PRESIDENCY DIVISION, ADEN, AND BOMBAY MARINE.
9.
Years.
Stations.
Rate per cent. to Average Strength
Present of
Admissions. Daily Sick.
Deaths in
Hospital.
1875
Poona
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
120.2
3.4
0.4
1876
Surat
189.0
5.6
2.4
1877
Do.
210.9
4.2
0.8
1878
Average...
173.4
4.4
1.2
Surat
169.1
3.7
3.7
1. The Regiment has been stationed at Surat the greater portion of the year.
Location and movements.
In course of relief it was ordered to Dharwar, and left Surat
in three Detachments on the 3rd, 15th of December, and
3rd of January respectively.
2. On this head I may confine myself to the remark that the Regiment and Lines were
The lines and surroundings ;
present condition, hygienic or
otherwise.
specially inspected by Deputy Surgeon General Moore in
September 1878, and that I believe the lines were condemned
by him as badly situated, badly ventilated, and badly construct-
ed. It is therefore hardly necessary for me to say more than
that I fully concur in that opinion. In strong contrast to the lines at Surat are those at this
station, Dharwar, where the lines completed in 1875, on the standard plan, appear all that
is desirable as regards locality, ventilation and construction.
3. The latrines at this station, Dharwar, are on the trench system, and appear to answer
Conservancy.
the purpose well. They are situated to the rear of the lines,
and in good position as regards prevailing winds. Sweepers aro
employed to keep the lines clean.
Water supply.
4. The water supply at Dharwar is good and sufficient,
and is obtained from wells.
5. At Surat the supply. of food was not as good as usual. The famine in other parts
Food and clothing.
of India and a most unusual heavy fall of rain; contributed to
this : the rain was so heavy and continuous that the crops
rotted in the ground.
90 inches of rain fell during the year, the average being about 36 inches. At Dharwar
there seems to be a plentiful supply of rice and some of the common grains, but wheat is
scarce and very dear.
As regards clothing,the only change introduced has been the institution of puggaries
for the Sepoys and Native officers; and in this Regiment socks have been introduced, with
the most marked benefit as regards blistered feet, as was amply proved on the march up
from Vingorla to Dharwar, when not more than two or three cases occurred in the whole
regiment.
Duties, exercise, and amuse-
ments, and their effects on health.
6. The duty has been light throughout the year. The
recreative amusements of the men are of their own invention.
7. The hospital at Surat was an upper storied bungalow. well arranged, and ventilated,
The hospital and its surround-
ings, hygienic and otherwise.
but too close to native villages. That at Dharwar is, I may
say, faultless with the exception of its mud floor; it is well
situated, no native village within a mile, and has ample accom-
modation, and is well ventilated.
R. The Regiment was stationed three years at Surat, and during that period the men
General health, physique, &c.
very much deteriorated in health. They suffered much from
malarious fever ; the climate was very enervating ; the water
bad, and the lines ill constructed. The men are however decidedly improved ; the march
up and this salubrious station giving them a more healthy appearance, and, as will be seen,
the sickness has diminished.
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