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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BOMBAY.
Hospital and its immediate sur
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roundings.
7. The old hospital is closed; the sick are at present in
tents to the east of the 3rd Sind Horse Hospital. A new
hospital with out-buildings is nearly completed.
8. There seem to be two classes of men, those who are always coming to hospital and
those who never come; the latter are very sturdy-looking men,
and are capable, I should say, of standing any climate, whereas
t he f or mer ar e anæmi c and cachect i c- l ooki ng ; many of t hos e who have been onl y a s hor t
time in the service belong to this class.
General health and physique.
Influence of climate or local
circumstances on health.
9. The anæmia, which is common both in European and
native, seems to be entirely due to the continual attacks of
fever, the consequence of malarial poisoning.
1 0 . T h e t o t a l t r e a t e d n u m b e r e d 9 0 5 . T h e p r e v a i l i n g d i s e a s e s w e r e — a g u e 3 2 1 c a s e s ,
diseases of the lungs 70, dysentery 35, diarrhœa 40, rheumatism
54, syphilis affections 12, and injuries of a trivial nature 127.
1 1 . T h e d e a t h s i n h o s p i t a l w e r e 1 3 — f i v e f r o m p n e u m o n i a , a n d t w o f r o m d i a r r h œ a ,
and one each from ague, dysentery, laryngitis, phthisis, menin
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gitis, and debility.
Details of treated.
Mortality and its causes.
Epidemics.
Vaccination and re-vaccination.
12. None during the year.
13. Carefully attended to, with satisfactory results.
14. Nineteen men were invalided for the following diseases—seven each for rheumatism
and debility, two each for enlarged spleen and secondary
syphilis, and one each for dysentery and curvature of the spine.
Invaliding and its causes.
Requirements and recommen
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dations.
15. A latrine is wanted for the single men, as at present
they are obliged to use the ground in the vicinity of the lines.
Inspection of the Troops at Jacobabad by Deputy Surgeon-General JOYNT.
The troops present at Jacobabad during my inspection (17th January 1878), were the
1st and 3rd Regiments Sind Horse, and Right Wing 30th N. I. (Jacob's Rifles), the remainder
of the frontier force being at Mittri.
The general remarks made last year on the sanitary aspect of the station hold good
s t i l l . ' T h e w a t e r s u p p l y c o n t i n u e s o f i n d i f f e r e n t q u a l i t y , a n d t h e b u i l d i n g s a r e w i t h o u t
suitable plinths. A sufficient supply of good filters is much needed.
Some improvement, however, in the sanitary surroundings of the 1st Sind Horse has
been effected by the removal of several decayed structures from the immediate vicinity of
their lines ; an additional ward (detached) has increased the hospital accommodation of the
3rd Sind Horse. This new building, with its appurtenances, recently completed, presents
in many respects a pleasing contrast to earlier contrivances for the accommodation of the sick
at this station. It has a good plinth—a point of paramount importance in such a damp and
malarious soil, and appears carefully designed to meet, as far as practicable, the require
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ments of a climate which consists of two seasons—a fiercely hot and a severely cold.
No. 2 Mountain Battery.
JACOBABAD AND KHELAT.—In medical charge of Surgeon M. L. BARTHOLOMEUSZ, M.B.
Strength 155.
1. The head-quarters and right half of the battery (97 strong) remained at Jacobabad
during the greater part of the year. On the 26th of November
this half of the battery marched to Mittri, and is at present
encamped there.
Location and movements.