Recommenda
-tions.
Special
observations.
Inspection.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
Inspector-General of Vaccination, Punjab. The only result I obtained was a pustule in one
child, but it had been taken so little care of, that I was unable to procure any lymph from it.
Nearly all the sepoys are protected, many of them having had small-pox, and most of the
others have been either inoculated or vaccinated.
X. Recommendations.—The only recommendation I made during the year was that
fire-places should be substituted for stoves in the hospital. This was made on the 29th June,
and I have reason to believe that in course of time this very desirable change will be made.
XXI. Special observations. —I have no special observations to make on the regiment for
the year under consideration.
This regiment was inspected on the 25th March by Mr. Banister.
He reports that the lines were in excellent order, and the new hospital
and out-offices (exactly similar to those of the 10th Bengal Lancers) had
fulfilled every requirement, except that the stove had proved an utter failure.
All the arrangements evinced carefulness and judgment, and the patients,
24 in number, were well attended to. The recruits, Mr. Banister states, were
unusually good, and one only out of 73 could be objected to.
Lock Hospi tal , Nowshera.
Lock Hospital, Nowshera. —On the day of Mr. Banister's inspection, the
22nd March, there was but one woman under treatment; the premises were in
good order, and the arrangements satisfactory. The number of prostitutes on
the register fluctuated between 22 and 43, and there were 88 admissions
(gonorrhœa 26, primary syphilis 26, and ulceration of the cervix uteri 36)
during the year. The average strength of the European garrison was 442·77,
and of them 109 contracted disease, which was nearly five times the number
of the previous year. The only explanation offered for such a very unfavorable
result was that the villages in the vicinity of the musketry camp were not
under the Contagious Diseases' Act, and afforded facilities for promiscuous inter
-course, which could not be suppressed.
PUNJAB FRONTIER FORCE.
(INCLUDING THE STATIONS OF ABBOTTABAD, MARDAN, KOHAT, EDWARDESABAD, DERA ISMAIL KHAN,
DERA GHAZI KHAN, AND RAJANPUR.)
Average strength present during the year
A r t i l l e r y
4 9 3 · 4
C a v a l r y
1 8 9 4 · 4
I n f a n t r y ,
7 5 5 0 · 6
" daily sick per cent. of average strength
"
5 · 5 9
"
4 · 9 4
"
4 · 4 9
Ratio of mortality per cent. of average strength...
"
1 · 4 8
"
1 · 5 5
"
2 · 3 9
Deshawar Mountain Battery—Abbottabad.
Medical
officers.
Location and
movements.
Lines and
barracks.
Drainage,
Conservancy,
&C.
I. Medical officers.—Surgeon J. W. Johnston reports as follows :—
J. R. 'Johnson from the 18th
held charge 'of the battery at
Kohat from the 1st January to
the 15th of February; Surgeon-
Major S. Mackertich was in
charge at Abbottabad from the
27th of February until the 22nd
of April; Surgeon Battersby from
the 23rd April until the 17th
of October ; and Surgeon-Major
October to the 31st t of December.
the 1st of January till the 15th
The battery was at Kohat from
Surgeon-Major J. W. Johnston
II. Location
movenzents.—
stationaryof February. On the 27th of
February, it reached Abbottabad, where it was
for the rest of the year.
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_ _
PE CENT OF STAENGTII.
YEAR,.
STATION.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily Sick.
1870 ... N.oliat, Marc 869 .,.
349.2
18
7.3
1871 ... Abbottabad, April 1871
206'3
.6
4.4
1872 ...
Ditto
ditto ...
175.3
37
2.9
1873 ... Kohat, February 1873...
285'7
'6
51
1874 ... Ditto
ditto ...
239.3'
..6
4'1
Average ...
...
251'16
1'46
4'76
......
1875 ... Abbottabad,February 1875
198'27
...
6
.
:
_
IT. Lines and barracks.—The mountain battery barracks at Abbottabad are picturesque
buildings and in point of- internal economy and arrangements are patterns of cleanliness and
neatness. The quality. of. accommodation they afford is far superior to that ordinarily provided
for native troops. The rooms are lofty and well ventilated, but slightly deficient in super-
ficial area: and, when the men are all present, there is barely slin04-4 Pnnn 0,11 frw
1-sneln
Drainage : Conservancy : IIlater-suppty : Diet :
details under all these
heads have been given in previous reports. No alterations have been made in respect to any
of them during the year.