Latrines.
Drainage.
Water-supply.
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Mr. Cockburn also inspected the men of the regiment off duty, and de
- s c r i b e s t h e m a s b e i n g o n t h e w h o l e a t a l l , f i n e a n d h e a l t h y - l o o k i n g b o d y o f m e n ;
the recruits too, he considered, as being a promising lot of young men.
Left Wing 39th Aatibe Infantry at Alipore.
Surgeon W. Galloway, 45th Regiment Native Infantry, submits the sani
-tary report of the left wing of the 39th Regiment Native Infantry, and from
it the following information has been obtained:—
I. Medical Officers.—The following officers were in medical charge during the year:—
Surgeon Gordon Price . . . from 1st January to 25th July.
Surgeon Major R. T. Lyons . . .
" 2 6 t h " 1 5 t h
S e p t e m b e r .
Surgeon H. A. C. Gray . . .
" 16th September to 13th October.
Surgeon W. R. Murphy . . .
" 14th October to 3rd November.
Surgeon J . C. G. Carmichael . .
" 4th November to 6th December.
Surgeon W. Duncan . . .
" 7th December to 31st idem.
Medical
Officers.
II. Location and movements.—The right wing was at Alipore from the 1st to the 26th
January, when it was relieved by the left wing, which continued at Alipore to the end of the
year.
Location and
movements.
V. Lines, barracks and huts.—The huts occupied by the men of the
wing of the 39th Native Infantry seem to have fallen into a state of disrepair
during and since last rains, and the medical officer states that they now require
to be looked to, or else he anticipates great inconvenience to the men during
the coming monsoon.
The latrines are not far from the lines, and are kept in excellent sanitary
condition. The drainage is described as being good.
Municipal water is supplied twice a day for cooking purposes and for
drinking, but that employed for bathing and washing is obtained from tanks
situate in the lines.
IX. Diet.—In order to be entitled to the compensation for dearness of pro
-visions allowed by Government, each man has to draw the full amount of atta,
dhall, ghee and salt laid down in General Orders. There were no admissions from
scurvy during the year; the clothing is said to be suitable in every way; the
duties have been rather heavy, and the men had on the average but 3.22 nights
in bed, while for the last two months in the year, Mr. Galloway reports that
they had but 1.50.
Lines,
barracks and
huts.
Diet.
Clothing.
XIV. Hospital.—The hospital is the same as that occupied by the sick of the 45t
h Rattray's Sikhs, and part of the sick of the 16th Native Infantry. It is a two-storied puc
c a b u i l d i n g w i t h a m p l e a c c o m m o d a t i o n , b a t h - r o o m s , & c . , a n d i s i n g o o d r e p a i r .
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.— Malarious fevers and bowel complaints are the chief
causes of admissions. The former gave 49.37 per cent. of the total admissions, and the latter
16.12 per cent. I do not know whether the cases were severe or otherwise, but presume they
were not, as no deaths occurred from the former cause, and only one from bowel complaint.
Hospital.
Principal
causes of
sickness.
XVII. Principal causes of mortality.— Three deaths occurred in hospital—one, a
patient who had been suffering for a long time from chronic diarrhœa. He had been 118
days in hospital. In the second case the man died shortly after his admission, and quite un
-expectedly, and at the post mortem examination, extravasation of blood into the lungs was
found to be the cause of death. The third case is said to have been from serous apoplexy,
but no post mortem examination could be made. Two died at their homes while on sick leave.
The causes of death are unknown.
XVIII. Epidemics.—There were 18 cases of mumps. The disease appears to have been
mild and could scarcely be called epidemic.
Principal
causes of
mortality.
Epidemics.
XIX. Vaccination.— None have been vaccinated at Alipore during the year; probably the
men are all protected, and the recruits are at head-quarters.
Vaccination. B