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glass windows should be supplied instead of the wooden shutters now em
-ployė d, as, in the winter, there is no means of lighting the hospital during the
daytime without the admission of cold air.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding .—Strength of regiment,— present , 577.1 ; absent
122.7 ; total , 699.8.
Glass
windows.
Sickness
mortality and
invaliding.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL N
UM-BER OF
Da i l y a v e r a g e n u mb e r o f s i c k .
PEE CENT. OF
STRENGTH PER AN-
NUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions.
D e a t h s .
Admis-sions.
D e a t h s .
D a i l y a v e r a g e s i c k .
Head-quarters, Bareilly . . .
1st January
1874
31st Decem-
ber 1874
577.1
246
2
8.7
42.65
. 3 5
1.50
Number of deaths in hospital, 2 ; out of hospital, nil ; total, 2 ; per cent. of total strength . . .
.28
" i n v a l i d e d , . . . 4 1 ; " . . .
5.86
" s e n t o n s i c k l e a v e , . . . 1 ; " . . .
.14
" of days spent in hospital, 3,132 ; per admission, 12.73 ; per man " . . .
4.48
" on sick leave, 70 ; per man
70 ; " . . .
.10
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . .
4.57
XVI.
Principal causes of sickness .—In reference to sickness, the greatest number of ad
-missions is from ague of a mild nature ; next, admissions from blistered feet, caused in great
measure by the wearing of the heavy boots without stockings, or some protecting medium be-
t - w e e n t h e m a n d t h e s k i n . N o c a s e s o f s m a l l - p o x o c c u r r e d d u r i n g t h e y e a r 1 8 7 4 , b u t t h e r e
were three admissions from chicken pox ; all recovered. The admissions from dysentery were
only 12 during the entire year ; all recovered. Diseases of the lungs and air-passages were
not prevalent. There were very few cases of venereal disease, and the regiment appears to
enjoy great immunity from it.
XVII. Causes of mortality . Two deaths occurred in the year ; one from pneumonia, and
one from remittent fever.
Prevalent
diseases.
Deaths.
XVIII. Epidemics . None occurred during the year 1874.
Epidemics.
XIX. Vaccination . Three vaccinations were performed during the year; all successful.
The regiment is well protected from variola by inoculation and vaccination, especially the for
-mer ; many of the men have had small-pox in early life.
XXI.
Special observations and remarks .—Regarding particular diseases; beyond the
cases of blistered feet mentioned above, I have nothing further to add; these cases often
present themselves as small round ulcers about the heel and ankles, with a thickened
and pale margin, and are obstinate in healing, and they are sufficient to unfit a man for full
duty. A case of traumatic tetanus occurred at the close of the year in a sepoy of the
regiment; he had somehow injured his forefinger with a bayonet, causing a punctured
wound as far as the bone ; well marked opisthotonos came on, with a great amount of trismus
and rigidity of the muscles of the neck, and intense pain during the spasms. Under the exhibi
-tion of large doses of chloral daily, with free purgation and small quantities of calomel fre
-quently, perfect rest and quiet, and a moderate amount of stimulants, he has since made a per
-fect recovery. Some matter had formed in the sheath of the tendon of the injured finger; this
was evacuated by incisions and poultices.
The recruits admitted during the year were very good in physique, and very free from any
indication of chest or other disease ; they were in great part Brahmins. The health of the
camp followers has been very good.
Vaccination.
Blistered feet.
A case, of trau
-matic tetanus.
Recruits.
Colonel Harris, commanding the regiment, approves of the sugges
-tion of the medical officer, that the main ward should be partitioned off so
as to form rooms for the isolåtion of infectious cases. At present such cases are
treated in separate grass huts and he states that "in the event of an epidemic,
the construction of a number of such huts would be embarrassing, not to say
expensive."
As nearly 20 per cent. of the admissions into hospital were from blistered
feet, Colonel Harris states that "a small grant-in-aid to assist the sepoy in the
purchase of stockings is the only remedy."
Rooms for
infectious
cases.
Stockings.
Inspection.
Deputy Surgeon-General H. M. Cannon, M. B., inspected on the 19th
March and 5th November. He found the huts overcrowded, and he consi
-dered the hospital the worst in his circle. The building consists of one