123
ROHILOUND DISTRICT.
Mr. Cannon considers that Dr. Tuson deserves the greatest credit for the
instruction he has given to four of the dufladars on some surgical details, such
as the application of bandages, the setting of fractures, the restraining of
hæmorrhage, &c. There is no doubt that, in cases of emergency, and in
the absence of the medical officer, such knowledge might be turned to very
good account.
11th Regiment Native Infantry—Bareily.
YEARS.
STATIONS.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1870 . . .
Dum-Dum, November
1868 from Dinapore, . . .
113.4
1.5
3.48
1871 . . . Ditto
ditto . . .
157.7
2.7
4.94
1872 . . . Bareilly, February 1872
97.1
5.69
4.28
1873 . . . Ditto
d i t t o . . .
51.
. 5 7
1.66
1874 . . . Ditto ditto . . .
42.6
. 2 8
1.50
Average . . .
92.36
2.15
3.17
1875 . . . Bareilly
. . .
54.96
1.29
1.90
I. Medical Officers.—Surgeon
W. E. Moynan held medical
charge of the regiment from the
1st January to the 15th Febru-
ary, and Surgeon-Major J. Dun--
can during the remainder of the
year. A detachment, left at
Bareilly on the regiment
marching for the Camp of Exercise
at Delhi, was under the charge
of Surgeon-Major Tuson from
the 17th November till the end
of the year. Surgeon-Major J.
Duncan has submitted the annual
sanitary report.
Medical
Officers.
Detachment.
The regiment was quartered at Bareilly from the 1st January to the 17th November,
making the fourth season of its location at that station. On the date mentioned,
a strength of 6 European officers and 513 Native officers and men marched for the
Camp of Exercise at Delhi, where it arrived on the 30th November, and was engaged
in the manœuvres of the camp for the remainder of the year. A detachment of 195
Native officers and men was left at Bareilly, where it remained till the 3rd January. Of
the 98 men detached for famine relief duty at Durbunga in 1874, 45 were still absent at the
beginning of the year. These all rejoined head-quarters in small parties during the month
o f J a n u a r y a n d F e b r u a r y .
IV. Meteorology and climate.— No meteorological observations were re
-corded, as the only instruments in use were a thermometer and a rain-gauge
of very rude construction. The rainfall of the past year is said to have been
48 inches, and was seven inches in excess of the average of the previous eight
y e a r s .
Location and
movements.
Meteorology
and climate.
V. Lines and barracks.—The lines and barracks have been described in the
annual reports for 1872 and 1874. During the year, eight new barracks were
erected, four on each flank of the old ones, and uniform with those previously
existing. By these new barracks the accommodation has been increased by one
-half, and now each man has 50 superficial feet and 480 cubic feet of breathing
space. To make room for the new barracks, the huts for the bandsmen and
kalashies were cleared away, and new ones were constructed for them in rear of
the cook-houses.
VI. Drainage.—The drainage remains the same as described in previous reports. The
highest flood level during the rains was two to three feet below the site of the lines; and this
level was attained on only two occasions for about 48 hours. The depth of the subsoil
water below the surface in the lines varied from 19 feet before to 12 at the end of the rains.
VII. Conservancy.—The conservancy of the station and lines was carried out satis
- f a c t o r i l y , o n t h e s a m e s y s t e m a s i n f o r m e r y e a r s . B o t h m o v a b l e l a t r i n e s o v e r t r e n c h e s
and fixed sirkee tatees were in use. The former are the best, and, being covered, were chief
ly resorted to during the rains.
VIII. Water-supply.— There are four wells for the supply of drinking water; one for the
hospital, two for the lines, and one for the regimental bazaar. In the first three, the water re
- m a i n e d g o o d a n d p l e n t i f u l a l l t h e y e a r , t h e d e p t h v a r y i n g f r o m 1 6 t o 2 4 f e e t . T h e b a z a a r
well during March became nearly dry, and the water bad to the taste, and on an attempt
being made to clean it out, it fell in. A new well was then sunk, but the funds available being
insufficient to afford pucka masonry, it threatened to fall in at about the same depth as the
old one, and the work was consequently discontinued. The water in this well may, therefore,
be expected to become scanty and bad in the dry season. The wells for the use of the sepoys
are covered with open gratings on which the men stand with one or both feet in drawing
water, and any filth adhering to the feet is pretty certain to find its way into the well. In
this way, dangerous pollution of the water might unsuspectedly take place. Some bathing
and rinsing of clothing go on on the pucka platform surrounding the wells, and there being
only a trench in the ground to conduct away the waste water, a portion of it must percolate
Lines and
barracks.
Drainage
Conservancy.
Water-supply.
Pollution.