Vaccination.
Remarks.
Inspection.
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SAUGOR DISTRICT.
STATION.
P E R I O D .
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
O F
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH PER ANNUM.
From
To
A d m i s - s i o n s .
Deaths
Admi s-si ons.
Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters at Jhansi . . .
1st Jan. 1876 31st Dec. 1876 459.77
594
2
14.71 129.19 .43
3.19
Detachment at Nowgong . . .
9th Nov.1876
Ditto . . .
158.00
60
1
12.47 262.20 4.52 7.88
Ditto at Lalitpur . . .
1st Jan. 1876
Ditto . . .
73.
131
. . .
2.83 179.45
. . .
3.87
Ditto at Sipri . . .
Ditto . . .
Ditto . . .
26.
35
1
1.01 134.61 3.84 3.88
TOTAL . . .
. . .
. . . 614.33
820
4
20.25 133.47 .65 3.29
Number of deaths in hospital 4; out of hospital none; total 4; per cent. of total strength . . .
.57
" invalided . . . 31; " " . . .
4.48
" sent on sick leave . . . 8; " " . . .
1.15
" of days spent in hospital 7,413; per admission 9.04; per man of total strength . . .
10.72
" " on sick leave 1,230; per man . . . 153.75; " " . . .
1.78
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . .
12.50
Principal
causes of
sickness.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness .—The year 1876 has been, on the whole, healthy; the
cases of fever, although numerous, being of a slight nature—438 cases of fever, against 302 in
1875. Venereal disease is still increasing—57 cases against 52 in 1875; rheumatism, 24 against
19 in 1875. Probably the greater number of these might be traced to syphilis. Four deaths
occurred—one from chronic pneumonia and plithisis, one from secondary syphilis, one from
pneumonia, and one from splenitis. Thirty-two men were discharged the service—4 for chronic
rheumatism and 28 for general debility. Three others were discharged the service on account
of disease.
XIX. Vaccination .—All the men, women and children of the regiment were vaccinated
regularly.
XXI. Remarks —Seventy-nine recruits were enlisted during the past year, and some of
them were rejected as unlikely to prove efficient soldiers.
Inspection .—Deputy Surgeon-General Thorpe, M. D., inspected the regiment
on the 27th January 1877. The lines were clean and well drained. The hospital
is an old building, but in good repair. The dispensary and store-rooms are well
lighted. There are, however, no bath-rooms, or wards for isolating infectious
diseases. A hospital on the standard plan is required. The hospital arrange
-ments were in an efficient state on the day of inspection.
SAUGOR DISTRICT
(INCLUDING THE STATIONS OF JUBBULPORE, SUGOR, BANDA, NAGODE AND NOWGONG).
Bengal Troops.
Madras Troops.
Average daily strength present during the year . . . Cavalry only 382.9 Cavalry 252.1 Infantry 2,644.8
" " sick per cent. of average strength . . .
"
3.65
"
3.49 "
2.50
Ratio of mortality " " " . . .
"
.22
"
.14 "
1.22
16th Regiment Madras Native Infantry—Jubbulpore.
I. Medical Officers.—Surgeon-Major (now Deputy Surgeon-General),
Theobalds was in charge from the 1st January until the 6th March. Surgeon
W. E. Johnson, M. D, assumed charge on the 6th March, and continued with
the regiment until the end of the year. The latter officer has written the
annual sanitary report.
Medical
Officers.
II. Location and movements .—The regiment has been stationed at Jubbulpore throughout
the year. The right wing arrived at Jubbulpore from Bellary on the 21st November, and the
left wing on the 11th December 1873.
L o c a t i o n a n d m o v e m e n t s .