Small-pox.
Recommen
-dations.
Inspection.
Lines.
City Lock
Hospital,
Lucknow.
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OUDH DIVISION.
During the time the epidemic of cholera was prevalent, the men were prohibited from
going to any of the bazars or any place else from which reports of the existence of the disease
had been received. The detachments of the regiment on their return from escort duty with
any of the European cholera camps were put into tents pitched some distance from the lines, and
were thus kept in quarantine for a full period of seven days before they were allowed to rejoin.
XIX. Vaccination.— Most of the men have had small-pox, either natural or by inoculation.
The hill-men generally have been vaccinated in childhood and are thus protected; the recruits
mentioned in last year's report were vaccinated during the month of January, and in the
month of November the Government vaccinator commenced vaccinating the native children
in the lines with the full co-operation of the commanding officer. There was but one mild case
of small-pox in the regiment during the year.
XX. Recommendations.— The only recommendations made during the year were, that
tents should be pitched for the treatment of all cases of ulcers and abscesses, and that at the
annual whitewashing of the hospital, the walls should be thoroughly scraped. These recom
-
mendations were carried out.
XXI. Special observations and remarks.— The recruits enlisted during the year have been
mostly young men of good phisique, and likely to turn out efficient soldiers. The late orders on
the subject of recruiting will doubtless tend to ensure the enlistment of promising recruits.
The following table shows the average strength present of each company, the percent
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age of admissions on the present strength of each company, and the percentage of the ad
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missions from each company to the total admissions during the year:—
C
O M P A N I E S .
Average
strength pre-
sent during the
year.
Total number
of admissions.
Per cent of
admissions on
the strength
Present.
Per cent. of
admissions on
the total
admissions.
A. Brahmins and Rajpoots . . .
80.92
54
66.73
11.00
B. Mahomedans . . .
78.62
42
53.42
8.56
C. Jats . . .
77.68
60
77.23
12.22
D. Dogras . . .
76.97
46
59.76
9.37
E. Hill-men . . .
75.98
75
98.71
15.27
F. Jats . . .
76.82
70
91.12
14.26
G. Goojurs . . .
80.50
80
99.37
16.29
H. Brahmins and Rajpoots . . .
74.62
64
85.76
13.03
TOTAL . . .
622.11
491
632.10
100.00
Vaccination.
Special observ
-ations and re
-marks.
From this table we may, from a hospital point of view, deduce the following conclusions:
lstly, that the Jats, Goojurs and hill-men have had a large number of men ineffective in hos
-
pital; 2ndly, that the Mahomedans and Dogras are the most healthy, and consequently the
most efficient soldiers; and 3rdly, that the Brahmins, though healthy when the duty is light,
furnish a goodly percentage of the sick in hospital when the drills of the cold weather commence,
and during the rains, as the admissions from them were principally during these two seasons.
The freedom of the Mahomedans and Dogras from sickness is most probably due to their
always using a liberal dietary, as is the larger percentage of admissions into hospital from
the other castes very probably due to the want of a sufficiently varied one. The health of the
camp-followers has been fairly good. Most of the diseases I have seen amongst them, particu
-
larly of the children, have been dependent on preventable causes, or aggravated by the want
of sufficient clothing and of good food.
The Deputy Surgeon-General of the Lucknow Circle reports that he had
visited this hospital on several occasions during 1875, and he made his annual
inspection on the 20th December. The lines were clean and in good sanitary
condition, Huts were in good repair and well ventilated, and were not
overcrowded. Quarters for the hospital assistants or native medical pupils
have not as yet been built, and a dead-house still remains a want. The bath
-
room was comfortably fitted up and was well supplied with water, but, owing
to caste prejudice, the Hindoos never used it. Regarding the rather high daily
average number of sick, the Deputy Surgeon-General remarks that it was
mainly due to the numbers of ulcers, abscesses, blisters of the feet, and syphilis,
and not to any actual sickness. In the early part of the year, sloughing
ulcers were rather prevalent, but there has been a gradual improvement in this
respect since March last, and at the date of his inspection these ulcers had
nearly disappeared. The Deputy Surgeon-General states that the hospital and
all the medical arrangements connected with it were in admirable order.
City Lock Hospital, Lucknow .—This hospital was inspected by the Deputy
Surgeon-General of the Lucknow Circle on the 17th January 1876, and the
following information has been gleaned from his report. The hospital is ranked
as a 1st class one, and is under the superintendence of Mr. J. C. Wishaw, Civil
Surgeon of Lucknow.
Bath-room.