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stricture or of any injury to the parts, and, after some days, signs of extravasation showed them-
selves, apparently caused by the opening of an abscess about the neck of the bladder. Incisions
were made to evacuate the urine and matter, and there has since been considerable sloughing of
cellular tissue of scrotum and penis. The case hitherto has done well under the treatment with
plenty of stimulants, and I have now good hopes of recovery. One case of fibrous tumour over
the parotid gland was removed and did very well ; but there is now a tumour inside the
tonsil, and which seems to be connected with the bone. This could not very well be removed,
and the treatment has been with caustic lotions and carbolic acid. It has now taken on a slough-
ing action, and will, I think, slough away without any dangerous symptoms, as the patient is
otherwise in good health.
The average daily sick was 30.6, the proportion of sick to strength per cent. 4.5, the pro-
portion of admissions to strength per cent. 179.6, and the proportion of deaths to strength per
cent. 0.8.
One case died while on sick leave, from remittent fever, and another from phthisis
pulmonalis.
Vaccination has been carried out in the regiment and amongst the followers, as carefully as
possible, the total number of vaccinations being 91, of which 79 were successful, and 12 not so.
During the year 13 sepoys were invalided, and 41 recruits enlisted.
The strength of each caste in regiment has been Europeans 7.5, native Christians 19,
Mussulmans 73, Hindoos 575.8, and Jews 2 ; and the admissions into hospital of each, Euro-
peans 5, native Christians 17, Mussulmans
Hindoos 1,101, and Jews 1.
The lines occupied by the regiment are in very good order, except during the wet season
when the roofs of the huts, which are made of flat tiles, leak very much, and the rooms are often
very damp and uncomfortable. Government allows a sum of money every season for repairs,
but it does not seem to be sufficient for these being done in a proper manner. The drainage is
natural, the lines sloping down towards the west. I consider that the latrines are made too
near the lines and the regimental bazaar, not being much above 30 yards' distance ; and at some
seasons the effluvia is complained of, though every means is taken to have them kept as clean
as possible. The wells from which the water is taken, are also too near the latrines, and when
treated roughly by the permanganate of potass shows signs of organic matter. The drainage
of the lines slopes down towards the wells, and thus organic matter may be introduced.
The hospital and outbuildings are in good repair, but the quarters for the hospital assist-
ants are very second-rate; and new ones are required, as also a latrine for families of the
hospital attendants.
The hospital establishment is good, and also the conduct and character of the medical
subordinates. First Class Hospital Assistant Bhowanee Sing has given me satisfaction in the
discharge of his duties.
H. M.'S 2ND GRENADIER REGIMENT N.I.
POONA.—In Medical Charge of Surgeon F. H. PLUMPTREE; Strength 668.
Throughout the whole of the year, the regiment has occupied the same lines, hospital, and
other buildings that they did in the year preceding. It is, therefore, unnecessary to enter
into a descriptive topographical account of that which furnished a part of my last annual
report, and a simple strictly medical history of the regiment is all that is required.
In-the month of January nothing occurred in the shape of epidemic diseases. In February,
two cases of small-pox came under treatment ; one a young sepoy who bore marks of previous
vaccination (this was a confluent form of disease), the other, the wife of a sepoy who had been
inoculated in childhood, and who had the disease in a very modified form.
In the month of March four cases occurred among the families of the sepoys and the
regimental camp followers. In April there were eleven admissions from the same cause and
from the same class. After this, the disease entirely disappeared. The type generally was mild,
and of the whole 17 cases treated not one died, and the convalescence in all was speedy
and satisfactory.
In April, dengue made its appearance in the latter part of the month, reached its maximun
in July, when 91 cases were admitted, and finally disappeared in October. Those admitted
in November were relapses, as indeed were many of those who appear under the head of
admissions. It would be difficult to say, therefore, what the precise number of cases were
occurring in the regiment, but large as it is, it forms a favourable comparison with either the
1st Grenadiers N.I., or the 8th Regiment N.I., stationed at the same time in Poona.