Exercise, &c.
Marches.
Hospital.
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morning and evening. There is running drill in the mornings between 15th November and
1st March. Average number of nights in bed, 3.99.
XII. Exercise, &c.—Some few practise gymnastics; others cricket, and a very few attend
to gardening.
XIII. Marches.— No marches were made by the regiment during the year.
XIV. Hospital.—The site and surroundings, &c., of the hospital nave been fully described
in previous reports. It is in a good state of repair, and the site is a healthy one. Venti
-
lation is good, and no overcrowding took place. It is lighted by means of one lamp to each of
the large wards when they are both in use. A walled-in compound was added to the hospital
assistants' quarters, so as to ensure privacy and protection of property.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.— Strength of the regiment—
Present
.
.
. 667.98
Absent
.
.
.
26.38
Total . . . 694.36
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
O F
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
From
To
Admis- s i o n s .
Deaths.
Head-quarters at Jubbulpore 1st Jan. 1876 31st Dec. 1876 667.98
388
1
12.88 58.08
.14 1.92
Number of deaths in hospital 1; out of hospital none; total
1; per cent of total strength . . .
.14
" invalided . . . 28; " " . . .
4.03
" of days spent in hospital 4,714.08; per admission . 12.14; per man of total strength . . .
6.78
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . .
6.78
In the following table the health, sickness, mortality and invaliding of this Regiment
for the past three years are compared:
YEAR .
Strength.
TOTAL NUMMBE OF
Daily average
sick.
Number of days in hos
-pital per man of total
strength.
Invalided.
Admissions.
Deaths.
1874 . . .
674.02
516
3
15.74
8.20
2
1875 . . .
657.79
593
. . .
17.13
9.05
39
1876 . . .
667.98
388
1
12.88
6.78
28
The foregoing statement shows that the health of the men has improved very satisfactorily
during the year under report, and had not small-pox and chicken-pox made their appear
-
ance, the figures would have been still lower. I am inclined to attribute this improvement to
three causes. First, the climate of the station during the year was favorable to the health
of the men; second, the men having recovered from the debts incurred in bringing their
families from Bellary, are able to purchase better food and warmer clothing; and third, they
have, as it were, become acclimatised.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.— The principal diseases causing admissions into hospital
were—ague, modified small-pox, catarrhal ophthalmia, chicken-pox, abscess, ulcers, chronic
rheumatism, blisters of the feet, dysentery, boil, itch, jaundice and general debility. There
were 176 admissions from ague against 269 in 1875 and 248 in 1874: mostly all the cases
were of a mild type and amenable to treatment. Modified small-pox prevailed during the first
ten weeks of the year. There were only 10 admissions from blisters of the feet, as compared
with 77 in 1875, and all these attributable to the wearing of badly-fitting boots without socks.
In all the milder cases, I excused the wearing of boots.
Principal
causes of
sickness.
XVIl. Mortality.— One death from phthisis pulmonalis occurred on the 3rd February. Mortality.
XVIII. Epidemics.— In addition to a slight epidemic of modified small
-
pox and chicken-pox, there was one case of cholera in the regiment (a sepoy
attacked on the 23rd August), and two amongst the camp-followers (on the
llth and 27th August respectively) but none proved fatal.
XIX. Vaccination.— Every sepoy has either vaccination or small-pox marks. Total
number vaccinated or re-vaccinated during the year, 217. Of this number, 98 were sepoys;
54 being successful, 16 modified, and 28 unsuccessful. Of the families, 64 were successful, 3
m o d i f i e d , a n d 5 2 u n s u c c e s s f u l .
XX. Recommedations.— Various recommendations appear to have been
made by Surgeon Johnson and they were all carried out.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
Recommenda
-
tions.
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