Medical
officer.
Lines and
drainage.
Latrines.
Water.
Food and
clothing.
Duties.
Hospital.
Location and
movements.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
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 Imperial 1st Jan. 1877 . 7th Jan. 1877 .
Assemblage) at Delhi.
299.01
466
3
10.25 155.85 1.00
3.43
Ditto
en route
. 8th „
„
. 3rd Mar. ,, . ,
Ditto
at Dora Ismail 4th Mar. „ . 31st Dec. „ .
Khan.
Detachment at Dera Ismail
1st Jan.
„
. 3rd Mar. „ .
78.79
20
...
4.18 149 . 41
„
5.30
Khan.
Ditto
Zam, &c.
. 5th Mar. „ . 31st Dec. „ .
44.56
32
...
.77
86 .78
...
1.73
Ditto
Girni, &.c.
. 5th „
„ .
„ „
.
61.3
35
...
1.78
69.
...
2.90
Ditto
Edwardesabad 19th Dec. „ .
„
.
173 . 32
21
...
5.12 340.18
...
2.95
Total
.
. . . . .
......
409.51
574
3
12.93 140 . 16
. 7 3 3.15
Number of deaths in hospital, 3; out of hospital, 0; total
3; per cent. of total strength
.
.61
„
invalided
.
. . .
.
.
.
,
17;
„
,,
.
3.47
„
sent on sick leave .
.
.
.
.
.
.
6;
„
„
.
1.22
„
of days spent in hospital, 4,726 ; per admission .
8.23 ; per man of total strength
.
9.66
„ „
on sick leave, 791; per man
. 132 . 33;
„
„
.
1.62
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
11.28
Sickness.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
XVI.
Principal causes of sickness.— Fevers have, as usual, given the greatest number of
admissions, and have often severely affected the health of men when on outpost duty.
XVII.
Principal causes of mortality.— Three deaths have occurred at head-quarters ; two
from pneumonia in the mouth of December. The first man who died had the disease in a
very severe form, and the second man who succumbed was his sick attendant. The third death
resulted from a severe injury to the skull, the man having been thrown with violence from his
charger.
XVIII. Epidemics.—None.
XIX. Vaccination.—All unvaccinated children in the lines were vaccinated in November.
2nb Regiment, Sik Infantry—Dera Ismail Khan.
I. Medical officer .—Surgeon T. Robinson, M.B., was in medical charge
of the head-quarters of the
regiment throughout the
year.
I I . L o c a t i o n a n d m o v e m e n t s .
The head-quarters were at the
Imperial Assemblage, Delhi, until
6th January, when they marched
for Dera Ismail Khan, viâ Lahore,
Rawal Pindi, Pohat, and down the
frontier. A wing was detached
on 19th December, which marched
to Dera Ghazi Khan. The dis-
position of detachments sent out
during the year is shown in para-
graph XV.
The lines afford sufficient
accommodation, and are well
drained. The latrines are worked on the dry-earth system and kept in good
order. Water from wells is plentiful and good, and care is taken to prevent
pollution. The men are Well fed and clothed. Duties and recreations are as
previously reported.
XIV. Hospital—The hospital is the old station hospital. In it now are treated the sick
of the 2nd Sikhs only. It is very large, and in the cold weather very cold, notwithstanding
there are four fires in it.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1872
. Kohat, Dec. 1871
.
250.9
4.2
6.S
1873
.
Ditto
.
174.7
2
3.9
1874
.
Ditto
.
187.8
1.6
4.1
1875
. Dera Ismail Khan, Dec.
1874.
159.68
2.84
5.15
1876
.
Ditto
.
150.81
.81
3.95
Average
.
185.78
2.29
4.78
1877
. Dera Ismail Khan
.
125.89
1.21
2.87