Duty, &c.
Exercise,
amusements, &c.
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LAHORE DIVISION.
provided. During the cholera outbreak, in order to avoid all chance of the spread of infec
-tion from this source, the excreta from the hospital, &c., were mixed with earth, baked in
gurrahs, and then buried. The gurrahs were arranged on chulas (native fire-places) for the
purpose, and protected from the rain by a temporary roof.
VIII. Water-supply.—The water for drinking comes from springs, the reservoirs of' which
(bowlees) are protected by raised edges from the entrance of surface water. The quality is
good, and the supply ample. The water-course passing through the cantonment and the
streams near are used for bathing, washing clothes, and watering animals also.
IX Diet.—The men live well and consume a good deal of animal food in addition to their
atta and dall or rice. Under-feeding is very rare. The bazaar supplies are regularly inspected
and are supervised by a Committee of native officers.
Water-supply.
Diet.
X. Clothing.—Cloth is worn in the cold weather and kakee drill in the hot season.
The men are generally well clad in undress. The boots are still of ammunition pattern,
and are worn without socks. The result is a great number of boot galls on every march.
The regiment reached Umballa en route for Delhi, after 18 days' march, with 55 foot-sore
in hospital out of a strength of 460.
XI. Duty, &c.— The duty in cantonments is by no means heavy. On the campaign it
was sometimes severe. The number of' continuous nights in bed has averaged 4.65.
XII. Exercise, amusements, &c.— Already described in report, 1874.
XIII. Marches and service. —On 30th October the regiment marched for the Camp
of Exercise at Delhi; on 17th November it left Umballa by rail for Calcutta, and on 26th
embarked on board S. S. Malda for Penang and the Malay Peninsula, arriving at Malacca,
10th December. The remainder of the year was spent on active service in the country bordering
upon Malacca. Full details of the campaign have been given in my special report, dated
1st May 1876.
XIV. Hospital, &c.—The hospital building has been fully described in reports for
1873-74. Quarters for medical subordinates have not yet been provided, but a latrine has been
built for the small-pox hospital.
X V . S i c k n e s s , m o r t a l i t y a n d i n v a l i d i n g . —S
t r e n g t h o f t h e r e g i m e n t —
P r e s e n t . . .
645.50
Absent
.
.
.
76.19
Total . . . 721.69
Clothing.
Marches and
service.
Hospital, &c.
Sickness,
mortality and invaliding.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER.
OF
Daily
average number of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-sions. Deaths.
Ad m
i s - s
ions. Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters at Dharm
-sala . . . 1st Jan. 1875 30th Oct. 1875
646.35
709
20
29.03 132.14 3.72
3.09
Head-quarters on march . . . 31st Oct. "
26th Nov. "
468.15
130
. . .
26.56 375.39
. . .
5.67
Head-quarters at sea and on
service in Malay Penin
-sula . . . 27th Nov. "
31st Dec. "
467.
38
1
5.71
52.67 2.70
1.22
Detachment, Malacca . . . 10th Dec. "
" " "
76.
5
. . .
1.31 109.17
. . .
1.72
" Larut . . . 18th " "
" " "
56.
17
. . .
1.49 794.39
. . .
2.66
" Chaitroo (cho
- l e r a c a m p ) . . . 13th July "
9th Aug. "
161.65
25
7
5.76 201.61 56.45
3.56
Depôt at Dharmsala . . . 31st Oct. "
31st Dec . "
144.48
27
2
8.14 109.97 8.14
5.63
TOTAL . . .
. . .
. . .
645.5
951
30
29.03 147.32 4.65
4.49
Number of deaths in hospital 30; out of hospital 3; total 33; per cent. of total strength . . .
4.57
" i n v a l i d e d . . . 2 0 ; " " . . .
2.77
" s e n t o n s i c k l e a v e 2 ; " " . . .
.27
" of days spent in hospital 10,296; per admission 10.82 ; per man of total strength . . .
14.26
" " on sick leave 82; per man " 41; " " . . .
.11
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . .
14.37
XVI. Principal causes of sickness. —The outbreak of cholera, which has been described in
detail in my special report dated 18th August, caused 49 admissions. Fevers were as usual the
most numerous class of diseases, giving a total of 405 cases. Of these, 397 were ague a, 5
ague b and three remittent fever. In 1874 the total number of fever cases was 269, but that
year was a particularly healthy one. There were 27 cases of dysentery and 19 of diarrhœea,
against 16 of the former and 7 of the latter during the previous year. Fifteen cases of
ophthalmic disease occurred, some of them severe, against 36 cases in the previous year.
There were but 3 cases of primary syphilis and 2 of gonorrhœa. Of 21 cases of pulmonary
Principal
causes of
sickness .