Principal.
causes of
Mortality.
Epidemics.
Recommenda-
tions.
Inspection.
Medical
officer.
Location and
movements.
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PUNJAB FRONTIER FORCE.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding. —Strength of the regiment—
Present
.
.
.
.
619.65
Absent
122.00
Total
.
.
741.65
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
STATION.
PERIOD
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
O F
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions.
Deaths.
Admis- sions. Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters, Abbottabad . 1st January
3rd April
524.
425
3
17.12 81.03
. 5 7 3.26
Ditto
Oghi
4th April
. 16th April
Ditto
Abottabad . 17th April
10th October .
Ditto
Shadipur . 11th October . 8th November .
Jowaki Field Force
9th November 31st December
Detatchment
Oghi
. 1st January
5th January .
Ditto
ditto
9th February
6th March
.
29.
3
...
.10 10.34
...
.34
Ditto
ditto
. 11th May
. 6th July
.
Ditto
ditto
3rd August . 6th September
Ditto
ditto
5th October , 7th November .
Ditto
ditto
. 7th December . 31st December
Detachment at Abbottabad . 4th April
. 16th April
263.25
39
...
10.71 14.81
...
4.06
Ditto
ditto
. 11th October . 31st December
TOTAL .
. . .
...
619.65
467
3
20.41 75.36
. 4 8 3.29
Number of deaths in hospital, 3 ; out of hospital, 1; total
4 ; per cent, of total strength .
.53
„
invalided
.
.
.
.
.
.
20 ;
„
,,
.
2.69
„
sent on sick leave
.
.
.
2 ;
„
,,
.
.
.26
„
of days spent in hospital 7,450 ; per admission .
15.95 ; per man of total strength
.
.
10.04
„
,,
on sick leave, 246; per man
123
;
„
„
.
.33
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
10.37
XVI. Principal causes of sickness. —The health of the regiment both in station and on active
service has been very satisfactory in the year under review, even more so than in the preceding
year. In 1876 the total number of admissions was 565; in 1877 they were 467. Of
this number, as usual, intermittent fevers take the largest share, viz., 141; pulmonary diseases,
59; diarrhœa and dysentery, 27; other intestinal diseases, 16; stomach, 2; liver, 3; spleen, 6
nephritis, 4; nervous system 15; eye 14; ear 5; ulcers, abscesses and other diseases of skis
36; blister of feet 8; venereal 24; rheumatic 19; injuries, such as contusions, wounds, sprains
fractures and dislocations 67; the remainder being made up of small numbers from different
classes. Four men were wounded in action, one slightly above the ankle, one in the shoulder,
one in shoulder and chest, and one through the abdomen.
XVII. Principal casuses of mortality. —Four deaths occurred in the regiment, three in and
one out of hospital. Of those who died in hospital, two were from pneumonia, and one from ab-
dominal wound received in action. The cause of the death of the man on furlough is unknown.
X V I I I . E p i d e m i c s .
— T h e r e
w e r e n o e p i d e m i c s d u r i n g t h e y e a r .
XX. Recommendations.—All recommendations were sanctioned and readily adopted.
O n
s e r v i c e d u r i n g t h e w e t a n d c o l d w e a t h e r , a s m a l l o c c a s i o n a l i s s u e o f r u m w a s r e c o m m e n d e d a n d
complied with.
Inspection. —Deputy Surgeon-General F. F. Allen, C.B., inspected on the
27th of September 1877. The lines afforded good accommodation and were clear
and tidy. The sick were treated in two wards of the general hospital. There
were 16 patients in hospital. All the hospital equipment was efficient, and
the duties were carefully carried out.
5th Goorkha Regiment—Abbottabad.
I. Medical Officer.—Surgeon-Major J. R. Johnson held medical charge
of the regiment throughout
the year.
II. Location and movements.—
From the 1st of January to the
10th of October the regiment was
stationed at Abbottabad, where it
occupied its permanent quarters,
the left infantry barracks. On the
11th of October the head-quarter
wing, strength 414, left its station
to join the Jowaki field force under
the command of Brigadier Gen-
eral Keyes, C.B. A numerically
weaker wing was left behind
to garrison Abbottabad. The
relative strength and period of
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1872
Abbottabad
126.9
2.2
5.1
1873
Ditto
110.6
1.8
3.3
1874
Ditto
109.
1.3
4.2
1875
Ditto
98.3
2.14.
4.42
1876
.
Ditto
.
123.71
.53
4.08
Average
113.70
1.59
4.22
1877
.
Abbottabad .
.
93.5
.91
3.65
Principal
causes of sick-
ness.