Conservancy,
water-supply,
&c.
Duty.
61
RAJPOOTANA.
The topography of Deolee has been described in previous reports. Of the
meteorology of the year it is only necessary to say that the average mean tem
-
perature and the rain-fall were about the average of former years.
The lines are described as being commodious and well kept, and their drain
-
age was excellent.
Topography.
Lines.
The conservancy, water-supply, diet and clothing require no special
remarks.
The duty was not excessive in any way ; the then continue to learn and to
practise the construction of useful and ornamental works about the station.
The force, has not moved from head-quarters during the year.
XIV. Hospital .—Full descriptions, have been given in previous reports of the constru
c -
tion of the hospital, which is roomy and commodious, well lighted and ventilated, and leaves
little to be desired beyond a mode of roofing more capable of resisting rain.
Hospital.
XV. Sickness, mortalitv and invaliding.—Strength of the regiment—
P r e s e n t . . .
683
Absent
.
.
. 192.6
Total . . . 875.6
Sickness, mor
-tality and invaliding.
STATION.
PERIOD.
S t r e n g t h .
TOTAL NUMBER OF D a i l y a v e r a g e n u m b e r o f s i c k .
PER CENT. Or STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From.
To
Ad mi s s i o n s .
Deat hs.
Ad mi s s i o n s .
Deat hs.
D a i l y a v e r a g e s i c k .
Head-quarters at Deolee . . . 1st January 1875 . . . 31st December 1875
339
532
2 21.85 156.9
. 5 8 6.44.
Detachment at Jeypore . . . Ditto . . .
Ditto . . .
90
84
1
3.75 140
1. 6 6.25
" B h u r t p o r e . . . Ditto . . .
Ditto . . .
35
39
. . .
1.40 111.42
. . .
4
" B e e k a n e e r . . . 25th June 1875 . . .
Ditto . . .
42
42
. . .
1.27 192.10
. . .
3.02
" Kotah . . . Ditto . . .
Ditto . . .
77
70
. . .
1.72 174.62
. . .
2.23
" w i t h A . , G . G . 1st January 1875 . . . 9th March 1875 . . .
161
36
. . .
0.88 102.82
. . .
0.54
" with do. do. 25th December 1875 . . . 31st December 1875. . .
Total . . .
. . .
. . .
683
803
3 30.86 117.57
. 44 4.52
Number of deaths in hospital 3; out of hospital 2; total 5; per cent. of total strength . . .
.57
" invalided . . . none;
" ". . . none.
" s e n t o n s i c k l e a v e . . . 5 ; . . .
.57
" of days spent in hospital 112.64; per admission 14.02; per man of total strength . . . 12.86
" " " on sick leave 501 ; per man . . .100..2; " " . . .
.57
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . .
13.43
The number of admissions is 803, being 75 more than in the last year. The mortality
during the year has been three, this number being six less . than in the year .1874. No men
were invalided during the year.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness .—Intermittent fever, as usual, has sent the largest num
-
ber of men to hospital. The proportion to total admissions, however, is considerably less
than it was in 1874.
The comparison is as follows :—
Year . . .
Total admissions
Intermittent fever.
1874 . . .
728
218
1875 . . .
803
193
The malady which stands second on the list in point of numbers is conjunctivitis, of
which 72 admissions are recorded. The other diseases which bear a high admission list are
unimportant. Cases of chest affection have been on the decrease.
Principal cau
-
ses of sick
-
ness.
XVII. Principal causes of mortality .—Only five deaths occurred during the year, and
of these, two were out of hospital, and one was, in the detachment hospital at Jeypore. Two
men died of pneumonia, one of phthisis pulmonalis, one of anemia, and one of small-pox.
Principal can
-ses of mer
tality.