Lines and
barracks.
Drainage, sic.
Duty.
Marches.
Hospital.
Sickness,
mortality au
invaliding.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
V
. Lines and barracks were fully described in last year's report. Nothing need be
added to the praise there given them in all particulars. At all ordinary times they may be
accepted as model barracks for their purpose.
VI. Drainage, conservancy, &c .—No alterations from the accounts given in former reports
have to be remarked upon. General arrangements under these heads are excellent.
XI. Duty.— Ordinary, and at no time can be deemed excessive. Nights in bed 4.5 in 7.
XIII. Marches .—No march was made by the Battery with the exception of the daily
movements during the above-mentioned periods of absence on exercise.
XIV. Hospital.—The ward allotted to the Battery in the station hospital is ample for
its requirements.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.—Strength of the Battery
—
Present
138.19
Absent
2 7 . 4 8
Total
165.67
S T A T I O N .
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL
NUMBER OF
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Admis- sions. Deaths. Daily
a v e r a g e
sick.
Head-quarters at Abbotta-
bad.
1st Jan.
31st Dec.
138.19 281
8.83 203.34
6.38
Number invalided
5; per cent. of total strength
3.01
„ sent on sick leave
1; „ „
.6
„ of days spent in hospital 3,235; per admission
11.5; per man of total strength
19.5
„
„ on sick leave 60; per man
60; „
„
.36
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
1 9 . 8 8
Principal
causes of
sickness.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness .-In this year, intermittent fevers take the first place
as a cause of admissions, accidents the second place only, the reverse of which obtained last
year. The percentage of total admissions due to the various causes, contrasted with that of
1875, is given in the subjoined table. Similar remarks to those made last year apply to the
frequency of accidents:—
G R O U P S O F D I S E A S E S .
Per cent. of
total admissions, 1875.
Per cent, of
total admissions, 1876.
Intermittent fevers
19.56
30.96
Accidents, injuries, &c.
23.55
22.77
Diseases of respiratory system
10.5
11.03
Rheumatic affections
7.97
10.67
Cutaneous diseases
9.42
1.6
Diseases of digestive system
17.39
Feet blisters
6 . 5 2
1.7
'edical
Officers.
Location and
movements.
5th Goorkha Regiment (The Haeara Goorkha Battalion)—Abbottabad.
I. Medical Offic ers.—Surgeon-Major J. R. Johnson held medical charge
from the 1st of January to
the 16th April, Surgeon J.
Kelly, M.D., from the 17th
April to the 31st of October,
and Surgeon-Major J. R.
Johnson from the 1st of
November to the 31st of
December.
The latter officer has com-
piled the following report :—
II. Location and movements. —
The regiment was stationed at
Abbottabad during the year now
similar to those described on previous
escort duties were also nearly identical
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT, OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1 8 7 0 Abbottabad
-
bad.
147.7
1.7
3.7
1 8 7 2
D i t t o 126
2.2
5.1
1873
Ditto
110.6
1.8
3.3
1874
Ditto
109.
1.3
4.2
1875
Ditto
98.30
2.14
4.42
Average
118.5
1.82
4.14
1876
Abbottabad
123.71
.53
4.08
under report, and lived generally under conditions
occasions. Detachments furnished for outpost and