Prevailing.
diseases.
Inspection.
163
PUNJAB FRONTIER FORCE.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
From
T o
Admis-
sions.
Deaths.
Daily
average
sick
Head-quarters at Kohat
. 1st Jan. 1877 20th Apl. 1877
163
92
...
5.70 182 . 27 ...
3.49
During march to Abbott-
abad
.
. . . 21st April „
2nd May
„
153
7
...
5.25 128.45
...
3.43
Head-quarters at Abbott.
abad
.
.
.
. 3rd May
„
2nd Nov.
„
150 .66
78
1
5.40 102 . 69 1 . 98 3.58
From date of leaving Ab-
bottabad to end of the
year
.
.
.
. 3rd Nov.
„ 31st Dec.
„
159.5
20
...
3.37
77.57
...
2.11
TOTAL
.
. . .
...
141.8
197
1
4.93 136.92
.70
3.47
Number of deaths in hospital, 1; out of hospital, 0; total .
1; per cent. of total strength
.
.60
,,
invalided
,
.
out of hospital 3; total .
3 ;
,, ,,
.
1 . 89
,,
sent on sick leave
.
.
.
2;
2;
,, ,,
.
1.20
,,
of days spent in hospital, 1,799 .45 ; per admission . 9 . 13 ;
m
per an of total strength
. 10.84
,, ,,
on sick leave .
180;
,,
,,
,, 90;
,, ,, ,, ,,
1.08
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
. 11.92
Malarial fevers are reported to have been the principal cause of admis-
sion into hospital, and the death which took place was due to dysentery. No
epidemic prevailed during the year.
Inspection.—The battery was inspected by Deputy Surgeon-General
F. F. Allen, C.B., on the 27th of September. The lines are excellent, and their
sanitary condition was satisfactory. The sick are treated in a ward of the
general hospital. All the arrangements were good and the equipment service-
able. The men had been very healthy during the preceding year.
5th Regiment, Punjab Infantry—Abbottabad.
Medical officer.—The annual sanitary report has been compiled by Sur-
geon-Major S. Mackertich,
M .
D.
II. Location and movements.—
The regiment was stationed at
Abbottabad during the year now
under report, except on the follow-
ing occasions: From the 4th to
16th April, the regiment marched
to Oghi for exercise on the hills;
from 11th October to the end of
the year the head-quarters and a
wing took an active part in the
operations of the expedition
against the Jowaki Afridis un-
der Brigadier-General Keyes, C.B.
During this period the recruits
the sick, and a strong detach-
ment as left behind at Ab-
b o t t a b a d . T h e r e g i m e n t f u r n i s h e d , a s i n t h e p r e v i o u s t w o y e a r s , d e t a c h m e n t s t o t h e
outposts of Oghi and Haripur of the strength of 26 and 15 men respectively, taking them
by turns with the 5th Goorkhas.
III. Topography.—I shall here give a brief description of the position of that part of the
Jowaki country where the 5th Punjab Infantry, together with the rest of the Jowaki field force,
under Brigadier General Keyes, were bivouacked. It consists of a broad fertile valley called
Shum, signifying "the plains," the greater part of which is under cultivation, and is studded over
hither and thither with numerous villages, hamlets and towers. It is situated about 16 or 17
miles to the east of Kohat, from which it is approached by the Kooshialgurh and Pindee roads,
from which a new road lately constructed for the purposes of this expedition runs at right
angles and leads the traveller to Jowaki land. About 13 or 14 miles from Kohat are situated
the Jowaki villages of Turki, lying also in a valley and occupied lately by some of the
regiments of the force. Here the two principal Jowaki Chiefs have their houses and towers. From
this point the traveller ascends a plateau, and after marching three miles, comes upon the pic-
turesque village of Shindee, situated at the other end of the plateau, which formed the head-
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths.
Daily sick.
1872
. Dera Ghazi Khan, March
210.4
. . .
4.4
1873
.
1872.
169.9
1
3.9
1874
Ditto
1875
. Abbottabad, Mar. 1873 .
225.5
. . .
4.5
1876
Ditto
95.79
1.65
3.27
.
Abbottabad .
94.01
.54
2.51
Average
.
.
159.12
.63
3.71
1877
. Abbottabad .
.
.
75.36
.53
3.29
Medical
officer.
Location and
movements.
Detachments.
Topography.
Country of
the Jowakis
Shindee.