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No. 426, REVENUE, 2ND AUGUST 1898.
No. 4.
A.—Statement showing the total yield of the Government Cinchona Plantations, Nilgiris, for
the official year 1897–98.
Name of
Plantation.
Species of
produce.
Bark.
Seed.
Propagation.
Up-rooting.
Coppicing.
Total
number
of trees
barked.
Total
quantity
of green
bark col-
lected.
Total
quantity
of
dry.
bark.
Plants
in the
nurse-
ries.
Seed-
l i ngs
in the
nurse-
ties.
Num- ber of
trees bark- ed.
Outturn
of green
bark.
Nu mb
e r o ft
r e e sb
a r k -ed.
Outturn
of green
bark.
LB.
LB.
L B .
LB.
LB. OZ.
Dodabetta.
Crown bark
. . 46
690
1,786 52,660
1,832
53,350
24,000 9 4 84,274
..
Magnifolia
..
..
..
..
..
0 4
.
..
Nedivattam.
Crown bark
..
..
1,115
9,516
1,115
9,516
3,172 5 0 50,000 200,000
Red bark ..
..
..
. 2,298 42,576
2,298
42,576
14,192 ..
..
..
Hybrid .. ..
..
..
63,068 65,055 63,068 65,055
21,685 ..
..
..
Hooker
..
Crown bark
..
.. 50,370 195,905
50,370 195,905
65,300 5 0 250,000 200,000
Magnifolia
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. ..
..
Total ..
Add the balance on
31st March 1897. .. ..
.. ..
..
..
.. ..
..
..
.. ..
128,349
246,751
.. ..
..
..
..
..
Grand Total ..
..
..
..
..
..
..
375,100 ..
..
..
B.—Statement showing the disposal of bark and other produce from the Government Cinchona
Plantations, Nilgiris, for the official year 1897-98.
Name of
Plantation.
Species of
produce.
Bark.
Seed.
Quantity
used for
quinine
a n d
febrifuge.
Quantity
supplied to
the Medical
Departnment
and public.
Total
quantity.
Sold
to the
public.
Used
in
nur-
series.
Total.
LB.
LB.
LB.
LB. OZ. LB. OZ. LB. OZ.
Dodabetta .. ..
Crown hark
.. .. ..
..
..
..
..
..
Magnifolia .. ..
..
..
..
0 4 ..
0 4
Nedivattam
..
..
Crown bark . . ..
17,000
..
17,000 ..
5 0
5 0
Red bark ..
114,650
1,311
115,961
..
..
..
Magnifolia and Hybrid. ..
..
..
..
..
..
Hooker ..
Crown bark
..
..
..
..
..
..
5 0
5 0
Magnifolia .. ..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Crown bark purchased ..
108,934
..
108,934
..
..
..
Total ..
240,584
1,311
241,895
0 4
..
..
No. 5.
STATEMENT showing the amount of Bark harvested from the commencement of the Plantations
to 1897-98.
Official year.
Bark.
Official year.
Bark.
LB.
L B .
To the end of 1874-75 ...
181,481½
Crop of 1888-89
. . .
110,162
Crop of
1875-76 ...
65,170
1889-90
...
160,226
1876-77 ...
103,341
1890-91..
133,351
1877-78 ...
138,838½
1891-92 ...
53,833
1878-79 ...
114,320¾
1892-93 ...
119,483
1879-80 ...
119,299
1893-94...
83,467
1880-81 ..,
243,896
1894-95
...
125,557
1881-82 ...
242,052
1895-96 ...
229,700
1882- 83 . . .
129,712¾
1896-97
...
186,867
1883-84 ...
183,765
1897-98
...
128,349
1884-85 ...
118,017
1885 -86 ...
113,360
Total ...
3,301,327½
1886-87 ...
124,333
1887-88 ...
92,746
No. 426, REVENUE, 2ND AUGUST 1898. 17
No. 6.
STATEMENT showing the approximate number of Plants in permanent Plantations, Nilgiris, on 31st March 1898.
S p e c i e s .
D o d a b e t t a .
N e d i v a t t a m .
H o o k e r .
Esti-
mated
grand
total
at close
of year.
Esti-
mated
number
of
plants
at close
of last
year.
Co p - p i c e d
or up-
rootet.
Vacan- cies by
Death.
Vacan-
cies
supplied.
Replant-
ed on
plots
previ-
ously up-
rooted.
Esti-
mated
total
number
of
plants
at close
of year.
Esti-
mated
number
of
plants
at close
of last
year.
Cop-
p i e c e
or up
rooted.
V a c a n - c i e s b y d e a t h .
Vacan-ci es suppl i ed.
Replant-
ed on
plots
previ-
ousl y up-
rooted
.
Esti-
mated
number
of
plants
at close
of last
year.
Esti-
mated
number
of
plants
at close
of last
year.
Cop-
p i e c e
or up
rooted.
Vacan-ci es by deat h.
Vacan-
cies
supplied.
Replant-
ed on
plots
previ-
ously up-
rooted.
Esti-
mated
total
number
of
plants
at close
of year.
C
. Succirubra
..
..
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
20,410
2,298
..
. .
. .
18,112
2,300
. .
. .
. .
. . 2,300
20,412
C. Officinalis .. ..
542,856
1 , 8 3 2 47,364 47,364
2,138 543,162 134,477
1,115 75,216 75,216
454 133,816 365,928 50,370
. .
. .
. . 315,558 992,536
C. Calisaya var. Ledger..
130
. .
. .
. .
. .
130
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
130
C. Do. other varieties.
. .
. .
. .
. .
..
. .
143
. .
. .
. .
. .
143
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
143
C Micrantha
..
..
26
. .
. .
. .
.
. .
26
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
26
C. Pitayensis .. ..
43
. .
. .
. .
. .
43 ..
..
..
. .
. .
. . ..
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
43
C. Lanceolata .. ..
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
5
. .
. .
. .
5
. .
. .
. .
. .
o.
. .
5
C. Carthagena. .. ..
18
. .
. .
. .
. .
18
716
. .
. .
. .
. .
716
50
. .
. .
. .
.
.
50
784
C. Santa-Fé .. ..
9
. .
. .
. .
. .
9
3
. .
.
.
. .
. .
3
. .
. .
. .
. .
..
. .
12
C. Hybrid and others .. 61,806
. .
. .
. .
. . 61,806 241,678
63,068
. .
. .
. . 178,610 291,920
. .
. .
. .
. . 291,920 532,336
Total
604,888
1,832 47,364 47,364
2,138 605,194 397,432 66,481 75,216 75,216
454 331,405 660,198 50,370
. .
. .
. . 609,828 1,546,427 1,546,427
RS.
61,104
63,890
No. 426, REVENUE, 2ND AUGUST 1898.
No. 7.
STATEMENT showing the quantity of bark in store at the commencement of the year 1897-98,
the amount harvested, purchased and disposed of during the year, and the quantity
remaining in store at its close.
Description of bark.
Balance at the commencement
of the year.
Harvested
during
the year.
Purchased
during
the year.
Total.
Previous crops.
Crop of
1896_97.
1
2
3
4
5
6
LB.
L B .
LB.
LB.
LB.
Crown bark
..
..
.
..
43,515
92,472
108,934
244,921
Red bark..
61,261
14,192
..
217,428
Magnifolia and Hybrid..
..
..
.
21,685
..
21,685
Total ..
141,975
104,776
128,349
108,934
484,034
Description of bark.
Disposed of during the year.
Balance at the close of the year.
Previous
crop.
Crop of
1897-98.
Purchased
bark.
Total.
Previous
crops.
Crop of
1897-98.
P u r -
c h a s e d b a r k .
Total.
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
LB.
LB.
LB.
LB.
LB.
LB.
LB.
LB.
Crown bark
..
..
..
..
17,000
108,934
125,931
26,515
92,472
..
118,987
Red hark
..
..
..
..
115,961
..
115,961
87,275 14,192
..
101,467
Magnifolia and Hybrid
..
..
..
..
..
21,685
..
21,6,85
Total ..
132,961
..
108,934
241,895
113,790 128,349
..
242,139
No. 8.
STATEMENT showing the particulars of Cinchona bark disposed of during the year 1897-98.
Crops
pre V iOUs
to
1896-97.
Value
(cost price)
at 4 annas
3.. 6 1 p i e s p e r
pound.
Crop of
1896-97.
Value
(cost price)
at 4 annas
2.. 7 4 p i e s p e r
pound.
Purchased
during
1897-98.
Value
(cost price)
at 3 annas
6 . 29 pies per
pound.
Total.
Pound.
Value.
LB.
RS. A. P.
LB.
RS.
A. P.
LB.
RS. A. P.
LB.
RS. A. P.
Used for the manufacture
of quinine and febrifuge.
Bold to the Medical depots,
114,650 30,818 2 6
17,000
4,492 9 8
108,934 23,999 6 5 240,584 59,310 2 7
hospitals and public.
1,311 ( a ) 584 0 3
..
..
..
..
1,311
584 0 3
Total .. 115,961
..
17,000
4,492 9
8 108,934
2 3,999 6 5 241,895 59,894 2 10
(a) This figure represents the actual amount realized by the sale of bark.
The value of the alkaloids extracted from the bark is as follows :-
5,092 lb. quinine at Rs. 12 per lb.
6,389 lb. febrifuge at Rs. 10 per lb.
Total
124,994
No. 9.
STATEMENT showing the particulars of Sulphate of Quinine and Cinchona Febrifuge manu-
factured and disposed of during the year 1897-98.
Particulars.
Quantity
in store
at the
commence-
ment of
the year.
Manufac-
tured
d u r i n
t h e y e a r
Total.
Disposed of during the year.
Balance at
the close of
the year.
To
Madras
Medical
Depart-
ment.
To
Bombay
and
Bengal
Medical
Depart-
ments.
To hospitals,
Post offices
Collectors
and the
public.
Total.
LB. OZ.
LB.
LB.
OZ.
LB.
LB.
L B .
OZ.
LB. 0Z.
LB. Oz.
Sulphate of quinine ..
..
4,862 8
5,092
9,954 8
400
3,150
2,786
8 6,336
8
3,618 0
Febrifuge
..
..
..
1,226 8
6,389
7,615 8
..
1,200
755
8 1,955 8
5,660 0
18
No. 10.
STATEMENT of Receipts and Charges of the Cinchona Department.
Year.
Charges.
Receipts.
Surplus,
9 . 5.
Deficit,
5 . 9.
Of the
year.
To end of
year.
Simple
interest (a).
Total, 2 + 4.
Of the
year.
To end of
year.
Simple
interest ( a ).
Total, 6 + 8.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
RS.
RS.
RS.
R S .
R S .
R S .
R S .
R S . .
R S .
R S .
1875.76
..
..
..
..
..
11,22,117
Net outlay as per objection statement in G.O., No. 1339, Revenue, dated 24th June 1879.
11,22,117
1876.77
..
..
..
.
.
59,630
11,81,747
51,837
1,11,467
1,10,457
1,10,457
2,485
1,12,942
1,475
.
.
I877.78
..
..
..
..
..
69,772
12,51,519
54,748
1,24,520
3,57,215
4,67,672
13,008
3,70,223
2,45,703
1878.79
..
..
..
..
..
73,683
13,25,202
57,976
1,31,659
4,00,354
8,68,026
30,053
4,30,407
2,98,748
.
.
1879.80
..
..
..
..
..
79,724
14,04,926
61,428
1,41,152
4,39,787
13,07,813
48,956
4,88,743
3,47,591
1880.81
..
..
..
..
..
96,105
15,01,031
65,384
1,61,489
3,46,470
16,54,283
66,647
4,13,117
2,51,628
.
.
1881.82
.
..
..
..
..
1,13,575
16,14,606
70,102
1,83,677
5,71,889
22,26,172
87,310
6,59,199
4,75,522
1882.83
,.
..
..
..
„
1,06,392
17,20.998
75,051
1,81,443
5,86,349
28,12,521
1,13,371
6,99,720
5,18,277
1883.84
..
..
..
..
..
1,24,561
18,45,559
80,248
2,04,809
85,081
28,97,602
1,28,478
2,13,559
8,750
..
1884.85
..
..
„
..
..
86,824
19,32,383
85,003
1,71 827
85,829
29,83,431
1,32,323
2,18,152
46,325
..
1885.86
..
..
..
..
..
80,379
20,12,762
88,766
1,69,145
1,04,109
30,87,540
1,36,597
2,40,706
71,561
1886.87
..
. .
. .
. .
. .
20,96,990
92,469
1,76,697
71,790
31,59,330
1,40,555
2,12,345
35,648
.
.
1887.88
..
..
..
..
72,161
21,69,151
95,988
1,68,149
3,941
31,63,271
1,42,259
1,46,200
..
21,949
1888.89
..
..
..
..
..
69,494
22,38,645
99,175
1,68,669
3,602
31,66,873
1,42,428
1,46,030
. . 22,639
1889.90
..
..
..
..
..
68,181
23,06,826
1,02,273
1,70,454
5,440
31,72,313
1,42,632
1,48,072
..
22,382
1890.91
..
..
..
..
..
74,914
23,81,740
1,05,493
1,80,407
28,876
32,01,189
1,43,404
1,72,280
..
8,127
1891.92
..
..
..
..
..
75,805
24,57,545
1,08,884
1,84,689
77,067
32,78,256
1,45,788
2,22,855
38,166
..
1892.93
..
..
. .
...
78,886
25,36,431
1,12,364
1,91,250
72,807
33,51,063
1,49,160
2,21,967
30,717
..
1893.94
..
..
..
..
..
73,071
26,09,502
1,15,784
1,88,855
69,337
34,20,400
1,52,358
2,21.695
32,840
..
1894.95
..
..
..
..
„
78,411
26,87,913
1,19,191
1,97,602
77,712
34,98,112
1,55,667
2,33,379
35,777
..
1895.96
..
..
..
..
..
82,560
27,70,473
1,22,814
2,05,374
1,02,882
36,00,994
2,62,012
57,238
..
1896.97
. ,
..
..
..
..
82,549
28,53,022
1,26,528
2,09,077
1,47,310
37,48,304
1,65,359
3,12,669
1,03,592
1897.98
.
..
..
..
95,300
29,48,322
1,30,530
2,25,830
98,464
38,46,768
1,70,889
2,69,353
43,523
.
.
Surplus ..
26,43,081
11,97,214
14,45,867
(a ) Interest at. 4 1/2 per cent. on half the charges or receipts of the year, plus charges or receipts at the end of the previous year.
22 No. 426, REVENUE, 2ND AUGUST 1898.
6. The amount of quinine distributed during the year was the highest on record
and exceeded the previous year's issues by 428 lbs. The sales of quinine packets by
postal agency continued to show an increase, having amounted to 658½ lbs. against
628 lbs. in 1896-97. On the other hand, sales by the Revenue officers showed a
further decrease. This matter will be further commented upon on receipt of the
Director's detailed report on the sales under the pice-packet system. The demand
of the Government medical depots for febrifuge fell considerably. The decision of the
Government not to extend the area under succirubras has thus been fully justified.
7. The total receipts and charges amounted to Rs. 98,464 and Rs. 95,300, respec-
tively, against Rs. 1,47,310 and Rs. 82,549 in 1896-97. The fall in receipts was
mainly due to the fact that the price of quinine supplied to Government medical
depots was reduced from Rs. 18 in 1896-97 to Rs. 11 in the year under review. The
financial condition of the plantations is exhibited in statements Nos. 10,11 and 12
appended to the report. From the balance sheet (statement No. 12) it appears that
the profit on the year's working amounted to Rs. 32,852-15-10.
8. The thanks of the Government are due to Mr. Standen for his efficient
working of the plantations and factory luring the year. The Government is also
pleased to notice the testimony borne by the Director to the good work done by his
subordinates.
(True Extract.)
(Signed) G. S. FORBES,
Secretary to Government.
To the Director of Government Cinchona Plantations.
„ the Board of Revenue (all Departments).
„ the Deputy Adjutant-General, Madras Command.
„ the Public Department.
„ the Financial Department.
„ the Educational Department.
„ the Surgeon-General.
„ the Accountant-General.
„ the Postmaster-General.
„ the Resident in Travancore and Cochin.
Copy to the Honorary Secretary, Agri-Horticultural Society.
,, ,, Cha mbe r of Comme r c e .
,, ,, Reporter, Economic Products, Calcutta.
Exd. W. D'Moss.
250 Copies.
MEDI CAL AND SANI TARY REPORT
OF THE
N A T I V E A R M Y O F B E N G A L
FOR THE YEAR
1876.
FRAMED ON THE WEEKLY AND ANNUAL RETURNS, ON THE REPORTS OF REGIMENTAL
MEDICAL OFFICERS, AND ON THE INSPECTION REPORTS OF
DEPUTY SURGEONS-GENERAL.
WITH STATISTICAL TABLES AND APPENDIX.
Compiled in the Office of the Surgeon-General, India Medical Service.
CALCUTTA:
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING.
1877.
I P/ 6 / AF . 3 I P
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT
OF THE
NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1870,
FRAMED ON THE WEEKLY AND ANNUAL RETURNS, ON THE REPORTS OF REGIMENTAL
MEDICAL OFFICERS, AND ON THE INSPECTION REPORTS OF
DEPUTY SURGEONS-GENERAL.
WITH STATISTICAL TABLES AND APPENDIX.
Compiled in the Office of the Surge
on-General Indian Medical Service.
CALCUTTA:
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING.
1877.
The delay in
the earlier
submission of
the report has
been unavoid
-able.
No. 1156.
FROM
THE SURGEON-GENERAL, INDIAN MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,
To
•
THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA,
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
Fort William, the 12th of November 1877.
I HAVE the honor to forward, for submission to the Right Hon'ble
the Governor General in Council, the Medical and Sanitary Report of the
Native Army in the Bengal Presidency for the year 1876 (forming the ninth
of the series), the compilation of which has been completed, under my superin
- t e n d e n c e , b y S u r g e o n - M a j o r J . B r o w n e , M . D . , 4 1 s t R e g i m e n t B e n g a l N a t i v e
Infantry, my Officiating Secretary.
2. The orders conveyed in your docket
R e p o r t s / A d m i n i s t r a t i v e ' N o . 3 2 8 , o f t h e 1 6 t h o f J u n e l a s t , h a v e n o t b e e n l o s t s i g h t o f b y m e ; a n d I h a v e s p a r e d
no exertions in trying to ensure the earlier compilation of this report; but I
regret to say that a few medical officers (mostly junior in the service, for whom,
perhaps, an excuse will be accepted on the score of inexperience) were unable
from some cause or other to render their figured returns correctly, until they
had been sent back for revision several times, the last only reaching this Office
in a perfect shape on the 19th September. However, notwithstanding these
delays, I was able to send the first instalment of my manuscript to the press on
the 16th of July, and since then the succeeding portions of it were forwarded
without any interruption. Next year I would fain hope that the officers
who have created difficulty in the compilation of the present report will have
so far benefited by their additional experience, as to steer clear of the errors
and omissions which have led to so much correspondence and avoidable delay,
and thus enable me to expedite still more in 1878 the submission of the
report of the current year, so as to meet more fully the instructions of the
Right Hon'ble the Secretary of State for India.
STATEMENT No, I,
3. In Statement No. 1 is shewn the strength (present, absent and total) of
the Native Army serv-
ing in the Bengal Pre-
sidency during 1876.
In this statement, the
strength, "present" will
be understood to denote
that which supplied the
admissions into hospital,
while the strength "ab-
sent" accounts for those
men who were away
from their regiments on
furlough, sick leave,
&c., and also for those
small detachments from which no statistical returns were received, in
S T R E N G T H .
Present.
Absent.
Total,
Regular Army
39,233.6
5,510
44,743.6
Central India Force
4,478
1,207.5
5,685.5
Punjab Frontier Force
10,129.6
2,092.3
12,221.9
TOTAL
53,841.2
8,809.8
62,651
Madras Army
2,896.9
182.2
3,079.1
GRAND TOTAL
56,738.1
8,992
65,730.1
Strength of
the Army
.
Compilation
of report.
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that there was a great increase in the number of cases every fourth year. The
past year, however, proves to have been an exceptional one in this respect, but
then the rainfall, at all events in the Punjab, was not evenly spread over those
months during which it is generally expected to continue.
It will be seen in Statement No. X, that cholera formed but .21 per cent.
of the total admissions, a very small proportion, but that, as shewn in Statement
No. XI, it contributed nearly 16 per cent. of the total mortality, the largest
proportion there has been from this disease since 1872. The mortality of the
cases treated in hospital was at the rate of 53.98 per cent. Sixteen men who
were away from their regiments died from cholera.
50. In Statement No. XII is shewn the regiments in which deaths from
cholera occurred, as well as the stations in which located, with the number of
admissions and deaths.
STATEMENT No. XII.
Regiments
and stations
in which
mortality
from cholera
occurred.
Corps.
Stations.
Admitted. Died.
REMARKS.
4th Bengal Cavalry Meerut
1
5th ditto Detachment Nagode
2
1
8th ditto
Peshawar
1
11th ditto
Nowshera
1
1
17th ditto
Peshawar
4
3
18th ditto
Allahabad
2
19th ditto
Meean Meer
1
1
2nd Native Infantry
Fyzabad
1
1
3rd ditto
Dinapore
26
l4
4th ditto Hd.-Qrs. and
Right Wing.
Bhagalpur
2
2
6th ditto
Lucknow
2
2
7th ditto
Peshawar
2
1
8th ditto
Agra
1
10th ditto Left Wing Dacca
3
2
11th ditto
Rawal Pindi
3
2
13th ditto
Benares
2
14th ditto
Peshawar
2
2
15th ditto
Sialkot
2
1
20th ditto
Peshawar
7
3
21st ditto
Rawal Pindi
1
22nd ditto
Peshawar
3
2
29th ditto
Talagang
1
30th ditto
Peshawar
18 10
34th ditto
Allahabad
2
2
35th ditto
Cachar
10
6
36th ditto Left Wing
Alipore
1
1
38th ditto
Barrackpore
4
4
41st ditto
Lucknow
1 1
43rd ditto Detachments Alinagar and Chargola
8
4
3rd Goorkhas
Almora
4
1
Sappers and Miners, 2nd Compy Peshawar
3
1
Bhopal Battalion
Sehore
1
1
4th Punjab Cavalry Detachment En route to Khelat
11
6
5th ditto
Edwardesabad
3
1
3rd Punjab Infantry
Ditto
8
6
4th Sikh Infantry Detachment
Bolan Pass
18
6
5th Punjab Infantry
Abbottabad
1
6th Bengal Cavalry
Doorjanpore
1 On temporary leave.
8th ditto
Not known
1 On leave.
3rd Native Infantry
Goalundo
3 In Civil Hospital.
4th ditto
Rai Bareilly
1 On sick leave.
5th ditto
Not known
1 On furlough.
8th ditto
Fyzahad
1 Ditto.
21st ditto
Murree
1 On leave.
21st ditto
Abbottabad
1 On escort duty.
22nd ditto
Reewat
1 While rejoining the
Regiment.
23rd ditto
Murree
1 On furlough.
28th ditto Left Wing
Ludhiana
1 Sick attendant.
39th ditto
Not known
1 On furlough.
3rd Goorkhas
Huldowanee
1 On recruit duty.
5th ditto
Hurripur
1 On sick leave.
TOTAL
163 104
It appears from Statement No. XII that the deaths occurred, in order or
ferquency, in the following stations, viz. : 22 in Peshawar; 14 in Dinapore;
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT
OF THE
NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1876.
( The Regiments are placed as they stood in the Army List on the 1st of July 1876. )
PRESIDENCY DISTRICT.
(INCLUDING THE STATIONS OF FORT WILLIAM, ALIPORE, DUM-DUM, BARRACKPORE, BHAGALPUR,
NYA DOOMKA AND DACCA.)
Average daily strength present during the year
Infantry 3312.8
Average daily sick per cent. of average strength
, ,
4 . 5 9
Ratio of mortality per cent. of average strength
, ,
2 . 6 6
16th (The Lucknow) Regiment native Infantry—Fort William.
I. Medical Officer.—The Annual Sanitary Report has been submitted by
Surgeon E. Bovill, who
officiated in medical charge
of the regiment throughout
the year.
II. Location and movements.—
The regiment was encamped on
the maidan at Calcutta from 1st
until 22nd January 1876, on
which date it moved into Fort
William and has remained there
since.
III. The topography and physi-
cal geography of the surrounding
country and station has been de-
scribed in previous reports of regi-
ments quartered in the Fort, par-
ticularly in Surgeon-Major Verchere's report for 1871 of the 13th Regiment, Native Infantry.
V. Lines and barracks. —These are the lower floors of the north and south barracks, and the
bomb-proof barracks to the east and west of the St. George's gate. They are the same as
have been occupied by Native Infantry Regiments previously quartered in the Fort, and the
same remarks apply to them as have been made in former reports. They are unsatisfactory
as regards situation and ventilation, and there is some overcrowding in the north and south
barracks, but not more than has occurred in other regiments. The accommodation in the bomb-
proof barracks is better in point of space; in these there is no overcrowding, but the ventilation
is certainly inferior to that of the north and south barracks. The bomb-proof barracks are
not susceptible of being really well ventilated or lighted. New ventilators have been opened
in the roof in several places, but it is difficult to say whether they have had much or any
beneficial effect. To make ventilators act, the air must be forced through them in one direction
or another; but there is nothing in these barracks to impart any movement to the air except
the wind, and it is precisely when there is no wind that ventilation is most needed. It is also
a question whether it is advisable in ventilating a long-arched room (like the barracks in the
Fort) to break the current of air by placing intermediate ventilators in the crown of the arch,
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1871
Moradabad and Shaja-
hanpur, Dec. 1868.
56.9
.3
1.5
1872
Jalpaiguri and Dacca
145
1.9
3.9
1873
Ditto ditto
143.7
2.2
5.1
1874
Tezpur and Dacca
205.1
.5
6.1
1875
Jalpaiguri and Dacca
191.87
2.62
5.35
Average
148.51
1.50
4. 39
1876
Fort William, Jan. 1876
129.15
1 . 2 7
4. 29
Medical
officer.
Location and
movements.
Topography.
Lines and
barracks.