Water-
supply.
Conservancy
100
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF MADRAS.
Lines.
Sanitary con
- d i t i o n o f a l l
buildings.
admitted during the year with 1 death ; in 1874 there were 25 admissions with 4 deaths. Next
to malarial fevers the following diseases caused most of the admissions :—Chronic rheumatism 18,
primary syphilis 14, conjunctivitis 26, ulcers 15. Only 7 cases of dysentery and 1 case of hepatitis
were admitted during the year. The number of deaths has been very small, only 3 ; 1 was
due to pneumonia, 1 to remittent fever, and 1 to apoplexy. The health of the officers on the
whole has been good. During the year two officers went to England on medical certificate.
Deputy Surgeon-General W. Williamson inspected this corps on the 4th
December 1875, and reports as follows :—
Lines.—The drainage is excellent. The streets are broad, well raised, and very clean ; each
hut has its own compound ; and as they present their gable ends towards the street, the lines are
not only clean and thoroughly ventilated, but have a very neat, not to say picturesque, appearance.
The huts are much more roomy, loftier, and far better ventilated than any native lines I have yet
seen. The only fault I have to find is that cattle and goats are permitted to be kept in the lines.
I brought this to the notice of the medical officer with a view of his representing it to the officer
commanding the regiment.
Sanitary condition of all buildings.— Sanitary condition of all subsidiary buildings good.
There are no public latrines. The excreta from. the privies in all the " hut " compounds are
removed morning and evening to the filth-pits, somewhat more than a mile from the lines, and
covered with earth. There are no cess-pools or foul drains. Dry earth is used pretty generally
in all the privies. No coal tar.
Water-supply.—There are four wells in the lines, of which two are never dry. During the
hot weather, when the wells do not afford a sufficient supply of water, many of the families resort
to a tank about half a mile off, where good water in abundance is to be had : indeed the water
from this tank is preferred to that of the wells.
Conservancy.—Conservancy of the neighbourhood of barracks and station generally leaves
nothing to be desired. No suggestions for its improvement.
Hospital.
Principal
diseases.
Hospital.—The hospital is built according to the Bengal standard plan, and is a model in
every respect as regards ventilation, accommodation, and good drainage. It accommodates 52
patients, and gives the regulated superficial area and cubic space to each patient. The latrines
"one at each end of the building," are very clean, and the dry-earth system is well carried out in
both. The drainage is naturally so good as to require little or no assistance from art. The
water-supply is derived from a well in the immediate neighbourhood of the hospital, and is of good
qualitv.
Principal diseases . —Percentage of sick admitted to strength, .79 ; percentage of deaths to sick
admitted, .563.
35th Regiment Native Infantry.
STATION—KAMPTEE
Arrived from Madras 14th January 1872.
.
. . .
..
Average strength
..
..
..
..
..
.. 694
Do.
do.
present
..
..
..
..
..
..
. . 660
..
..
..
Admissions
..
. .
. .
. .
. .
..
241
..
.
. ..
Daily sick
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..
..
..
..
. .
. .
11
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..
..
..
Deaths in hospital ..
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..
..
4
. .
. .
.
..
..
.
. . .
Do. out
of
do...
. .
1
.
. . .
. .
. .
Pensioned
....
..
..
..
. .
31
. .
Sick leave
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..
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..
. .
. .
..
..
9
The following return shows the rates of sickness, deaths, and invaliding as
contrasted with previous years :—
Years.
Stations.
R a t e p e r C e n t . o f .
Average Strength Present.
Average Strength.
Admissions.
All Sick.
All Deaths.
Pensioned.
Sick Leave.
1872..
..
1873 ..
..
1874 ..
..
Kamptee
..
..
Do.
..
. . . .
Do.
..
..
..
100 . 14
106 . 81
53.09
3.11
3.47
2.11
2.13
1.88
. 4 4
2 . 4 1
1.88
2.80
1.84
1. 88
1.03
Average ..
86.68
2.89
1.48
2.36
1.58
1875 . . . . kamptee
36.36
1.66
. 7 2
4.46
1.29