PUNJAB FRONTIER FORCE.
211.
3rd Regiment, Sikh Infantry—Rohat.
I. Medical Officers. —The medical charge of the regiment was held by
Surgeon R. Power from 1st
January to 18th April; by
Surgeon-Major J. W. John-
ston, M. D.,
F. R. S., from 19th April to 13th September; by
Surgeon C. J. McCartie,
M. D., from 14th September to the
end of the year. The last
named officer has prepared
the annual sanitary report.
II. Location and movements.
— T h e r e g i m e n t w a s s t a t i o n e d a t
Dera Ismail Khan from 1st to
2nd of January. From the 8rd to
the 14th, it was on the march to Kohat, where it remained until the end of the year. Detach
-ments of 70 and 21 men remained from 1st to 2nd of January at Zam and Jatta,
respectively, to which they had been posted during part of the end of last year. A detach
-ment of 59, and subsequently one of 61 strong was furnished, each for two months, to
Baha-dur Khel, doing duty there in turn with the other two infantry regiments in the station.
Small detachments were also furnished in turn to Fort Garnett, Kohat, and Mohomudzai,
in its neighbourhood.
V. Lines.—In each line there are two kutcha built blocks facing each other. In one
block are four large rooms for the accommodation of the men and a small end one for the pay
havildar; in the opposite are four similar rooms and a small one for arms. There are
n o d o o r s t o a n y o f t h e l a r g e r o o m s a n d m a n y o f t h e d o o r w a y s h a v e b e e n b u i l t u p , l e a v i n g , i n s o m e c a s e s ,
only one entrance to a space over sixty feet long. Besides the doorways and a small hole at the
gables in the end rooms, there are no other means of ventilation. The space between the house
is much too narrow and there are no verandahs. In consequence of these faulty arrangements,
these houses are too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter. During the hot weather,
the men slept in the air, and in June and July they suffered largely from fever, while the other
regiments in the station were comparatively free from it. Tents were then spread between
the lines for them to sleep under, and the admissions for fever began sensibly to diminish.
The lines are kept clean and in good repair. Each man has an average cubic space of
about 564 cubic feet.
Y E A R .
S T A T I O N .
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
A d m i s s i o n s .
D e a t h s .
D a i l y s i c k .
1 8 7 0
De r a Gh a z i Kh a n , De c - c e mb e r 1 8 6 8 , f r o m P e - s h a wu r
1 6 4 · 9
3
4 · 4
1 8 7 1
Ditto ditto
1 5 8 · 6
2 · 6
4 · 1
1 8 7 2
De r a I s ma i l Kha n, Fe b- r ua r y 1872
2 0 7 · 9
2 · 8
4 · 9
1 8 7 3
Ditto ditto
1 5 8 · 4
2 · 5
4 ·
1 8 7 4
Ditto ditto
1 9 8 · 6
2
4 · 3
A v e r a g e
1 7 7 · 6 8
2 · 5 8
4 · 3 4
1 8 7 5
Kohat, January 1875
2 0 9 · 9 6
3 · 2 7
3 · 9 0
M e d i c a l O f f i - c e r s .
L L o c a t i o n a a n d m o v e m e n t s .
L i n e s .
D r a i n a g e .
C o n s e r v a n c y .
U n d e r - f e e d i n g .
C l o t h i n g .
D u t y .
VI.—Owing to the elevation of the station, and the number of streams
which pass through it, the natural drainage is good and every means have been
taken to assist it as far as possible. As there are no latrines in use, the men
have to resort to the fields for the purposes of nature. Spring water is
brought into the station in a covered aqueduct and is then stored in tanks
in the lines and at the hospital. The medical officer states that "it is impure
enough to be much improved to the taste by filtration. " No cases of under-
-feeding had been noticed. Food of all kinds was moderately cheap. The
clothing of the men has been unchanged; ammunition boots appear to cause
blisters and abrasions of the feet. Mr. McCartie thinks that the winter
clothing is insufficient for the men when on night duties, and that addi-
tional warm clothing should be given them. The duty is stated not to have
been over severe. Each man had on the avera g e nearly 4 nights in, bed.
XIII. Marches and service. —The regiment made one march during the year from its
former head-quarters at Dera Ismail Khan, leaving that station on 3rd of January and arriv
-ing in Kohat on the 15th.
XIV. Hospital. —The hospital has been described in former reports. Two large wards
and four small rooms are allotted to the regiment. In August and part of September one of
the wards was undergoing repairs and many patients had to be treated in one of the wards of the
lst Sikh Infantry and in the verandahs. Except at this time, there was sufficient ac-
commodation for the sick of the regiment. The hospital is now in a good state of repair.
There is a stove in each ward burning two maunds of wood a day during the cold weather.
This only supplies heat to its immediate neighbourhood.
XV. Sickness, mortlity, and invaliding. —Strength of the regiment—
Present
6 0 3 · 9 2
Absent
1 2 9 · 2 9
T o t a l
7 3 3 · 2 1
M a r c h e s a a n d s e r v i c e .
H o s p i t a l .
S i c k n e s s , a m o r t a l i t y , a n d i n v a l i d i n g .