Medical
Officer.
Location
and movements.
Lines.
Drainage.
Water-supply
and clothing.
Marches and
service.
Hospital.
Sickness,
tality, and in
validing.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
2 n d R e g i m e n t , P u n j a b C a v a r l y — R o h a t .
I. Medical Officer .—Surgeon-Major G. Farrell continued in charge
throughout the year, and
has submitted the following
report of the regiment:—
II. Location and movements.—
The regiment marched from Ed-
-wardesabad to Kohat in January
1875 and remained there till Octo
- b e r . I t t h e n m a r c h e d t o D e l h i t o
join the camp of exercise, which it
reached on the 14th December,
remaining there till the end of
the year. A detachment of the
regiment was stationed at Abbot
- t a b a d , i n H a z a r a , f r o m t h e m i d d l e
of February till September, and a small one, relieved monthly, garrisoned the fort at Bahadur
Khel from January till September. These detachments joined head-quarters on the march
of the regiment to Delhi, some 90 men being left behind at Kohat.
New cavalry lines had been recently built at Kohat, and their situation
and construction, in a sanitary point of view, was considered to be good.
The natural drainage of the lines is described as being sufficiently free.
Latrines were not in use; but, owing to the nature of the ground and the
direction of the prevailing winds, Mr. Farrell did not consider that any evil
resulted from the men resorting to ground at some distance from their lines for
necessary purposes. The water-supply was both abundant and of good quality at
Kohat. The clothing was considered to be suited to the wants of the men, and
Mr. Farrell had not noticed any deficiency in the bedding or clothing worn
by the men off duty. The men have had an average of four nights off duty.
XIII. Marches and service.—The regiment marched to the camp of exercise at Delhi in
October 1875. The march occupied two months, and the general health of the men was in the
main good, though at the early part of the march, there was some tendency to fevers, and
throughout, as also at Delhi, bowel complaints prevailed. But these diseases were of a mild
c h a r a c t e r a n d h a d n o m a r k e d e f f e c t o n t h e g e n e r a l h e a l t h o f t h e m e n .
XIV. Hospital.—A small hospital for the use of the cavalry adjoins the regimental lines at
Kohat. It is built on the standard plan, is kept in good repair, and meets every reasonable
requirement.
XV. Sickness, mortality, and invaliding.— Strength of the regiment—
Present
374·13
Absent
110·25
Total
484·38
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1870
Dera Ismail Khan,
February 1869
146·
1 · 2
5·3
1871
Do.
129·
2·
4 ·
1872
Edwardesabad, Janu-
ary 1872
332·9
1·4
7·6
1873
Do.
211·4
2·
6·7
1874
Do.
182·5
1·8
5·8
Average
200 36
1·68
5·88
1875
Kohat, January 1875
168·66
1·85
5·17
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
T O T A L N U M B E R O F
Daily aver-
age num-ber of si ck.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-sions.
Deaths.
A d m i s - s i o n s . Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters Edwardesabad 1st Jan.
28th Jan.
292·11
j
Ditto
en route and at
Kohat
29th Jan.
12th Oct.
509
2
15·06 174·21
· 6 8 5·1
Ditto
en route to
Delhi
13th Oct.
14th Dec.
Ditto at Delhi
15th Dec
31st Dec
Detachment, Kohat
1st Jan.
2nd Feb.
132·87
23
1
8·18 191·50 8.31
6·08
Ditto Bahadur Khel 1st Feb.
10th Sept.
22·34
5 ...
·19 29·45 ...
·85
Ditto Abbottabad
6th Feb.
12th Sept.
55·50
17
. . .
1·06 55·70 ...
1·90
Ditto Kohat
13th Oct.
31st Dec.
99·84
77 ...
12·65 351·91 ...
12·67
TOTAL
. . .
. . .
374·13 631
3
19·36 168·66
· 8 0 5·17
Number of deaths in hospital 3; out of hospital 6 ; total 9 ; per cent. of total strength
1·85
” invalided ... ... 19 ; ” ” ...
3·92
„
sent on sick leave ... ... 10; " " ... ...
2·06
” of days spent in hospital 7,087; per admission 11 .22; per man of total strength
14·63
” ” ”on sick leave 1,103; per man ... 110·30;
”
” . . . . . .
2·27
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength ...
16·90
Principal
causes of
sickness.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.-These have been fevers, bowel complaints, and the
various forms of contusions. Over 50 per cent. of the admissions were due to the various types
of fever, some 10 per cent. to diarrhoea and dysentery, and nearly the same amount to contu-
sions and injuries of different kinds. The type of fever most prevalent was quotidian ague,