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Vaccination.
Recommenda- tions.
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
for their accommodation at some distance from the lines, and were kept in strict quarantine
until their recovery. No other cases occurred.
XIX. Vaccination.—None of the sepoys were vaccinated during the year; a number of
children in the lines were, however, and with success.
XX. R e c o m m e n d a t i o n s . —D u r i n g
t h e p r e v a l e n c e o f c h o l e r a i n t h e c i t y o f S h a b j a h a n p u r i t
was recommended that the men should not be allowed to go into the city. This was carried
out by the officer commanding, and no cases of cholera occurred in the lines.
inspectio
Inspection.—The Deputy Surgeon-General of the Lucknow Circle reports
that on his inspection he found the hospital occupied by the sick of this
detachment to be clean and in excellent repair. Mr. Cannon also states that
"the thatch throughout the whole of the lines is old and perfectly rotten, and only
covered with a thin layer of new straw," and that he brought this to the
notice of the regimental authorities two years ago. The superficial space and
accommodation in the lines was more than ample.
S h a h j a h a n p u r S h a h j a h a n p u r L o c k H o s p i t a l . —T
h i s
i n s t i t u t i o n w a s i n c h a r g e o f S u r g e o n -
Lock Hospital. Major Fitzgerald throughout the year. The number of women remaining on
the rolls since 1875 was 31; 24 were registered during the year; 21 absconded,
and 34 remained on the last day of 1876. There were 245 admissions, includ-
ing 31 of primary syphilis, 130 of leucorrhœa, and 34 of ulceration of the os
uteri. The average number of prostitutes in hospital for the year was 12.93.
From the Half Battalion, 22nd Regiment of Foot; averaging a daily strength
of 483, 115 cases of venereal disease were admitted into hospital, viz.,—
.
Primary syphili. •
59
Secondary syphilis
22
Gonorrhœa
34
115
and this number is 16 in excess of the admissions into hospital in 1870 from
an average strength of 135. Dr. Fitzgerald reports that 10 women practising
prostitution clandestinely were captured by the police, and that out of this num
- b e r , o n e x a m i n a t i o n 7 w e r e a f f e c t e d w i t h p r i m a r y s y p h i l i s a n d 3 w i t h g o n o r r h œ a .
The hospital was inspected on 14th December 1876 by the Deputy Surgeon-
General, Lucknow Circle.
.
Medical officers.
3rd Gurkha The Rumaon) Regiment—,Almora.
I. Medical Officers.—Surgeon-Major G. M. Govan, M.D., by whom this
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1871. Almora, April 1866, from
Bhutan
95.6 1.8
3 . 1 2
1872. Ditto ditto
79.2 2. 06 3.93
1873
Ditto ditto . 106.6 .71 4 . 4 9
.
1874
Ditto ditto
93.9 .69 .15
•
1875
Ditto ditto
102.05 .41 4.44
Average
95.47 1.13 3.22
1876. Almora. 102.27 .96 3 . 7 9
report has been compiled,
was in medical charge of
the regiment throughout the
year. First Class Hospital
Assistant Soonder Lall
joined the regiment on the
3rd July 1862, and has
been throughout the year in
medical charge of detach
-ment at Pithoragarh.
Passed Medical Pupil Munee
Ram Dass joined the
regiment on the 12th No-
vember 1876, and is now
left behind at Almora with
the depôt of the regiment.
Location and
movements.
II.Location and movements.—The head-quarters of the. regiment, averaging 448.32, has
been stationed at Almora from their return from the camp of exercise, Delhi, on the 16th
February 1876, to the 22nd November, when the head-quarters again marched for the Imperial
Durbar at. Delhi. A detachment, averaging 90 .36 strong, has been stationed throughout
the year at Pithoragarh; relieved every fourth month. A detachment, averaging 63 .20, has
been stationed throughout the year at Naini Tal. A small detachment,
27.39,
has been stationed at Ranikhet. Left Wing, 155 strong, left head-quarters at Moradabad
f o r A l m o r a o n t h e 3 0 t h J a n u a r y 1 8 7 6 . R i g h t W i n g , h e a d - q u a r t e r s , m a r c h e d t o S a f a k h a n a ,
and there gave off the Prince's escort of 111 men, and thence proceeded to Almora. A
detachment of 111 men, under a European officer,- was detached from 7th February to 1st
March as escort. to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales during his shooting tour in
the Terai. When head-quarters marched. from. Almora for the Imperial durbar camp, a
detachment of SO men were left , behind under a European officer at Almora.