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VIII. Water-supply.—The water-supply is from wells, and was carefully examined not Water-supply.
long ago, and very favorably reported upon. It is very good in quality, and quite sufficient
in quantity.
IX. Diet.—The kazar-supplies during the year have been always good, and the Diet.
appearance of the men shows that they are not underfed.
X.Clothing.—The men on duty in the hot season wear khakee uniform; in the cold, Clothing.
red cloth. Both are suitable to the season. Off duty it has often struck me very forcibly
that the "mufti " is very insufficient, as a rule, in the cold weather; and this is more particularly
the case when the men are under canvas.
XI. Duty.—The duty at Moradabad is very light, and is injurious in no respect to the Duty.
health of the men. The number of nights in bed has been always large.
XII. Exercise and amusements.—During the year the men indulged very little in their Exercise and
usual sports of wrestling, &c. This is, perhaps, due in a great measure to the fact that the men amusements.
go out a great deal into the surrounding country, and so take a great deal of exercise.
Towards the end of the year, the Officiating Adjutant, Lieutenant A. R. Porter, had a
horizontal bar erected in the lines. This proved a source of great interest to the men, and is daily
becoming more popular, particularly with the recruits and younger sepoys. And it is hoped
it is but the commencement of some system of gymnastic instruction in the regiment.
XIII. Marches and service.—The regiment marched from the camp of exercise, Delhi, Marches and
1875-76, to Moradabad, and, as said above, from Moradabad to the Imperial Assemblage, Delhi,
service.in December 1876. As usual, these marches proved highly beneficial to the health of the men.
X1V. Hospital—The hospital at Moradabad is a high single-storied building, with a Hospital.
thatched roof. On three sides is a verandah, the roof of which is of tiles. There is one long
ward, capable of holding some 30 patients; and at one end of this is a small room, which could
hold about 8 men. Off this, there is a smaller room, which is used as a bath-room. When first
occupied, the roof was in a very faulty condition, but has been since put in thorough repair.
A dead-house and quarters for two native doctors have been built during the year. These are
very good, but are not suitable to the native doctors, as they are without enclosures of any
kind, and both native doctors are married. By stringent regulations, they are prohibited from
erecting a mud wall, or even a screen, near their quarters, and hence they are greatly dissatisfied
with their accommodation. The matter has formed the subject of frequent reports; and it is
still under consideration in what manner they can be rendered suitable. At present there is
no accommodation whatever for the hospital establishment, kahars, &c.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.—Strength of the regiment—
Present
3 9 7 . 0 8
Absent.
6 . 7 2
Total.
4 0 3 . 8 0
STATI ON,
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 . Deat
hs.
, A d m i s - s i o n s .
sions. D eat hs. Daily
average s i c k .
On march from Delhi. 1st Jan. 1876 Feb. 1876 505.09 46
10.50 98.06
2 . 0 8
Head-quartersandRight Wing at Moradabad. 4th Feb. 1876 4th Dec. 1876 371.95 413 8 11.08 133.61 2.58 2 . 9 8
On march to Delhi
5th Dec.1876 31st Dec. 1876 540.35 29 1 12.20 72.79 2.44 2 . 2 5
Detachment at Moradabad . 1st Jan. 1876 3rd Feb. 1876 140.00
7.20 69.21
5 . 1 4
Detachment at Moradabad. 4th Dec. 1876 31st Dec. 1876 95.00 6
2.10 82.48
2 . 2 1
TOTAL
397.08 503 9 11.64 126.67 2.26 2 . 9 3
Number of deaths in hospital 9; out of hospital 9; total18; per cent. of total strength
4.45
„invalided6;„
1 . 4 8
sent on sick leave2;
. 49
„
•
„
.
„ of days spent in hospital4,044; per adission • 8 ' 0 4 ; p e r m a n o f t o t a l s t r e n g t h
. 10-01
on sick leave 1,281; per man..640.5;„ „
3 . 1 7
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
1 3 . 1 8
XVI. Principal 'causes of sickness.— Ague was the principal. cause of sickness: 200 Principal
admi ssi ons out of a t ot al of 503. Dysent ery caused 37 admi ssi ons, and di arrhœa 153. There causes of
was no sickness calling for any special remarks. The ague was contracted while the regiment Sickness.
was at Alipore, where the men suffered much from malarial poisoning.
MI. Principal causes of mortality.—Malarial fevers, general debility, and dysentery Principal
were the principal causes of mortality. The deaths were in nearly all cases men who were causes.°.
broken down by their residence at Alipore, and suffered markedly from malarial cachexia. mortal ity
On a reference to the detailed report, it will be seen that this is well borne out, as most of the
deaths occurred early in the year, and many upon sick leave. When the men so affected had
been removed by those deaths and the annual invaliding committee, the subsequent mortality
was very slight.
XVIII. Epidemics.--There was no epidemic sickness during the year.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
Epidemics.