Venereal
disease.
Conjunctivitis.
Rheumatism.
1717
ALLAHABAD DIVISION.
XIII. Hospital.—The hospital has been described in previous reports. (Annual reports
for 1870 and 1871). It remained in excellent repair and no alterations have been made.
Hospital.
XIV. Sickness, mortality, and invaliding.— Strength of the regiment present 594.11;
absent 88.46; total 682.57.
PERIOD
S t r e n g t h .
TOTAL NUM-
BER 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.
From
To
A d m i s s i o n s .
D e a t h s i n h o s - p i t a l .
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 Allahabad
and line of march
. . . 1st Jan. 31st Dec. 594.11
613
4
20.87 103.17
0.67
3.51
Number of deaths in hospital, 4; out of hospital 0; total 4; per cent. of total strength . . .
0.58
" invalided, 67; per cent. of total strength . . .
9.81
" s e n t o n s i c k l e a v e , 1 3 ; p e r c e n t . o f t o t a l s t r e n g t h . . .
1.90
" of days spent in hospital, 7,623; per admission, 12.43; per man of total strength . . 11.16
" of days spent on sick leave 1,467; per man, 112.84; per man of total strength . . .
2.14
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . .
13.30
Sickness,
mortality, and
invaliding.
XV. Principal causes of sickness.— Ague has, as usual, caused the largest number of
admissions, being 307 in 1874, against 264 in 1873,156 in 1872, and 283 in 1871. The year
1871 may be set aside in considering the causes of this increase, as there is no doubt that the
admissions in that year were largely influenced by the effect of the climate of Morar, where
the regiment was stationed during the greater part of the previous year. It is difficult to
account for this gradual increase, as in most other respects the health of the men has much
improved, and the daily average sick has shown a great improvement during 1874. Possibly
the larger amount of night duty may have increased the sickness from this cause as in 1873.
The number of nights in bed was 4.76 against 2.80 in 1874 for the time the regiment was at
Allahabad.
Gonorrhœa and primary syphilis only give 8 admissions against 6 in the previous year
.
A great proportion of the men being married, and having their wives living in the regimental
bazar, is the cause of the small amount of venereal disease in the regiment.
Conjunctivitis shows 11 admissions against 27 and 16 in the two previous years.
In chronic rheumatism there is a great improvement this year, 28 admissions against 105
in 1873. The cases associated with spongy and bleeding gums, which were described in the
last annual report, were much less common and almost entirely confined to men of over 15
y e a r s ' s e r v i c e .
In skin diseases there has been a steady decrease since the regiment has been at Allahabad.
In 1871 the admissions were 106; in 1872, 55; in 1873, 43; and in 1874 they have gone
down to 35, of' which 25 were caused by boils.
Dysentery has shown an improvement, 27 cases against 60 in the year before. since the
year 1870, the admissions from dysentery and ague have always risen and fallen together,
a bad year for ague being so for dysentery; 1874 has been the only exception to the rule, for
though ague has gone up, dysentery has fallen to less than half that it was in 1873.
XVI. Principal causes of mortality.—There were only four deaths in the corps during
t h e y e a r , a n d t h e y a l l o c c u r r e d i n t h e r e g i m e n t a l h o s p i t a l —o n e f r o m s m a l l - p o x , a n d o n e f r o m
uncomplicated quotidian ague, the latter dying from exhaustion after having daily attacks of
fever for five weeks. Another death was caused by a deep seated abscess in the neck, and the
fourth from general dropsy.
XVII. Vaccination.—Thirty-eight men were vaccinated; out of these 14 were unsuccessful
. A large number of men recruited during the year will be vaccinated at the beginning of 1875.
With these exceptions the whole of the regiment is believed to be protected from small-pox.
Deputy Surgeon-General J. P. Walker, M. D., h e l d t h e m e d i c a l i n s p e c t i o n
of this regiment on the 16th November 1874. He considered the lines, huts,
water-supply, drainage, conservancy, and hospital buildings, to be all satisfac--
tory. The hospital was clean and tidy, and the patients seemed to be well
cared for, and had comfortable bedding and clothing; the general and thera
- peutic treatment of the
p a t i e n t s w a s e f f i c i e n t l y a t t e n d e d t o .
European Garrison Hospital, Allahabad.—Inspected by Dr. J . P. Walker
on the 1st March 1875. Surgeon-Major J. B. Harrison, M. D., was in medical
charge during the year.
Principal
causes of
sickness.
Skin diseases.
Dysentery.
Principal
causes of
mortality.
Vaccination.
Inspection.
European
garrison
hospital.