Water-supply.
Food and clothing.
General health and physique.
Influence of climate or local
circumstances on health.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BOMBAY.
Years.
Stations.
Ratio per cent. to Average Strength
present of
Admissions. Daily Sick.
Deaths
i n H o s p i t a l .
1876 . . .
Neemuch and Nusseerabad.
133.8
3.5
0.4
1877 . . .
Do. do. . . .
103.8
2.8
. . .
1878 . . .
Neemuch . . .
218.0
4.0
0.2
Average . . .
151.9
3.4
0.2
1879 . . .
Deesa . . .
150.4
3.9
. . .
1 . T h e r e g i m e n t m a r c h e d f r o m N e e m u c h t o D e e s a o n J a n u a r y 8 t h , 1 8 7 9 , a n d a r r i v e d
at Deesa on the 4th of February. One squadron is stationed
at Rajcote, and fifteen sabres are stationed at Palunpur as
escort to the Political Agent there.
2 . T h e m e n ' s q u a r t e r s c o n s i s t o f f i v e b l o c k s o f b u i l d i n g s , c o n t a i n i n g i n a l l 3 3 6
(three hundred and thirty-six) dwellings: the married quarters
are not separated from the single men's. The Native officers'
quarters are to the rear of these blocks.
The dwellings for the syces are on the right flank, but outside the lines and in close
proximity to the latrines: the dwellings for the bheesties and dhobies are on the left flank
but inside the lines.
Most of the married quarters have small courtyards surrounding the entrances; all
these dwellings are without plinths. The refuse water from the bathing places is now being
carried away by small surface channel reservoirs, which are emptied twice a day: trees are
as rapidly as possible being planted in the site of these reservoirs, so as to do away with
them.
3 . T h e r e a r e t h r e e l a t r i n e s , s i t u a t e d a b o u t 2 0 0 y a r d s f r o m t h e n e a r e s t b l o c k w i t h i n
the lines: each latrine contains twenty compartments. Two
of these latrines are for the men and one for the women.
Three sweepers are kept. Twice daily the sewage is carted away.
Location and movement.
The lines and their surround
- i n g s , p r e s e n t c o n d i t i o n , h y g i e n i c
and otherwise.
Conservancy.
4. Good and plentiful; but nearly all the wells are over
-hung with trees, and are not covered in.
5. All kinds of cereals are fairly cheap and plentiful.
As yet the new dress has not been adopted, but it doubtless will prove a great boon to
the men, it having given every satisfaction to the Sind Horse during the Afghan expedition.
6 . T h e d u t i e s a r e l i g h t ; a n d , w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n t h a t a g r e a t m a n y m e n w h o g o o n
duty to Palunpur return with syphilis, they do not seem to
cause any injurious effect on the men.
7 . T h e h o s p i t a l c o n s i s t s o f a l a r g e o b l o n g b u i l d i n g o n e h u n d r e d a n d f i f t e e n ( 1 1 5 ) f e e t
long and twenty-two (22) broad, giving a cubic space of thirty
-
five thousand, four hundred, and twenty feet (35,420), affording
ample accommodation.
At one end of the building is a contagious ward, and at the other end a store room
and office.
The sick of the staff are also attended in this hospital.
The hospital latrine is situated far too near the road, and besides being an eyesore to
the passengers and inhabitants of other bungalows, its plan and building is anything but
satisfactory.
A requisition for a new one has been sent in to the P. W. Department.
Duties, exercise, and amuse
-ments: their effects on health.
The hospital and its immediate
surroundings.
8. Health good, physique fair.
9. Under this heading I would beg to call the attention
of the authorities to the great number of cases of syphilis,
whose origin is to be traced to Palunpur or its vicinity.