PESHAWAR DISTRICT.
159
from fever and blistered feet, the men enjoyed very good health. The march was begun about
daybreak as far as Jhelum, afterwards not until about 8 o'clock. The regiment halted three
days at Gujrat; while there, the Bimher nuddee overflowed its banks during the night and
flooded the encamping ground, causing great discomfort.
The regiment halted three days at Jhelum, waiting pay, &c. Halted three days at Rawal
Pindi owing to rain. Halted two days at Attock owing to the same cause.
The men enjoyed very good health during the march; there were no deaths, and nothing
of special interest occurred to record. Peshawar was reached on 25th February.
XIV. Hospital.— The hospital is built on the standard plan, with a partition wall in the
centre, having a large fire-place on each side.
The following is the measurement and cubic space of the centre wards (which are capable
of accommodating 24 men each):—
Length
73.1
Breadth.
2 0 . 2
A v e r a g e h e i g h t .
19.2
being 27,750 cubic feet and 1,460 superficial feet, or 1,156 cubic feet and 61 superficial feet,
to each man. The measurement and cubic space of each of the four verandah rooms (capable
of accommodating 12 men each) are as follows:—
Length
73.1
Breadth
11.4
Average height
12.4
being 9,640 cubic feet and 803 superficial feet, or 803 cubic feet and 67 superficial feet to each
man. Ninety-six men may therefore be accommodated (including sick attendants) without over-
crowding. With the exception of the old brick floor formerly referred to, and which has been again
brought to notice, the hospital has been kept in moderate repair during the year. The detachment,
Sappers and Miners (2nd and 3rd Companies), have their sick treated in this hospital. During
the last three months of the year, the hospital was insufficient for the sick, and the accommoda-
tion was as usual supplemented by regimental tents pitched near the parade ground, for which
straw was supplied by the Commissariat. The quarters for hospital assistants and servants are
incomplete and insufficient, the medical pupils having to live amongst the patients in hospital.
No quarters have been provided by the Public Works Department for medical subordinates or
hospital servants, who are therefore left to shift for themselves in the neighbouring bazar.
This was again brought to the notice of the Officer Commanding and the Executive Engineer.
Detached wards for infectious cases and a dead-house are still wanting.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.–Strength of the regiment—
Present
624.32
Absent
63.11
Total
687.43
Hospital.
Sickness, mor
- tality and in
- validing.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily aver-
age num-
ber of sick
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM
From
To
Admis- sions. Deaths.
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Daily
average sick.
Head-quarters at Jullundur
and on march to Peshawar 1st January 24th February
692 187
33.72 179.34
4.87
Head-quarters at Peshawar 25th February 31st December
520 1,750
6 46.66 396.25 1.35 8.97
Detachment at Michni
3rd March
2nd April
89
.8
.97 109.43
1.08
„ at Abazai
2nd April
5th May
86 17
1.98 225.76
2.36
„ a t S h a b k a d a r 12th April
2nd July
90 13
.67 65.92
.74
„ at Cherat
1st August
6th September
116 16
2.75 136.17
2.37
„ a t S h a b k a d a r 7th September 5th December.
90 176
5.20 802.18
5.77
„ a t M i c h n i 4th December. 31st December
89 27
4.09 410.33
4.59
Total
624.32 2,194
6 47.36 351.42
. 9 6 7.58
Number of deaths in hospital 6; out of hospital 3, total 9; per cent, of total strength
1.30
„ invalided 56; „ „
8.14
„ s e n t o n s i c k l e a v e 2 8 ; „ „
4.07
„ of days spent i n hospi t al 17, 286; per admi ssi on 7. 87; per man of t ot al st rengt h
25.14
„ „ „ on sick leave 3,836; per man 137; „
5.58
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
30.72