Drainage.
Conservancy,
&c.
XV.—Sickness, mortality and invaliding.—Strength of the regiment
Present
... ... ... ... ...
616.88
Absent
... ... ... ... ...
83.22
Tot al
... ...
700.10
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
162
MEDICAL AND SANITARY:REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
21st (Punjab) Regiment Native Infantry—Rawal Pindii
Medical
Officers.
I. Medical Offi cers.—Surgeon W. A. C. Roe was in medical charge of the
Location, &c
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1870 ... Peshawar, Nov. 1870
...
161.5
5.8
5.'8
1871
...
Ditto
ditto
...
146.9
2.8
3.
1872
...
Ditto
ditto
...
87.6
2.
2.
1873
...
Ditto
ditto
...
100.9
4.
2.5
1874
...
Rawal Pind
...
75.6
2.9
2.5
Average ...
...
114.50
3.50
3.16
1875 ... Rawal Pindi
45.87
1.4
1 . 8 2
regiment during the year
with the exception of two
months, from 16th June
to 14th August, when Sur-
geon G. Watson, M.D., offi-
ciated for him. The former
medical officer has written
the Annual Sanitary Report.
H. .Location, &c.—T h e
head-quarters of this regi-
ment have remained station-
ary at Pindi, but furnished
detachments to Attock and
Murree. Mr. Roe has no
Hospital.
remarks to offer regarding the topography of the station in addition to those
given in his last year's report. The heat is described as having been great at
the commencement of the hot weather, and was almost unbearable during the
months of June and July. The lines are the same as reported on last year, and
they are said to have been in good repair, clean, and very healthy. The natural
drainage of the station and lines is very good, and even after the heaviest
rainfall no surface water lies. A large tank has been constructed at the end of
the lines into which the surface water runs, and the medical officer considers
it to have been a work of great utility. The "dry-earth" system was employed
in the latrines, and answered very well ; the water was of good quality and
abundant ; the bazaar supplies were all of good quality, and every care was
taken to prevent under-feeding ; the duty was light, and the men had 8 nights
in bed.
XIV. Hospital.— Having fully described the new hospital in my report for 1874, I need
here only remark that I have found it suitable in every respect for a native regiment ; it is in
very good repair, healthy, and raised well above the ground, and on this account easily kept clean.
The out-offices and servants' houses are also in good repair. A pucka-built well and a dead-
house are now in process of construction, and when. finished will add much to the stability of
the building.
STATION.
PERIOD.
S t r e n t h .
TOTAL NUMBER
O F
Daily
average
number of
sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
s i o n s . Deaths.
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters at Rawal Pindi 1st Jan.
... 31st Dec.
...
531.42
240
5
10.5 45.16
.94
1.97
Detachment at Murree ... 26th March ... 20th June ...
58
8
...
.47 57.90
...
.81
„
„ Attock ... 28th May ... 19th Sept. ... 175 . 88
33
1
1.7 55.67 1.82
.96
„ „ Murree ... 13th Sept. ... 18th Nov. ...
57.62
2
...
.28 19.19
...
.48
TOTAL
... ... ...
616.88
283
6
11.27 45.87
.97 1.82
Number of deaths in hospital 6 ; out of hospital 2; total
8 ; per cent. of total strength ...
1.14
„
invalided ...
... ...
42 ;
„
...
5.99
„
sent on sick leave... ...
...
1
; „
...
.14
„
of days spent in hospital 4,113; per admission ...24.53 ; per man of total strength ...
5 . 8 9
„ „
on sick leave 70; per man
...
70;
„ „
...
. 0 9
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
...
5 . 9 8
Principal
causes of
sickness.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.—The principal causes of sickness during the year were as
Follows malarious fevers, chest complaints, dysentery, boils, diarrhoea, and conjunctivitis ;
these diseases caused most of the admissions ; but, as a whole, the type was very mild as com-
pared with former years