Location and
movements.
Lines, bar-
racks and
Conservancy,
&c
Diet.
Clothing,
Duties.
Hospital.
Bedding.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OP BENGAL.
The cinchona
febrifuge.
Inspection.
doses on an empty stomach. There is no doubt that it is a very valuable remedy, although
inferior to quinine. It is very seldom that it has given , rise to gastric irritation or giddiness,
and probably where it did so the same effect would have followed a dose of quinine or any
other anti-periodic. Sixty-six recruits joined during the year, and 7 were discharged for physical
disability. They are, as a rule, of very good physique, and above the standard laid down. One
or two have shown signs of breaking down under training, and may have to be discharged.
Caste.—The Punjabi Mussulman is the most healthy, the Sikh next, and the Dograh the
most unhealthy, of the men composing the regiment.
Inspection.—The annual inspection was made by Deputy Surgeon-General
R. Cockburn on the 30th of November. The sanitary state of the lines
was found to be satisfactory. The whole of the men off duty were inspected,
and are pronounced to be " a fine body of men, in good physical condition,
but perhaps a little fallen off since last year's inspection." The recruits were
also inspected, and found to be " strong and healthy-looking." The hospital
arrangements were efficien
t .
36th (The Bareillp) Regiment Native Infantrp, Left Wing- Alipoer.
Medical officers.—This wing has been successively under medical charge
of Surgeons W. W. Galloway, L. R. Dawson, W. A. Manson, W. H. Cadge,
J. Moorhead and C. H. Beatson. The last officer, who joined on 19th July, has
furnished the annual report.
Location and movements.—The wing arrived at Alipore on the 13th of November
1876, and has remained there ever since.
The men are accommodated in thatched huts, built on a raised piece of
ground, from which water is removed by surface drains leading into an adjoin-
ing tank. The arrangements for conservancy and water-supply are the same as
in the case of the 45th Regiment. One of the three tanks in the lines is
allotted to the dhobies, another is used for washing dishes in, and the men are
allowed to bathe in the third.
IX. Diet.—The bazar is well conducted, frequently inspected, and the food-supplies both
good and abundant. The men all deal with the bunnias, a few of the married men only
being allowed to buy a portion of their food elsewhere.
The Hindustani clothing is thought to be light, and the duties pronounced
severe. There is no time for recreation. The wing shares the same hospital
building with the 45th. It affords sufficient and good accommodation. The
blankets, supplied under orders of Government, were received in October.
Sheets are provided by regimental arrangement. They serve an important use,
in preventing the blankets from becoming offensive and unhygienic.
Sickness, mor-
tality and
invaliding.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.— Strength of the regiment-
Present
2 8 9 . 6 7
Absent
2 3 . 2 0
Total
3 1 2 . 8 7
S T A T I O N .
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER OF
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH PER ANNUM.
From
T o
Admissions. Deaths.
Dai l y aver age number of s i ck.
Admissions. Deaths.
D a i l y a v e r a g e s i c k .
Left Wing at Alipore
1st Jan. 1877
31st Dec. 1877 289.67
361
1
10.39 124.62
.34
3. 58
Number of deaths in hospital, 1; out of hospital, 3; total
4; per cent of total strength
1 . 2 7
,, invalided
1; ,, ,,
0 . 3 1
,, send on sick leave
10; ,, ,,
3 . 1 9
,, of days spent in hospital, 3,793; per admission
10.50; per man of tototal strength
1 2 . 1 2
,, on sick leave, 871; per man
8 7 . 1 0 ; , , , ,
2 . 7 8
T o t a l t e m p o r a r y l o s s o f s e r v i c e p e r m a n o f t o t a l s t r e n g t h
1 4 . 9 0