Ventilation
and drainage
of the men.s
huts.
Water
.
supply.
Diet.
Duty and
exercises.
General
conclusions,
Climate of the
station.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF MADRAS.
—
Head.Quarters and
Left Wing.
Right Wing.
Left Thayetmyo.... . .
11th January 1875. 24th January 1875.
Reached Rangoon
..
. . 14th
do.
do.
29th
do.
do.
Left Rangoon
. . . .
, .
19th
do.
do.
19th February do.
Reached Cocanada
..
. . 24th
do.
do.
24th
do.
do.
Marched vid Rajahmundry,
Ellore, and Bezwarrah, and
reached Secunderabad
. . 4th March
do.
29th March
do.
Ventilation and drainage of the men.s huts.—With the exception of the impossibility of venti
.lating the inside of the sepoy.s hut, and the equal impossibility of securing efficient drainage with
merely earthen drains instead of stone ones, one might say that ventilation and drainage were
satisfactory.
Water.supply.—The wells in the lines furnish, generally speaking, an ample supply of fairly
good water ; during the hot weather, of course, there is a falling off in both quantity and quality.
Diet.—Provisions have been moderately cheap and plentiful. Vegetables are easily obtainable
The average monthly compensation for dearness of rice amounted to Rupees 3-7-9. It is under
stood of course that the more compensation a sepoy gets the worse off he is if he have a family;
compensation implies dearness. The more the compensation, the greater the dearness. The
dearness extends to the whole family consumption. The compensation is only given for his own
personal consumption. Balance against the sepoy of the dearness of the difference. There is n
o d o u b t t h a t t h e s e p o y ' s p a y i s a m p l e t o e n a b l e h i m t o f e e d h i m s e l f p r o p e r l y , b u t w h e n i t c o m e s t o
feeding a family and relations and friends in addition. it often happens that the se poy is under-fed
Duty and exercises.— Average number of nights in bed between tours of duty during the year
4 ¾. There are no regimental .arrangements for exercises. The men do a little at gardening..
General conclusions..—The regiment seems in very fair health.
3rd Regiment Light Infantry
STATION—SECUNDERABAD.
Arrived from Madras 7th and 8th February 1871.
Average strength
Do.
do.
. .
present
..
..
. .
....
..
..
..
.
.
. . .
. . .
.
. .
.
. .
671
636
Admissions
..
. .
. .
. . ..
.
. . . ..
. .
589
Daily sick
..
. .
. . ..
.
. . .
. . . .
. .
31
Deaths in hospital . .
..
..
. .
.
. . .
. . ..
. .
6
Do. out of do
. .
. . .. ..
.
. . .
. . ..
. .
. .
Pensioned. .
. .
..
..
..
.
. . . . . ..
. .
8
Sick leave
..
. .
. . .. ..
.
. . . . . ..
. .
18
The following return shows the rates of sickness, deaths, and invaliding as
contrasted with previous years :—
Years .
St at i ons .
R a t e p e r C e n t . o f
Average Strength Present.
Average Strength.
Admissions. Daily Sick, All Deaths.
Pensioned.
Sick Leave..
1872 ..
..
Secunderabad . .
194.92
5.21
1.59
1.30
4.77
1873 ..
..
Do.
..
..
164.62
4.94
1.16
2.62
1.45
1874 ..
, .
Do. .. ..
157.59
10.63
1.51
8.66
3.19
Average . .
172.37
6.92
1.42
4.19
313
1875 ..
..
Secunderabad. .. ..
92.61
4.87
.89
1.19
2.68
Surgeon C. J. McNally, M.D., was in medical charge of this corps during the
year, and reports as follows :—
Climate of the station...Variations of temperature were great and often sudden. The rainfall
was below the average.