In-patients.
Out of hospital.
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1872
Peshawur, October 1870
156.1
2.2
2.
1873
Ditto
55.
3.5
1.2
1874
Bareilly, January 1874.
39.9
.4
1.4
1875
Ditto
23.6
1.3
1 .
1876
Allahabad,
November
1876
26.2
1.3
.9
Average.
17
1.3
1877
Allahabad
67.95
.44
2.99
relieve a detachment of the 3rd Bengal Cavalry.
medical
Officers.
Location and
movements.
'rincipal
auses of
ickness.
intermittent
ever.
;
a.
Muses of
:mortality.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
PRESIDENCY DISTRICT.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Dai l y average number
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-sions. Deaths.
Daily
Admis-sions Deaths.
Daily
average stick.
Dorunda
1st Jan. 1877 31st Dec. 1877 625.36
551
9
12.06 88.10
1.43
1.92
Number of deaths in hospital, 6; out of hospital, 3 ; total
9; per centage of total strength
1.32
of men invalided
22;
3.22
sent on sick leave
2 ;
.29
of days spent in hospital 4,401; per admission
7.98; per man of total strength
6.45
on sick leave 382; per man
191;
.56
Temporary loss of service per man of total strength
7.01
XVI. The sickness for the year under review compares favorably with that for the previous
one—551 admissions from all causes, as compared with 661 for 1876;
Intermittent fever.—There were 274 admissions for ague, the quotidian type being most
common. No deaths occurred from fever, but in one case meningitis supervened, which quickly
proved fatal. Chronic rheumatism was the next most frequent disease. There were 37 admis-
sions for it. It chiefly affected the fasciæ and lumbar region.
Diarrhœa.—Thirty admissions. It was almost invariably caused by undigested food, and
was cured.by a castor oil or saline purge.
Pneumonia.— Fifteen admissions. ft was always of an asthenie type, requiring a stimu-
lating and nourishing plan of treatment.
XV. Causes of mortality.—There were nine deaths during the year ; six in hospital and
three out. The following are the diseases from which they died.—
1 Colic.
1 Pneumonia.
1 Chronic bronchitis.
1 Diarrhoea.
1 Dysentery.
1 Meningitis.
1 Pneumonia.
1 General dropsy.
1 Ague.
X VIII. Epidemics.— None.
XIV. Vaccination.—None of the men required vaccination. Sixty-five children and fol-
lowers were vaccinated, of which 53 were successful.
Inspection.—Deputy Surgeon-General J. Irving, M.D., states in his inspec-
tion report that the huts composing the lines are too small and too close to each
other. The conservancy of the station is carefully looked after. The trench
latrine system works well.
• The hospital is sufficiently large and gives comfortable accommodation to
the sick. There is no isolation ward. Dr. Irving recommended that one of the
cook-rooms which are not used in a Madras Regiment should be adapted for
this purpose. The men were in good health. All the hospital arrangements
were satisfactory.
A L L A Z I A B A D D I V I S I O N .
( INCLUDING THE STATIONS OF ALLAZIABAD, DINAPORE, SEGOWLIE, BENARES, CHUNAR AND
CAWNPORE.)
Average daily strength present during the year
Cavalry 1166.05 Infantry 2514.3
„
sick per cent. of average strength
„
2.49
„
2.40
Ratio of mortality per cent. of average strength
„
.66
„
.67
16th Regiment, Bengal Tabalrn,-Allahabad.
I. Medical Officers.—Surgeon P. A. Weir, M.B., relieved Surgeon-Major J. E.
Tuson, M.D., on the 15th of
March, and retained
medi-cal charge to the Close of
the year.
II. L o c a t i o n a n d m o v e m e n t s . —
From 1st January till 1st Novem-
ber, the whole regiment remained
at Allahabad. From 2nd Nov-
ember till 31st December, head-
quarters and two squadrons con-
tinued at Allahabad; one squadron,
consisting of 1 European officer
and 122 natives, marched for
Barrackpore on 2nd November,
arriving on 20th December, to
Hospital.