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XI.
AS SUPPLIED BY DISTRICTS FOR THE YEAR 1924-25.
OPERATIONS.
Hosses and ponies.
Purchase.
11
Rs.
1,600
2,500
... ...
1,200
...
... 180
...
... ...
1,500
...
...
...
... ...
2,047
3,005
...
... ...
...
... ...
... 1,200
1,550
1,026
... ...
...
... 700
2,416
...
...
...
18,722
18,249
25,109
Upkeep.
12
Rs.
3,599
3,320
2,913
3,826
2,506
...
... 461
2,083
3,169
... 2,187
3,641
...
...
... ...
9,650
6,917
... 3,382
2,404
2,104
4,182
... 5,050
1,146
2,384
2,784
2,168
3,259
...
... 5,376
3,407
4,028
2,630
4,007
97,678
96,127
1,17,973
Donkeys.
Purchase.
13
Rs
... 400
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 815
...
...
...
...
1,216
1,891
519
Upkeep.
14
Rs.
1,799
1,022
1,731
1,902
1,538
...
... 523
2,019
1,760
4,537
868
...
...
...
...
...
...
1,802
2,198
362
312
... 1,872
663
20o
1,382
2,326
1,864
...
...
...
1,051
698
1,677
33,304
36,076
36,023
Total.
15
Rs.
10,698
8,879
23,597
9,464
7,512
...
... 2,215
8,951
8,238
... 9,846
5,163
...
...
...
...
16,038
12,219
... 6,811
7,720
3,546
6,778
2,698
7,760
8,640
8,932
10,134
6,427
6,344
...
... 7,384
15,609
4,626
5,675
4,535
2,36,399
2,08,493
2,54,630
FAIRS AND SHOWS.
Horse Fair.
Prizes.
16
Rs.
...
...
1,300
...
...
...
...
...
108
...
176
... ...
1,071
...
... 500
...
344
535
...
...
295
396
150
... 190
400
... 304
...
...
300
150
294
823
... 460
7,286
6,889
8,002
Contingencies.
17
Rs.
...
...
2,419
...
...
...
... ...
272
...
1,967
...
...
1,151
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
1,195
... 1,256
...
... 2,123
...
... ...
...
... 1,933
...
1,182
... 820
14,318
14,141
28,590
Cattle Fair.
Prizes.
18
Rs.
...
897
1,309
...
...
...
... ...
328
...
348
...
1,063
759
128
553
490
751
535
1,553
... 1,955
713
335
900
1,242
710
200
... 894
2,318
468
516
4,725
1,073
955
...
......
25,706
18.023
20,012
Contingencies.
19
Rs.
6,817
5,896
750
...
...
...
... ...
53
... 1,967
... 2,652
1,152
1,478
...
4,310
3,172
...
...
11,185
3,765
1,438
540
178
605
13
683
1,146
5,055
518
...
4,986
16
...
...
58,362
42,447
52,577
Tot al .
20
Rs.
6,817
6,792
5,778
... ...
...
...
760
... 4,458
... 3,716
4,138
128
2,030
990
5,061
4,031
2,098
...
13,140
5,958
2,169
2,855
1,420
1,505
2,733
663
2,344
7,373
458
1,333
6,808
6,353
2,476
... 1,270
1,05,672
81,500
1,00,091
Grand total of columns 2, 8, 15 and 20.
21
Rs.
23,726
36,664
36,311
15,939
14,496
1,941
10,329
7,877
18,232
17,454
4,485
17,008
17,192
4,133
128
2,030
990
29,521
22,476
5,192
13,884
27,611
15,529
18,911
14,825
17,031
13,210
17,503
18,790
18,974
31,498
458
1,333
21,063
33,416
12,235
13,928
13,385
5,89,692
6,33,758
6,01,893
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TABLE
RETURN OF ANIMALS ON THE HISSAR CATTLE
DETAILS.
1
Balance on 1st
April 1924.
Increase
By birth ...
„ purchase
„ transfer...
Received in
exchange.
Tot al ...
Decrease
Died ...
Destroyed ...
Sold
Transferred ...
Supplied free
of charge.
Issued in ex-
change.
Presented ...
Total ...
Balance on 31st
March 1925.
Value Rs. ...
Herd balls.
2
33
...
...
...
...
33
2
1
2
1
...
...
...
8
27
9,320
Supernumerary bulls.
3
...
...
...
297
...
297
...
...
296
1
...
...
...
297
...
...
Cows.
4
1,582
...
2
68
...
1,600
19
7
115
...
...
...
...
141
1,459
179,095
Male produce.
5
1,424
449
...
1
...
1,874
68
8
30
326
3
...
...
435
1,439
234,400
Female produce.
6
1,221
418
2
...
...
1,641
62
3
139
66
9
...
...
279
1,362
59,315
Castrated produce.
7
75
...
...
28
...
103
1
...
2
47
..
...
...
50
53
9,385
Or dna nc e ( s e r vi c e ) bul l
ocks .
8
...
...
51
...
51
...
...
50
1
...
...
...
51
...
...
Cultivation bullocks.
9
328
...
26
39
...
893
8
2
28
40
...
...
...
73
320
49,295
Males.
10
121
24
....
...
...
145
2
...
22
...
...
...
...
24
121
52,235
Pony mares for male breeding.
11
64
...
7
...
...
71
2
1
8
...
...
...
...
11
60
9,100
Pony stallion.
12
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
1
40
Pony gelding.
13
2
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
700
Pony fillies.
14
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
150
Horse colts.
15
...
...
2
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
1,800
Donkey stallions.
16
6
...
...
...
...
0
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
6
1,140
Donkey colts,
17
75
18
...
...
1
94
3
1
18
...
...
1
...
23
71
28,580
XXV
XII.
FARM FOR THE YEAR 1924-25.
Donkey mares.
18
95
...
...
5
...
100
8
...
11
...
...
...
...
...
14
86
10,050
Donkey fillies.
19
68
25
...
...
...
93
7
1
14
5
...
...
...
27
66
4,364
Arab stallions.
20
2
...
1
...
...
3
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
2
2,200
Arab mares.
21
10
...
...
...
...
10
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
3
7
2,950
Arab fillies.
22
7
2
...
...
...
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
3,390
Arab colts.
23
11
1
...
...
...
12
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
2
10
5,450
Arab geldings.
24
...
...
...
3
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
3
725
Rams.
25
18
...
3
...
...
21
4
1
3
...
...
...
...
...
8
13
1,149
Ewes.
26
460
...
12
96
...
568
52
1
47
...
...
...
...
...
100
468
3,829
Male lambs.
27
368
78
...
...
...
416
36
1
143
28
...
...
...
1
209
287
3,449
Female lambs.
28
260
79
...
...
...
345
27
1
25
96
...
...
...
...
149
196
2,145
Wethers.
29
...
...
...
28
...
28
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
28
140
Female goats.
30
21
...
...
6
...
37
1
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
4
23
230
Female kids.
31
19
12
...
...
..
31
2
...
1
6
...
...
...
...
9
22
167
Male goate and kids.
32
6
14
...
...
...
20
4
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
8
12
34
Camels.
33
9
...
3
...
...
12
2
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
3
9
2,111
Total.
34
6,243
1,120
58
620
1
8,012
301
29
963
620
12
1
...
1
1,927
6,115
6,77,327
RAMARKS,
35
* Presented to the Lahore Zoo.
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TABLE XIII.
BREEDING RESULTS AT THE GOVERNMENT CATTLE FARM, HISSAR, FOR THE YEAR 1924-25.
CLASS.
1
Cattle Breeding ...
Mule Breeding ...
Donkey Breeding ...
Sheep Breeding ...
Arab Breeding ...
Aver age number of—
(1)
Cows ,
(2) Mar es ,
(3) Ewe3,
present during the year.
2
1,495
62
90
464
9
Tot al number of births.
3
867
24
43
157
3
Per cent age.
4
57.99
38.71
47.77
33.83
33.33
PREVIOUS TWO YEAR'S FIGURES.
1923-24.
Average number of
cows, mares or
ewes present dur-
ing the year.
5
1,504
65
95
462
11
Total number of
births.
6
1,211
19
57
587
8
Percentage.
7
80.51
29.23
60.00
(a)
72.73
1922-23.
Average number of
cows, mares or
ewes predent dur-
ing the year.
8
1,482
64
96
502
12
Total number of
births.
9
1,133
33
52
350
4
Percentage.
10
76.45
51.56
54.16
69.72
33.33
REMARKS.
11
(a)130 ewes lambed twice in
the year. The
percentage
comes to 98.92.
NOTE.—Births do not include slips and still-borns.
xxvii
TABLE XIV.
SHOWING MAIN RESULTS OF THE WORKING OF THE HISSAR CATTLE
FARM DURING THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1924-25.
Particulars.
Receipts.
(A)
Sale of animals (exclusive of concession
allowed to local bodies.
Miscellaneous receipts
... ...
P. W. D. receipts on account of house-
rent.
Total ...
(B)
Concession allowed to local bodies, etc.,
etc.—
Bulls ... ... ...
Donkeys ...
...
...
Sheep
...
...
...
Arab stallions
... ...
Miscellaneous
Machinery supplied to Gurdaspur,
Rs. 4,838-13-6.
Feed and keep of Gurgaon and Rohtak
males, Rs. 1,821-8-10.
Total ...
Total A and B ...
Amount.
Rs. A. P.
1,20,430
27,749
600
1,48,780
10
12
0
6
0
4
0
4
81,215
5,600
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
...
6,705
93,535
2,42,315
6
6
12
4
4
8
Previous year's
figures.
Rs. A . P.
1,03,964
24,307
600
1,28,962
15
8
0
7
4*
2
0
6
65,250
600
0
0
0
0
...
...
...
65,850
1,94,812
0
7
0
6
REMARKS.
*Rs. 650
adjusted
by
the
Account
ant-Gen"
eral,
Punjab,
after sub-
mission
of
the
table.
xxviii
TABLE XIV—CONCLUDED.
SHOWING MAIN RESULTS OF THE WORKING OF THE HISSAR CATTLE
FARM DURING THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1924-25—CONCLUDED.
Particulars.
Expenditure.
Salaries of officers
... ...
„ „ subordinate staff ...
Travelling and conveyance allowance ...
Contingencies—Supplies and Services—
A. Feed of animals including
reserve fodder.
B. Purchase of animals ..
C. Other Heads ... ...
Stationery and Printing ... ...
Expenditure on buildings through
P. W. D.
Total ...
Capital on 1st day of the year ...
„ at the end of the year ..
(a) Valuation of animals ... ...
(b)
„
„ grain ... ...
(c)
,
, fodder ... ...
(d)
„
, medicine and dead stock
articles.
(e)
„
„ Building... ...
Amount.
Rs. A. P.
(a) 22,454
(b) 71,836
(c) 2,572
0
12
7
0
0
0
25,592
13,749
(d) 61,872
144
9,109
2,07,380
17,81,878
18,21,055
6,77,327
9,798
1,24,637
1,22,392
4,42,063
4
4
9
5
0
11
10
9
0
12
7
8
0
11
7
5
1
0
0
8
4
0
8
1
10
0
Previous yea's
figures.
RS.
A. P.
30,826
(b)71,551
2,946
6
14
5
0
0
0
40,620
13,955
(d)52,561
180
8,832
2,21,475
16,63,730
17,81,878
6,68,063
19,251
1,03,328
1,17,534
4,38,612
15
0
14
13
0
3
14
10
0
13
9
8
0
3
0
4
2
0
9
11
3
0
0
3
5
0
REMARKS.
(a) Does not include overseas pay.
(b) Includes pay and local allowance of Veterinary Assistants borne on Provincial.
Scale.
(c) Includes travelling allowance of Veterinary Assistant at this Farm.
(d) Excludes cost of stores imported from foreign countries.
21 DA— 260—21-426-SGP Lahore.
PAIR OF MULES REJECTED BY ARMY DEPARTMENT
AS TOO BIG FOR MOUNTAIN BATTERIES.
TIP CART FOR MANURE.
Built in Farm Workshops. Designed by Farm Bailiff.
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT
OF T
HE
NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1877.
FRAMED ON THE WEEKLY AND ANNUAL RETURNS, ON THE REPOST OF REGIMENTAL
MEDICAL OFFICERS, AND ON THE INSPECTION REPORTS OF
DEPUTY SURGEONS-GENERAL.
WITH STATISTICAL TABLES.
Compiled in the Office of the Surgeon-General, Indian Medical Service.
CALCUTTA:
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING.
1878.
IP/6/AF.3
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT
OF THE
NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1877.
FRAMED ON THE WEEKLY AND ANNUAL RETURNS, ON THE REPORTS OF REGIMENTAL
MEDICAL OFFICERS, AND ON THE INSPECTION REPORTS OF
DEPUTY SURGEONS-GENERAL.
WITH STATISTICAL TABLES.
Co mp i e d i n t h e Of f i c e o f t h e S u r g e o n - Ge n e r a l , I n d i a n Me b i c a l S e r b i c e .
CALCUTTA :
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING.
1878.
No. 641.
FROM
J . F U L L A R T O N B E A T S O N ,
E S Q . , M . D . , C . I . E . ,
Surgeon-General, Indian Medical Department,
THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA,
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
Fort William, the 19th August 1878.
To
SIR,
I HAVE the honor to forward, for submission to the Right Hon'ble
the Governor General in Council, the Medical and Sanitary Report of the
Native Army in the Bengal Presidency for the year 1877 (forming the tenth
of the series), which has been compiled, under my supervision; by my Secretary,
Surgeon-Major K. McLeod, M.D.
2. I am gratified that I am this year able to report that a considerable
improvement has taken place in the punctuality and accuracy with which
Medical Officers have submitted their reports and returns for the year under
review. This, together with the great relief which I have experienced in being
freed of the burden of the medical administration of the Province of Bengal, has
enabled me to prepare and submit this Report sooner than has hitherto been
found possible. I anticipate that this improvement will be not only sustained,
but may even be surpassed in future years.
3. The strength of the Native Army and of its different sections is shown
STATEMENT No. I.
Strength of the Native Army in 1877.
S T R E N G T H .
P r e s e n t .
Absent.
Tot al .
Regular Army
3 9 4 5 3 . 9 6
5 3 0 1 . 7 4
4 4 7 5 5 . 7 0
Central India Force
4 5 0 6 . 6
1 1 6 0 . 7 7
5 6 6 7 . 3 7
Punjab Frontier Force
1 0 3 1 4 . 8 5
2 0 5 5 . 6 3
1 2 3 7 0 . 4 8
Total
5 4 2 7 5 . 4 1
8 5 1 8 . 1 4
6 2 7 9 3 . 5 5
Madras Army
2 9 2 2 . 2 2
2 2 4 . 3 8
3 1 4 6 . 6 0
G R A N D T O T A L
5 7 1 9 7 . 6 3
8 7 4 2 . 5 2
6 5 9 4 0 . 1 5
tries made in the annual returns with those of the weekly returns, Which
wrer
carefully tabulated for that purpose. The figures are, therefore, as perfect
representatives of the facts which they are intended to represent as figures can
be "Present " strength is, as usual, to be understood to indicate the strength
i n S t a t e m e n t N o . 1
.
The figures represent
averages for the year,
founded for the most
part on daily census.
They may, therefore, be
accepted as being as
accurate as it is possible
to obtain ; and, with
regard to these and all
the statistical returns
presented in this Report,
I may state that they
have been subjected to
a most systematic and
searching scrutiny, by a
detailed and thorough
comparison of the en-
;renter
ametmlity in
ulmuSsinn of
eports.
Strength of
the Native
Army.
&ceuraey of
statistics.
Strength
cc. preset) t "
and " absent.''
vii
13. In Statement No. VIII the sickness and mortality of the Native
Army is shown according to military commands, and the statistics of the four
preceding years are re-produced for comparison. As regards sickness, the various
commands take very much the same order as in previous years ; though the rates
present generally a lower range. This is more marked, however, in the case
of the healthier commands. The Eastern Frontier and Presidency Districts, the
Punjab Frontier, the Lahore Division, and Peshawar District, are the most sickly,
both in 1877 and in the four previous years ; and this is true as regards both
the number and severity of cases. The principal departure from the rule of
former years is manifest in the case of the Central India Force, which rises in
the scale of severity. The Rawalpindi and Allahabad Divisions and the
Rohilcund District are the healthiest in both series, the remaining commands
holding an intermediate place.
As regards mortality, the principal departures from the experience of
past years are in the cases of the Peshawar District, which shows a much
smaller mortality than usual, and of the Sirhind Division and Rohilcund District
and Rajputana, which rise in the scale. The causes of these features will be
more profitably discussed in a future paragraph, when the diseases to which
sickness and mortality were mainly due are under consideration.
Statistics of
the several
military
commands.
Showing the prevalence of venereal diseases.
YEARS.
CASES PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
TOTAL.
Primary
syphilis.
Secondary
syphilis.
Gonorrhoea,
& c .
1872
1 . 2 4
. 5 1
. 9 6
2 . 7 1
1873
1 . 2 5
. 6 8
1 . 0 5
2 . 9 8
1874
1 . 7 7
. 6 6
. 4 8
2 . 9 1
1875
1 . 4 8
. 7 1
1 . 0 7
3 . 2 6
1876
1 . 4 7
. 5 1
. 8 2
2 . 8 0
1877
1 . 2 8
. 4 7
. 8 5
2 . 6 0
XX
Venereal
diseases.
Epidemies.
Cholera.
32. Venereal diseases are not a serious cause of disability in the Native
Army.
Their prev-
alence varies little
from year to year.
Statement No. XV
shows that 1877 is
rather below than above
previous years. These
diseases are reported to
be specially prevalent
at Almora, Jhansi and
Lucknow. The closure
of the city lock hos-
pital at the latter place
is alleged to be the main
cause to which this
result is due. Deputy Surgeons-General have submitted careful inspection
reports of lock hospitals, which indicate that the medical duties appertaining
to them are carefully and humanely performed. Regarding the sanitary value
o f t h e s e i n s t i t u t i o n s I o f f e r n o o p i n i o n .
STATEMENT No. XVI.
Admissions and deaths from cholera.
YEARS.
Cases.
Deaths.
1869
5 9 0
3 4 5
1870
4 8
2 8
1871
4 9
3 0
1872
3 4 9
2 0 8
1873
6 8
2 8
1874
4 2
2 9
1875
1 3 2
5 8
1876
1 6 3
8 8
1877
2 4
1 1
STATEMENT No. XVII.
Detail of admissions and deaths from cholera.
Corps.
Stations.
Admitted. Died.
Remarks.
7th Bengal Cavalry
Morar
1
. . .
1st Native Infantry
Benares
1
1
3rd ditto
Dinapore
1
. . .
4th ditto
Lucknow
1
1
8th ditto
Agra
4
1
16th ditto
Fort William
1
. . .
36th ditto
Alipore
1
. . .
38th ditto
Barrackpore
4
4
41st ditto
Churnbut
2
1
44th ditto
Dibrugarh
1
1
2nd C.I. Horse
Guna
1
. . .
Bhopal Battalion
Sehore
1
. . .
Meywar Bheel Corps
Oodeypore
5
2
Total
2 4
1 1
1st C.I.Horse
Serang
. . .
1 On district duty.
2nd ditto
. . .
1
D i t t o .
5th Native Infantry
Gya
. . .
1
17th ditto
Marar
. . .
1
35th ditto
Allahabad
. . .
1 In hospital 34th N.I
35th ditto
S h e r e g h a t
. . .
1 On command.
35th ditto
Sunderbuns
. . .
1 On furlough.
37th ditto
Fyzabad
. . .
1 On furlough.
42nd ditto
. . .
1 On furlough.
T o t a l
. . .
9
STATEMENT No. XV.
33. The year was marked by an almost entire absence of epidemic dis-
ease. Only 24 cases
of cholera were ad-
mitted into hospital,
among which 11 deaths
happened. The number
thus fell short of any
of the preceding eight
years as is shown mar-
ginally. Nine additional
deaths took place else-
where than in hos-
pital. A detail of
all these cases is
annexed (Statement
No. XVII).
especially as there is much reason to believe that improvement may yet be
effected. in the manufacture of the drug, without much modification of
existing machinery.
Though in the experience of the past year there has been a happy exemp-
tion from the supposed injurious symptoms inseparable from the exhibition of
the drug, it has been thought advisable to push our inquiries still further, and
to see whether it is not possible, by combining certain of the alkaloids in
definite proportions to exclude completely the less salutary principles, while
retaining to the full the real efficiency of the febrifuge.
With this view, a triple combination of the commercial sulphates of
quinine, cinchonidine and. cinchonine, suggested by Dr. King, of the Royal
Botanic Gardens, and. Mr. Wood, Chemical Examiner to the Government, has
been prepared and issued to some selected. medical officers for trial and report
with the view of ascertaining by the simple process of elimination what
constituents of the " cinchona febrifuge " may be advantageously excluded.
Though this investigation may not really be necessary, it is well to leave no-
thing undone which may possibly silence all objections in the future against
the universal introduction of the indigenous article : cheapness, freedom from
adulteration, and constancy of supply, are advantages of a very solid nature.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
J. FULLARTON BEATSON, M.D.,
Surgeon- General, Indian Medical Department.
INDEX.
[ The Regiments are placed as they stood in the Army List on the 1st of July 1877 ]
PRESIDENCY DISTRICT.
( Including the Stations of Fort William, Alipore, Dum-Dum, Barrackpore, Bhagalpur, Nya Dumka,
Dacca and Dorunda. )
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PAGE
16th (The Lucknow) Regiment, Native Infantry.
1
38th (The Agra) Regiment, Native Infantry
.
9
45th (Rattray's Sikhs) Regiment, Native Infantry
4
5th Regiment, Native Infantry
. 13
36th (The Bareilly) Regiment, Native Infantry—
Left Wing.
6
10th Regiment, Native Infantry—Left Half-Bat-
talion
16
36th (The Bareilly) Regiment, Native Infantry—
11th Regiment, (Madras) Native Infantry
. 18
Head-Quarters and Right Wing
.
7
ALLAHABAD DIVISION.
(Including the Stations of Allahabad, Dinapore, Segowlie, Benares, Chunar and Cawnpore)
16th Regiment, Bengal Cavalry
.
. 19
1st Regiment, Native Infantry .
.
. 31
34th (Futtehgurh) Regiment, Native Infantry . 23 • 15th Bengal (Cureton's Mooltanee) Cavalry
. 33
3rd Regiment, Native Infantry
. 25
31st (Punjab) Regiment, Native Infantry
. 35
2nd Regiment, Bengal Cavalr
. 29
GWALIOR DISTRICT.
(Including the Stations of Morar and Jhansi. )
7th Regiment, Bengal Cavalry
.
. 37
41st (The Gwalior) Regiment, Native Infantry . 40
17th (The Loyal Poorbeah) Regiment, Native
24th (Punjab) Regiment, Native Infantry
. 4 4
Infantry. 39
SAUGOR DISTRICT.
(Including the Stations of Jubbulpore, Saugor, Banda, Nagode and Nowgong. )
16th Regiment, (Madras) Native Infantry
. 45
5th Regiment, Bengal Cavalry
. .
50
3rd Regiment, (Madras) Light Cavalry .
. 47
20th Regiment, (Madras) Native Infantry—Right
5th Regiment, (Madras) Native Infantry
. 48
Wing
. 54
20th Regiment, (Madras) Native Infantry—Head-
.
Quarters and Left Wing.
. 49
RAJPOOTANA.
(Including the Stations of Deolee and Erinpoorah.)
9th Regiment, Bengal Cavalry
.
. 55
Erinpoorah Irregular Force
.
.
. 58
Deolee Irregular Force
.
.
57
CENTRAL INDIA.
(Including the Stations of Goona, Agar, Kherwara, Sirdarpore, Sehore and Ajmere. )
1st Regiment, Central India Horse
.
. 60
Malwa Bheel Corps
.
.
.
. 67
2nd Regiment, Central India Horse
.
. 61
Bhopal Battalion
.
.
.
. 68
Meywar Bheel Corps
.
.
. 64
Mhairwara Battalion
.
.
.
. 70
OUDH DIVISION.
(Including the Stations of Lucknow, Sitapur, Fyzabad and Gorakhpur. )
3rd Regiment, Bengal Cavalry
. 71
6th Regiment, Bengal Cavalry .
.
8 0
4th Regiment, Native Infantry
.
. 74
40th (The Shahjehanpore) Regiment, Native In-
6th Regiment, Native Light Infantry .
. 76
fantry ..
.
.
. 81
2nd (Queen's Own) Regiment, Bengal Light In-
fantry.
.
.
.
78
MEERUT DIVISION.
(Including the Stations of Meerut, Agra, Delhi, Dehra Dun and Roorkee .)
4th Regiment, Bengal Cavalry .
.
. 83
33rd (The Allahabad) Regiment, Native Infantry 90
39th (The Allygarh)Regiment, Native Infantry . 85
Viceroy's Body Guard
.
. 92
8th Regiment, Native Infantry
.
. 86
2nd (Prince of Wales' Own) Goorkha Regiment 93
13th (The Shekhawattee) Regiment, Native In-
Bengal Sappers and Miners
. 95
fantry
.
. 88
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT
OF THE
NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1877.
(The Regiments are placed as they stood in the Army List on the 1st of July 1877.)
PRESIDENCY DISTRICT.
INCLUDING THE STATIONS OF FORT WILLIAM, ALIPORE, DUM-DUM, BIRRACKPOILE, BHAGALPUR,
NYA DUMKA AND DACCA).
Bengal Troops.
Madras Troops.
Average daily strength present during the year
Infantry
3327.1
625.3
Average daily sick per cent. of average strength
,,
4.78
1.92
Ratio of mortality per cent. of average strength
,,
3.37
1.32
16th (The Lucknow) Regiment natibe Entantrp-Aort William.
I. Medical officers.—The Annual Report is written by Surgeon J. Moor
head, M.A., M.D., who held
charge of this regiment
from the 18th of July to the
close of the year. During
the remainder of the period
the medical charge was held.
by Surgeon E. Bovill, Sur-
- g e o n - M a j o r R . H . P e r k i n s ,
and Surgeon J. C. G. Car-
michael successively.
II . Location and movements.—
The regiment was stationed at
Fort William throughout the
year.
V. Lines and barracks.—The
barracks, described in previous
annual reports, were kept in good
repair and thoroughly clean.
The ventilation in all is satisfactory during the cool season, but in the hot it is only in-
different in the bomb-proof barracks. This, however, is unavoidable, as military considera-
tions prevent the necessary openings being made in the rampart wall. Their capacity, which
does not appear in former reports, is here given :
The bomb-proof barracks contain. 21792.66 square and 261.512 cubic feet.
The north and south ,,
14333.66 ,,
174,004
,,
Native officers
,,
1920.
23,040,,
The bomb-proof are occupied by 4 companies of 307 men, and the north and south also
by companies of 338 men. Supposing all these men present at the same time, each man
would have in the former 66.58 square and 799.73 cubic feet; in the latter 42.9 square
and 514.8 cubic feet. Several, however, are always absent on guard or other duties, while
some are in hospital, or on sick or furlough leave, and so each man really occupies more space
than would appear from the above. A slight deduction must be made from the numbers just
given for the amount of space occupied by the body of each man and his bedding. The native
officers' quarters are occupied by 18 native officers and a few servants, each being thus allowed
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1872
Jalpaiguri and Dacca,
February 1872.
145
1.9
3.9
1873
Ditto ditto.
143.7
2.2
5.1
1874
Tezpore and Dacca, Dec.
1873.
205.1
. 5
6.1
1875
Jalpaiguri and Dacca
191.8
2.6
5.3
1876
Fort William, Jan. 1876
129.1
1.2
4.2
Average
162.9
1.6
4.9
1877
Fort William
147.86
1.29
4.19
Medical
officers.
Location and
movements.
Lines and
barracks.
Capacity of-
PLAN OF LINES
XVI B.C.
LITHOGRAPHED FROM AN ORIGINAL SUPPLIED BY THE INDIAN MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, July 1878.
GROUND PLAN OF ONE BARRACK HUT
LITHOGRAPHED FROM AN ORIGINAL SUPPLIED BY THE INDIAN MEDICAL DEPAR
TMENTS
at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, July 1878.
P L A N
SHEWING
ARRANGEMENT OF NEW LINES
5th. Bengal Cavalry
AT
NOWGONG.
Madras Infantry Parade
REFERENCES.
Blue lines show drainage of lines leading
to cutting winch joins Koomraree Nuddce
natural incline from compounds 3 to 8
towards Koomrarce Nuddee.
(Sd.) T. G. SKARDON,
Surgn. Major
LITHOGRAPHED FROM AN ORIGINAL SUPPLIED BY THE INDIAN MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, July 1878.