Drainage.
Lines.
Medical
Officer.
Location.
The topography of the
station has been described
in former reports.
The heat throughout the
year is described as being
decidedly less than in 1873,
and the rains came on later
and were nauch heavier.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
to the present strength of the regiment. The drainage of the lines is reported on
as being good,but after very heavy rain the ground becomes, rather swampy.
The lines as to cleanliness and conservancy are in a satisfactory condition.
Conservancy.
Water-supply.
Hospital.
Sickness,
mortality and
The latrines are built according to an improved model for native privies,
and are conveniently situated, and in good condition.
Most of the men use water taken from a tank in the lines for drinking
and cooking purposes; some of the men use the water from the municipal stand
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pipe in circular road. Surgeon-Major Barnett again urges the necessity of
supplying the men with a. sufficiency of pure water for cooking and drinking
purposes from the municipal stand-pipes.
The hospital affords ample accommodation for the requirements of the
regiment, but the site is low and damp during the rains.
XV. Sickness, mortality, and invaliding .—Strength of the regiment—present 78.78;
absent 7.92; total 86.70.
PERIOD.
S t r e n g t h .
TOTAL
NUMBER OF
D a i l y a v e r a g e N u m - b e r o f S i c k .
PER CENT. OF
STRENGTH PER ANNUM.
F r o m
T o
A d m i s s i o n s .
D e a t h s .
A d m i s s i o n s .
D e a t h s .
D a i l y a v e r - a g e S i c k .
Head Quarters at Ballygunge . . .
Jan.
Dec.
78.78
119
. . .
2.65 151.2
. . .
3.30
Number of deaths in hospital, none; out of hospital 1; total 1; per cent. of total strength . . . 1.15
" invalided . . . 2; " " " . . . 2.30
" sent on sick leave . . . 4; " " " . . . 4.61
" of days spent in hospital . . . 979, ; per admission 8.22; per man of " " . . . 11.29
" " " on sick leave 259; per man 64.75 ; " " " . . . 2.98
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . . 14.27
Principal
causes of
sickness.
Special obser
-
vations.
Topography.
Meteorology.
Barracks.
Drainage.
Intermittent fevers were the principal causes of sickness, but most of the
cases were of a mild, uncomplicated form.
During the months of November and December, Surgeon-Major Barnett
administered quinine daily as a prophylactic, but does not state with what result.
The men are considered to be well protected against small-pox.
The only special recommendation made was regarding the water-supply.
XXI. Special observations and remarks .—The health of the regiment during the year has
been as good as in previous years. The men have had much harder duty owing to the
reduced strength of the corps and the Viceroy staying in Calcutta during the hot season.
I think, however, that a protracted residence in Calcutta would be injurious during most of them,
and would recommend their having a change, when practicable, to a more congenial and drier
climate.
28th (Punjab) Regiment, Aatibe Infantry—Alipore.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1869 . . . Pesháwar, Feb. 1867,
from Meerut.
222.5
2.6
4.5
1870 . . . Ferozepore, Feb. 1870 . . .
122.9
2.3
3.
1871 . . .
Do. do. . . .
72.03
.85
2.09
1872 . . . Alipore, Dec. 1872 . . .
79.2
.71
2.41
1873 . . .
Do. do. . . .
193.2
1.02
4.64
Average . . .
. . .
137.9
1.5 3.3
1874 . . . Alipore . . .
170.80
1.73
5.96
Surgeon Gordon Price has been in medical charge of the regiment through
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out the year, and writes the
annual report. The regi
-ment has been stationed
at Alipore for the whole
of the year.
The barracks are in good
repair, and the men are not overcrowded. A great improvement in the
drainage of the station and lines, as previously described, has been effected
by the clearing out, by the municipal authorities, of the large drain which
runs between the southern. section of cantonments and Judge Jackson's