II. Location and movements.—
The regiment marched from Sitapur and Oudh on the 6th November 1875 to the Camp of
Exercise, Delhi, viá Sháhjáhanpur, Bareilly and Moradabad. From Sitapur, on the 13th
November, a detachment of 87 men was sent on to Morar to occupy the lines ; the rest of the
regiment halting at Delhi from the 1st December 1875 till the 15th January 1876, when they
left that station for Morar, where they arrived on the 30th January 1876, one native officer,
two non-commissioned officers, and 22 sowars being sent to Sipri.
IV. Meteorology and climate.—The rains commenced on the 15th of June, and ceased on
the 21st September, the fall during the year being 31¼ inches ; the mean highest temperature
during the year was 89.83, and the lowest 68. The hottest month was June, when the thermo--
meter rose to 108°, and the coldest January, when the thermometer fell to 38°.
Location and
movements.
Meteorology
and climate.
Barracks, huts
and lines.
Conservancy
a nd latrines.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
The diminution is thus explained by the Medical Officer in charge :
“One of the greatest causes of the diminution of disease, in my opinion,
was the enforcement of the rule regarding the non-admission of Europeans
into the city ; and when this became partly relaxed in January 1877, it was
followed by a sharp outburst of disease, which is again subsiding, the rule
having been made absolute. If the Europeans are kept out of the city, and
the city prostitutes out of cantonments, there will be little disease, provided the
cantonment police exercise due vigilance in arresting unregistered women.”
GWALIOR DISTRICT
(INCLUDING THE STATIONS OF MORAR AND JHANSI).
Average daily strength present during the year.
Cavalry 349.6 Infantry 1,858
„
„ sick per cent. of average strength
..
„
2.31
„
3.15
Ratio of mortality
„ „ „
,,
.22
,,
1
7th Regiment Bengal Cavalry—Morar.
Medical
Officers.
I. Medical Officers.—Surgeon-Major Ringer was in medical charge of the
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1871
. Nowgong, Nov. 1867
from Lucknow.
239.7
.86
7.34
1872 .
Sitapur, April 1872 .
104.7
.66
3.86
1873
. Ditto
ditto
78.3
.22
2.47
1874
. Ditto
ditto
63.1 .44
2.50
1875
. Ditto
69.03
1.32
9.19
Average
110.96
.70
5.07
1876 .
Morar, 30th Jan. 1876 .
63.20
.22
2.32
Regiment from the 1st Jan--
uary to the 20th March 1876,
when Dr. T. G. Skardon, 9th
Regiment, Native Infantry,
took over charge. This
he held until the 8th June,
when Dr. Eades, of the 17th
Native Infantry, relieved
him, and remained in charge
until relieved by Surgeon-
Major W. R. Amesbury on
the 23rd December 1876.
The last named officer fur-
nishes the report.
V. Barracks, huts and lines. —The regiment is under orders to leave their present lines to
others distant about a mile and a half south. Those recently occupied were not overcrowded, and
until dismantled by having the sites removed for the new huts, were in a habitable state of re--
pair.
VII. Conservancy and latrines.—Movable screens and trench system of conservancy are in
use, but they are too few, there being only two of ten seats each for the sowars and followers,
and one at a proper distance off for the females. This is not nearly accommodation enough ; but
as the regiment is about to move to other lines, it may suffice for the time. Horse-litter is re-
-moved by conservancy carts twice a day, as well as all other refuse.
Water-sup- ply.
Duties em-
ployment,
&c.
Hospital.
VIII. Water-supply . —Drinking water is supplied from four pucka wells, and the water is
considered by the men good; but their position is too near the men’s and horses’ lines, so that the
water from the soil and subsoil must percolate more or less into them. From a previous analysis,
the water from these wells was found to contain some 12 grains of alkaline sulphate to the
gallon. This acting on organic matter, however small, would give rise to sulphurretted hydrogen :
otherwise the water is good.
XI. Duties,e m p l o y m e n t , & c . — P a r a d e s t w i c e a w e e k i n t h e h o t s e a s o n . T h e p a r a d e s a r e o f
moderate length, and the hours selected for them are varied according to the time of the year
and clime, so that the men are neither exposed to the cold of the early mornings, nor to the heat
of the sun when it becomes hot.
XIV. Hospital.—The hospital has been described in previous reports. There is no ward for
contagious diseases, nor are there quarters attached to the hospital for the establishment or