55
RAJPOOTANA.
Sickness, and
mortality
invaliding.
XV. Sickness, mortality, and invaliding.— Strength of the regiment— present, 646.5;
absent, 229..2; total 875.7.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength..
TOTAL NUM-
BER OF
D a i l y a v e r a g e n u m b e r o f s i c k .
PER CENT OF
STRENGTH PER AN-.
. NUM.
From
T o
Admis-sions. D e a t h s .
A d m i s -
sions.
D e a t h s .
D a i l y a v e r a g e s i c k .
Head-quarters at Deolee
The whole year.
498
511
7 20.20 102.6,
1.4
4.0
Detachment at Jeypore . . .
60
121
2 4.08 201.6
3.3
6.8
" B
hurtpore . . .
36
54
. . .
1.20 150
. . . 3.33
" w i t h A g e n t . . .
Governor General's Camp
26-9-74
31-12-74
130
42
. . .
1.21 121.5
. . . .93
. . .
. . .
646.5
728
9 26.69 112.6
1.4 4.13
Number of deaths in hospital, 9; out of hospital, 4; total, 13; per cent of total strength . . .
1.48
" invalided, . . .
none
.
.
. none
"
sent on sick leave 4; " . . .
.45
" of days spent in hospital, 9,948; per admission, 13.66; per man of " . . . 11.35
"
on sick leave, 698; per man 174.5; " . . . .79
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . . 12.1
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.—Intermittent fever, as usual, has given us the
largest number of admissions, the total number of all kinds being 241—nearly a third of the
total admissions for the year; with this and the large admissions for boils (73), conjunctivitis
(56), foot-sores (55), contusions (51), and chronic rheumatism (33), our returns for the year are
swollen a little above those of last year, the total number of admissions being comparatively as
(767) to (749); against this, however, must be put the marked diminution in cases of bron
-chitis, of which only 20 were admitted last year as against 66 in 1873.
XVII. Principal causes of mortality.— Of the total number of deaths in hospital, viz.,
9, 2 were due to acute enteritis, 1 to hepatitis, 1 to remittent fever, 1 to phthisis pulmonalis,
1 to general dropsy, 1 to apoplexy, 1 to intermittent fever, and 1 to bronchitis, which attacked
a man in hospital for general debility, who had for the last two years been affected with
pulmonary disease, and placed upon light duty in consequence.
Prevalent
diseases.
Deaths.
No epidemics occurred during the year, and no vaccination was performed
X X . R
e c o m m e n d a t i o n s . —
T h e
d u e ts
u b
j e c t s o n w h i c h i t
h a s b e e n n e c e s s a r y t o m a l e a n y
recommendations were the repair and protection of the regimental wells at head-quarters,
and the extension of the accommodation supplied for the Kotah detachment. On visiting that
city with the Political Agent in August last, I had occasion to remark upon the insufficiency
of the shelter provided for our men, and to make certain recommendations in regard thereto,
which were at once adopted.
The corps was medically inspected by Deputy Surgeon-General E. C.
Thorp, M. D., on the 27th November 1874; he had no occasion to find fault with
either the sanitary or medical arrangements. Dr. Thorp inspected the detach
-ment stationed at Jeypore on the 17th of November; he found the lines over
-crowded owing to several of the men having brought their families with them.
Steps were taken to remedy this. The hospital afforded sufficient and suitable
acommodation, and its arrangements were satisfactory. The medical subordi-
nates' quarters had been destroyed in the rains, but sanction for their re-con-
-struction had been received.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
Recommenda-
tions.
Inspection.
G r i n p o o r a h I r r e g u l a r F o r c e — G r i n p o o r a h .
Surgeon-Major R. W. Cunningham,M.D . ,
h e l d m e d i c a l c h a r g e o f t h e
force from 1st May to
21st December, and Sur
-geon H. D. S. Compigné,
M. D., from 1st January
to 12th April, and again
from 22nd to 31st Decem-
ber. The latter officer
writes the annual report.
11. Location and move
-
ments.—Permanent head quar
-ters of the force (local)
Erinpoorah. Detachments in
Serohi and . Marwar for the
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT OF STRENGTH.
ADMIS-
SIONS.
DEATHS.
DAILY SICK
1869
Erinpoorah.
129.4
1.2
6.1
1870
Do.
68.8
. . 7
2.8
1871
Dn.
47.8
1.3
2.2
1872
D o .
82.9
.8
2.5
1873
Do.
65.1
.4
2.4
Average
78.8
.9
3.2
1874
Erinporrah.
89.7
1.1
2.8
Medical
charge.
Location.