Lines,
barracks or
huts.
Drainage.
Conservancy
and latrines.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding .—Strength of the regiment—
Present. . .
368
Absent . . .
91
Total . . . 459
Sickness,
Mortality and
Invaliding.
Principal
causes of
sickness.
Vaccination.
140
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
t h e s u r r o u n d i n g c o u n t r y t o b e f l o o d e d a n d c o n s i d e r a b l e d a ma g e t o t h e me n ' s l i n e s ; b u t n o i l l
-effects have been noticeable from it.
V. Lines, barracks or huts.—The alterations and repairs of the lines carried out by the
11th Bengal Lancers were fully explained in last year's report. Trees have been planted,
and, if only looked after; will very soon be large enough to give shade to both men and horses.
VI. Drainage .—Is decidedly defective, partly from the flatness of the surrounding
country, but principally from the non-porous nature of the soil.
V11. Conservancy and latrines .—The system described in the report for 1873 has been
kept strictly in force with the exceptions before mentioned; it is all that can be desired.
Water-supply.
Diet.
Marches and
service.
VIII. Water-supply .—Has been fully reported upon informer reports. My recommenda
- t i o n t o t h e o f f i c e r c o m m a n d i n g t o l e t t h e c a n a l w a t e r i n t o t h e w e l l s i n t h e l i n e s o c c a s i o n a l l y
was not carried out. I feel sure that, had a fair trial of my plan been made, some decided
benefit would have been the result.
IX. Diet .—No special remarks are necessary regarding the subject of
diet, clothing, duty and employment, and amusements; those made in last
year's report will again be applicable for 1875.
XIII. Marches and service .—The regiment proceeded on its march to join the Camp of
Exercise on the 1st November, arriving at Delhi on 2nd December, where it remained until the
end of the year. The men were very sickly before they left Meean Meer, but picked up
s t r e n g t h o n t h e m a r c h .
Hospital.
XIV. Hospital.—Was described minutely in previous reports.
STATION.
PERIOD
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
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 Meean
Meer and Camp of Exercise
at Delhi . . . 1st Jany. 1875 31st Dec. 1875
332
567
3
14.69 170.78 .90 4.42
Head-quarters at Feroze -
pore . . . Dittoditto . . . Dittoditto . . .
23
1
. . .
. . . 4.35
. . .
. . .
Ditto at Meean Meer . . . 1st Nov. 1875 Dittoditto . . .
72
23
. . .
.75 191.11
. . .
1.04
TOTAL . . .
. . .
. . .
368
591
3
15.44 160.59 .81 4.19
N u m b e r o f d e a t h s i n h o s p i t a l 3 ; o u t o f h o s p i t a l 2 ; t o t a l 5 ; p e r c e n t o f t o t a l s t r e n g t h . . .
1.09
" i n v a l i d e d . . . 1 3 ; " " . . .
2.83
" sent on sick leave . . . 9; " " . . .
1.96
" of days spent in hospital 5,636; per admission 15.3; per man of total strength . . .
12.27
" " on sick leave 954; per man 106; " " . . .
2.08
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . . 14.35
Special
observations
and remarks.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.—Intermittent fevers are stated to
have been the principal causes of sickness, and of the three deaths in hospital,
two were from remittent fever, and one from bronchitis. The regiment fortu
-nately escaped any epidemic. Twenty children were vaccinated during the year,
and the majority of the men are stated to have been vaccinated. No recom
-mendations of an extraordinary nature were made during the year.
XXI. Special observations and remarks .—No cases of interest worthy of reporting fully have
occurred since last report. The regiment is now on its way to Nowshera after three years'
service in Meean Meer, during which period it fell from being almost the healthiest regiment in
the service to almost the most unhealthy, purely from intermittent fevers of a type re
-sembling very much Peshawar fever. The men have improved in health and strength very
much during the six weeks they were camped at Delhi.