Water-supply.
Bazar supplies.
Clothing.
Duties.
Hospital.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
Drainage.
Conservancy
and latrines.
VI. Drainage.—The drainage of the station generally is efficient, or not according to
the rainfall. Should it be heavy, the sluice gates, of which there are several on the north and
east sides of the bund, cannot be opened to let water off from floods, being as high, or higher,
outside, but if rains are moderate and floods are not reaching the band, the gates are opened
with advantage. These remarks hold good with reference to the drainage of the lines, the
channels for which are well placed and in good order.
VI. Conservancy and latrines.—The trench system is in use, and works
well except during the rains, as at this season the ground outside the bund, on
which the latrine is placed, is either under water, or is completely saturated
with it, and then the men must resort to fields which are at some distance from
the lines.
The water is of good quality and abundant, it is obtained from "pucca"
wells, and it is said that the continued use of it will produce goitre.
The regimental bazar had been well supplied with the various articles of
food which were of good quality and were to be had at a moderate price. No
cases of underfeeding were observed during the year. Vegetables were pro
-curable.
Cook-house.
The clothing is suited for the seasons and for the duties the men have to
perform.
The duties have been light or moderate, and the men had an average of
eight nights in bed.
XIV. Hospital.— The hospital is a pucca building situated about 80 yards west of
the lines in a fine tope of trees and affords ample accommodation for 26 cots. It consists of one
large ward 72 feet long, 22 feet broad and 18 feet high, with cubic space of 35,638 feet and 1,584
superficial area. At one end there are two small rooms, one used as an office, the other as a
dispensary; and at the other end a small ward 20 feet by 12 feet and 16 feet high, with a cubic
space of 3,480 feet that is available for any case requiring separation. The verandah of the
building on each side is 12½ feet broad and the floor is 4 feet from the ground. There is a
covered way to the bath-room and latrine which adjoins one corner of the building. The ven
-tilation is very free by ridge, roof, and doorways. The bedding of the men is ample and
usually composed of durries, blankets and quilted coverlets. There is a cook-house near to the
hospital, which is divided into two compartments, one for Hindoos the other for Mussulmans ;
it is not much used. There are quarters for six servants, but none for the hospital assistants.
The hospital well is pucca, similar to those in the lines.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.— Strength of the regiment—
Present . . . 413.16
A b s e n t . . .
45.16
Total . . . 458.32
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily aver
-age num
-ber of
sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To.
Admis
-sions. Deaths.
Adm
i s - s i o n s . Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters at Segowlie
and Fyzabad.
1st Jan. 1875 31st Dec. 1875 266
196
. . .
8.48 73.68 . . .
3.18
Detachment, Gorukhpore . . .
Ditto
Ditto
50
18
. . .
.56 36
. . .
1.12
Ditto,
Benares . . .
Ditto
12th Nov. 1875
16
1
. . .
.6
7.21 . . .
3.75
Ditto,
Barrackpore . . .
Ditto
31st Dec. 1875 137
27
. . .
3.90 118.20 . . .
2.85
Ditto,
Segowlie . . .
Ditto
8th Feb. 1875 134.66
21
. . .
5.18 125.03 . . .
3.84
Ditto,
Benares . . . 16th Dec. 1875 31st Dec. 1875 100
3 . . .
1.56 68.44 . . .
1.56
TOTAL . . .
. . .
. . .
413
266
. . .
10.94 64.40 . . .
2.64
Number of deaths in hospital 0; out of hospital 1 ; total 1; per cent. of total strength . . .
21
" invalided . . .16; " " . . .
3.49
" sent on sick leave . . .5; " " . . .
1.09
" of days spent in hospital 3,852 ; per admission 14.48; per man of total strength . . .
8.40
" " on sick leave 793; per man 158.6; " " . . .
1.73
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . . 10.13
Sickness.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.— Of the 266 cases admitted into hospital during the
year, 69 were from injuries connected more or less directly with duties of a cavalry soldier; these
included three cases of fracture, two of which were compound, 72 were cases of fever, mostly