Location.
Meteorology.
Lines.
Conservancy.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
Vaccination.
Sanitary im-
provements.
Inspection.
Sanitary
conditions.
Hospital.
Vaccination was very satisfactorily attended to, 369 cases having been
successfully vaccinated.
Several minor sanitary measures recommended by the medical officer
were carried out during the year.
The regimental hospital and lines of this regiment were inspected by
Deputy Surgeon-General R. Cockburn on the 6th January 1875.
The lines were rather overcrowded with families, and the ventilation of
the huts was not good. The drainage was good and conservancy of the lines
was well attended to ; the small latrine attached to each hut was kept as clean as
such an objectionable arrangement could be ; dry earth was used for the solid
excreta, but the urine and water ran off by a drain into a gurrah and was
removed daily.
The hospital is a large, lofty and well ventilated building, and afforded
ample accommodation for the requirements of ,the regiment. The medical
details of the hospital were well carried out, and all the arrangements for the
care and welfare of the sick were most satisfactory.
Dctachment, 3rd Regiment Madras Light Cabalrd, Jubbulporr.
Detachment
3rd M. L. C.
The lock-
hospital.
This detachment, which has also been under Surgeon-Major Theobald's
charge throughout the year, was inspected on the same day. The lines were in
good repair and clean ; other sanitary conditions were as previously reported. The
sick are treated in the infantry hospital. There was no man in hospital on the
day of inspection, but the arrangements were satisfactory. The Deputy Surgeon-
General saw all the troopers in undress. " Most of them," he observes " are
rather old from there having been no recruiting for a long time past, but they
are a fine set of men and apparenty properly nourished."
The lock-hospital at Jubbulpore has continued under the charge of
Surgeon-Major W. R. Rice during the year. The Act was extended in June
1874 to the city, and an examination room was opened there for the conveni-
ence of the women. Registration is reported to be not as complete as it ought
to be in the city. A large proportion of the city prostitutes brought on the
register were found to be diseased. The average number on the register was
89. The number has risen since the city women were included to 110. The
attendance for examination was good, except in the city, where the women
have not as yet submitted to discipline. The dhais are found very useful in
detecting disease. The admissions were 177 in number against 104 in 1873.
The amount of venereal disease among European troops was 89 per 1,000. The
admissions amounted to 71, of which 34 were for primary syphilis, and 22 for
gonorrhœa. The remaining cases were of remote origin. Deputy Surgeon-
General R. Cockburn testifies, in his inspection report, to the care with which all
the duties appertaining to this institution are carried out by Surgeon-Major
Rice.
Medical
officer.
3rd Regiment madras Light Cabalry,—Saugor.
Sureon-Major C. Cooper continued in medical charge from the 1st of
January to 11th June, and Surgeon Segrave of the British Medical Service was
put in charge as a temporary measure till the arrival of Surgeon E. Fawcett
on the 24th June, who has since held medical charge. The corps has been sta-
tioned at Saugor throughout the year, with the exception of a squadron, which
has been located at Jubbulpore.
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IV Meteorology.— The rainfall during the past year was an unusually heavy one ; it
commenced about the 16th of June and ended about the middle of September. In 1872, the
rainfall was 49 . 66 inches, in 1873 it was 41 .31, and this year, it was 68 . 81 inches. The altera-
tions in temperature are very sudden; especially in November and December.
V. Lines, barracks, or huts.—Ventilation is very defective, but it bas bad no injurious
effect on the health of the occupants.
VII. Conservancy and Latrines.—The dry-earth system is very fairly carried out.
The rubbish from the horse lines is burned and the ashes, either alone or mixed with dry-earth,
are used in the regimental latrines; the latrines are clean and free from smell. The excreta
are buried in trenches about 500 or 600 yards to the north-east of the lines.