Medical
Officers.
Location and
movements.
Clothing.
Duty.
Sickness,
mort al i t y and i nval i di ng.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
Inspection.
22nd (Punjab) Regiment Native Infantry—Jhelum.
I. Medical Officers. —Surgeon-Maior H. Cookson submitted the following
report. Surgeon-Major Dale
was in medical charge from
1st January to 26th Decem
-ber; Surgeon Stoker, 26th
to 31st December; Surgeon
A. Thompson of Attock
detachment, 1st to 13th Jan
-uary.
II. Location and movements.
—Head-quarters Jhelum 1st Janu
-ary to 19th December; head-
quarters en route to Peshawar
20th to 31st December. Detach
- m e n t a t , a n d r e t u r n i n g f r o m ,
Attock, 1st to 13th January.
X. Clothing.—The uniform is excellent except the boots; every man has a "postheen"
( s he e p- s ki n c oa t ) . I do not t hi nk t ha t s oc ks a r e ne e de d e xc e pt t o ke e p t he f e e t wa r m i n t he
winter. There is a desire on the part of the native soldiers to look as much like a British soldier
as possible, and for many reasons this desire is worthy of encouragement; the native shoe does
not go well with trowsers, and for general wear is inadmissible. It is most distressing to see
native soldiers hobbling along in the wretched imitations of blucher boots they wear now, and a
march of even half a dozen miles is sure to send two or three per cent. to hospital for sore feet.
XI. Duty. —Duty was light at Jhelum; the men had for most of the year five, and never
less than four nights in bed.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.—Strength of the regiment—
Present
615.12
Absent
81.40
Total
6 9 6 . 5 2
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
O F
Daily
average number of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis- sions. Deaths.
Admis- sions. Deaths. Daily
average sick.
Head-Quarters at Jhelum 1st Jan. 1876 19th Dec. 1876 607.87 928 8 25.38 157.78 1.36 3.84
Ditto en route to
Peshawar
20th Dec. „ 31st Dec. „ 671.16 45
35.25 204.54
5.25
Detachment at Attock
1st Jan. „ 13th Jan. „ 129. 11
5.15 240.17
3.99
TOTAL
615.12 984 8 23.95 159.99 1.36 3.90
Number of deaths in hospital 8; out of hospital 5; total 13; per cent, of total strength
1 . 8 6
„ invalided 12; „ „
1 . 7 2
„ sent on sick leave 21; „ „
3 . 0 2
„ of days spent in hospital 8,767; per admission 8.90; per man of total strength
12.58
„ „ on sick leave 2,562; per man 122; „ „
3.67
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
16.25
The regiment was sickly compared with previous years. The increase was due to a
great advance in the cases of malarious fever. Syphilis also increased very considerably.
XVIII. Epidemics.—Three cases of cholera occurred amongst the men, and two among
camp followers. The disease cannot, however, be considered to have been epidemic.
XIX. Vaccination.—25 recruits and 18 children were vaccinated. I believe the
regiment to be well protected.
Inspection—Inspected at Jhelum by the Deputy Surgeon-General of the
Rawal Pindi Circle on the 19th December 1876. Mr. Allen describes the
huts as being large, roomy, with ample space, well lighted and ventilated.
The lines were clean. For the accommodation of the men in the lines, latrines
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1871
Dacca and Barrackpore.
March 1870
255.6
1 . 3
6.7
1872
Jhelum, April 1872
284.2
5.1
8.5
1873
Ditto ditto
99
.7
2.8
1874
Ditto ditto
66.6
.58
2.1
1875
Ditto ditto
86.53
.43
2.27
Average
158.38 1.62
4.47
1876 Jhelum
159.99 1.30
3.90