Duty, &c
.
Marches and
service.
Hospital.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
Recommenda-
tions.
Inspection.
Medical
charge.
Location.
PRESIDENCY DISTRICT.
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XI. Duty and employment—Consisted of ordinary drills and parades.
XIII. Marches and service.—The left wing returned from Nya Doomka in December, and
was relieved by the right wing.
XIV. Hospital.—T h e
h o s p i t a l h a s b e e n d e s c r i b e d i n p r e v i o u s r e p o r t s ; i t w a s k e p t i n g o o d
repair throughout the year. The accommodation for the medical subordinates is insufficient.
The want of a dead-house is much felt. In the hospital latrine the dry-earth system is em
ployed, and answers well.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding. —Strength of the regiment :—
Present
. . . . . . . . . .
.
352.59
Absent
.
.
.
.
.
. . . . .
79.62
TOTAL .
432.21
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength..
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
Admis-
sions.
Deaths.
A d m i s - s i o n s .
D e a t h s .
D a i l y a v e r a g e s i c k .
Head-qaurters at Bhagalpur 1st January ... 31st December
352.59
223
5
10.38 63.24
1.41
29.1
Number of deaths in hospital 5 ; out of hospital 3 ; total
8; per cent. of total strength
.
1.85
„
invalided.
. . . .
19 ;
„
,,
.
4.39
„
sent on sick leave. . . .
1;
„
, , .
.23
„
of days spent in hospital 3,772; per admission 16.91; per man of total strength
.
8.72
,, „ on sick leave 60; per man
60;
„
,,
.
.14
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
8.86
XVI. Principal causes of sickness. —The chief diseases from which the men of the 4th
Native Infantry have suffered have been malarious fever ; (the disease as originating at Bhagal-
pur is of a very mild type, is followed by little debility, and congestion of either the liver or
spleen seldom results ; ) blisters of the feet, the results of ill-fitting and badly-made boots ;
diarrhœa and colic.
XVII. Principal causes of mortality.—There were five deaths in hospital, one from pneu-
monia, two from remittent fever, and two from cholera. Two men died while on leave; one
from cholera, the other from general debility ; the third case occurred at the mess-house. A
sepoy, while on sentry duty there, committed suicide by shooting himself. The bullet entered
the body a little to the right of the mesial line, and two inches below the ensiform cartilage ;
passing through the left lobe of the liver it pierced the diaphragm, traversed the base of the
right lung, then striking between the bodies of the seventh and eighth dorsal vertebræ it
fractured them, and escaped from the body, between the spinous processes of the vertebræ
mentioned. Death was instantaneous.
XVIII. Epidemics.—No epidemics visited the cantonment during the year.
XIX. Vaccination. —Several children and camp followers were vaccinated during the year.
The regiment is well protected against small-pox.
XX. Recommendations. —On the appearance of cholera the usual precautions were taken,
and it was recommended that the sepoys should be prevented from visiting the bazars where
cholera was very prevalent.
Inspection.—The Deputy Surgeon-General of the Dinapore Circle made his
inspection of this regiment on the 14th December 1876. Dr. Irving inspected
the men at an undress parade, and he reports as follows as to their phy-
sique :—"It struck me that the men, as a general rule, are in good condition, and
well fitted to perform any duty that they might be ordered to take. The
recruits I thought to be a very good class of men for work, as they were
rather stout but broad-chested and well-limbed young men."
In the hospital there was a full supply of medicines and instruments, and
they were well cared for.
4th Regiment, Native Infantry, Left Wing—Nya Doomka.
I. Medical charge. —The wing was under the medical charge of Surgeon
Z. A. Ahmed, M. B., throughout the year, and he furnishes the annual report.
II. Location.—Each of the wings of the regiment was at Doomka at different times
during the year, but the left wing of the regiment was for the greater part of the year at
this station.
Principal
causes of
sickness.
Principal
causes of
mortality.