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OHILCUND DISTRICT.
was 103° Fah : against 109° Fah : in 1874. Division walls and glass windows
in the hospital are considered to be very necessary. There is no dead-house,
and the accommodation for the hospital staff is not so good as is desirable.
45th (Battrag's Sikhs) Regiment Native Infantry—Moradabad and Shahjahanpur.
I. Medical Officers.—Surgeon W. W. Galloway, by whom this report has been written,
was in medical charge through-
out the year, except from the 5th
May to the 2nd June, when he
was absent on privilege leave.
His duties during that period
were performed by Surgeon-Major
Barnawell, of the British Medi-
-cal Department. Surgeon-Major
Loch, Civil Surgeon of Shahja-
-hanpur, had medical charge of the
left wing at that station until
the 5th April, when he was relieved
by Surgeon-Major FitzGerald,
who remained in charge until the
12th November, when the Wing
marched to join the head-quarters
at Moradabad. Surgeon Bovill,
of the 16th Native Infantry, had
medical charge of the depôot at Alipore from the 22nd December to the end of the year. The
detachment to form the depôt was during the march in medical charge of passed medical
pupil Jubboo Singh, from the 12th to the 26th November. Hospital Assistant Mayetoolah
had charge from the latter date to the 22nd December.
II. Location and movements.—The head-quarters and right wing remained at Moradabad
until the 25th November. The left wing remained at Shahjahanpur until the 12th Novem-
- b e r , w h e n i t m a r c h e d t o M o r a d a b a d a n d j o i n e d t h e h e a d - q u a r t e r s o n t h e 1 9 t h o f t h e s a m e
month. The regiment then on the 25th November went from Moradabad to join the Camp
of Exercise at Delhi. It reached Delhi on the 3rd December, and next day joined the 2nd
Brigade of the 3rd division at Camp Bussai, about 5 miles from Delhi, where it remained for
the rest of the year. A detachment of 134 men marched from Moradabad on the 12th Novem--
ber to form the depôt of the regiment at Alipore, near Calcutta, where the regiment is to be
stationed after the Camp of Exercise. They were joined near Fatehgarh, on the 23rd Novem--
ber, by 44 men who had been left behind by the left wing at Shahjahanpur. The detach--
ment, now 178 strong, marched as far as Allahabad, and then went by rail to Calcutta, which
it reached on the 21st and 22nd December. It remained at Alipore during the rest of the
year.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1870 . . .
Mooltan, December 1868
from Julluudur . . .
82.2
1.89
4.01
1871 . . .
Ditto
Ditto
61.3
1.15
4.37
1872 . . .
Moradabad and Shah-
jahanpur, February 1862
68.9
1.52
8.18
1873 . . .
Ditto
Ditto
73.6
.66
2.43
1874 . . .
Ditto
Ditto
90.3
.25
3.30
Average . . .
75.26
1.09
4.46
1875 . . .
Moradabad and Shah-
jahanpur . . .
82.52
.42
2.52
Medical
Officers.
Location and
movements.
D i e t . —
T h e r eh
a s b e e n a g o o d s u p p l y o f t h e u s u a l a r t i c l e s f o u n d i n a r e g i m e n t a l
bazar. I generally looked at all the articles of diet while making my weekly inspections, and
they are daily inspected by the native officer on duty. There was very seldom any cause for
complaint. The men as a rule feed well. The prices have been moderate, and no compensa--
tion for dearness of provisions was required to be drawn during the year.
X. Clothing.—There has been no change in the clothing. The Snider rifle has been given,
instead of the Enfield, to the men, who seemed to be highly delighted at the exchange. A
black leather shoe is worn instead of the ammunition boot, and has been found to answer very
well. The old sepoys are well provided with under-clothing, but the recruits on first joining
are, as a rule, very badly provided.
Diet.
Clothing.
XI. Duty and employment.—The duties have not been excessive. At the Camp of Ex-
ercise there was a good deal of marching about; but it had a decidedly favourable influence on
the health of the men. The number of nights in bed for the different ranks have been—Ha--
vildars 7.83, Naicks 10.08, Buglers 11.25, Sepoys 6.69.
XII. _Exercise amusements, and occupations.— The men are fond of wrestling and othe
athletic sports. They do not do much at gardening. There was very little ground avail-
able for the purpose at Moradabad.
Duty and.
employment.
Exercise, am-
usements and
occupations
XIII. Marches and service.—The regiment marched to the Camp of Exercise at Delhi on
the 25th November, and took part in the various movements of the troops collected there. The
left wing marched from Shahjahanpur to Moradabad to join head-quarters. A detachment, as
stated in paragraph II, marched from Moradabad to Allahabad, and then went by rail to
Calcutta to form the depôt of the regiment at Alipore. The marching had a decidedly favour-
- a b l e i n f l u e n c e o n t h e h e a l t h o f t h e m e n . T h e r e w e r e v e r y f e w a d m i s s i o n s f o r s o r e f e e t .
XIV. Hospital.—The same as last year. The accommodation was ample when the
regiment left Moradabad. Arrangements were being made to build a dead-house, and quarters
for the hospital assistant and medical pupil near the hospital. This was urgently required, as
Marches and
service.
Hospital.