Vaccination.
Recommend
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ations.
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RAWAL PINDI DIVISION.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily aver -
age num-
ber of
sick.
PER CENT OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Ad mi s -
sions, Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters at Rawal Pin-
di and Peshawar.
1st Jan. . . . 31st Dec. . . .
566.4
340
4
14.95 60.02 .7
2.6
Detachment at Attock . . .
Ditto . . . 17th Mar. . . .
137.1
13
. . .
3.57 44.21
. . .
2.60
" at Murree . . . 17th June . . . 17th Sept. . . .
54.7
34
. . .
1.29 236.30
. . .
2.35
TOTAL . . .
. . .
. . .
606.8
387
4
16.14 63.77 .65
2.65
Number of deaths in hospital 4; out of hospital 0; total 4; per cent of total strength . . . .58
" invalided . . .
7;
"" . . . 1.01
"sent on sick leave . . . 1; " " . . . . 14
" of days spent in hospital 5,554; per admission 14.35; per man of total strength . . . 8.08
" " on sick leave 176; per man 176; " " . . . . 25
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
. . . 8.35
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.— There were 430 cases of sickness treated in the hospital
at head-quarters and detachments during the year. Of these, 403 were discharged to duty,
1 went on sick leave, 4 were invalided, 4 died at head-quarters, and 18 remained in hospital
at the end of the year. The number of admissions during the year was 387, of which 125, or 32
per cent. of the whole, were due to ague; 70 admissions were caused by diseases of the digestive
system, of which 33 were for dysentery and 19 for diarrhœa. Diseases of the respiratory system
caused 33 admissions, of which 24 were for bronchitis, 2 for pneumonia, 2 for pleurisy, and 1
for phthisis. Boils caused 31 admissions, ulcers 16, ophthalmia 8, rheumatism 13, syphilis 1,
gonorrhœa 4, injuries 52, and sunstroke 2.
XVII. Principal causes of mortality.— There have been only 4 deaths during the year:
2 from bronchitis, 1 from fever, and 1 cause unknown. This last was suspected to be a case
of suicide by poison, but the hospital records do not show whether any proof of poisoning was
obtained. The death from fever occurred in the person of a sepoy who, while suffering from
what appears to have been remittent fever, rather than forego the annual rifle practice,
remained out of hospital until absolutely dying.
Principal cau
-ses of sickness.
Principal cau-
ses of mortali
-
ty.
XVIII. Epidemics.—No disease was epidemic in the regiment during the year.
Epidemics.
XIX. Vaccination.— A few children have been vaccinated with success, but there have
been no operations among the sepoys.
XX. Recommendations.— Several recommendations have been made during the year as to
details of sanitation, water-supply, &c., and they have always received the best attention of the
regimental authorities. Arrangements are now nearly completed for the filtration of the
drinking and cooking water before it is supplied to the lines, and a further report will, if
thought necessary, be submitted as to the success of the measure.
This regiment was inspected by Deputy Surgeon-General Banister on the
16th October 1875. The sickness and mortality during the year had been at a
very low rate, and the number invalided and on sick leave was inconsiderable.
On the day of inspection, Mr. Banister found the lines in very fair order, but
defective in space and ventilation like all those erected under the old hutting
arrangements. The hospital, though affording ample accommodation, was
anything but conveniently arranged, and most objectionably situated in the
immediate vicinity of the sudder bazaar. On the day of inspection, there
were 22 on the sick list, 2 under observation, and 1 on medical certificate.
There was a sufficient supply of medicines, but some of the instruments
were in unserviceable order, while others needed repair.
Inspection.