Inspection.
Hospital.
Water-supply.
Supplies.
PRESIDENCY DISTRICT.
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other suggestions on trifling matters were made verbally and always met with the attention
of the commanding officer.
XXI. Special observations.— The
right wing of the regiment returned from Nya
Doomka in December. Many of the men were in a bad state of health and in a few cases
their gums were soft and spongy, and since their return to head-quarters have suffered much
from fever. During the month of December, 67 men from the right wing were admitted
into hospital. There are still in the regiment many men who never should have been enlisted
Special obser
-vations.
Dr. Irving, Deputy Surgeon-General of the Dinapore Circle, made his
medical and sanitary inspection of this regiment on the 10th of November
1875. He reports that the hospital was a well built pucca edifice, consisting of a
centre ward and two good enclosed verandahs, the whole place looked very clean
and neat. There were 27 men in hospital, but the greater number of them were
cases of fever from the left wing at Nya Doomka; the men stationed at Bhagal--
pu.r were, however, said to be very healthy, and there was but one death at
head-quarters during the year. Dr. Irving considers the sepoys to be a fine set
of stalwart Brahmins and Rajpoots.
R i g h t W i n g 4 t h N . I . a t N y a D o o m k a .
I. Medical Officers.—Surgeon Z. A. Ahmed was in medical charge during the time the
wing was quartered at Doomka.
II. Location and movements.—The right wing and two European officers marched from
Bhagalpur on the 2nd of April and were stationed at Nya Doomka till the 7th of December.
III. Topograpny,& c.—Nya Doomka is in north latitude 24º 1 and east longitude
87° 18. It is bounded on the east by the Gedal hills, on the west by the Lorana hills and
the More river, on the south by a deep nulla and water-course. There is no natural boundary
on the north.
IV. Meteorology and climate.— The following statement shows the temperature and
rain-fall during the year :—
Maximum.
Minimum. Rain days.
Inches.
January . . .
66.38
59.35
4
2.30
February . . .
72.39
63.96
4
.57
March . . .
82.09
74.25
1
.22
Ap r i l . . .
87.70
81.50
6
1.57
May . . .
85.74
81.09
9
4.43
June . . .
85.16
82.41
15
13.58
July . . .
83.96
81.40
23
9.55
August . . .
82.54
80.83
23
15.10
September . . .
82.76
80.46
17
6.65
October . . .
80.80
76.74
5
1.55
November . . .
74.33
69.23
0
0
December . . .
69.77
63.06
0
0
Medical
Officers.
Location and
movements.
Topography,
&c.
Meteorology
and climate.
The climate is mild and the heat never excessive.
V. Lines and barracks.—The regimental lines are built on an elevated site. When the
wing arrived at Doomka, there was no accommodation, and the sepoys lived in small huts, but
since then, four half-company thatched barracks have been built; each barrack is 129 feet
10 inches in length, 19 feet 4 inches in breadth, and l4 feet 9 inches in height. They are
ventilated by two openings at the ends and by four at the sides. They are built parallel to
each other , h a v i n g a n i n t e r m e d i a t e s p a c e o f 9 8 f e e t . s o a s t o a l l o w o f f r e e v e n t i l a t i o n .
VI. Drainage.— The drainage of the line is described as good. The natural drainage
of the station is greatly obstructed by two bunds: one situated at the north of the station, the
other in the centre.
Lines and
barracks.
Drainage.
VII. Conservancy, &
c.—Latrines were not in use, and the men conse
-quently had to resort to the jungle for necessary purposes, the hospital was
provided with a small building of a temporary nature for a latrine, and the
arrangements in it were rather defective.
The water-supply is described as of good quality, but insufficient in
quantity.
The supply of all the ordinary sorts of food was sufficient, but fish and
all kinds of vegetables were very scarce. The price of all kind of food is said
to have been high.
Conservancy,
&c.
XIV. Hospital.—Pending the construction of a suitable hospital, half
of one of the barracks was temporarily utilized for the accommodation of
the sick.
Hospital.