YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1869 . . .
Meean Meer, December
1866, from Peshawar.
285.6
1.1
8.2
1870 . . .
Rawal Pindi, November
1870.
99.7
1.
5.1
1871 . . .
Ditto Ditto . . .
80.1
2.4
4.
1872 . . .
Ditto Ditto . . .
65.9
1.1
4.
1873 . . .
Ditto Ditto . . .
81.9
.6
2.5
Average . . .
. . .
122.6
1.2
4.8
1874 . . .
Deolee, January 1874
126.1
.2
5.2
Surgeon-Major R. Mantell, who writes the report, was in medical charge
of the regiment during the
year.
II.—Location and movements
. — T h e h e a d - q u a r t e r s w e r e o n t h e
line of March en route from Ra
-wal Pindi from the 1st to the
12th of January, from which date
till the end of the year they have
been at Deolee. There has been
a permanert detachment of one
squadron at Jhansi, unrelieved,
during the whole year, and a
troop at Sambhur, which has been
r e l i e v e d e v e r y t h r e e m o n t h s .
III—Topography .—The
can
-tonment of Deolee is situated in
latitude 25° 45', longitude 75° 25'.
Its altitude above the sea, is 1,100
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RAJPOOTANA.
XV. Sickness, Mortality, and Invaliding .—Strength; present 267.047; absent 76.098; total
344.045.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
S T A T I O N .
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL
N u m - B E R
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 AN-
NUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions.
D e a t h s i n h o s p i t a l .
Admis-
sions.
D e a t h s .
D a i l y a v e r a g e s i c k .
Nowgong . . . lst Jany.1874 31st of Dec.
1874.
267.04
625
2 16.20 233.70
. 7 4 5.99
Number of deaths in hospital, 2; out of hospital, 1; total, 3; per cent. of total strength . . .
.87
" i n v a l i d e d ,
Nil
" sent on sick leave 1; " " " . . .
.29
" of days spent in hospital, 5,786; per admission, 9.25; per man of " " . . .
16.82
" " " on sick leave, 284 ; " man, 284. " " " . . .
. 8 2
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . .
17.64
Intermittent fevers gave the greatest number of admissions into hospital.
This wing was inspected by Deputy Surgeon-General J. T. C. Ross on
14th September 1874. Mr. Ross considers the lines of this regiment as the best
and most roomy in his circle, and they were in as good order as on his
last report. The drainage is good. As is usual in all Madras regiments,
there are private latrines attached to the huts for the use of the men and fami
-
lies. The crops on the old trenched ground were very luxurious; the small pri
-
vate regimental latrines were as clean as they could be under such an objec
-
tionable plan. The hospital was clean and in good order, medicines in sufficient
quantity, and the instruments in serviceable condition.
L o c k - h o s p i t a l , N o w g o n g , —
u n d e r m e d i c a l c h a r g e o f A s s i s t a n t A p o t h e c a r y
A. B. Fates since 15th June. The Act is confined to cantonments. There was
an-average of 18.62 women on the register against 21.80 in 1873. Among
these there were 103 admissions, mostly for leucorrhœa and gonorrhœa. The
average attendance was 15.3. There were 65 admissions for venereal disease,
against 105 in 1873, among the European troops, strength not stated—consist
-
ing of a battery of artillery and detachment of the 63rd Regiment. The
hospital is too small. Deputy Surgeon-General Ross inspected on the 14th
September 1874, and had reason to consider the manner in which the duties
were performed unsatisfactory. This was duly reported to the authorities.
Prevalent
diseases
Inspection.
Lock-hospital.
RAJPOOTANA,
(INCLUDING THE STATIONS OF DEOLEE AND ERINPOORAH.)
Average strength present during the year . . . Cavalry . . .
372. Infantry
1,411.9
Average daily sick per cent. of average strength . . .
" . . .
5.2 " . . .
3.4
Ratio of mortality, per cent. of average strength . . .
" . . .
. 2 " . . .
1.3
9th Regiment Bengal Cavalry—Deolee.
Location and
movements.
Detachments.
Topography.