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Khan water was often frozen to the thickness of half an inch in a chelumchee. On the night
of the 29th September a violent hurricane swept over the district, blowing down several large
trees and injuring more or less all the timber in the station.
V
. Lines, barracks, and huts.—The barracks are kutcha and divided into sections placed
parallel to one another. They are in good order and afford sufficient accommodation, but
the floors are not raised sufficiently above the ground. Good verandahs and chicks to the
doorways are much needed in the hot weather.
V I . D r a i n a g e . —
T h e d r a i n a g e i s a s g o o d a s t h e n a t u r e o f t h e s o i l p e r m i t s o f .
VII. Conservancy and latrines. —The sepoys in the lines resort to the jungle for the
purposes of nature. It is considered undesirable to build a latrine at present owing to the
threatening proximity of the river Indus. The hospital conservancy arrangements are good
and sufficient.
VIII. Water-supply.—The water-supply in the lines is derived from a pucca well, and
the water is of very good quality.
IX.
Diet.—Food supplies have been good and abundant.
X. Clothing.—The khaki drill is very suitable to the climate and dusty character of the
soil. The regulation boot is worn on parade.
XI. Duty and employment. —Duty has not been heavy; the average number of nights
in bed at head-quarters was 6.10.
XII. Exercise.—The recruits are regularly put through gymnastic exercises by non
-commissioned officers, and sports are held annually and generally encouraged.
XIII. Marches.—The regiment marched from Dera Ghazi Khan on 17th January
and arrived at Dera Ismail Khan on 27th January 1875. The cold was very great and the
water at many encampings excessively bad, being loaded with sulphates and impregnated with
sulphuretted hydrogen; but no diarrhœa followed its use amongst the men. To the British
officers it was very unpalatable, and even tea made with it could not be drunk. The dust on
the road was very thick and rose in clouds as the regiment marched along, producing so much
irritation, that some of the men attributed to this fact the after-occurrence of pneumonia,
which disease had attacked nine men on the day of arrival at Dera Ismail Khan.
XIV. Hospitals. —The hospital has been commented upon unfavorably by previous medi
-cal officers. The accommodation afforded this year to the 2nd Punjab Infantry was greater than
that afforded to the former regiment, owing to the vacant space caused by the removal of the
sick of the 3rd Punjab Cavalry to a separate building. During the month of March, owing to
the occurrence of several cases of pneumonia in this building, the sick were removed to a va
-cant barrack in the lines to allow of the building being cleansed and rendered pure. This
hospital is very badly lighted, and any case requiring special attention has to be carried into
the verandah for inspection. From its large size, it is bitterly cold in the winter. The dis
-tance from the lines is also considerable, and more sick attendants are required on this account
than would be otherwise necessary.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding. —Strength of the regiment—
Present
605.34
Absent
1 2 5 . 7 6
Total
731.10
Lines, bar
- r a c k s , a n d
huts.
Drainage.
Conservancy
and latrines.
Water-supply.
Diet.
Clothing.
Duty and
employment.
Exercise.
Marches.
Hospitals.
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.
Admi s - s i ons . Deaths. Daily
average sick.
Head-quarters, Dera Ghazi
Khan
26th January 1st January 459.53 86
4.52 231.6
.96
Ditto Dera Ismail Khan
Detachment Rajanpur
27th ditto
31st December 465.35 652 10 25.26 150.8 2.30 5.42
Ditto Bundowalla
1st ditto
22nd January 83.78
1.28
1 . 5 2
Ditto Mungrota 1st ditto
5th February 25.
Ditto Ditto
1st ditto
22nd January 41.
.20
.48
Ditto Hurrund and Digri 24th December 31st December 4 1 .
2
3.05 222.6
7 . 4 3
Ditto Manji, Girni, and
Draband
1st Jannary 15th January 54.42 1
.56 44.7
1 . 0 2
Ditto Tank and Girni 29th ditto
16th April
42.66
1.11
2 . 6 0
Ditto Sheikh Budin
5th February 5th March
64.
Ditto Zam and Kirgi
24th September 5th November 81.42 5
1.92 52.1
2.35
Ditto Tank, Girni, Man- 2nd July
31st December 69.94 39
1.38 111.1
1 . 9 7
ji, Jatta, and Dra-
band
9th ditto
ditto
99.65 11
.34 22.8
.34
TOTAL
605.34 796 10 26.01 131.1 1.65 4 . 2 9
Number of deaths in hospital 10; out of hospital 8; total 18; per cent, of total strength 2.46
„ invalided 18; „ „ 2.46
„ sent on sick leave 19; „ „ 2.56
„ of days spent in hospital 9,494; per admission 11.9; per man of total strength 12.99
„ „ on sick leave 2,820; per man 148.42; „ „ 3.85
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength 16.84