Inspection.
Medical
Officers.
Location and
movements.
4 MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
family history of the disease, and the other two were discharged by the Annual Invaliding
Committee. These cases were all treated with gurjon oil internally and externally, and with
baths, but the treatment was not sufficiently prolonged to yield any definite results. All the
cases were in the left half battalion which had been at Dacca. No special cause can be assigned
for them. An insane patient attempted to commit suicide whilst in hospital by inflicting a
large penetrating into his abdomen with a penknife, causing protusion of the colon
and omentum. The wound healed in 27 days without a bad symptom.
Inspection.— Inspected by Deputy Surgeon-General R. Cockburn on the 10th
January 1877. Mr. Cockburn reports that some slight improvement has been
made in the ventilation of the bomb-proof barracks, but it is still deficient.
Municipal water is supplied for drinking and cooking purposes. The arrange-
ments in hospital were complete and efficient for the comfort and proper
treatment of the sick. The whole of the men off duty were inspected in
undress, and are reported to have been, with very few exceptions, in good
physical condition. The recruits also were considered to be, as a rule, strong,
well-made and healthy looking, and likely to turn out efficient soldiers.
45th (Battray's Sikhs) Regiment, Aaibe Infantry—Alipore.
I. Medical Officers.—Surgeon W. W. Galloway held medical charge
throughout the year, except
from 15th July to 3rd Au-
gust, when Surgeon R. L.
Dutt performed his duties,
and from 15th August to
14th October, when Sur-
geon P. I. Freyer acted for
him while he was absent on
privilege leave.
II. Location and movements.—
The head-quarters and nearly
all the men of the regiment
were at the camp of exercise
at Delhi until the 28th January
1876, when they left by rail for
Alipore, where they arrived on
the 2nd February. The depôt, consisting mostly of the married families and weakly men,
had been stationed at Alinore from December 1875.
Lines and
barracks.
Drainage.
Conservancy
and latrines.
Water-supply
Diet.
Clothing.
Duty and
employment.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1871
Mooltan, December 1868
from Jullundur.
61.3
1.15
4.37
1872
Moradabad and shaja-
haupur, February
1872.
68.9
1.52
8.18
1873
Ditto ditto
73.6
.66
2.43
1874
Ditto ditto
90.3
.25
3.30
1875
Ditto ditto
82.52
.42
2.52
Average
75.32
.80
4.16
1876
Alipore, February 1876
125.24 1.14
3.46
V. Lines and barracks.—The lines and barracks have been already fully described.
The ground is very flat, not easily drained. The barracks are in good repair, well ventilated,
and not overcrowded.
VI. Drainage.—There has been nothing to complain of with regard to the drainage
during the year. The drains have been kept clear, and one of the large tanks near the lines,
into which a good deal of the surface water flows, has been cleaned out and deepened.
VII. Conservancy and latrines. —The regimental latrine has been considerably improved
during the year, but is capable of further improvement, which is under consideration. It
is a brick building, without roof, and. with 24 compartments. It used to have wooden seats, with
one earthen vessel underneath, which was removed through an opening at the back of the com-
partment. The seats have been broken down, and two small pucka ledges made, one on each
side of the compartment, and two gumlas placed between them. The latter plan is much
cleaner than the former, and has done away with the filthy wooden seats which used to be
saturated with urine and filth. A Crowley conservancy cart has also been obtained for the
removal of the filth, and the latrine is now kept clean and wholesome. A few improvements
have been made in the hospital latrine, and a Crowley conservancy cart has been obtained
for it also. The filth is removed daily in the carts and discharged into one of the main
sewers of Calcutta at a distance from the lines.
VIII. Water-supply. —The water for cooking and drinking purposes is supplied by the
municipality. It is of good quality, and the supply is sufficient.
IX Diet.—The food in the regimental bazar has nearly always been found of
good quality, and the supply has been sufficient. There was some dif f iculty at one time in
getting a supply of pure milk, but this has since been remedied, and it can be now got, of good
quality, at six seers for the rupee.
X. Clothing. —There has been no material change. The black leather shoe previously
reported on has answered very well, and the numbers admitted for cases of sores and blisters
of the feet have decreased.
XI. Duty and employment. —The duties have been rather heavy during the year, and the
men have suffered a good deal from fever. I fancy, however, that this is to be accounted for
more by the unsuitable climate than by any excessive employment. At the camp of exercise,