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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF MADRAS.
Hospital
baths &c.,
Bedding and
furniture.
Principal dis-
cases.
is one, I think, requirin a special reference by the Inspector-General, for if a Cavalry
Regiment is to continue to occupy this station, the construction of new lines and of a new
hospital cannot long be deferred.
The hospital and ground clean, and its general conservancy well cared for ; as also that
of the latrine (which is kept on the " dry " system without tar), and out¬houses. The
immediate neighbourhood is also clean and well kept.
Hospital baths, &c.—There is, as reported last year, no bath-room. A correspondence
took place about it, but nothing resulted ; and, as the hospital itself is reported to be unsafe,
and not worth repair, the provision of bath-room accommodation must stand over till the
question of a new hospital is settled.
Bedding and furniture.— The cots are iron with boards, 12 in number, with two
boarded cots for fractures. The bedding is in accordance with the regulations. Some articles
require repair, and some are unserviceable. I have directed them to be returned into store,
and new ones indented for at once so as to complete the equipments before the regiment
moves.
Principal diseases.— The strength of the regiment is shown below as returned by the
Medical Officer. Since last inspection there have been 145 admissions with three deaths, 10
invalided, and 2 sent away on sick certificate among the troops, and 31 deaths amongst the
families and followers, on the ratio of 14 . 5 per 1,000 of population. With the exception of
small-pox there has been no epidemic disease during the year. Of small-pox 59 cases
occurred, all amongst the families, with three deaths. The present state of sick in hospital
is 11, all trivial cases but one, a case of phthisis, who is to be brought forward as an
invalid :.
Troops.
Commissioned Officers
9
Non-commissioned
1
Native Commissioned
10
Rank and File
269
Pension and Recruit Boys
10
2 9 9
Families and Followers.
Adults
Males
461
F e m a l e
723
Children Males
234
Female
424
1,842
Total
2,141
Vaccination. Vaccination.—One hundred and six vaccinations have been performed since last
inspection— 40 amongst the children of the families, and 66 amongst those of the followers.
Dr. Dixon reports that the virus in use has been good and active. Of the 106 vaccinations
102, or 95 . 3 per cent., are returned as successful.
Climate.
Lines.
Huta.
Ventilation
and drainage
4th Begiment Aatibe Infantry .
This corps continued at Bellary throughout the year. Surgeon D. F.
Bateman was in medical charge, and reports as follows :—
Climate.—The climate of Beliary is in every respect a healthy one. There are none of
those extreme and sudden changes of temperature in this station that I have noticed which
excite fevers, dysentery, &c. The hot weather was rather severe last year, not that the
temperature was higher, but it was prolonged by a month over the usual time, owing to the
failure of the early monsoon. The rainfall has been about the average in amount ; but, as it
fell altogether in a few days in September and October, the amount collected in tanks was
much greater than in former years. Men improved in health since coming here.
Lines.—The men's huts are built on slightly elevated ground, the slope facing south.
The surrounding land is flat, open, and free from vegetation. I consider the site healthy in
every respect.
Huts.—The huts in this regiment are constructed of the black earth of the place, and
are, on this account, constantly needing repair; but they show in every way a great improve-
ment when compared with their condition when we took them over from the last regiment.
The houses in exposed. situations, and many others have bamboo mat, work on the walls, op.
weather sides, which have proved most useful during the recent heavy rains. Number of
tiled, tatched, and flat-roofed huts 56, 18, 679, respectively. Main and subsidiary streets 60
feet, and 30 feet respectively.
Ventilation and drainage.—The quarter-guard is ventilated by means of three doors
and one window, which admit a sufficiency of air to the building. Its superficial area is 639
feet, and cubic contents : 18 men sleep nightly in it. The bazaar and , dhoby guard