Under
-feeding.
Duties.
Marches and
service.
93
OUDH DIVISION.
8th Regiment Aative Infantry—Fyzabad.
I . M e d i c a lO
f f i c e r s . — T h e f o l l o w i n g m e d i c a l o f f i c e r s w e r e i n c h a r g e o f t h e
regiment during the year,
viz., Surgeon A. Scott Reid,
M. B., from 1st January to
21st December, and Surgeon
A. Barclay, from the 22nd to
the 31st of December.
The annual sanitary report
of the regiment has been
written and submitted by
Surgeon D. P. MacDonald,
M.D., who relieved Surgeon
Barclay of the medical charge
on the 26th January last,
and
consequently Dr.
MacDonald's report is but a meagre one.
The regiment was stationed at Fyzabad from 1st January to 26th October,
and on this latter date marched to the camp of exercise at Delhi: 170 men
under command of an European officer were detached during the march from
the head-quarters of the regiment and proceded to Agra, the station to which
this regiment was to proceed when the camp of exercise at Delhi was broken
up. The head-quarters of the regiment arrived at Delhi on the 1st of Decem
-ber, and remained there till the end of the year.
The water-supply is said to have been good and abundant at Fyzabad,
but Dr. MacDonald states that occasionally, during the march, there was a
difficulty in obtaining water, as the wells were a long distance from the en
-camping grounds.
No case of under-feeding came under the notice of the medical officer, and
the men generally seem to be well nourished.
The duties were in no way severe or prejudicial to the health of the men.
The number of continuous nights in bed was 12.45.
XIII. Marches and service.— No record of the details of the march has been kept.
There was no serious sickness during the march, but a great number of admissions from
"foot-sores," more especially at the beginning. The health of the regiment was also very
good at the camp of exercise, and the number of admissions from "foot-sores," while there
was much less than during the march. No serious cases of pneumonia or bronchitis occurred.
YEARS.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1870
Alipore, January 1870,
from Jhansi. . .
238
3.4
6.2
1871
Ditto ditto . . .
159.9
3.57
5.4
1872
Ditto ditto. . .
2 4 4 . 2
3.13
6.34
1873
Fyzabad, January 1873
110.8
2.63
3.27
1874
Ditto ditto . . .
91.2
1.73
2.95
Average . . .
168.82
2.89
4.83
1875
Fyzabad . . .
122.63
.85
2.78
Medical
Officers.
Location and
movements.
Water-supply
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.—Strength of the regiment—
P r e s e n t . . .
638.6
Absent
.
.
.
63.5
Total . . .
702.1
Sickness, mor-
tality and
invaliding.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average
number of
sick.
PEN CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM
From
To
Admis-
sions.
Deaths.
Admis-
s i o n s .
Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters at Fyzabad . . . 1st Jan . . . 25th Oct. . . .
628
497
2
15.4 93.02
.39
2.4
Ditto on march . . .
26th Oct. . . . 1st Dec. . . .
592
173
. . .
20.8 288.3
. . .
3.5
Ditto on Camp of
Exercise, Delhi . . . 2nd Dec. . . . 31st Dec. . . .
511
90
1
23.6 210.8
2.3
4.6
Detachment at Agra . . . 16th Nov. . . . 31st Dec. . . .
170.8
23
. . .
5.4 106.5
. . .
3.1
TOTAL . . .
. . .
. . .
638.6
783
3
17.8 122.63 .46
2.78
Number of deaths in hospital 3; out of hospital 3 ; total 6; per cent. of total strength . . .
8.5
" invalided . . . 9; " " . . .
1.2
" sent on sick leave . . .13
; " " . . .
1.8
" days spent in hospital 6,541; per admission 8.3; per man of total strength . . .
9.3
" " on sick leave 1,517; per man . . . 116.7 ; " " . . .
2.1
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . .
11.4