Lines and
huts.
Water-supply.
Diet.
Clothing.
Duty, &c .
Hospital.
ALLAHABAD DIVISION.
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few feet of the gable end of his compartment. On the ground, some four or five feet from this
hole, his little girl used to perform the offices of nature, the excreta being removed by the sweeper.
When attacked with cholera, this little girl, up to the time she was removed to hospital, passed
all the discharges on this spot : being liquid, of course they all soaked into the ground; it is not
difficult to imagine that some may have got into the hole alluded to. In this hole, the
goorgah and his wife washed their own vessels, and those of the Hindoo sepoys of the Company
(D) : the men attacked on 6th and 10th August were Hindoo sepoys of D Company. The
goorgah' s wife was attacked on 11th (admitted on 12th). Is it not possible that some of the
cholera poison may have clung to the vessels of these people, and so have been introduced into
the body with the food ? I am far from asserting this to have been the case : I only say that
the circumstances are suspicious."
XIX. Vaccination.—Ninety-two persons were vaccinated during the year, viz., 72 sepoys and
20 children : of these, 15 were failures, viz., 10 sepoys and 5 children. Of the sepoys successfully
vaccinated, several had distinct small-pox marks, several had inoculation marks, and several had
both. The regiment is, I think, very fairly protected against small-pox.
Vaccinntion.
Recruits.—Fifty-eight recruits (including two drummers) have been enlisted during the
year; all of them since the regiment came to Dinapore. Having plenty to choose from, I was
rather particular as to whom I passed. The recruits are a very fair looking body of young men.
At the time of enlistment, their average age was 20.5 years, average height 5 feet 8.2 inches, and
average chest measurement 34.05 inches. As a general rule, I consider that a man's chest
measurement should be equal to half his height.
Recruits.
2nd Regiment, Bengal Cavalry—Segowlie.
I. Medical Officer.—Surgeon-Major F. Parsons has held medical charge Medical
Officer.
Location and
movements.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1871
Bareilly, February 1870
48.3
1.32
2.35
1872
Ditto
ditto
66
.87
3.16
1873
Ditto
ditto
66.1
.23
2.63
1874
Fyzahad, March 1874
85.5
. 6 0
3.20
1875
Segowlie, February 1875
64.4
.21
2.64
Average
66.06
.64
2.79
1876
Segowlie
62.27
1.53
2.42
throughout the year.
II. location and movements.—
The head-quarters has been at
Segowlie during the year. There
have been several detachments :
one at Barrackpore, consisting
of a squadron, which, as is usual,
remained there for the 12 months.
In November the relief of this
detachment was ordered, and two
small detachments sent to Dina-
pore and Benares, respectively.
There was a temporary detach-
ment of a squadron also at
Benares from the 1st January to
the 27th, and one at Gorakhpur (a troop) for a short period also.
III. Topography and physical geography.—This was described in last year's report, and it is
only necessary to add from further observation, that there is no jungle within many miles of
the station, the nearest being on the Nepal Frontier, probably about 20 miles distant. The soil
previously described as loamy is found to have an unusual amount of potash and lime, in the
form of nitrates chiefly, efflorescence of the former being observed in many places over the sur-
face of the ground, and with white, downy-looking deposits towards the bottom of most walls and
pucka buildings, which are seen under the microscope to be needle-shaped crystals of the same.
IV. Meteorology and climate.— The climate has been during the 12 months equable com-
pared with most other stations; the usual cold weather fogs have not been so heavy as in 1875.
The rainfall was near an average, 49.95 inches, but beginning rather late and extending into
October with a kind of supplementary rain called huttiah in the neighbourhood.
V. Lines and huts.—No change has occurred in the state of the lines or huts since last
report, and from the number of men on detachment duty, there has at all times been ample room
to spare. After the rains, repairs and leeping have been carried out as usual.
VIII.Water-supply.—The drinking and cooking water used by the men is mostly from
good pucca wells, but, like most of the water in this district, contains a rather large proportion of
lime and potash, and appears to produce goitr
e.
IX. Diet.—There has been no change on this point; the regimental bazar is kept clean
and well supplied ; the quality of the articles is frequently examined, and no under-feeding has
been observed. Vegetables, meat, and especially grain of all kinds used by the men, have been
cheap and abundant during the year.
X. Clothing.—The clothing is always good : the quantity of undress clothes possessed by
the men is generally sufficient; but, as is often the case with natives, they do not make enough
allowance for the cold of mornings and evenings and this h as often to be po inted out to them.
XI. Duty and employment. —The ordinary duty has been light or moderate.
XIV. Hospital.—The hospital (for 26 cots) was fully described last year's report with
measurements, cubic space, &c. There is ample accommodation and ventilation ; indeed, the
latter is so free, that the building is rather cold for three of the cold months : it is, however,
fairly cold in the hot weather, more so than most hospitals. All the trees of the large tope
Meteorology
and climate.
Topography
and physical
geography.