Location.
Meteorology.
Temperature.
Rainfall.
Lines.
Drainage,
conserva
ncy and water
-supply.
Food.
Clothing.
Boots.
Duty.
Hospital.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
Inspection.
Deputy Surgeon-General H. M. Cannon, B., inspected on the 19th
of March and 4th of November. He found the sanitary condition of the
lines satisfactory. The hospital was in good order; a bath-room had been
fully furnished according to instructions. Quarters for the hospital assistants
and medical pupils are, however, required. All arrangements and duties con-
-nected with the treatment of the sick men were satisfactory. The regiment was
very healthy.
Medical
charge.
Bath-room.
11th Regiment Aatibe Enfantry—Bareilly.
Surgeon W. E. B. Moynan furnishes the annual report on the sanitary
state of this regiment.
Surgeon-Major Suther
-land held charge of the re
-giment from 1st to 22nd
January ; Surgeon-Major
Duncan from 22nd January
to 28th March; Surgeon
-Major Morice, 15th B. C.,
from 28th March to 20th
April; and Surgeon Moynan
for the remainder of the
year. From 6th June to
15th October, Surgeon
Mul-vany and Surgeon-Major
Tuson successively held
charge of the regiment during Surgeon Moynan's absence on sick leave.
The regiment has been at Bareilly during the year ; one native officer and
98 men were on famine duty at Durbungah.
IV. Meteorology and climate .—There are no records in the regiment of the tempera
-tures at Bareilly during the year 1873. From January 1874 to December careful observa
-tions were made daily ; the thermometer was situated in the regimental hospital, and the
observations made four times daily, viz ., at sunrise, 10 A. M., 2 P. M., and 10 P. M.
The highest temperature was observed in May, when the thermometer indicated 109°i
n the regimental hospital in the shade; this was on the 29th of May 1874, at 2 P. M.
The lowest recorded during the year was 44° F; this was on the 31st December at sunrise.
The summer was altogether very warm.
Rain commenced on the 4th of June and continued to the 24th September ; during this
period 48.0<illegible> inches fell; the full rainfall for the year was 50.75 inches : the pluviometer was
situated close to the hospital. For June the rainfall was 3.25 inches, July 16 inches,
August 6.4, and September 22.4 inches. West and north-west winds were prevalent.
The Lines are reported to have been in a satisfactory condition, and steps
were taken for the building of four new barracks on each side of the present
lines this will effectually relieve the overcrowding of the men which Surgeon
Moynan reported as existing. The drainage is good, conservancy effective,
and water is good and abundant. The trench system of latrines is in use and
answers well. The food was of good quality and vegetables abundant ; the men
were well nourished, and did not underfeed themselves. The clothing was
of the usual kind and quality, and well suited for the climate and for the
duties the men have to perform. The ammunition boots, from being worn
without socks, have caused ulcers of the feet which have kept men in hospital
for a considerable time under treatment. The duty has not been excessive
in any wave and the men had 9 or 10 nights in bed.
The hospital is sufficient for the present requirements of the regiment, but
the medical officer states it would be desirable to partition off a portion of the
main ward so as to form one or two words for the isolation of any special
cases requiring isolation. In winter it is very cold, and very hot in the
hot months. The hospital is furnished with a bath-room, but no mention is
made as to what extent the patients have used it. It seems desirable that
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions.
Deaths.
Daily sick
1869 . . .
Dum-Dum, Nov. 1868,
from Dinapore . . .
135.3
1.2
4.6
1870 . . .
Ditto Ditto . . .
113.4
1.5
3.48
1871 . . .
Ditto Ditto . . .
157.7
2.7
4.94
1872 . . .
Bareilly Feb. 1872 . . .
97.1
5.69
4.28
1873 . . .
Ditto Ditto
51.
.57
1.66
Average . . .
. . .
110.9
2.33
3.79
1874 . . .
Bareilly.
42.6
.28
1.50