Medical
Officer.
Location and
movements.
Topography.
Meteorology.
Lines and
barracks.
Drainage.
Conservancy
latrines.
Water-supply.
Diet.
Clothing.
Duty.
Exercise &c.
Hospital.
Sickness,
mortality
and invalid-
ing.
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CENTRAL INDIA.
Mhairmarra Battalion—Aimere.
Medical Officer.—Dr. T. Murray held medical charge of the regiment
YEAR.
Station.
PER CENT, OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1871
. Ajmere .
.
.
.
103.4
1.47
3.79
1872
. Ditto .
.
.
.
139
2.19
5.44
1873
. Ditto .
.
.
.
108.7
1.33
4.70
1874
. Ditto .
.
.
.
139.5
.85
4.84
1875
. Ditto .
.
.
.
123.65
.56
4.79
Average
.
122.85
1.28
4.71
1876
. Ajmere
.
. .
117.72
.64
4.76
from 1st January to 3rd
May 1876, and again from
2nd November to 31st De
-cember 1876. Dr. J. H.
Newman held medical
charge from 3rd May to
2nd November 1876. The
former Officer has compiled
this report.
II. Location and movements.
— T h e h e a d - q u a r t e r s o f t h e r e g i m e n t
proceeded by train to Agra on the
14th January 1876 on the occa-
sion of the arrival of His Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales.
It preceded His Royal Highness
by rail to Jaipur, and remained there as a guard of honour from the 1st to the 11th February
1876. From Jaipur it marched to Ajmere, where it arrived on the 18th February 1876.
III. Topography.—The topography of Ajmere has already been given.
IV. Meteorology.—The total rainfall was 23 . 73 inches, of which 8 . 05 inches fell in July,
5 . 98 in August, and 6.33 in September. The rainfall for 1873 was 21 . 27 inches, for 1874,
17.75 inches, for 1875, 36 . 37½ inches, and for 1876, as already noted, 23 . 73 inches.
V. Lines and barracks.— The lines are situated about a mile and a quarter north-east of
the city of Ajmere on a well-chosen site. The streets, eight in number, are wide, and there are
rows of trees on either side which afford excellent shelter during the hot season.
V I . D r a i n a g e .—
T h e
d r a i n a g e o f t h e c a n t o n m e n t i s g o o d .
VII. Conservancy latrines.—The men resort to the jungles for all the calls of nature. The
soil being sandy answers all the purposes of the dry-earth system, and there is no undue
collection of filth and concentration of bad smells.
VIII. Water-supply.—Water is obtained from 3 wells, one at each end of the lines and
one in front of the parade ground.
IX. Diet.—The men diet themselves. The bazar supplies are good and abundant, and the
prices moderate. Vegetables are plentiful.
X. Clothing.—The clothing is adapted to the season of the year. Blisters of the feet are
very common owing to the boots not fitting properly.
XI. Duty.—In consequence of the numerous guards and detachments furnished by the
regiment, the duties are harder than they used to be when the corps was at Beawar. If the
regiment could be relieved from the command at Sambhur, it would be a great boon.
XII. Exercise and amusements.— The men sometimes go out hunting, of which they are
very fond, and some of them work in the regimental garden.
XIV. Hospital.—The hospital is built of stone and lime, and can accommodate 45 sick. It
has an open verandah to the east and a closed verandah on the west side. There are two thatched
houses about a hundred yards eastward of the hospital for the accommodation of small-pox cases
The houses of the native assistants are roomy and comfortable, and there are separate house
for the accommodation of 14 hospital servants. The hospital latrine is convenient and well
built, and the dry-earth system is in use. The whole of the buildings are in thorough repair.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.— Strength of the regiment :—
Present .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
618.37
Absent .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. .
.
90.45
Total
.
. 708.82
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average
number of
sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters at Ajmere 1st Jan. 1876 31st Dec. 1876 449.54
592
2
24.12 131.69
. 4 4 5.36
Detachment at Beawar
.
Ditto
Ditto
58.54
11
. . .
0.44
18.79 ...
.75
Ditto Sanbhar
.
Ditto
Ditto
87
113
. . .
3.69 129.88 ...
4.24
Ditto Ajmere
. 21st Jan.
11th Feb.
11.52
11
. . .
1.18 95 . 49 ...
10.24
Ditto Escort to Agent 24th Nov.
31st Dec.
11.75
1
...
0.03
8.51
... .25
Governor General's Camp .
TOTAL
.
.
......
...
618.37
728
2
29.46 117.72
. 3 2 4.76
Number
of deaths in hospital 2 ; out hospitas 2 ; total .
4 ;
per cent. of total strength
.
. 6 4
„ invalided
.
.
.
.
.
. .
1 8 ;
„
„
.
2.91
„
sent on sick leave
.
.
.
.
.
.
48 ;
„
„
.
7.76
„
of days spent in hospital 10,783 ; per admission . 14.81 ; per man of total strength
.
17.43
„
„
on sick leave 2,164; per man
. 45.08;
„
„
.
3.49
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
. 20.92