Topography,
&c.
Meteorology.
Lines.
Drainage.
Latrines. &c.
Water-suppl y
Diet.
Clothing.
Duty, &c.
Exercise, &c.
Marches and
service.
Hospital.
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PUNJAB FRONTIER FORCE
.
• III .Topography, &c.—Has been described in previous annual reports; the annual floods of
the Melas were not large, little of the surrounding country being under water.
•
IV
. Meteorology.—No reliable information can be given, a common thermometer
being the
only instrument possessed.
V.Lines.—The lines were kept in good repair, not overcrowded; the new roofs have been
completed; doors, &c., are being fitted to the open doorways.
•
VI. Drainage.— As previously described, surface drainage; not sufficient after heavy
rain.
VII
. Latrines, &c.—No latrines (except hospital) exist ; the men resort to the fields and
this plan seems to answer well.
VIII. Water-supply.— No change from last year; from wells; plentiful, and of fair quality.
IX. Diet. —Quality of food good; the men feed fairly and are mostly well-nourished; the
practice of underfeeding is rare.
X. Clothing.— As described in previous reports, is suitable to climate, season and duty
;
the chogah is being converted into a great-coat, which will protect the front of the men's chests,
and neck in which respect the chogah failed.
XI.
Duty and employment.—Ordinary routine of parades and guards; night duties not
heavy-5.28 in 7.
XII. Exerci se,&c. —Football, cricket and various gymnastic exercises.
XIII. Marches and service.—Head-quarters none. A strong detachment proceeded viậ
Jacobabad through the Bolan Pass to Khelat, and the other detachments returned from the
various outposts.
XIV. Hospital.—Previously described (Annual Report 1873, page 220) the accommodation
t h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r w a s g o o d a n d s u f f i c i e n t . F i r e s w e r e k e p t b u r n i n g d u r i n g t h e c o l d m o n t h s .
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.— Strength of the regiment—
Present
626.57
Absent
105.34
Total
731.91
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average
.
of sick..
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
_
To
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Admis-
sions .
Deaths .
Daily average
sick.
Head-Quarters at Dera Ghazi
K h a n .
1st Jan.
31st Dec.
3 7 1 . 5 6
6 0 5
2
1 7 . 1 8
1 6 2 . 8 2
. 5 4
4 . 6 2
Detachment at Rajanpur
Ditto
31st March
3 9 . 3 8
1 2
. . .
1 . 6 8
1 2 2 . 5 7
. . .
4 . 2 7
Ditto
in Bileoch Hills
Ditto
11th Feb
9 4 .
2
. . .
. 2 6
1 8 . 4 7
. . .
. 2 7
Ditto at Bandowala
Ditto
31st March
2 5 . 1 6
4
. . .
. 3 1
6 4 . 0 0
. . .
1 . 2 3
Ditto
at Harrand and
Drigri.
Ditto
17th
„
5 9 .
2
. . .
. 1 6
1 6 . 1 1
. . .
. 2 7
Ditto at Khelat
19th March
31st Dec.
2 7 1 . 2 8
3 3 0
7
1 1 . 1 9
1 5 4 . 7 1
3 . 2 8
4 . 1 2
TOTAL
. . .
...
6 2 6 . 5 7
9 5 5
9
2 6 . 4 1
1 5 2 . 4 1
1 . 4 3
4 . 2 1
Number of deaths in hospital 9; out of hospital 4; total 13 ;
per cent. of total strength
1.77
,, invalided 13 ; ,, ,,
1.77
,, sent on sick leave 22 ; ,, ,,
3.06
of days spent in hospital 9,666; per admission
10.12 per man of total strength
13.20
,, ,, on siek leave 1,782; per man
81; ,, ,,
2.43
Total temporary loss of strew th per man of total strength
15.63
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.— Nine hundred and fifty-five admiss ons took place during
the year as compared with 931 in 1875; 1,082 in 1874; 1,062 in . 1873; 1,245 in 1872 and
1,305 in 1871. Fevers, chiefly ague, caused nearly half of total admissions; dysentery and
diarrhœa 48 and 51 respectively (at head-quarters 22 and 5 at detachments 26 and 46) as
compared with 45 and 26 in 1875; 50 and 35 in 1874; 52 and 37 in 1873; 95 and 61 in
1872 and 59 and 57 in 1871. Most of the admissions for diarrhœa took place in the Khelat
detachment, which suffered from an epidemic of cholera and scanty, bad drinking water in several
of their encamping grounds. Chest affections (bronchitis 8, pneumonia 10) caused 34 admissions
being below the average of previous years, 1875 giving 75, 1874-29; 1873-30; 1872-60
and 1871-50. The other principal causes were rheumatism 57, colic 41, ulcers 30, abscess 29
and. injuries to extremities, continuous sprains, blister of foot, &c. 53. Three admissions from
primary and four from secondary syphilis took place, and four from gonorrhœa and its com-
plications.
XVII. Principal canses of mortality.— Nine deaths took place in hospital, two at head-
quarters and seven at Khelat detachment; one of the deaths at head-quarters occurred from
pneumonia and the other from remittent fever; of the deaths in Khelat detachment six
were from cholera and one from dysentery. Four deaths occurred out of hospital, two on fur-
lough and two on escort duty, causes not known.
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Principal
causes of
sickness.
Principal
causes of
mortality.