Location and
movements.
Meteorology
and climate.
Rain fall.
Lines, bar
-
racks or huts.
Drainage.
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ALLAHABAD DIVISION.
ALLAHABAD DIVISION.
(INCLUDING THE STATIONS OF ALLAHABAD, DINAPORE, SEGOWLIE, BENARES, CHUNAR AND
CAWNP ORE).
Average strength present during the year . . .
Cavalry . . .
1152.2 Infantry . . .
2542.07
2.54 " . . .
3.08
" d a i l y s i c k p e r c e n t . o f a v e r a g e s t r e n g t h . . .
" . . .
.44 " . . .
.82
Ratio of mortality per cent. of average strength . . .
" . . .
18th Regiment Bengal Cavalry—Allahabad.
YEAR.
STATION.
PERCENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1870 . . . Mean Meer November
1870 . . .
292.1
3.7
5.67
1871 . . .
Ditto Ditto . . .
209.04
2.02
3.12
1872 . . .
Ditto Ditto . . .
132.9
.88
2.9
1873 . . . Allhabad March 1873 . . .
133.1
.68
4.75
1874 . . .
Ditto Ditto . . .
152.51
.44
5.52
Average . . .
183.9
1.5
4.4
1875
. . . Allahabad . . .
85.13
.22
3.03
I Medical Officers. —The
following medical officers
have held charge of the
regiment during the year:—
Surgeon F. W. Wright, from
1st January to 27th March.
Surgeon R. A. K. Holmes,
from 27th March to 13th
April. Surgeon J. C. Shir
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core, from 13th April to
15th December. Surgeon
D. P. Palmer, from 15th
to 31st December. The last
named officer submitted the
annual sanitary report.
Medical
Officers.
II. Location and movements. —The head-quarters of the regiment has been stationed at
Allahabad during the year. Detachments were sent to Barrackpore, Benares, Dinapore and
Calcutta, details of which are given under another head.
IV. Meteorology and climate. —There is but little to record under this head
beyond that the hot and dry weather of March, April and May is considered
by the medical officer to be the most healthy in the year, while a continuance
of the rains is a source of increased sickness. The rainfall, however, was greater
than in 1874, and the admissions into hospital are stated as having been con--
siderably less than in that year.
V. Lines, barracks or huts .—This regiment occupied the same lines at
Papamow as noticed in the Annual Report for 1874, and they arc stated to
have been kept clean, in a good state of repair, and were not overcrowded.
VI. Drainage. —The drainage is reported to have been severely tested
during 1875, and was found not to be sufficient. Since then, improvements
have been made, and the surface water, it is expected, will rapidly run off.
The "trench system" of latrine is still in use, and has answered admirably, but
the establishment of sweepers is said to be rather small. The horse litter is
generally taken away by a contractor, but if he delays in doing so, it is burned.
Latrine.
The water-supply is said to have been plentiful and apparently pure; all
the wells, however, with the exception of one in the seraie, are "kutcha."
The diet of the men was of good quality, sufficiently varied, and of moderate
price.
Any instance of underfeeding was immediately noticed by the command-
ing officer on a report of the matter being made to him.
Water-supply.
Under-feed
ing.
The clothing was suitable to the season and to the duties the men had to
perform. The duty was light as a rule, and the men had on the average 7.67
nights in bed.
XII. Exercise, amusements and occupations. —Tent
pegging and lime cutting consti
-
tute the principal amusements, both of which are entered into with great zeal. Wrestling is
pursued by many. Leave is granted liberally by the commanding officer.
XIV. Hospital. —The hospital is reported on as being all that could be
desired; its distance from the lines was the only disadvantage, but the position
compensated for any such drawback. The bathing-room is fitted up with every
convenience, and is said to have been much used by the men in the hot weather.
Clothing.
Duty.
Exercise, am
-
usements and
occupations.
Hospital.