PUNJAB FRONTIER FORCE.
189
Principal
causes of
sickness.
Mortality.
Epidemics.
imperfect; there were no verandahs, and the free perflation of air through the lines
was impeded by the buildings being too close together. In many instances the
floors were below the level of the ground outside the buildings. The cleanliness
of the lines was satisfactory.
The sick were treated in the general station hospital, and the wards occu-
pied by them were clean. All the hospital arrangements for the proper care
and treatment of the patients were in an efficient condition.
No. 1 Mountain Battery—Edwardesabad.
I. Medical Officers.—Surgeon T. Moloney, M.D., reports that the following
Medical Officers held charge
of the battery during the
year: from 1st January to
18th December, Surgeon
J. T. B. Bookey; from
18th December to 31st De-
cember, Surgeon F. C. Ghose.
II. Location and movements.
— T h e b a t t e r y w a s q u a r t e r e d a t
Edwardesabad throughout the
year.
XI. Duty and employment. —Ordinary; nights in bed 5.33 in 7.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding. —St r e n g t h o f t h e b a t t e r y —
Present
84.55
Absent
20.02
Total
104.57
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1871
Edwardesabad, Decem-
ber 1868.
240.7
.9
6.6
1872
Dera Ismail Khan, Jan.
1872.
269.3
1.8
7.5
1873
Ditto ditto
219.5
.9
4.4
1874
Ditto ditto
229.6
6.2
1875
Edwardesabad, Jan. 1875 213.12 1.88
4.07
Average
234.44 1.09
5.75
1876
Edwardesabad
186.87 1.91
3.86
Medical
Officers.
Location and
movements.
Duty, &c.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
S T A T I O N .
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average number of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admi s-si ons. Deaths.
Admis- sions. Deaths. Daily
average sick.
Head-Quarters; Edwardesa-
bad.
1st Jan. 1876. 31st Dec. 1876 84.55 158
1 3.27 186.87 1.18 3.86
Number of deaths in hospital 1; out of hospital 1; total 2; per cent, of total strength
1.91
" invalided 1;" "
0 . 9 6
" of days spent in hospital 1,197; per admission 7.57; per man of total strength
1 1 . 4 4
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
11.44
These figures compare favorably with last year. There is a decrease of 22 in the total number of
admissions, and of 62 in the total number of days spent in hospital. No one obtained sick
leave during the past year. Two deaths occurred in 1875 and 2 in the past year. Two men
were invalid ed in 1875 and one man in 1876.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness. —Out of a total of 158 admissions, 91 are returned
as due to ague; 11 to contusions of various kinds; 10 to conjunctivitis; 7 to dysentery and
diarrhœa, and 7 to boils.
XVII. Principal causes of mortality. —There were 2 deaths during the year, 1 in hospital
returned as caused by anæmia, the other out of hospital, cause unknown.
XVIII. Epidemics. —No cases of epidemic disease occurred amongst the men of the
battery during the year; 3 cases of cholera occurred amongst the camp-followers, 1 of which
proved fatal; they were treated in camp.
Inspection. The Deputy Surgeon-General of the Rawal Pindi Circle
reports that the hospital accommodation for the sick of this battery was suffi-
cient, and every thing was in good order. Medicines and instruments were in
sufficient quantity and serviceable. The lines are reported to have been very
clean and neat. In the latrine, which was clean and well kept, the dry-earth
Inspection.
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