Diet.
Clothing.
Duty.
Principal
diseases.
Epidemics.
'Vaccination.
Inspection.
Medical
charge.
Location,
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
racks have had verandahs added to them during the year, as recommended by Dr. Banister,
Deputy Surgeon-General, Rawal Pindi Circle.
IX, .Diet.—The supplies are good, and the men appear to be fairly nourished.
X. Clothing.—The men are well clad both on and off duty. They have chogas, postheen,
and short woollen or quilted jackets.
XI. Duty and employment. —Duty is not excessive. The nights in bed are 5 out of 7.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
XV. Sickness, mortality, and invaliding. —Strength of the battery—present 140.10,
absent 25.89; total 165.99.
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.
Admis-
sions.
D e a t h s .
Admis- sions.
D e a t h s . Average
daily
sick.
Head-quarters at Abbottabad 1st Jany. 74 31st Dec. 74 131.34 240
4.22 182.73
3.21
Detachment at Duffla
2nd Oct. 74
Ditto
3 6 .
10
.22 111.48
. 6 1
TOTAL
140.10 250
4.44 178.37
3.16
Number of deaths in hospital 0; out of hospital 0; total
0
„ invalided 1; per cent. of total strength
.6
„
sent on sick leave 0; per cent. of total strength
0
„
of days spent in hospital 1,624; per admission 6.50; per man of total strength
9.78
„ o f d a y s
s p e n t
o n s i c k
l e a v e
0 ; per man
0; per man of total strength
0
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
9.78
XVI. Principal causes of sickness. —The battery has enjoyed a fair average of health
during the year. There were 250 admissions with two from previous year, making in all 252
eases treated; being 50 more than in 1873. Of these, 65 were from periodical fevers, 21
from catarrhal, bronchial and pulmonary complaints; 70 from contusions and injuries of vari
- o u s k i n d s ; 3 1 f r o m b o i l s , a b s c e s s e s , a n d o t h e r s k i n a f f e c t i o n s ; 3 5 f r o m g a s t r i c a n d e n t e r i c
diseases, of which 11 were from dysentery; rheumatism gave 11 cases, and syphilis 3, eye
diseases 4, ear 2; and the remaining 10 were single cases of other diseases. The daily aver
- a g e s i c k f o r t h e y e a r w a s 4 . 4 4 .
XVIII., Epidemics.—There was no outbreak of epidemic disease among the men. One
case of small-pox occurred in the person of a camp-follower's child.
Detachments.
X X1X. Vaccination has been practised among the children of the battery. The case
of small-pox mentioned above was vaccinated a few days previously.
Deputy Surgeon-General Banister inspected on the 5th of June, and
found the sanitary state of the barracks in admirable order, and the hospital
arrangements very efficient.
5th Goorkha Regiment Hazara Goorkha Battalian—Abbottabab.
The regiment was under charge of Surgeon-Major J. R. Johnson through
-out the year. He reports : —
11. Location and movements.—
The regiment was stationary dur
-ing the year, and, as usual, occu
- p i e d i t s p e r m a n e n t q u a r t e r s , t h e
left infantry barracks at Abbot
- t a b a d .
Detachments.—As in preceding
years, a detachment varying
in strength from 50 to 80 men,
was furnished every second month
to the Oghi Out-post in Agror,
and a smaller party of 35 men to
garrison the Huripore fort in lower
Hazara. These detachments were
relieved monthly by parties of
similar strength from the other infantry regiment, at Abbottabad. Difficulties heretofore
encountered in keeping up an efficient supply of Goorkha recruits have necessitated the per
- m a n e n t l o c a t i o n o f a s m a l l p a r t y c o n s i s t i n g o f t w o h a v i l d a r s a n d e i g h t s e p o y s a t G o r a k h p o r e
on the confines of Nepal, for the purpose of enlisting suitable lads.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1869
Abbottabad
245.'7
1.6
11.1
1870
Ditto
26.5
1.5
8.8
1871
Ditto
147.7
1.7
3.7
1872
Ditto
126.9
2.2
5.1
1873
Ditto
110.6
1.8
3.3
Average
179.5
1.7
6.4
1874
Abbottabad
109.
1.3
4.2