Lines,
barracks huts.
Drainage.
1
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
YEARSTATION.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1871 Ferozepore, February 187072.03852.09
1872Alipore, December 187279.2.712.41
1873Ditto ditto
193. 21. 024. 64
1874Ditto ditto170.81.735.96
1875Ditto ditto . 146. 733. 205. 35
Average132.391.504.09
1876Moradabad and Shahja-
hanpur, Feb. 1876106.961.293.25
Location and
movements.
106
:Medical
officers.
Topography, &c.
Meteorology and climate.
Conservancy
and latrines.
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
diminution in the number of admissions from primary venereal disease in 1876
among the European troops, as will be apparent from the following statement :
Number of cases of
venereal disease.
Ratio of admissions
per 1, 000.
1872
.129
2 2 . 8
1873
78
9 8 . 8
1874
154
•
. 1 6 5 . 5
1875
101
1 0 7 . 9
1876
71
"The only year," says Surgeon Triphook, "which can bear any comparison
with the one embraced in this report is 1873, when the ratio of admissions
was 98. 88, which was thought so good in comparison that I received the
official thanks of the then Lieutenant-Governor." The number of prostitutes
on the register at the end of 1875 was 93; the number added was 41,
and the number who absconded, &c., 45,—thus leaving 89 on the list at the
end of the year. The average number on the register for the year was 93,
and the average attendance 90. Out of the 154 admissions, 88 were for pri
- m a r y s y p h i l i s , w h i l e i n 1 8 7 5 t h e n u m b e r o f c a s e s o f s y p h i l i s w a s 1 0 9 . N o
cases of secondary syphilis were registered, thus showing the mild type and
absence of virulence in the disease. The Superintendent attributes the ex
- c e l l e n t r e s u l t s o b t a i n e d t o t h e c o r d i a l s u p p o r t f r o m t h e M a g i s t r a t e o f t h e
district and Police Officer. The Deputy Surgeon-General inspected the hospital
on the 19th December 1876, and thinks that the Superintendent deserves great
credit for the interest he has always taken in the supervision of the hospital.
28th (Punjab) Regiment Aative Inranrg—Moradabad and Shahjahanpur..
I. Medical Officers.—Surgeon W. R. Murphy held medical charge from
1st January to 31st Decem
ber 1876; Surgeon S. H.
Browne doing duty from
5th to 31st December 1876.
II.Location andmovements.—
The regiment was incamped at
Mubarrik Bagh, near Delhi, until
the 17th January, when it started
on the march to Moradabad,
where it arrived on the 4th Feb
ruary. On February 10th the left
half battalion marched for Shahja
hanpur: the head-quarters and
right half battalion were stationed
at Moradabad up to the 5th
December. On November 30th the left half battalion arrived from Shahjahanpur, and on the
5th December the whole regiment marched for the camp, Imperial .Assemblage, Delhi. It was
again encamped at Mubarrik Bagh until the end of the year.
111. Topography &c.—T h e t o p o g r a p h y a n d p h y s i c a l g e o g r a p h y o f t h e s t a t i o n o f M o r a d a b a d
and the surrounding country have been very fully described in former reports.
IV. Meteorology and climate.—The season was unusually hot, and the rains at first very
scanty. The climate of Moradabad is very healthy. Towards the close of the rains malarial
fevers prevail to some extent, but, as a rule, they are of a very mild and tractable type.
From November to March or April the climate is remarkably good and bracing.
V. Lines, barracks and huts.— The lines are kutcha huts for a wing, and are not in a very
and good condition. On the arrival of the regiment they were newly thatched, but they want
thorough repair, re-roofing, &c. Their position, surroundings, &c., have been very fully de-
scribed in former reports.
Drainage.—The system of drainage has been very fully described, and is very good.
On parts of the regimental parade-ground the water is inclined to lodge during the rains.
VII. Conservancy and latrines.— The conservancy is very good indeed. The latrines are
conveniently close to the lines, and consist of shallow trenches, which are constantly filled up
and new ones dug. These trenches are surrounded by screens. The sewerage mixed with
earth is in great part bought and carted away for manure. When this is not done, the ground
which has been used for these trenches is always cultivated, and various crops sown on it.
The hospital system has been the dry-earth system, considerably modified. The refuse
is removed twice a day by the municipal conservancy carts. The dry-earth system will soon
be in use at the hospital latrine.