Water-supply.
Food.
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This is a great falling off certainly, but it still shows that more than one-half of the admissions
have been from the above cause. The comparatively light monsoon and the fact of heavy rain
having fallen in January the medical officer in his report states to be the cause, in his opinion,
of this marked difference in the two years. Be that as it may, I think there now can be
little doubt, judging from past records of Native regiments quartered there, that Sholápur is
a feverish station, and that so long as they continue to be sent there they will always suffer
more or less from fever. The mortality in the regiment has been slight.
H. M.'s 13th Regiment N. I.
AHMEDNAGAR.—In medical charge of Surgeon-Major T. MILLER ; Strength, 674.
1. Small detachments of men were sent out as guards for the treasuries at Kopárgaon,
Párner, Ráhuri, and Sangamner.
2 . T h e r a i n f a l l — 2 1 i n c h e s — w a s r a t h e r l e s s t h a n d u r i n g t h e t h r e e p r e v i o u s y e a r s , w h e n
it was about 29½ inches. There was a heavy fall of rain—2½
inches, and a severe thunder-storm on the 7th and 8th of
December. The rainfall had no injurious effect on the general health of the men.
3. These are in good repair and on a good site, and the streets are kept clean. Drainage,
surface and natural. The bazaar is kept clean and in good order.
The drainage is surface, very good of its kind ; no under-ground
drains. The water runs off into neighbouring nullahs, which empty themselves into the River
Sina, which runs past the city, and at about the distance of a mile from the lines. The open.
drains are cleaned out and kept in good order, and the water not allowed to stagnate.
4 . T h e c o n s e r v a n c y i s p r o p e r l y c a r r i e d o u t , a n d t h e s a n i t a r y a r r a n g e m e n t s g o o d . T h e
nightsoil, &c., is carted out of camp morning and evening, and
buried in trenches.
Rainfall.
Lines.
Conservancy and Sanitary Ar
-rangements.
5. Well water is not used by the troops.
6. Generally of good quality.
7. The ordinary duties of a Native infantry corps ; they do not appear to have any
unfavourable influence on the health of the men. There is a
gymnasium at which many of the men amuse themselves and go
through a course of instruction ; some of the men, also, occupy their spare time in making arti-
-cles of clothing and fancy work, &c., for the annual soldiers' exhibition at Poona.
8. The regiment marched from Ahmednagar on the 2nd November, and arrived at
Poona on the 8th, and afterwards went through the different drills
at the Camp of Exercise there. It marched from Poona on the
20th December, viâ Ahmednagar, en route for Málegaon.
9. The hospital and the other buildings connected therewith are in very good repair.
The ventilation is very good. No overcrowding at any time
occurred. The accommodation has been sufficient. The floor of
the hospital is still of earth, and should be altered for stone or brick.
10. The number of admissions during the year has been more than during 1874 ; 543
cases having been admitted during 1875 against 527 for 1874, the
average strength of this year being 674 against 613 for last.
The average number of daily sick has been less than during 1874,
being 14.7 against 15.7. The actual number of persons treated, was 481. Of the 554
treated, 11 were cases remaining in the hospital on 31st December 1874, 532 were discharged
cured, 12 were sent on sick leave, 2 died in hospital, and 8 remained under treatment. The
number invalided was 12,—3 on account of rheumatic affections, 4 for diseases of lungs, 1
for disease of the eye, 1 man was invalided by a special invaliding committee on account of
an injury received fom a cannon-ball falling on his foot, and 3 on account of old age and
debility.
11. Have been—ague 68, febricula 42, acute rheumatism 13, chronic rheumatism 18,
lumbago 23, dysentery 20, colic 16, boils 40, contusions of lower
extremity 94. Syphilis has not been very prevalent, 3 cases of
soft chancre and 4 of secondary syphilis having been admitted. Conjunctivitis was not so
prevalent as during 1874, 37 cases being treated against 87 for last year. The cases were
generally mild and easily cured, and were segregated as much as possible. Only 2 cases of
cholera occurred—one in June and the other in August, Sporadic cases, although the disease
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Duties.
Marches.
Hospital and Surroundings.
Sickness, Mortality, and Inva
-liding.
Principal Causes of Sickness.