Lines, &c.
Exercise,
amusements,
&c.
Hospital.
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RAJPOOTANA.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.— Sickness has been greater this year than in the previous
year, but less than in 1874. Malaria takes the lead by along way as a cause of sickness. Thus,
ague and neuralgia account for 213 admissions. Injuries are the next most frequent cause, for
which there were 66 admissions. These are mainly slight in character. Boils give 36 admissions.
Rheumatisms of kinds give 15. There have been only 13 cases of dysentery and 6 of diarrhœa,
which speaks very highly of the water-supply. Nine cases of diseases of the respiratory organs
are recorded and 14 of the eye. Syphilis has caused 15 admissions; of these 11 were primary.
X V I I .
P r i n c i p a l c a u s e s o f m o r t a l i t y . —
T h e d e a t h i n h o s p i t a l w a s f r o m a c u t e p n e u m o n i a
a t t a c k i n g t h e l e f t l u n g w h e n t h e p a t i e n t w a s r e c o v e r i n g a n d w a s s u f f e r i n g f r o m r e s o l u t i o n o f
r i g h t l u n g p r e v i o u s l y a t t a c k e d . O f t h e t w o d e a t h s o u t o f h o s p i t a l , o n e i s r e c o r d e d a s " F o u n d
d r o w n e d i n a h o l e b e h i n d h o s p i t a l ; " t h e o t h e r d i e d o f r e m i t t e n t f e v e r a t J e y p o r e .
Principal
causes of
sickness.
Principal
causes of
mortality.
Inspection.—Deputy Surgeon-General Thorpe inspected the regiment on
the 9th March 1877. The huts are said to be not very water-tight and were
without verandahs. Latrines have been sanctioned, but their sites have not yet
been determined. The hospital is described as an excellent building and on the
standard plan; it is, however, not supplied with glass doors, but chicks have been
provided by the regiment for the comfort of the men. Quarters for the
hospital assistants are in course of construction. Hospital arrangements, satis
-
factory.
Inspection.
Deolee Erregular Force—Deolee.
I. Medical Officers .—Surgeon-Major F. W. A. deFabeck, was in charge from
1st to 12th January, from
14th February to 14th April,
from 26th April to 16th
June, and from 4th July to
17th November 1876; Sur
-
geon-Major Riners Mantell,
from 13th January to 13th
February, from 15th to 25th
April, from 17th June to
3rd July, and from 18th
November to 12th Dece
m-ber 1876; Surgeon J. E. C
Ferris, from 13th to 31s
t December 1876. Surgeon-
Major deFabeck furnishes the report.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions Deaths. Daily sick.
1871 . . . Deolee . . .
130.9
1.2
4.4
1872 . . . Ditto . . .
100.1
1.4
5.1
1873 . . . Ditto . . .
95.8
1
4.6
1874 . . . Ditto . . .
112.6
1.4
4.1
1875 . . . Ditto . . .
117.57
.57
4.52
Average . . .
111.39
1.11
4.54
1876 . . . Deolee . . .
82.17
1.2
3.40
Medical
Officers.
II. Location and movements.— The head-quarters of this regiment are permanently
located at Deolee, with detachments at Bhurtpore, Kotul, Jeypore, Bikanir and Jhabrapallan.
These detachments are relieved periodically. Escorts are also furnished to the Governor
General's Agent.
The lines at Deolee are commodious and well kept. Drainage excellent
Water-supply sufficient and good. Clothing adapted to season and duty.
XII. Exercise, amusements and occupation .—Continue as before. As intimated in last
report, the men continue to learn and to practise the Construction of useful and ornamental
works in and about the station.
XIV. Hospital.— The hospital is roomy and commodious, well lighted and ventilated, and
leaves little to be desired beyond a mode of roofing more capable of resisting rain. Re-
presentations on this subject have frequeutly been made, and there now appears some prospect
of satisfactory measures being adopted for the construction of a perfectly water-tight roof.
Location and
movements.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding .—Strength of the regiment—
Present . . .
791.27
Absent
.
.
. 84.58
Total. . . 875.85