SAUGOR CIRCLE.
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Climate.
Ventilation &
drainage.
Water-supply
Diet.
Liquors.
Clothing.
Foot sore-
ness.
Duty.
Drill.
Exeroises.
Vaccination.
Diseases.
Hospital ven
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tilation.
Water-supply .—Good and abundant.
Water-supply
Water-supply .—The water of the hospital well is well known by many of the people for
its good and wholesome properties.
21st Regiment M.A.I.
This corps was stationed at Jubbulpore during the year, and was under the
medical charge of Surgeon-Major J. R. Theobalds.
Climate .—During the year the climate has been good, pleasant, and favorable to health.
The monsoon set in rather later than usual, and the rainfall was above the average.
Ventilation and drainage .—Drainage, natural and artificial, tolerably good. Drains
are kept clean, and well cleaned out from time to time.
The huts are imperfectly ventilated through eaves of house and tiles; no window; only
one small door leading out of a low verandah partially closed; consequently the air inside
must be tainted, especially at night.
Water-sup-
ply.
Water-supply .—Good and sufficient.
Diet .—Cheap and plentiful, and vegetables abundant.
Liquors .—The sepoys drink a country liquor made from Malwa, of different qualities
sold at a liquor shop in the regimental lines under regimental regulations.
Clothing .—Clothing appears to be insufficient for some of the cold nights during the
cold season at Jubbulpore, but I have never noticed that this has in any way affected the
of the men.
Foot soreness .—There have been 28 cases of foot soreness, caused by wearing boots,
much too large for the men, made of hard country leather, which cannot be polished when
served with sufficient grease to keep it soft.
Duty .—Ordinary regimental and general parades and general garrison duties. Run
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ning drill was carried on from November 1871 to March 1872, and it does not induce any
injurious effect on the health of the sepoys.
Drill .—During the cold season twice a day—morning 7 A.M. to 8-30 A.M., evening
4-15 P.M. to 5 P.M. During the hot season one hour in the morning—6 to 7 A.M. These drills
have not acted prejudicially on the health of the men.
Exercises .—Cricket and some athletic games; a gymnasium has been put up at the
expense of the regiment during the year, and is much frequented by the sepoys.
Vaccination .—Six hundred and fourteen cases have been vaccinated during the year;
451 proved successful and 163 unsuccessful. 303 of these cases were sepoys; 139 proved
successful, 71 modified, and 93 unsuccessful. All the men with doubtful marks of small-pox
and vaccination have been vaccinated. 181 cases were re-vaccinated; 66 proved success
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ful, 51 modified, and 64 unsuccessful. No small-pox during the year.
Diseases .—No epidemic disease has prevailed during the year.
Hospital ventilation .—Very good.
No overcrowding.
Drainage .—Good. Dry-earth sewage is carried out as far as possible, but the native
patients will not throw dry earth over the excreta.
Several pairs of gumblas filled with dry earth are sunk in to the top of gumbla on an
embankment of dry earth, about 6 inches high and 2 feet broad, in front of one another, for
the reception of fluid and solid excreta; these are frequently emptied during the day and
dry earth again placed in them.
Drainage.
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