Recommenda
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tions.
Special
observations.
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CENTRAL INDIA.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily aver-
age num-
b e
r of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
P E R ANNUM.
From
To
A d m i s - s i o n s .
Deaths.
A d m i s - s i o n s . Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters at Augur . . . 1st Jan. 1875 31st Dec. 1875 213.13
80
1
4.29 37.53
.47
2.01
Detachment at Indore . . .
Do.
Do.
22.45
12
. . .
.49 53.45
. . .
2.18
Squadron at Delhi . . . 4th Oct. 1875
Do.
112.69
16
. . .
.33 58.23
. . .
.29
TOTAL . . .
. . .
. . .
263.88
108
1
5.09 40.93
.38
1.93
Number of deaths in hospital 1; out of hospital 5; total 6; per cent. of total strength . . .
1.21
" i n v a l i d e d . . . 2 6 ; " "
5.27
" s e n t o n s i c k l e a v e . . . 3 : " " . . .
. 6 1
" days spent in hospital 1,859: per admission 17.21; per man of total strength . . .
3.77
" " " on sick leave 288; per man . . . 96 ; " " . . .
.58
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . .
4.35
The following table shows the comparative sickness, mortality and invaliding of the
present as compared with former years:—
YEAR.
Admission into
hospital.
Mortality.
Invaliding.
1869 . . .
304
4
. . .
1870 . . .
268
1
3
1871 . . .
284
3
4
1872 . . .
186
2
1 2
1873 . . .
110
6
13
1874 . . .
148
2
36
1875 . . .
108
6
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XVI. Principal causes of sickness.— The total number of admissions during the year
into hospital has been 108. Of these, 12 were among the detachment stationed at Indore, and
16 among the squadron attached to the 1st Central India Horse. Ague gave 42 admissions.
Dysentery gave 10; of these 10, only 2 were cases of any severity. Catarrhal ophthalmia
gave 7 admissions; syphilis and gonorrhœa 3 admissions; contusions 10; gunshot wound of
knee 1, and fractures 3 admissions.
The general health of the regiment throughout the year has been so good, that there is
little to remark on in this section.
XVII. Principal causes of mortalily.— The only death which occurred in hospital was
the result of an amputation of the leg performed after a bad fracture of the bones of the foot.
The fracture was caused by the man's horse falling on him. It occurred in the early part of
the year. From Dr. Keegan's notes of the case, general sloughing of the limb seems to have
occurred and the man sank. One man died of cholera at Saranpur, and one on the road
about 14 miles from Indore, from the same disease; one man died at his home. His death is
said to have been the result of scalding. Another man died at the dispensary at Jawrah,
cause of death said to be hemiplegia. From entries in the case-book this man appears to
have suffered severely from syphilis.
XVII. Epidemics. —Cholera was prevalent in the surrounding country and villages in the
latter part of May and during June. Only one case occurred in the regiment. The man had
only arrived two days before with the treasure guard from Oojein. The attack was a very
mild one and the man recovered. From the fact of no other cases having occurred either
in the C.I. Horse, or the 10th Bombay N. L. I., it is probable that the disease was contracted
on the march. A few cases occurred in the city of Augur, but the disease was never epidemic.
No small-pox has occurred either in cantonments or in the city.
XIX.—Vaccination.— Ninety-eight persons were vaccinated during the year. Vaccination
is only just being commenced. This cold weather the number of sowars unprotected is pro
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bably under twenty, nearly all of them being recruits. These will be at once vaccinated,
When in temporary charge of the regiment in the end of 1874, 1 had every unprotected
person in camp vaccinated (including bazars, &c.) Of the 98 above mentioned, 84 were
successful.
XX. R ecommendations.— A few recommendations concerning quarantine were made during
the time cholera was prevalent in the surrounding villages, to all of which the officer co
m -
manding gave every support.
XXI . Sp e c i a l o b s e r v a t i o n s . —T h e r e
i s r e a l l y l i t t l e o f i n t e r e s t o n w h i c h t o r e m a r k . T h e
health of the regiment has been extremely good, and the sanitary condition of the station is all
that could be desired. Since I have been in charge, only one case worthy of notice has occur
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red. A sowar aged 36 was wounded just below the knee in an affair with dacoits near Nimuch.
Principal
causes of
sickness.
Principal
causes of
mortality.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.