Medical ,
charge.
Location.
Lines.
Drainage.
Duty.
Occupation.
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MEERUT DIVISION.
was satisfactory, and the conservancy had been well attended to. Mr. Smith,
however, objects to the construction of the urinals, and considers that
ultimately they are likely to become a source of unhealthiness. The me
-dical officer concurs in this opinion, and proposes having the present blind
wells opened, the urine-saturated soil at their bottoms removed and replaced.
with dry-earth as a palliative measure.
The hospital is described as a temporary erection, and from the badness
of the materials, the roof is not likely to last long without being renewed.
This building affords ample accommodation for the ordinary number of sick,
but, in the event of any unusual sickness or epidemic, would not answer.
The supply of medicines was ample for all the requirements likely to be made
on them, and the instruments were in clean and serviceable order.
ROHILCUND DISTRICT.
(INCLUDING THE STATIONS OF BAREILLY, MORADABAD, SHAHJAHANPUR AND ALMORA.)
Average daily strength present during the year . . .
Cavalry 417.8
Infantry 1846.1
Average daily sick per cent. of average strength . . .
"
1 . 0 7
"
2.97
Ratio of mortality per cent. of average strength . . .
" 1.31
"
.70
l6th Regiment Bengal Cavalry-Bareily.
I. Surgeon-Major J. E. Tuson, M.D., continued in charge throughout the
year, and. has submitted the
following report.
II. The 16th Bengal
Cavalry has been stationed at
Bareilly during the past year;
a detachment of 50 sabres
being sent to Moradabad.
1V. Meteorology .—The rainfall
during the past year amounted
to 50.9 inches. During the
months of April, May and June,
the heat was remarkably great,
and the atmosphere sultry and
oppressive.
V . The lines are well kept, and very orderly. The men's huts are sufficiently capacious
and ventilated.
VI. The drainage and water supply are the same as described in my last report for 1874.
No material changes having occurred, it were a matter of supererogation to recapitulate.
The bazaar supplies are good, and the clothing of the regiment suitable.
VII. Duty .—There is no duty prejudicial to health; the number of nights in bed during
the year being 6.29 hebdomadally.
Occupation .—Beyond the usual routine of regimental drill and parade, the men have
little or no other occupation. In my annual report for 1873 of the 2nd Native Infantry,
I adverted to the beneficial effects of the men being employed on some station improvements,
as was adopted in the Erinpoora Irregular Force, and also by the Guides. I cannot help
feeling that regiments in the Native Army might have some occupation assigned to them
which would increase their physique, and perhaps tend to improve their morale. In the
Erinpoora Irregular Force, the station was much improved and ornamented by the industry
of the men of the corps. At Hoti Murdan the Guides voluntarily devoted themselves to
the improvements of the station; roads were made, gardens laid out, and they generally
made themselves useful. This led to the men becoming accustomed and attached to their
officers, who generally supervised the work. I venture to revert to this subject, as it appears
to me to be so advantageous to the men (as I can testify from personal observation), and
certainly improves their physique and moral tone. A regimental garden would afford the
men some occupation and amusement, and the proceeds would be a wholesome addition to
their diet.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1870 . . . Rawalpindi, March 1868,
from Morar.
185.6
1.2
4.1
1871 . . . Peshawar, October 1870
94.6
1.5
2.6
1 8 7 2 . . .
Dittoditto . . .
156.1
2.2
2.
1873 . . .
Dittoditto . . .
55.01
3.5
1.2
1874 . . . Bareilly, January 1870
39.9
. 4 3
1.49
Average . . .
106.14
1.76
2.28
1875. . . Bareilly . . .
23.69 1.31
1.08
Meteorology.
No remarks are called for regarding the conservancy, water-supply, diet,
&c., beyond that they have been well attended to during the year, and
there has been no cause for complaint regarding them.
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