Medical
Officer.
Location and
Movement.
Topography,
&c.
Drainage.
Conservancy
ind latrines.
Exercise,
amusements
and occupa
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tion.
Hospital.
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SAUGOR DISTRICT.
attacked in the cholera tent on the 19th October while attending on him. She had slight
vomiting and purging but no suppression of urine. She progressed favorably under treatment,
and was finally discharged on the 5th November 1876. The above mentioned individuals all
lived in one hut in the lines of F. Company, the court-yard of which, on my inspection, I found
extremely dirty, not having been cleaned out properly for some time. The hospital staff, who
were all in constant attendance, were not attacked. The people who were attacked were the
occupants of the hut: no other huts in the lines or their vicinity were affected. The outbreak
was purely a local one, and I consider it to have been caused by the extremely dirty state of the
court-yard, which was at once thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
XIX. Vaccination.— It is reported that in consequence of this wing of the
regiment being in camp during the cold season, no vaccination was performed.
Vaccination.
Inspection. —Inspected by Dr. J. P. Walker, Deputy Surgeon-General of
the Allahabad Circle, on the 14th and 15th March 1877. He reports that the
ventilation, lighting and. conservancy of the huts were defective. The drainage
of the hut enclosures and of the lines generally was difficult, owing to the want
of natural slope; but Dr. Walker considers that a proper surface flow might be
obtained. The general conservancy of the lines was considered to be good. The
unhealthiness of the locality after the rains, which is not confined to the canton
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ments, might be counteracted in some degree for the native troops, in Dr. Walker's
opinion, by changing the site of the lines and by providing a better kind of barrack.
The supply of medicines and instruments was sufficient, and the arrange
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ments for the comfort and proper care of the sick were generally good.
Inspection.
11th Regiment Madras Aatibe Infantrg—Aagode.
I. Medical Officer.—Surgeon C. A. Harvey, by whom this report has
been compiled, was in medical charge throughout the year.
II. Location and Movements.— The Regiment left Nagode en route to Delhi on 7th November,
and, proceeding viâ Banda, Cawnpore and Allygurh, reached its destination on the 18th. Decem
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ber, and was encamped there for the remainder of the year.
III. Topography, &c.—The topography and physical geography of Nagode, where the
corps was stationed the best part of the year, were fully described in the report for 1873.
VI. Drainage.—The lines at Nagode are well drained by means or open saucer-shaped
drains of masonry. The system was fully described in the report for last year; and as the lines
are now abandoned, further allusion to the subject is unnecessary.
VII. Conservancy and Latrines.— Conservancy arrangements have been the same as al-
ready described in former reports. The two public latrines on the " trench system " at Nagode
continued to be much resorted to up to the date of the departure of the regiment from that
station. On the line of march and in the camp at Delhi all conservancy arrangements were
well attended to.
VIII. Water-Supply.— Five wells in the lines at Nagode furnished an abundant supply of
good water. On the march water was generally plentiful at each encampment; the quality
was in most instances good, and the source usually wells. At the camp, Delhi, an ample quan-
tity of good water was available from wells.
Diet.—All provisions have been cheap and abundant during the year, with the
exception of rice, for the dearness of which the men have received compensation all the year
On the march, and in the camp at Delhi, supplies were most abundant, and vegetables
to be had in profusion.
XI. Clothing.— The clothing of the men is made to vary with the season. In the hot
weather and in the monsoon it is composed almost entirely of cotton materials; but in the cold
season thick cloth tunics and wollen trousers are worn; also heavy great-coats when on duty
at night or in the early morning.
XI. Duty and employment.—The duties, as a rule, have been light and not injurious to
health. They comprised the usual parades, guard-mountings, and occasional escort duty.
Some of the older sepoys find the running drill rather trying, and they frequently apply to be
excused from it. Average number of nights in bed per week 7.05.
Water-supply.
Diet.
Clothing.
Duty and
ployment.
XII Exrecise, amusements and occupation.— The recruits are made to practise dumb-bells,
Which is the only regular provision in the way of games. A few of the men play at cricket, while
others employ their leisure moments in shooting, fishing, and such like pastimes; but the great
majority, when not on duty, lead a very idle life, loitering about the lines and bazar all day.
XIV. Hospital.—The hospital at Nagode was fully described in the report for 1873. At
Delhi, and on the march, the sick were accommodated in tents, of which a sufficient number was
Provided.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.— Strength of the regiment—
Present . . .
664.39
Absent . . .
37.73
Total . . .
702.12
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.