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PUNJAB FRONTIER FORCE.
IX. Diet.—Quality of food good; the men feed fairly and are well nourished. The prac
-tice of under-feeding is rare. Vegetables are plentiful.
X XI. Duty and employment.—Consists of the ordinary routine of parades and guards. Duty and
during ployment.
Night duties were not heavy, 5.92 in 7 being the average number of nights in bed during
the year.
Diet.
X. Clothing.—As described in previous reports, is suitable to climate season and duty
Clothing.
XII. Exercise and amusements .—Gymnastics, foot-ball, cricket, and a little shooting nea
r Dehra Ghazi Khan.
Exercise and
amusements.
Marches, &c.
XIII. Marches, &c.—January 1st found the regiment halted at Towsa, some three march-
es (45 miles) from Dehra Ghazi Khan; arrived at the latter place on the 4th January. This
was the only march of the year. There is a good deal of marching of detachments to occupy
and relieve the numerous outposts in the district.
XIV. Hospital.—The hospital has been described in the annual report of 1873, page Hospital.
220; it is a good building and affords accommodation for 50 beds,. Fires were kept burning
during the cold weather; each man brings his own bedding to hospital, and this is supplemented
in the cold season by "numdahs" that have been provided regimentally.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.—Strength of the regiment—
Present
6 2 0 . 9 8
Absent
118.98
Total
739.96
Sickness, mor
-tality and
STATION.
PERIOD.
S t r e n g t h .
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
D a i l y a v e r a g e n u m -
b e r o f s i c k .
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH PER
ANNUM.
From
To
A d m i s s i o n s .
De a t h s .
A d m i s s i o n s .
De a t h s .
D a i l y a v e r a g e s i c k .
Head-quarters on the march
from Kohat to Dehra Ghazi
Khan.
1st Jan.
3rd Jan.
687.66 14
2 33
247.79 35.4 4 . 7 9
Head-quarters at Debra Ghazi
Khan.
4th ,,
31st Dec. 476.77 752
8 19.67 159
1.69 4.12
Detachment at Hurrund and
Digri.
9th ,,
26th Jan
59
1.26 206.9
2.13
Detachment at Rajanpur
9th ,,
6th April 102.80 26
1 2.17 98.33
3.78 2.11
,, ,, Bundowalla
9th ,,
18th ,,
25.60 3
.18 42.79
.70
,, M
ungrota
25th March 1st Oct.
42.07 32
1.89 145.39
4 . 4 9
,, ,, Hurrund and
Drigri.
27th
31st Dec.
62.65 6 1
1.43 .126.92
2 . 2 8
Detachment at Rajanpur
27th Sept. Ditto
70.69 31
3.36 166.75
4 . 7 5
,, ,, Bundowalla
22nd ,,
Ditto
25
6
.38 86.83
1 . 5 2
TOTAL
620.98 931 11 23.33 149.76
1.77 3.75
Number of deaths inh o s p i t a l
1 1 ;
o u t
o f
h o s p i t a l
9 ;
t o t a l 2 0 ; p e r c e n t .
o f
t o t a l s t r e n g t h 2.70
, , i n v a l i d e d 9 ; , , , ,
1.21
, , s e n t
o n
s i c k l e a v e
2 4 ; , ,
, , 3.24
,, of days spent in hospital 8,515; per admission 9.14; per man
1 1 . 5 1
, , o
n s i c k
l e a v e 2 , 2 5 1 ; p e r
m a n
9 3 . 7 9 ;
, , , , 3.04
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
1 4 . 5 5
XVI. Principal causes of sickness .—Fevers, chiefly ague (a), caused half of the. total
admissions. Dysentery and diarrhœa caused 45 and 24 admissions respectively, but were less
than in previous years. Diseases of the respiratory system (chiefly peneumonia and bronchitis),
caused 75 admissions. The other principal causes of sickness were abscess 63, ulcers 25,
boils 18, rheumatic affections 38, splenic affections 16. Only three cases of primary and one of
secondary syphilis were admitted; no gonorrhœa.
XVII. Principal causes of mortality .—Eleven deaths took place in hospital during the
year, 10 at head-quarters and 1 at Rajanpur. Of these deaths, 2 took place on the march and 8
shortly after the arrival of the regiment, during the months of January and February, and .1
death in December. The deaths in hospital were caused by pneumonia 4, acute and chronic
bronchitis 1 each, dysentery 1, splenitis 1, ague 1, hypostatic pneumonia in a case of enteritis 1,
and ulcer of the foot—the result of erysipelas—]. Nine deaths took place out of hospital, 3 on
sick leave, 1 from anæmia, 1 from diarrhœa, and 1 from splenitis; 3 left behind in other hospi
- t a l s , — 1 f o r r e m i t t e n t f e v e r , 1 f o r s i m p l e c o n t i n u e d f e v e r , a n d1
for dysentery; 3 died on fur-
1 from carbuncle and two not known.
XVIII. Epidemics.—In the beginning of the year pulmonary inflammatory affections were
very prevalent. During the year, 18 cases of pneumonia came under treatment (excluding
a fatal case of hypostatic pneumonia in a case of enteritis) with 4 deaths. Of these, 10 cases and
4 deaths occurred between 1st January and 2nd February.
Principal
causes of
sickness.
Principal
causes of
mortality.
Epidemics.
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