Food.
Duties.
Hospital and its immediate
surroundings : present condition,
hygienic and otherwise.
General health and physique.
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SIND DIVISION OF THE ARMY.
The head-quarters of the regiment were stationed in Hyderabad during the year 1877 ;
but a detachment of 179 strong, consisting of two companies
under a European officer, went to Kurrachee on the 18th Octo
- b e r , w h e r e i t r e m a i n e d u n t i l t h e 1 8 t h o f N o v e m b e r , w h e ni
t
r e t u r n e d t o H y d e r a b a d . O n
the 17th of November an escort party (62 strong) left to accompany the Governor of Bombay
on tour, and on the 29th idem another escort party of 14 left to accompany the Commis-
sioner of Sind on tour.
Location and movements.
The Lines and their surrou nd
- 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.
2. These have been exhaustively described in my annual
report for 1875, and no alteration has been made since. They
are in good repair, and their hygienic condition is fair.
3. The conservancy is the same as last year. It has been most carefully attended to,
and the working of the establishment made as effective as
possible.
4. This has already been fully described. The recommendation made last year to pre
-vent the surface drainage (consisting of rainfall) from flow
-ing into the tank which acts as a reservoir to supply Belooch
wells, has not been carried out.
5. Food was good and abundant, but very expensive ; grain compensation made up
the increase in price in the case of unmarried men, but married
men with large families felt it severely.
6. Duties consisted of the usual parades, guards, and escorts.
Conservancy.
Water supply.
7. These were fully described in 1875, and no change has
occurred since. The new hospital, which was reported as under
consideration in 1875, has not been built, and is much required.
8. Good : only 635 sick admitted this year, against 900
last year.
9. There were 696 cases treated during the year, against 932 in last year. The chief
diseases admitted were the following, arranged in the order
of their frequency :—malarious fever 263 ; contusions 80, of which
39 were shoe-bites; boils 45 ; venereal diseases 43, of which 20 were primary syphilis, 4 consti
-tutional syphilis, and 19 gonorrhœa ; bronchitis 25; conjunctivitis 25; dysentery 21; rheuma
- t i s m 2 0 ; d i a r r h œ a 1 3 ; s c a b i e s 1 2 ; m e a s l e s 9 ; c o l i c 1 0 ; u l c e r s 8 ; o r c h i t i s 7 ; a n d s m a l l - p o x 1 .
10. Four deaths occurred from confluent small-pox, malignant disease of the bladder,
phthisis, and abscess of the liver, respectively.
11. The epidemic of small-pox which broke out towards the end of last year continued
into the commencement of this. One sepoy and one sepoy's
child suffered ; these cases were treated in the temporary
isolated small-pox hospital, which consisted of tents and a grass hut. Measles appeared in
March, and continued through the spring; 11 sepoys, 1 woman, and 35 children suffered.
The disease was of a mild type.
Details of treated.
Mortality and its causes.
Epidemics.
Vaccination and re-vaccina
-tion.
12. Number of vaccinations 16 ; these were all children.
There were 241 re-vaccinations of recruits and sepoys.
13.Invalided 4 9 , o f w h o m 3 6 w e r e p e n s i o n e d , a n d 1 3 d i s c h a r g e d w i t h g r a t u i t y ; 2 0
were invalided on account of debility, 13 from other diseases,
8 from rheumatic affections, 2 from bronchitis, 3 from ague,
1 from disease of the stomach, and 2 from skin disease.
14. The floor of each pendal should be raised on a level with, or slightly above, the
footpath (six inches high) which surrounds it, the roofs raised
a few feet, and the roof ventilation improved. As there is no
Lock Hospital here, venereal diseases are unchecked, and I
again strongly recommend that the prostitutes be placed under supervision. The quarter
-guard is unsuitable, and the cells are much too small, especially in the hot weather ; a new
quarter-guard is urgently required.
Inspection by Deputy Surgeon-General JOYNT.
The lines are in good order and arc kept clean. The sanitary state of the hospital is
satisfactory ; there has been no overcrowding. Vaccination has had careful attention.
Invaliding and its causes.
Requirements and recommen
-dations.