Principal
causes of ad-
mission.
Recommenda-
tions.
Inspection.
75
OUDH DIVISION.
only 10 admissions into hospital for blisters of the feet. The new valise equipment was issued
to the sepoys in October; it consists of the following, viz.:—
1 bag for ammunition.
1 belt, waist, with union locket attached.
1 set of braces.
2 pouches for ammunition, 20 rounds each.
1 pair straps for great-coat.
Only one pouch is carried on ordinary occasions, and the ammunition only during rifle
practice, or when required for blank ammunition. The object is to leave the sepoy as unen-
cumbered as possible, except when there is a necessity for weighting him. The weight is
borne in equal proportions on the scapula and sacrum. The chest is thoroughly relieved, and
the large muscles of the shoulder and back are free from every impediment.
Duty has not been excessive during the year; average number of nights in
bed 7.52. Three havildars are going through a course of gymnastics with a view
to instructing recruits and the younger sepoys. Nothing occurred during the
march to affect the health of the regiment unfavorably.
XIV . Hospital.—The hospital is in good repair. Chicks have been supplied for the veran-
dahs, which will add much to the comfort of patients during the hot weather months.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.— Strength of the regiment—
Present
.
. .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 609.09
Absent
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. .
. . 83.35
TOTAL
.
.
692.44
New valise
equipment.
Advantages.
Duty.
Gymnastics.
March.
Hospital.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis -
sions.
Deaths.
Admis-
sions.
Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters at Lucknow . 1st Jan. 1877 . 31st Dec. 1877. 609.09
404
2
11.84 66.32
.32
1.94
Number of deaths in hospital, 2 .; out of hospital, 3; total
5 ;
per cent. of total strength .
.
.72
”
invalided
.
.
.
.
. . .
17;
” „
.
. 2.45
„
sent on sick leave
.
.
.
.
.
.
5;
”
„
.
.
72
„
of days spent. in hospital, 4,453; per admission .
11; per man of total strength .
. 6.41
„
„
on sick leave, 392; per man .
.
78.4;
„
‘ ”
.
.
.56
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength .
. 6.97
•
Fevers, contusions, blisters of the feet and dysentery were the most common
causes of admission into hospital. The fevers were mild, and yielded readily to
cinchona. One of the deaths in hospital was due to the sequelæ of fever con-
tracted in Cachar. The other was caused by cholera on 4th March.
XVIII. Epidemics.— Small-pox was very prevalent in the city during the months of
November and December; few cases occurred in cantonments about the same time.
XIX. Vaccination.—Thirty recruits were vaccinated; in . 20 a perfect vaccine pustule was
obtained. Fifty children belonging to the regimental bazar were also vaccinated, with good
results in 30 instances.
The medical officer reports that any recommendations made during the
year were promptly responded to by the Commanding Officer.
Inspection.—Deputy Surgeon-General J. A. C. Hutchinson, M.D., made his
annual inspection on the 28th November 1877. The sanitary Condition of the lines
was found to be on the whole satisfactory. The use of dray-earth in the regimental
latrines would be an improvement. The men were in excellent health, and the
recruits vigorous and well-made youths. The hospital arrangements were in all
respects efficient. The hospital lavatory is said never to be used. The accommoda-
tion for the hospital assistants is not what it ought to be. The Deputy Surgeon-
General remarks on the small amount of venereal disease in the regiment, as
compared with the 6th Native Infantry, in which admissions from this cause are
numerous.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
Deaths.