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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
Ventilation.
Out-houses.
Water-supply.
The lines are about 150 yards distant from the hospital. The hospital building consists of
one long ward 113'×20'×18' mean height (sloping roof), superficial area 2,260, cubic
space 40,680. Two enclosed verandahs on either side of the ward, each 113'×10'×11'
mean height, superficial area 1,130, cubic space 12,430. They are separated from the ward by
kutcha walls 15 feet high, reaching to the roof, and each communicates with the ward by 15
archways, 8 of which on both sides are closed by a wall reaching to a height of 5 feet from
the floor. They each communicate with the external air by seven latticed doors 7' 3"×4' 6"
placed_ opposite to the seven open archways. A portion of each end of the hospital is
allotted to entrances, offices and store-rooms; at the northern end are two rooms (10'×10'), in
one, hospital bedding and necessaries are kept, in the other, firewood and old timber. At the
southern end are two rooms (10'×10'), one used as an office-room, the other for dispensing
medicines in. One end of the left-hand side verandah has been walled off for use as a bath-room.
The ward contains 30 beds ; the verandah could be used as wards on an emergency, and would be
capable of holding 15 beds each. I have isolated cases of conjunctivitis by placing their beds
in the verandah:
Ventilation.— The ventilation is by perflation through 16 latticed doors one at either end,
and 7 on each side of hospital building) and 16 open archways placed opposite to the doors
and to each other and communicating with the long centre ward. Ventilation is extremely
free.
Out-houses— (1) .— A latrine, about 10 yards from the northern end of the hospital.
The latrine is a kutcha building with tiled roofing ; internally are 3 sub-divisions, each sub-
division provided with two gumlahs half-filled with dry-earth for the reception of the solid and
liquid excreta. In front of the sub-divisions is a narrow paved pathway, at the far end of
this pathway is a chatty containing water ; here the men perform their after ablutions, the foul
water running into a chatty sunk into the ground just outside the latrine wall. The excreta,
from the latrine is deposited in two iron receptacles, the contents of which are taken away daily
by station conservancy carts. In juxtaposition to the latrine is a small room used for the
storage of dry-earth. The latrine is always kept clean and swept ; dry-earth is liberally used.
(2).—House occupied by hospital assistant.
(3).—A small thatched house built by the sweeper, with a small vegetable garden in
front of it.
(4).—An out-house ; at present occupied by the dooly bearers.
Water-supply.— The water-supply of the hospital is obtained from a pucka well in the
compound. The supply is abundant and the quality of the water very good.
Hospital.
Accommoda-
tion.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
State of repair.— The hospital used to be of kutcha make throughout, but during the year
the outer walls have been made pucka of red brick and mortar ; new doors have been put up
fresh tiles put on, and 6 glass-windows placed in the east wall of the building. The roofing
consists of bamboo rafters, a layer of bamboo matting, and a double layer of tiles slopped with
chunam. The site is everything that could be desired ; the ground on which it stands is slightly
elevated, with good drainage on all sides. It has open country on three sides, is not incon-
-veniently near to any officer's bungalow or to the sudder bazar, and is only 150 yards from
the regimental lines. The accommodation is ample for a wing of a native regiment, and over-
-crowding is hardly ever likely to take place. The ventilation is remarkably good. With the
exception of blankets, the hospital bedding and furniture are ample for all wants; a few more
blankets are, however, badly needed during the colder months. There are only six Europe
blankets and two country in store, and the average daily number of patients during the months
of October, November and December have been 13.87, 10.36, and 11.29 respectively
Average daily sick for the year 19.68.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.— Strength of the right wing, 20th Madras.
Native Infantry—
Present
.
.
. 283.25
Absent
.
.
.
63.72
Total . . . 346.97
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
O F .
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Admis-
s i o n s . Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Right Wing, 20th
Madras Native In-
fantry, at Now gong,
Buudelkhund.
1st January 1875 31st December
1875.
283.25
572
1
19.68 201.94
.35
6.94
Number of deaths in hospital 1 ; out of hospital 1; total
" 2 ; p e r c e n t . o f t o t a l s t r e n g t h . . .
.57
"
invalided
.
.
. 1 0 ; " . . . 2.88
" sent on sick leave . . . 5; " . . .
1.76
" days spent in hospital 7183.20 ; per admission 12.55; per man of total strength . . . 20.70
" on sick leave 2,243 ; per man 448.68 ; " . . .
6.46
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . . 27.16