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PESHAWAR. DISTRICT.
20th (Punjab) Regiment, natibe Infantry—Peshamar.
I. Medical Officer.—The annual report is written by Surgeon W. Napier
Keefer, who relieved Surgeon
H. Ma l i n s , M. B. , i n t h e me d i -
cal charge on the 10th of
November.
II. Location and move-
ments.—The head-quarters of the
regiment remained at Peshawar
from the 1st January to the 21st
November.
The corps then proceed-
ed on service. Its move-
ments are detailed in para-
graph XIII. Particulars re-
garding detachments are
given in paragraph XV.
The sanitary circumstances of the regiment at Peshawar underwent no
change during the year. While on service the men were rationed, and it was
found. t hat t he 21bs of at t a i ssued t o t hem was beyond requi rement s.
XIII. Marches and service.— On the 22nd November the regiment marched from Pesha-
war to Fort Mackeson. On the 4th December from Fort Mackeson to the top of the Shirgussa
ridge. From the 5th to the 8th December the regiment was employed against the Jowakis
in the Bori valley, and in taking and holding the hills opposite to the ridge, returning each
evening to the ridge. On the 25th December the regiment marched from Shirgussa over the
Jowaki hills to the heights overlooking Pushteoni returning in the evening to Shirgussa, and
on the 31st December the regiment again advanced from Shirgussa to Pushteoni, near which
village it bivouacked for the night. On the 4th December, when advancing up the Shirgussa
ridge, a shell from our own guns below burst in the midst of some skirmishers, killing two men,
severely wounding two others, and slightly wounding two others. On the afternoon of the 4th
December, a sepoy was shot through the calf of the leg by a Jowaki from an opposite bill, and
On the 7th another sepoy was severely wounded, a ball passing through the fleshy part of his
right arm and right pectoral muscle.
-
Total Casualties.
K i l l e d
.
.
. .
,
1 H a v i l d a r a n d
1 sepoy.
S e v e r e l y w o u n d e d
. .
.
..
.
4 sepoy.
S l i g h t l y w o u n d e d
. .
.
. .
.
2 sepoy.
XVI . Hospital.— Still the same dark, gloomy building which has been described so
frequently in former reports. In the cold weather it is difficult to heat, and when the doors are
shut it is very dark. In rainy weather it leaks. The out-houses are wretchedly inadequate, the
hospital assistants being provided with small dilapidated huts, and the bheesties, cooks and
kahars being obliged to sleep in the cook-houses. Though often represented, no improvements have been made.
have been made.
YEAR.
STATION.
P E R C E N T . O F S T R E N G T H .
A d m i s s i o n s .
Deaths. Daily sick
1872
.
D e l h i e , D e c e m b e r 1 8 7 1
1 3 5 . 8
1.7
2.7
1873
.
D i t t o
1 1 2 . 2
.8
2.7
1874
.
D i t t o
1 4 0 . 7
1.4
3.6
1875
.
P e s h a w a r , M a r c h 1 8 7 5
1 1 8 . 9 9
1.73
2.58
1876
.
D i t t o
1 3 7 . 8 8
1.73
2.97
A v e r a g e
.
.
1 2 9 . 1 1
1.46
2.91
1877
.
P e s h a w a r
. .
.
1 4 8 . 4 4
1.27
2.73
Location and
movements.
Marches and
service
Hospital.
Medical
Officer.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.—Strength of the regiment.
Present .
. .
.
.
.
.
. . .
. .
.
. . 616.41
Absent .
. .
.
.
.
.
. . .
. .
.
. . 88.58
Total
.
. . 704.99
Sickness,
mortality and
STATION.
PERIOD.
S t r e n g t h .
TOTAL NUMBER OF
Daily average number of sick.
PER CENT OF STRENGTH PER ANNUM.
F r o m
To
Admis-
Admis-
sions.
D e a t h s .
Admis-sions. Deaths.
Daily number of sick.
Head-quarters at Peshawar .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
...
...
...
...
and on Joaki expedition .
1 s t
Jan. 1877
3 1 s t
Dec.
1 8 7 7
5 2 6
813
5 14.69 154.560.95 2.79
Detachment at Michini .
3 r d
Jan.
„
2 1 s t
Jan
„
8 9
2
. . .
0.54
45.52...
o.60
Ditto
Cherat .
2 8 t h
Apiril
„
1 6 t h
June
„
1 0 1
13
. . .
0.61
95.72...
0.60
Ditto
Shabkadar .
8 t h
Apirl
„
8 t h
May
„
9 0
10
. . .
0.93
135.31...
1.03
Ditto
Michni .
6 t h
Sept.
„
8 t h
Nov.
„
8 9
18
. . .
1.25
117.18...
1.40
Ditto
Mackeson .
6 t h
Sept.
„
2 2 n d
Nov.
„
3 2
8
. . .
0.63
118.51...
1.96
Ditto
Abazai .
6 t h
Nov.
„
2 7 t h
Nov.
„
1 6 7
7
. . .
1.31
72.91...
0.89
Ditto
Mackeson .
3 r d
Dec.
„
3 1 s t
Dec.
„
4 3 . 2 5
8
. . .
0.48
241.69...
1.10
Depôt at Peshawar
.
2 2 n d
Nov.
„
3 1 s t
Dec.
„
1 3 0 . 7 5
36
2 16.41 262.9614.6 12.6
Total
.
.
...
. . .
6 1 6 . 4 1
913
7 16.87 148.441.13 2.73
Number of deaths in hospital, 7; out of hospital,
2 t o t a l
9; per cent. of total strength .
1.27
„ invalided
. . .
. .
. .
.
. 15;
„ „
.
2.12
„ sent on sick leave.
. .
. .
.
. 13;
„ „
.
1.84
„
of days spent in hospital,
6 , 1 6 1 ; p e r a d m i s s i o n
673;
p e r m a n o f t o t a l s t r e n g t h
.
8.73
„
o n s i c k l e a v e , 2 , 0 3 4 p e r m a n .
156.46
„ „
.
2.88
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
. .
11.61