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PESHAWAR DISTRICT.
succeeding months is quite sufficient to produce fatal lung sequences. Most of the bowel com
plaints are attributable in a great measure to the impurity of the drinking water. The
pneumonia and bronchitis cases were principally caused by the severe cold and generally occurred
amongst the weakly men, low-caste Hindoos, whose constitution had been previously under
m i n e d b y m a l a r i o u s p o i s o n .
XVII.—Princi al causes of mortality—Contrast very unfavorably with two previous years:
30 deaths in and 6 out of hospital. The greatest number of fatal cases occurred from Peshawar
fever; most of them were admitted suffering from ordinary . intermittent fever, and after a laps
of 24 or 48 hours lung symptoms became evident; 15 of these cases proved fatal : 13 of pneu
monia, 1 acute mania, 1 dysenteric diarrhœa; of the 6 out of hospital, 3 were on sick leave
1 for splenitis, 1 dysentery, 1 fever. The remaining 3 are returned as fever.
Mortality amongst different castes—
Hindoos ...
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
... 26
H. Mussulmans
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
...
6
Pathans ...
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
...
4
TOTAL
...
36
Bowel
complaints.
Principal
causes of
mortality.
Mr. Banister reports that this regiment had been very sickly since its
arrival at Peshawar in February 1873, and suffered more from the endemic
fever than did any other regiment in the station; this was partly owing to
the unfavorable position of the lines, but more particularly, in Mr. Banister's
opinion, to a too sparing dietary and an insufficiency of the extra clothing,
which experience has shown to be indispensably necessary, especially for night
duties. The hospital was dirty and in bad repair ; there had been an unparallel
ed continuance of sickness throughout the preceding autumn and winter,
followed by a large mortality from pneumonia, and an inordinate amount of
temporary invaliding. Mr. Banister states that of the 92 recruits, none were
ineligible from over age, but with few exceptions their physical development
w a s b e l o w t h e p r o p e r s t a n d a r d .
Inspection.
Hospital.
20th (Punjab) Regiment Native Infantry.
Surgeon-Major E. 0. Tandy, of the 8th Regiment Bengal Cavalry, has
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT.OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1870
. . . Talagaug, March 1869...
136.7
. 1
3.5
1871
. . .
Ditto
ditto
. . .
99.8
1.1
2.8
1872 ... Delhi, December 1871...
135.8
1.7
2.7
1873 ...
Ditto
ditto
...
112.2
. 8
2.7
1874 ...
Ditto
ditto
...
140.7
1.4
3.6
Average
...
125.1
1.02
3.06
1875
... Peshawar, March 1875...
118.99
1.73
2.58
submitted the Annual Sani
tary Report.
I . M e d i c a l O f f i c e r s . —
T h e
following officers were in
medical charge of the regi-
ment from and to the dates
specified :—
Surgeon S. Brereton, from 1st
January to 24th March; Surgeon
Keefer, from 24th March to 19th
Jul y; Surgeon McConaghey, from 19th Jul y to 11th August; Surgeon T. Robi nson, from 11th
Medical
Officers.
August to 12th October ; Surgeon-Major Tandy, from 12-th October to 19th November; and Surgeon B.Gupta, from 19th November to 31st December.
Snwronn
amnia._ from 19 th Novombpr in Al et Tlpop-mbar
II. Location and movements.— The regiment marched from Delhi on the 4th January 1875,
arrived at Peshawar on the 6th March, where the head-quarters of the regiment have been
located ever since. The following detachments were furnished to the Doaba outposts during
the year under review :—
Station.
From.
To.
Strength.
Shabkadar
... 1st April
... 2nd May
... 90 men.
Michni
...
30th June
... 1st September
...
89 ,,
Cherat
... 28th August
... 7th October
... 116
Shabkadar
... 1st November
... 2nd December
... 90 „
Ditto
... 30th November ... 31st December
... 89 „
Elocution and
novements.
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