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16. The mixed alkaloids have been generally used in the treatment of ague, and seem
to answer very well in the common run of cases, and I have
not had many complaints of its causing headache ; it is generally
given in six-grain doses thrice a day. In cases of remittent fever I have always given
quinine, and also in bad agues sometimes combined with liquor arsenicalis.
Inspection by Deputy Surgeon-General BEATTY.
The head-quarters of the Regiment have been quartered at Satara during the year,
whilst detachments have been supplied to Bombay, and have likewise been employed against
dacoits in the Southern Maratha Country.
Beyond reiterating the recommendation conveyed in previous reports, that the present
huts should be removed and entirely rebuilt, any further remark regarding them appears
unnecessary.
There is no hospital proper for the use of the Regiment, the sick being treated in a
bungalow hired for the purpose. The books and records were carefully written to date, and
the arrangements for the sick, as far as they could possibly be, were satisfactorily carried out.
The medical officer drew attention to the unusually large number (22) of venereal cases
which had occurred amongst the men since arriving at Satara, and attributed the disease to
the want of check of any description to its prevention. Thirty-one men were invalided
during the year, but the general health of the Regiment was good, and a steady diminution
in admissions on account of malarial and other diseases was observed compared with the
previous year.
H. M.'s 11th Regiment N. I.
POONA.—In medical charge of Surgeon-Major C. K. COLSTON.
Average Strength . . .
655
Deaths in Hospital . . .
7
Do. present . . .
630
Do. out of Hospital . . .
4
Admissions . . .
872
Invalided . . .
73
Daily Sick . . .
34.8
Sick Leave . . .
17
Years.
Stations.
Rate per cent to Average Strength present of
Admissions.
Daily Sick.
Deaths in
Hospital.
1876 . . .
Bhuj . . .
71.5
2.8
0.2
1877 . . .
Do. . . .
108.0
4.3
0.7
1878 . . .
Do. . . .
346.6
10.9
2.2
Average . . .
175.4
6.0
1.0
1879 . . .
Poona . . .
138.4
5.5
1.1
Special observations, &c.
Location and movements.
1. The Regiment has been stationed in Poona during the
year, but has been employed in the districts also after dacoits.
2 . T h e l i n e s a r e s i t u a t e d t o t h e e a s t o f t h e C i t y o f P o o n a a n d t h e S u d d e r B a z a a r , b e i n g
the middle set of three, those of the 4th Rifles N. I. being on
the north and of the 18th Regiment N. I. on the south. The
large expanse of the parade ground is to the east ; they slope down to a nullah on the west,
which is kept as clean as possible, and is occasionally flushed from the Kurruckwasla water
works ; the huts are in fair condition.
3 . T h e r e a r e t w o l a t r i n e s , o n e f o r t h e m a l e s , t h e o t h e r f o r t h e f e m a l e s , a b o u t 2 0 0 y a r d s
to the west of the lines : the filth is removed in the morning
by carts to a long distance.
The Lines, &c.
Conservancy.
Water-supply, &c.
4. The water-supply is excellent both in quantity and
quality, its composition according to a recent analysis by the
Chemical Analyser being—
Total solids per gallon . . .
5. 85
Chlorine " " . . .
0.42
Free ammonia parts per million . . .
0.04
Albuminoid ammonia . . .
0.06