Medical
Officers.
Location and
movements.
Lines, bar-
racks, or
huts.
Drainage..
Conservancy
and latrines.
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Weak brandy and water. I then plugged the wound with lint. There was considerable emphy--
sematous crackling between the wound of entrance along the course the bullet had pursued, and
the spot where it was extracted. I imagined at first that there must be some injury to the
chest cavity ; this, however, was not the case, but was simply due to the entrance of the air into
the cellular tissue through the wound of entrance. The emphysema spread downwards on the
left side as far as the pelvis bandages were tightly applied round the body, and in a few days all
signs of it had disappeared. With the exception of an attack of fever which soon yielded to
quinine, the case did remarkably well, the wounds soon healed up, and he was discharged well
and fit for duty on the 13th of April.
Inspection.—Inspected by the Deputy Surgeon-General of the Presidency
Circle on the 20th January 1877. Mr. Cockburn reports that the lines are
those which were occupied last year by the 39th Regiment Native Infantry.
They are well drained, well situated, afford sufficient accommodation, and are
in good repair. The sepoys can obtain the filtered water, but owing to the
distance of the lines from the pump, and to the supply being brought by
bhistees, it is believed that the men to some extent make use of tank water.
The latrines, on the trench system, are considered to have answered very well.
The hospital is described as being an excellent building, well ventilated,
affording ample accommodation for the sick, and in very good repair. The
medicines were sufficient in quantity, and properly kept. The instruments were
likewise in good order.
Inspection.
Left Wing, 36th Regiment Native Infantry.
I. Medical Officers. —The left wing being detached to Alipore, where
it arrived on the 13th November 1876, was in medical charge of Surgeon
J. E. C. Ferris from that date until the 6th December, when Surgeon W. W.
Galloway relieved him. The latter officer, who held medical charge during the
rest of the year, has prepared the following report :—
11. Location and movements.—The left wing, 36th Native Infantry, arrived at Alipore on the
13th November 1876. The whole regiment had been stationed at Agra until the 31st October
1876, when they marched to Cawnpore, from which station the head-quarters and right wing
went by rail to Barrackpore and the left wing to Alipore.
IV. Lines, barracks, or huts.—The same as occupied by the right wing of the 39th Regi-
ment last year. The huts are long sheds, built of bamboos and matting. They are in good repair,
of sufficient capacity, and well ventilated. A new bazar of the same materials has been built
to the left front of the lines, the old bazar having been found to be in the direction of the
prevailing winds and to interfere with the proper ventilation of the lines.
VI Drainage.—The lines are remarkably well drained. All the huts are built on rising
ground, which naturally drain into neighbouring tanks.
VII. Conservancy and latrines. — T h e
l a t r i n e s a r e t h e s a m e a s d e s c r i b e d i n t h e m e d i c a l
report of the 39th Native Infantry last year. They are kept clean and in good repair. Thc
excreta are removed in a Crowley conservancy cart instead of in the iron receptacles previously
used.
V I I I W a t
e r - s u p p l y . — M u n i c i p a l w a t e r i s s u p p l i e d f o r c o o k i n g a n d d r i n k i n g p u r p o s e s . I t
is of good quality, and each man receives on the average about 1½ gallons per day. There is
abundant tank water available for bathing and for washing clothes. There are so many tanks
in and about the lines that it is very probable the sepoys may occasionally take a drink of
water from them, but I do not think it a very common practice, and am satisfied that they
fully appreciate the pure water supplied by the Municipality.
1X. Diet.—The men have received compensation for dearness of provisions since the arrival .
of the wing at Alipore. They are required to spend Rs. 3-8 for provisions from the regimental
bunniahs, and are expected to spend the amount for compensation for dearness in buying food in
other bazars if they like, and if they come to hospital with any anæmic disease, which cannot be
otherwise accounted for, an examination is made as to the amount of expenditure for the month
by the patient, and orders issued accordingly. This has only been necessary on one or two
occasions ; and, as far as it could be ascertained, the men had spent rather more than the full
amount, including compensation on food. The bazar has been inspected frequently, and the usual
supplies have always been found of good quality, and there has been no complaint on the score
of i nsuf f ci ency.
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X. Clothing.—The clothing has been sufficient and suitable to the climate, season, and
duty. The men are also furnished with a sufficiency of undress clothing.
XI. Duty and employment—The duty has been rather heavy since the arrival of the de- Duty and
tachment here, but it does not appear to have had any unfavourable influence on the health of employment
t h e m e n .
Water-supply.
Clothing.