PUNJAB FRONTIER FORCE.
169
Jowaki section of the Afridi tribe. The depot, consisting of 559 men, remained at Mardan.
Besides the detachments to Kohat and Cherat shown in paragraph XV, other detachments
were furnished as follows :—
At Peshawar, strength 28, from
1st January to 21st May
1877.
„
Roorkee
„
24
„
, ,
„
15th August
„
„ „ „
25
„
27th October
„ 31st December „
„ Gilgit
,,
14
„
29th September„ „ „ „
Peshawar
„
28.
„
13th October
„
„ „
IV. Meteorology aad climate.—In
the following table the mean temperature and total
rainfall of the years 1876 and 187 7 are contrasted.
Meteorology
and climate.
J a n u a r y .
F e b r u a r y .
March.
A p r i l .
M a y .
J u n e .
J u l y .
A u g u s t .
S e p t e m b e r .
October.
N o v e m b e r .
D e c e m b e r .
Rain.
1876 .
.
. 46.02 51.37 60.67
68.66 81.35 84.88 86.54 83.46 80.08 69.51
5 8 . 4 4 50.83 30.54
1877 .
.
. 51.20 49.73 61.12 66.89 78.43 82.15 90.28 89.62. 82.88 68.98
6 0 . 3 0 50.28 38.15
The sanitary circumstances of the corps are reported to have undergone
no change during the year. No report has been furnished of the section of
the corps which proceeded on service.
XV. Sickness. mortality and invaliding.—Strength of the regiment—
Present
.
.
.
.
.
. . . . .
848.42
A b s e n t
.
.
. ... . . . .
.
. 244.58
Total
.
. 1093.00
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average
number of
sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions.
Deaths.
Admis-
sions.
Deaths.
Daily.
average
sick.
Head-quarters at Hoti Mardan
1st Jan.
. 31st Dec.
.
734.85
1242
2
43.30 169.01
.27
5.89
Detachment at Kohat
.
3rd Nov.
.
Ditto
41.7
123
...
16.60 182.47
...
3.98
Ditto
.
. 29th Aug.
.
8th Sept
.
208
8
...
3.08 127.62
...
1.48
Ditto
.
. 10th Nov.
. 31st Dec.
.
15.55
13
...
2.44 599.16
...
15.69
Detachment at Cherat .
.
1st Jan.
.
6th April
.
108
27
...
1.85
95.04
...
1.71
Total
.
...
848.42
1413
2
.
47.53 166.54
.23
5.60
Number of deaths in hospital, 2; out of hospital, 5; total
7; per cent. of total strength
.
0.64
„
invalided
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
31 ;
„
„
.
.
2.83
„
sent on sick leave
.
.
.
.
.
.
19;
„
,,
.
.
1.73
,,
of days spent in hospital, 17,237 ; per admission .
1,219 ; per man of total strength
.
15.77
„
„
on sick leave, 1,741; per man
.
91.63;
„
„
.
.
1.59
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
17.36
Principal
causes of
sickness.
Principal
causes of
mortality.
Epidemics.
Inspection.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.- Fevers produced 566 admissions ; bronchial affections
138; blisters of feet 92 ; boils 84 ; rheumatism 71 and diarrhœa 64.
XVII
. Principal causes of mortality.- Of the 7 deaths, 2 were caused by ague. Of the
remaining five, 1 each was due to bronchitis, diarrhœa, punctured wound of abdomen and a
gunshot wound of abdomen respectively, while the cause in one case is unknown.
XVIII. Epidemics.— None have prevailed during the year.
Inspection.—Deputy
Surgeon-General F.F. Allen, C.B., inspected on the
10th October. The men are housed partly without, partly within the fort. The
circular drain inside the fort with faulty levels and a series of urinals over it is
a great nuisance, but steps are being taken to remedy this. The men are com-
fortably sheltered, and otherwise the sanitary state of the place is satisfactory.
The hospital is within the fort. The Deputy Surgeon-General would prefer a
detached building outside, and there is now no military objection to this. All
the arrangements for the care of the sick were satisfactory. An isolation ward
for infectious cases was about to be built. Owing to the military operations
which were organized in the beginning of the cold weather, necessitating the
detention of the Deputy Surgeon-General at his head-quarters, he was unable
to complete the inspection of the Frontier stations.
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