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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BOMBAY.
H. M.'s 3rd Sind Horse.
JACOBABAD.—In medical charge of Surgeon ELTON BURROUGHS.
Average Strength
493
Deaths in Hospital
7
Do.
Present
332.4
Do. out of do.
4
Admissions
551
Invalided
20
Daily Sick
12.1
Sick Leave
6
Years.
Station.
Rate per cent. to Average Strength
Present of
Admissions. Daily Sick.
Deaths in
Hospital.
1874
Jacobabad
170.7
3.2
4.1
1875
Do.
197.4
3.0
1.1
1876
Do.
218.8
4.5
5.6
Average......
195.6
3.6
3.6
1877
Jacobabad
165.9
3.6
2.1
Location and movements.
The head-quarters returned on April 18th from Mittri, where they had been stationed
for some months. Detachments have been on outpost duty
at the various localities mentioned below—Sooie, Guoreanearee,
Poolejee, Mittri, Lehra, and Tooj. A troop escorted H. E. the Governor from Sukkur to
Jacobabad in December.
Lines and their surroundings :
present condition, hygienic and
otherwise.
2. The lines have undergone no alteration since 1875. The married quarters
are quite detached from those occupied by the single men,
and they are far too close to the bazaar, of which one may say
they form part. The available cubic space for each man is
870 feet. The drainage is carried out in the same manner as it is in the cantonment, viz.,
by surface drains. The roads are made of dry grass, which after a shower of rain emits a
most offensive odour. The lines are kept clean.
Conservancy.
3 . T h e r e a r e t h r e e l a t r i n e s , e a c h c o n t a i n i n g t w e l v e p a n s . T h e s e w a g e i s r e m o v e d
twice a day, and carried into the jungle about three miles out
of camp. There are no latrines for the women.
Water supply.
4. The supply of water is plentiful, but, as all the wells are open, the water when
delivered by the bhistees contains a great deal of vegetable
matter.
Food.
5. Grain has considerably risen in price during the past
year.
Duties, exercise, and amusements.
6. Outpost duty seems to have a very injurious effect on the men, as all the men who
are sent in sick from outpost duty require a more stimulating
kind of treatment than the others, besides which they remain
longer in hospital. With the exception of tent-pegging there are no amusements for the
men. A gymnasium would not only afford some amusement, but would improve the physique
of the recruits.
Hospital and its immediate
surroundings : present condition,
hygienic and otherwise.
7. At the present time the sick of the 1st Sind Horse, detachment of the 2nd Sind
Horse, and those of the 3rd Sind Horse occupy the same
hospital. The latrine is situated five yards from the building,
directly under the window of the hospital assistant's dwelling :
he is thus unable to use the window as a means of ventilation.
The sick of the Rifles are in tents pitched outside the hospital. The new hospital for the 3rd
Sind Horse will be ready for occupation at the commencement of the hot weather.
Health and physique.
8. On first looking at the men who have been stationed here some time, one particularly
remarks the anæmic appearance they present. Many patients
who are admitted with various complaints have enlarged
spleens; they seem to consider it a most trivial ailment, but all say this enlargement has
happened since their arrival in Sind.