Principal
Causes of
sickness.
Principal
causes of
mortality.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
Hospital.
Sickness,
mortality, and
invaliding.
ditions affecting the corps were favorable to health, no change of importance
having taken place during the year.
Hospital.—Properly speaking, there is no hospital. Two empty barrack lines are
used for the sick ; they answer fairly well. The great want is chimneys, as angitis are used.
A new hospital has been begun on the standard plan, but is not likely to be completed for a
year at least.
XV. Sickness, mortality, and invaliding .—Strength of the regiment
Present
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 606.88
Absent
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 121.84
Total
.
. 728.72
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, Dora Ismail
Khan
1st Jan. 1877
31st Dec. 1877
386 21
566
4
18.04 146.55 1.04
4.67
Wing, Dera Ghazi Khan
. 13th April „
Ditto
210.75
147
1
5.01 96.71
.65
2.37
Detachments, outposts Girni 5th Jan.
„
27th April 1877
61.36
9
...
.11 47.37
...
.17
„
Zum
. 8th June
„
7th Sep.
„
30.56
6
. . .
.20 77.88
...
.65
„
„
. 14th Dec. „
31st Dec. „
52.85
1
. . .
.30 38.37
...
.56
"
Mungrota . 4th May
„
13th July „
23.0
6
. . .
.33 134.09 ...
1.43
"
Draband . 7th Sep.
„
7th Dec.
„
23.0
1 ...
.02 15.69 ...
. 8
Total
.
...
606.88
736
5
24.03 121.27 .82
3.95
Number of deaths in hospital, 5; out of hospital, 2; total
7; per cent. of total strength .
.
.96
"
invalided
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
24;
"
" .
.
3.29
"
sent on sick leave
.
.
.
.
.
.
9;
,,
" .
.
1.23
"
of days spent in hospital, 8769.95; per admission 11.91 ; per man of total strength
.
.
12.03
"
"
on sick leave, 898 ;
per man
. 99.77;
„
"
.
.
1.23
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
.
13.26
Medical
officer.
Location and
movements.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness .—The different varieties of ague, as usual, gave the most
admissions ; the next in frequency were rheumatism and dysentery, boils and ulcers, and blisters
of the feet.
XVII. Principal causes of mortality .—A case of ague, two of pneumonia, one of phlegmon-
ous erysipelas of the head and throat, were fatal at head-quarters, and one of dysentery at Dera
Ghazi Khan.
Epidemics .—None during the year.
Vaccination .—Vaccination operations are going on.
4th Regiment, Punjab Cabalry—Dera Ghazi Khan.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1872
. Rajaupur, Dec. 1871 .
165.5
1.5
7.2
1873
.
Ditto
.
112.5
1.5
4.6
1874
.
Ditto
.
174.2
1.3
8.5
1875
. Dent Ghazi Khan, Jan. 1875.
161.7
1.98
6.2
1876
.
Ditto
153.24
2 39
5.83
Average
153.42
1.73
6.46
1877
Dera Ghazi Khan
103.8
.60
4.56
I. —Medical officer.—The annual sanitary report is written by Surgeon
C. MacCartie, who held me
dical charge of the regiment
during the greater part of
the year.
II. Location and movements.—
The head-quarters of the regiment
were at Dera Ghazi Khan through-
out the year. A detachment of
164 men and two officers marched
to Beloochistau on the 21st March,
and remained there up to the end
of the year. Half of the detach-
ment was quartered at Quetta,
and the other half at Khelat.
During the year 14 men, relieved
weekly, were posted at Veddoor,
and about 18, relieved every two
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