Mortality.
Vaccination.
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6. Ordinary parades and guards at head - quarters, and occasional escort in charge of
Duties, exercises, and amuse-
ments.
treasure, commissariat stores, &c. The amusements of the men
are racing, wrestling, gymnastics, jumping and single stick.
A number of the younger men have taken kindly to cricket.
The duties during the past year have had no prej udicial effect on the health of the men, and
the exercises in which they voluntarily engage have done much to improve their physique.
7. The principal drawbacks to the hospital, which have been often described, are—its
Hospital and its surroundings.
darkness; the want of an observation ward in which cases of
infectious disease might be segregated, pending the pitching of
a tent or the erection of a shed ; the want of a ward for the treatment of eye cases. Such
cases are now treated in a confined little room, which can only be darkened by closing the
door and window and shutting out air as well as light.
8. This has been a sickly season, and a large proportion of the men have suffered
General health and physique.
recently from fever, nevertheless the physique of the regiment
is decidedly good and the c orns is in every way fit for active
service. The Sikhs, Punjaubies and Hindoostanies are the finest looking men, and take most
of the prizes at the regimental sports; but there are many stalwart men and likely youngsters
among the sepoys enlisted within the limits of the Bombay Presidency.
Influence of climate or local
circumstances on health.
9. The rainfall last year (51 inches and 25 cents) was
much in excess of that of the three previous years, and fever
was very prevalent.
10. The admissions were 726, the large number of 422 being for intermittent fever.
Details of treated.
For this disease the admissions in 1877 were 134. Twenty-one
cases of dysentery and 16 of diarrhea were treated; 14 cases of
venereal and 26 of eye disease were admitted.
11. There were twelve deaths in hospital; scurvy, lung disease, paraplegia and
rheumatism and wound, each caused one death, and fever,
cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, phthisis pulmonalis and all other
causes two each.
12. Thirty-five children have been successfully vaccinated.
There were no re-vaccinations.
13. Twenty-nine men were pensioned and one discharged with gratuity. The disabili-
Invaliding.
ties for which the men were invalided were, old age and infir-
mity, lumbago, defective vision, and palpitation of heart.
14. Sixteen men were granted leave on medical certificate, the diseases for the recovery
Medical certificate.
from which change of air was considered necessary being
dysentery, diarrhoea, debility, bronchitis, and kidney disease.
15. I have not had sufficient experience of the mixed cinchona alkaloids to enable
me to form an opinion regarding their alleged antiperiodic
virtues.
Treatment when special.
Detachment H. M.'s 14th Regiment N. L. I.
KALADGI.—In Medical charge of Surgeon K. A. DALAL, M.B.
1. One company of the 14th N. L. I. was at this station from the 1st of Decem-
Location and movements.
ber 1877 under the command of a Native officer. This
company will be relieved on 10th of January 1879 by a com-
pany of 1 7th N. L. I.
2. The lines are composed of two rows. being a portion of those used formerly by the
Lines, &c.
Southern Maratha Horse, and are admirably situated as regards
site. being very nearly a mile away from the native town and
in a south-westerly direction. The drainage is natural and the surroundings good. The
huts are very much like those generally used for native troops. Each hut has sufficient
accommodation for a man and his wife, but is certainly not large enough for a mail with a
large family. Ventilation is carried on by means of doors and roof, which is single tiled.
The lines have sufficient accommodation for one company only, and they are clean and
in good repair.
3. There are no latrines in connection with the lines, and the men and their families
Conservancy.
are obliged to go to the jungle to obey the calls of nature. It
is extremely desirable to build latrines on the trench system.
The native officer in charge of the detachment is very strict, and sees that no refuse is allowed
to accumulate in or about the lines.