135
RAWAL PINDI DIVISION.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OR
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT. OP STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Admis-
sion. Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Jhelum
.
.
.
. 1st Jan. 1877
31st Dec. 1877 390.55
198
3
5.98 50.69
.76
1.53
Number of deaths in hospital, 3 ; out of hospital, 1; total .
4; per cent. of total strength
.87
„
invalided
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
14 ;
,, ,,
.
3.06
„
sent on sick leave
.
.
.
.
. .
3;
,, ,,
.
.65
„
of days spent in hospital, 2,177 ; per admission
.
10.99 ; per man of total strength
4 . 7 7
,,
„
on sick leave, 534; per man
. 178.;
„
„
.
1.17
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
5.94
The regiment has never been so healthy since 1868, the year it went to Abyssinia. The
admissions into hospital were scarcely more than a fourth of the average of the three years,
1873—75, it remained at Peshawar. This decrease in the number of cases is due to the few
admissions, comparatively, for periodic fever.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.— Of the admissions (198), 78 were for periodic fever,
16 for chest, and 14 for bowel complaints; the remainder were for the most part slight cases of
ulcer, boil, contusion, &c.
XVII. Principal causes of mortality.— The three deaths in hospital were all due to
pneumonia in men of weak and worn-out constitutions. One of the cases was consequent
on an attack of remittent fever.
XVIII. Epidemics.—None.
XIX. Vaccination.—All unprotected recruits and children have been vaccinated.
Inspection.—The annual medical inspection was made by Deputy Surgeon
GeneralF. F. Allen, c. B., on the 19th December 1877. The regiment
had improved in health since arrival at Jhelum from Peshawar. The lines
were clean and huts well ventilated. The hospital and its out-houses were in
good order, and all its arrangements satisfactory, and equipment complete.
There were only 5 men under treatment for slight ailments.
Principal
causes of
sickness.
Principal
causes of
mortality.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
Inspection.
32nd (Punjab) Regiment, Aatibe (Pioneers)—Thelum.
I. Medical Officer.—Surgeon U. K. McKay, who joined the corps on the
8th of November, has fur-
nished the annual sanitary
report.
II. Location and movements.—
The regiment remained at Jhelum
until the 9th November. A
detachment of 172 men marched
to Fort Attock on the 22nd July,
returning on the 7th November.
The regiment, leaving 42 men at
Jhelum as a depât, marched from
that place on the 9th November
for Quetta, Beluchistan, u i â
Moong, Bad shahpur, Shahpur,
Jhung, Mooltan, Khangarh,
Raj a npur, through the Bugti
Dun Hills, Mittri, through the
Bolan Pass, arriving at Quetta on the 23rd of January. On the 31st December the regiment
was encamped on the Kajuri nullah, Bugti Dun Hills.
Of the conditions of life and residence of the regiment prior to its depar-
ture from Jhelum, Surgeon McKay is unable to report, as he was only two days
in the station before the regiment marched.
Clothing.—The men in uniform are warmly clad. For the march they were allowed
a poshteen, and they each have a very warm English greatcoat. Blucher boots and putties are
worn. This boot is a very nice one, if it fits well, but on account of this difficulty in the
fitting, I prefer, and so do the men, the ordinary native shoe. If the native shoe could be made
with a legging attached, lacing up at the side or in front (as some of the Pathans about here
wear), I do not think you could have a better thing for marching in. Along muddy ground
and through nullahs the men can easily take them off. This was especially noticeable during
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1872
. Umballa, Feb. 1872
.
209.8
2.2
4.4
1873
.
Ditto
.
171.3
1.8
3.5
1874
.
Ditto
.
176.7
1.9
7.4
1875
.
Ditto
98.16
. 9 8
2.71
1876
.
Ditto
.
191.
. 9 9
3.60
Average
.
169.39
1.57
4.32
1877
. Jhelum
.
.
.
92.13
1.
2.43
'Medical
officer.
Location and
movements.
Detachment.
March to
Quetta.
Clothing.
Boots,