RAWAL PINDI DIVISION.
Vaccination.
Inspection.
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XV. Si ckness, mort al i t y and i nval i di ng. — S t r e n g t h o f t h e r e g i m e n t –
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
Present
384.29
Absent
72. 59
Total
456.88
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average
number
o f s i c k .
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Admis-
sions. Deaths. Daily
average
s i c k .
Head-quarters, at Peshawar 1st Jan.
27th Feb.
277.05 38 1
5.34 86.32 2.27 1 . 9 2
Ditto on the march 28th Feb.
15th March
351.76 5
4. 64
30.6
1.31
Ditto at Jhelum
16th March 31st Dec.
375. 47
328
10. 40
109.19
2 . 7 7
Detatchment at Shabkadar 1st Jan.
30th Jan.
50
3
.43 73.2
.86
Ditto Abazai
Ditto
1st Feb.
50.06 7
2 . 4 0
159.93
4.80
Ditto Michnr
Ditto
30th Jan.
48
6
1.90 152.5
3 . 9 6
Ditto Mackeson
Ditto
1st Feb.
23
3
.77 149.20
3.34
Ditto Jhelum
Ditto
15th March
58. 37
5
.82 41.8
1 . 4 0
TOTAL
384.29 395
1 10. 04
102.78 .26 2.61
Number of deaths in hospital 1; out of hospital 3; total
4; per cent. of total strength
.87
„ invalided
„ s e n t o n s i c k l e a v e
12;
7;
„
,,
„
,,
2.62
1.53
„ of days spent in hospital 3,653; per admission
9.25; per man of total strength
8
„ on sick leave 1066; per man
152.28;
„ „
2.33
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
10.33
The admissions were 301 fewer than in 1875, and 308 less than the average of the three
years the regiment remained at Peshawar. The average mortality also for the same period has
fallen from 8 to 4; and the number of invalids from 24 to 12. For 1873-74 and 75 the
cases of fever averaged 500; but last year they fell to 238. In fact there has been a marked
improvement in the health of the regiment since it left the Peshawar Valley.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness. —Of the total 395 admissions, 238 were for ague, 9 for
rheumatism, 6 for Syphilis, 17 for chest, and 22 for abdominal complaints (including 9 cases of
dysentery); and 52 of the remainder were owing to accidental causes, being mostly trivial
cases of contusion, sprain, &c. Most of the fever cases were admitted between 15th September
and 15th November, during which months the disease was almost epidemic among the popu
- l a t i o n o f t h e d i s t r i c t . T h e k i n d w a s t e r t i a n , a n d t h o u g h e a s y o f r e m e d y , a p t t o r e c u r
again; none of the serious complications so common at Peshawar occurred this year.
XVII. Causes of mortality. —The only death in hospital was due to acute Bright's disease.
XVIII. Epidemics. —Cholera was epidemic in Cashmere all summer. The first case at
Jhelum occurred on 12th June, and in cantonments between 11th July and 26th September
there were altogether 6 cases, 3 being sepoys of the 22nd Punjab Infantry, and the remainder
camp followers of the other regiments.
XIX. Vaccination. —No operations. The great majority of the men have had small-pox
and are well protected.
Inspection.—Inspected by Deputy Surgeon-General F. F. Allen, C. B., of
the Rawal Pindi Circle, on the 19th December 1876. Mr. Allen reports that
the lines were clean and in good sanitary condition. The huts were sufficiently
we l l ve nt i l a t e d; a l a t r i ne , on t he t r e n c h s y s t e m, wa s i n u s e o n t h e l e f t o f t h e
lines. The water-supply was from wells. The men looked strong and well
nourished. In the hospital he found that the accommodation was ample, the
ventilation effective, and the equipment complete and serviceable.
Principal
causes of
sickness.
Mortality.
Epidemics.