Climate of the
station.
Ventilation
and drainage
f o r t h e m e n ' s
huts.
SAUGOR CIRCLE.
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Jubbulpore in a bullock bandy (about four or five weeks after he was attacked) in a very weak,
e m a c i a t e c o n d i t i o n , w i t h l a r g e s l o u g h i n g s o r e s . H e w a s a t o n c e t a k e n i n t o t h e s m a l l - p o x c a m p a n d
died from exhaustion. All the cases were at once isolated and treated in huts in the small-pox
camp. The hut the patient had lived in and the clothing were disinfected, and these measures
p r e v e n t e d t h e s p r e a d o f t h e d i s e a s e .
Ventilation of the hospital. —Very good. No recommendations were necessary.
Ventilation
of the hospital.
Hospital drainage and latrines.— Dry-earth sewage is carried out as far as possible, but the
native patients do not throw dry earth over the excreta in the latrine. I find an embankment
of one foot of dry earth on the floor of the hospital latrines ; works well with pairs of gumblas
filled with dry earth, placed opposite to one another, for the fluid and solid excreta. These
gumblas are sunk down into the dry earth to the level of the top of the embankment.
General conclusions.—Malaria has been the chief cause of sickness ; there have been 268
admissions for ague out of a total of 587 cases admitted during the year ; all the cases were of a
mild type and amenable to the usual treatment.
Hospital
drainage and
latrines.
General
conclusions.
2 0 t h R e g i m e n t H a t i b e I n f a n t r y .
HEAD-QUARTERS AND LEFT WING—STATION—BANDA.
Arrived from Seetabuldee on the 15th January 1874.
RIGHT WING—STATION—NOWGONG.
Arrived from Seetabuldee in January 1874.
Average strength .. ..
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
724
Do.
do. present .. ..
..
..
. .
..
..
..
660
Admissions .. .. . .
..
..
..
. .
. .
..
. . 1,103
Daily sick ..
. . . .
..
..
..
. .
..
..
..
35
Deaths in hospital ..
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
5
Do. out of do. . . . .
..
..
. .
. .
. .
..
..
3
Pensioned .. .. ..
..
..
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
30
Sick leave ..
. . . .
..
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
..
12
The following return shows the rates of sickness, deaths, and invaliding as
contrasted with previous years :—
Years.
Stations.
Rate per Cent. of
Average Strength Present.
Average Strength.
Admissions. Daily Sick. All Deaths. Pensioned. Sick Leave.
1872 ..
.. Seetabuldee ..
. . 160.45
4.69
1.01
1.15
1.29
1873 ..
.. Near Banda ..
..
214.58
9.93
.71
3.73
3.43
1874 ..
.. Banda ..
..
..
221.90
6.02
1.15
3.12
.65
Average ..
198.97
6.88 .95
2 . 6 6
1.79
1875 ..
.. Banda ..
..
..
167.12
5 . 3 0
1.10
4.14
1.65
The medical officers who held charge during the year were as under :—
Surgeon C. Sibthorpe.
Do. J. Backhouse.
The last-named reports as follows :—
Climate of the station.—The climate of the station has been somewhat of the usual descrip-
tion as experienced in past years. Nothing unusual or extraordinary occurred during 1875.
Ventilation and drainage for the men's huts.— The ventilation of the sepoys' huts is in the usual
native style, i.e., the only way for a current or supply of fresh air to enter is through the door
and into the room, and passes out by the tile-roofing, which can be verified by the manner the
s m o k e c o m e s o u t t h r o u g h t h e t i l e s .
Nuisance.—There has been no nuisance.
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Nuisance
.