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Special obser-
vations.
Calculus.
I. Medical Officers.—The
following medical officers
have held charges in the
regiment during 1875 :—
Medical
officers.
surprise. Seventeen deaths took place in head-quarters hospital. Two of these were due to
pneumonia, three to phthisis pulmonalis, two to hepatitis, one to remittent fever, and three
to epidemic cholera.
XVII. Epidemics.—Epidemic cholera took place in the Doon in May and June, and the
regiment was attacked. A report was furnished of the visitation on the cessation of the epi
-demic, so that further discussion is now unnecessary.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
Recommenda
-tins.
XIX. Vaccination:— During the months of January and February vaccination went on
steadily; but as this report is written in camp, and the books containing the vaccination returns
are at Dehra, I cannot state the number vaccinated. As the regiment left the Doon in Novem--
ber before operations had commenced, I asked Dr. Pringle, the Superintendent of Vaccination
of North-Western Provinces, to permit one of his men to go to the lines and operate on all the
unprotected there. This he kindly consented to, and no doubt on the return of the regiment
all will be found safe in this respect.
XX. Recommendations.—The recommendations made have already been detailed when de
-scribing the new hospital building.
XXI. Special observations.—During the year two cases of stone in the bladder were oper
-ated upon in the hospital. One of these was a kalassie who at last could not perform his duty.
I found on examination that be was suffering from calculus. The usual lateral operation was
performed, and a stone of three ounces in weight removed. The patient was an old man,
and although nothing as regards the operation would lead one to expect such a result, he died
the third day after the operation. The second case was in an old pensioned subadar of the 4th
Goorkha Regiment who was living at Dehra. This case was most satisfactory, as he was dis
-charged from hospital with wound completely closed and healed on the 14th day after the usual
lateral operation had been performed. The stone was of small size.
Inspected by the Deputy Surgeon-General of the Meerut Circle on the
16th and 17th October. Mr. Smith considers the condition of the barracks
for the married and unmarried sepoys to be all that can be desired as regards
space and ventilation. Regarding the temporary hospital which was erected
towards the end of last year in the new cantonment, Mr. Smith reports that
it "is in every respect a most efficient one, and well adapted for the pur
-poses for which it is intended, and when on the completion of the new hospital
it will no longer be required for the reception of the men, it will be converted
into a hospital for the women and children, and will thus form a most useful
and necessary addition to the hospital accommodation for the regiment, while
in case of epidemics it will always be available, and also invaluable."
I m p r o v e m e n t s i n t h e l i n e s , s u c h a s l a y i n g o u t r o a d s , p l a n t i n g t r e e s , a n d
perfecting the general drainage, have been steadily carried out. Water, whose
primary source is a hill stream, is conveyed in a pucca channel from a branch
of the Beejapore Canal, and is of most excellent quality, and Mr. Smith
remarks that he " cannot conceive a purer water-supply."
Inspection.
Lines.
The conservancy arrangements of the lines were quite satisfactory; there
were no urinals in use, but no ill-effects or smell could be detected from their
absence. All the details in hospital as regards the supply of medicines and
instruments, and for the proper treatment and comfort of the sick, were indica-
tive of the careful supervision bestowed on them by the officer in medical charge
of the regiment, Surgeon-Major F. F. Allen, C.B., and by his subordinates.
Bengal Sappers and and Miners—Roorkee.
Conservancy
arrangements.
Surgeon-Major A. Eteson has submitted the Annual Sanitary Report of
the corps.
YEARS.
STATIONS.
PER CENT, OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1870 . . . Roorkee . . .
95.8
1.6
2.4
1871 . . . Do. . . .
99.
2.
2.2
1872 . . . Do. . . .
98.5
2.1
2.9
1873 . . . Do. . . .
92.6
1.4
2.1
1874 . . . Do. . . . 130.2
. 7 3.6
Average . . .
103.22
1.56
2.64
1875 . . . Roorkee . . .
101.38
.96
2.65
Head-quarters, Roorkee, Sur-
geon-Major A. Eteson, from 1st
January to 24th November.
Head-quarters, Delhi, Surgeon
R. Blood, M.D., B.F., from 25th
November to 31st December.
Depôt, Roorkee, Surgeon J. A.
Smith, B.F., from 6th November
to 31st December. Detachment,
Peshawar, two companies, Sur-
eon J. Young, from 1st to 22nd January ; Surgeon J. McConaghy, from 23rd January to
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