Water supply.
Food, quality, and whether
abundant and cheap.
Clothing.
Duties and their effect on health.
Hospital and its surroundings.
Ventilation.
Overcrowding.
Accommodation.
Conservancy.
Sickness, mortality and invalid
ing.
Principal causes of sickness.
Principal causes of mortality.
Influence of rainfall.
Epidemics.
Vaccination and re-vaccination.
General health and physique of
the men.
Treatment of disease when
special.
Special observations.
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4. The climate of Quetta is said to be malarious with a damp soil, and that of Dera
Gazi Khan and Mittri are hot; there was a serious inundation
at Dera Gazi Khan, which, besides other damage, was produc
-tive of much fever.
Effects of climate.
Lines available space.
5. Space appears to have been satisfactory.
6. The arrangements seem to have, been very inferior at Dera Gazi Khan, no regular
system being carried out. No latrines were permitted within
cantonment limits; the men were obliged to go to the jungle
outside. At Mittri, Quetta, and elsewhere the usual trenches
were dug and attended to.
Conservancy, sanitary arrange
-ments.
7. From various sources; generally considered good.
8. Good and abundant, but said to have been rather
dear.
9. Winter clothing is heavy, warm, and comfortable, and
that for the hot weather a light, cool, and suitable serge.
10. Duty is not considered to have been at any time
excessive or prejudicial to health.
11. The men appear to keep up their amusements and exercise well, and generally
give a good account of themselves when they meet their
brethren from other regiments at such feats as running,
wrestling, &c.
Exercise, amusements, and oc
-cupation.
Lock-up rooms and cells.
12. These were not good at Dera Gazi Khan.
13. The regiment marched from Mittri to Dera Gazi Khan, and subsequently from the
latter to Southern Afghanistan. The year closed upon it in the
Pishin Valley.
Marches.
14. Nothing to complain of under this heading.
15. Good.
16. None.
17. There was always sufficient accommodation.
18. This was carried out by the usual hospital establish
-ment.
19. From the same sources as that of the regiment. The general health appears to
have been good, except after the inundation in Dera Gazi Khan,
when there was serious manifestation of malarious affections.
Hospital water supply.
20. There were 989 admissions to hospital, 13 deaths, and
18 cases invalided during the year. One case was granted leave
on certificate for change of air.
21. Malarious affections, pneumonia, and bowel complaints.
22. Bowel complaints and chest affections were the lead
-ing causes of mortality.
23. One Hindoo and two Sikhs died during the period under report, while the remain
-ing deaths were among Mussulmans.
Mortality according to race.
24. Nothing traceable to it, no regular record having
been kept.
25. No epidemic manifestation.
26. There was Do opportunity of carrying out vaccination,
but fortunately the regiment is well protected.
27. Physique considered excellent, general health fair.
28. Nothing special.
29. None.
30. The present return and report, such as they are, are completed under special difficul-
ties of a rather exceptional nature. As many of the records
from which they should have been compiled were lost during the
march, on one occasion owing to the breakdown of a lot of camels during a night march, a
24 m
Resume of thewhole.