Water-supply.
Diet.
Clothing.
Duties and
employment.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
Any special
observations.
Inspection.
XXI. Any special observations.—I have no special observations to make this year, except
-ing that when at the Camp of Exercise, the general officer who commanded at Mooltan during
1873 and 1874 remarked on the great improvement in the healthy appearance of the regiment
since he last saw it in his command at Mooltan. I attribute this improved condition of the men
chiefly to the beneficial effects of regular daily exercise on the march in the early morning after
a long residence in cantonments without much active exercise.
Inspected by Dr. J. P. Walker an the 29th March 1876.
The regiment arrived in Cawnpore from Mooltan on the 18th February
1876 and occupied the lines vacated by the 35th Regiment Native Infantry. All
the arrangements in the lines with respect to the huts, drainage, water-supply,
conservancy, &c., were considered satisfactory. On the day of inspection,
there were 43 men in hospital, and none of them suffered from any serious
illness ; there were 12 cases of venereal disease under treatment which the
Medical Officer states was contracted on the march from Mooltan. As
the regiment had been but a short time at the station, the hospital and
its surroundings were not found as clean and tidy as they might have been.
Dr. Walker states that the therapeutic treatment of the patients was very satis
-factory.
40th The Shahjehanpore Regiment of Aatibe Enfantry, Aerospore .
Medical
officers.
Location and
movements.
Meteorology
and climate.
Lines,
barracks, &c.
Drainage.
Conservancy
and latrines.
I. Medical officers .—Surgeon-Major Henry F. Williams was in charge dur
-ing the period under review,
and reports as follows :—
II. Location and movements
—The regiment was stationed at
Ferozepore throughout the year.
VI. Meteorology and
climate.—The climate is dry
and ordinarily healthy. The
rain-fall of 1875, as regis
- t e r e d a t t h e d i s p e n s a r y a b o u t
three miles distant, was 28.4
inches ; the average for the
5 years ending December
1874 was 18.1. Owing to
the sandy nature of the soil,
the rainfall quickly percolates and dries up.
V. Lines, barracks, &c. — T h e
l i n e s h a v e b e e n f u l l y d e s c r i b e d i n f o r m e r
reports, and there was nothing connected with them in 1875 which called for
special remark. Improvements in the ventilation of the barracks were made by
heightening the doors ; the barracks are said to answer admirably.
VI. Drainage .—The general drainage is as good as the flat nature of the ground and
present engineering arrangements admit of; no water lodges for any lengthened period after
rain, but is partly carried off by side drains into a large one, and partly absorbed by the sandy
soil.
VII. Conservancy and latrines .—The conservancy arrangements have been well cared for ;
all refuse is swept up and carried away by carts in the early morning outside cantonments and
buried. The latrines are the same as described in last year's report,—one for male, a second
for females,—constructed of mat, on the trench and dry-earth system, and have been shifted
when necessary, the old ground filled in and cultivated. They appear to be more resorted to
than formerly, and afford sufficient accommodation.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admission. Deaths. Daily sick.
1870 . . .
Agra, February 1869,
from Banda and Now -
gong.
132.5
1.4
3.5
1871 . . .
Ditto Ditto
138.6
1.5
3.7
1872 . . .
Ferozepore, December
1872.
185.1
1.6
5.4
1873 . . .
Ditto Ditto
165.9
.7
4.5
1874 . . .
Ditto Ditto
175.4
4.2
5.4
Average . . .
159.50
1.12
4.50
1875 . . .
Ferozepore.
222.66
.71
6.29
VIII. Water-supply—Is from two pucca wells having raised sides 18 inches, and is good and
abundant, the average depth from the surface being from 36 to 37 feet ; no washing of clothes
is ever permitted near either.
IX. Diet .—The system of supervision pursued was fully detailed in last year's report, and
the supplies are, as a rule, of the best quality, and vegetables abundant. The bazar is a good
one to the south of the lines and is kept very clean.
X. Clothing .—The men have each one rezaie, one blanket, and great coat ; the undress is
left to themselves, and most of them wear a cotton-padded coat, or rezåie and dhoti, and many
of them trowsers.
XI. Duties and employment.—The duties do not appear to have been excessive or to have
exercised any prejudical influence on the health of the men, although the escort duties con
-nected with the arsenal have been heavy.