72
Absent
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 105.86
Total
.
. 757.58
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average
sick. of
sick.
PER CENT. OP STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
sion. Deaths.
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters at Kohat, and
active service, Afghanistan 1st Jan. 1878 31st Dec. 1878 585.57 1,616
10
34.35 275.96 1.70
5.86
Detachment, Abbottabad .
Ditto .
. 7th April „
333.75
54
...
6.74 60.84
. . .
2.01
Oghi .
.
Ditto .
. 7th Jan. ,,
31.
1
...
.11
6.25 ...
.35
2nd Feb. „
7th Mar. „
, , B a b a d u r K h e y l 3rd Aug. „
2nd Oct. „
35.
32
. . .
4.60 547.02 ...
13.14
Kohat .
. 10th Oct. „
31st Dec. „
231.
183
2
39.08 348.37 3.77 16.91
TOTAL .
.
...
...
651.72 1,886
12
46.81 289.38 1.84 7.18
Number of deaths in hospital 12; out of hospital 7; total
19; per cent. of total strength
.
2.50
,,
invalided
. . . . . .
38;
, , , ,
2.38
, ,
sent on sick leave
.
.
.
.
.
.
10 ;
,,
, ,
.
.
1.31
, ,
of days spent in hospital 17,086; per admission
. .
9.06; per man of total strength
.
22.56
„
„ on sick leave 975 ; per man
.
97.5;
„
, ,
.
1.28
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
.
23.84
Principal
causes of
sickness.
Principal
causes of
mortality.
Inspection.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness. —The diseases giving most admissions to hospital were
—
Ague (a)
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 1,091
Ague (b) .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
9 2
Bronchial catarrh .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
12
Bronchitis, acute .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
49
Pneumonia
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
18
Dysentery
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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XVII.
Principal causes of mortality.—Pneumonia gives 6 out of the 10 deaths which oc-
curred in hospital. The exposure and fatigue the regiment had undergone during November
and December, following upon a hot weather in Kohat immediately after campaigning in
Jowaki land, was probably the cause of the pneumonia being so fatal, 6 cases dying out of 18
admissions.
Inspection.—This regiment was inspected by Deputy Surgeon-General F. F.
Allen, C.B., at Kohat on the 27th of March 1878, and the following is a
précis of his remarks, " Health of the regiment steadily improving during the
last year ; lines excellent ; conservancy carefully attended to ; night latrines ;