II. Location and movements.—
Location and
movements.
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ague when on furlough, and to another who was slain in an Afridi ambuscade on 15th July as
he was going to Fort Mahomedzai outpost.
Epidemics.
XVIII. Epidemics. —Two sepoys, two female camp-followers, and one boy, suffered from
small-pox. One woman, who was unprotected, died of confluent variola. The rest were all
mild post-vaccinal cases.
Vaccination.
XIX. Vaccination.—The regiment is protected; all recruits enlisted had either run the
gauntlet of small-pox, or had been inoculated or vaccinated. Seventeen children were success-
fully vaccinated.
Inspection.
Inspection.—Mr. F. F. Allen, C.B., Deputy Surgeon-General of the Rawal
Pindi Circle, made his inspection of this regiment on the 9th November 1876.
He reports that the lines are built on the standard plan, and were in good
repair and clean. The sick were treated in the general hospital, and the
supply of medicines and instruments was ample for all the requiremerts of the
regiment.
1 s t R e g i m e n t S i k h I n f a n t r y — K o h a t .
Medical
Officers.
I. Medical Officers .—Surgeon-Major A. P. Holmes, M.D., has written the
sanitary report, and states
that the following Medical
Officers held charge of the
regiment during the year:
Surgeon Moloney, from 1st
January to 11th April; Sur-
geon T. E. S. Bate, from 12th
April to 22nd July; Surgeon
C. J. McCartie, from 23rd
July to 10th September;
Surgeon P. F. O'Connor,
from 11th September to 1st
December, and Surgeon
Major A. P. Holmes, M.D.,
from 2nd to 31st December.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1871
Dera Ismail Khan, Nov.
1868, from Kohat
112.6
1.9
3.6
1872
Edwardesabad, Feb.1872 187.5
1.8
6.
1873
Ditto ditto
174.9
2.3
7.4
1874
Ditto ditto
180.9
1.5
6.7
1875
Kohat February 1875
132.29 3.26
5.07
Average
157.63
2.15
5.75
1.876
Kohat
152.84
2.01
4.32
Strength.
Location.
From
To
Head-quarters
679.10 Kohat
1st January 31st December
Detachment
97.12 On escort duty with Lieutenant-Gover-
nor of Punjab
1st January 15th April.
„
58.95 Bahadur Khel outpost
3rd March
8th May.
„ 58.95
Ditto ditto
3rd September 8th November.
Topography.
III. Topography.—The topography of Kohat has been fully described in former reports.
Meteorology.
IV. Meteorology .—No meteorological peculiarities have taken place. There are no instru-
ments in the hospital for taking observations.
Lines, barracks, &c.
V. Lines barracks, &c.—The regiment occupies the lines in which it was quartered last year.
Since last report the barracks have been provided with doors, an improvement which adds much
to the comfort and probably to the good health of the men. The buildings are all in good
repair.
Drainage.
VI. Drainage.—The drainage is naturally very good.
Water-supply.
VIII. Water-supply.—The water-supply is very good. Issuing from a spring about half
a mile distant from cantonments, the water is conveyed all the way either in a tunnel or
in pipes into pucka reservoirs which have been constructed one for each regiment in the garri-
son and one for the infantry hospital. These reservoirs are covered in, and the water is drawn
by taps straight into the bhisties' mussucks, so that the possibility of contamination is reduced
to a minimum. The men at their own expense have constructed a tank for bathing, the out-
flow of which is used for washing, watering animals, &c.
Diet.
IX. Diet.—The diet is the same as is customary with native troops. Food of all kinds
is cheap and plentiful in Kohat. Underfeeding is rare; any man suspected of the practice is
placed under supervision.
Clothing.
X. Clothing.—The only change that has been made in the clothing of the men is in the
substitution of English great-coats for chogas; this is a great improvement, as the English
cloth being of much closer texture is a more efficient protection against cold and wet.
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