Principal.
causes of
mortality.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
Inspection.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
Lock-hospital.
XVII. Principal causes mortality.— There were but three deaths in the regimntal
hospital ; the seven others recorded having all died when on sick leave. Of the latter seven,
four actually died in 1876, but the news of their death not having arrived until the present
year, they are here recorded. Of three deaths in- hospital recorded, one was from splenitis,
one pneumonia, and the third phthisis. Of those on sick leave, two deaths are recorded from
ague and one from splenitis. In two the cause of death, was not known. One died from
paralysis, and one of phthisis.
XVIII. Epidemics.—There
were no epidemic diseases during the year.
X I X . V a c c i n a t i o n . —
F i f t y - f i v eo
f t h e r e c r u i t s w e r e s u c c e s s f u l l y v a c c i n a t e d .
Inspection.—Deputy
Surgeon-General R. H. Perkins inspected on the
30th of October 1877. The huts occupied by the men are, he states; of a poor
description and hardly habitable. The sanitary state of the lines was excellent
and the men healthy. There were only seven in hospital. The sick were comfort-
ably accommodated and well attended to in every way. Chicks had been placed
in the doorways by a regimental arrangement. The recruits were, specially
inspected and found to be healthy young men of good physique.
The lock-hospital was visited on the same day. There were 60 women
on the roll, but none in hospital. The European garrison is said to be remark-
ably free from venereal disease.
Medical
Officers.
Location and
movements.
Meteorology.
Huts.
Drainage.
Water.
Clothing., &c
Hospital.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
Left Balf Battalion—Shahjahanpur.
I. Medical Officers.—The report of this wing is written by Surgeon
W. A. Mawson, who relieved Surgeon S. H. Browne of the medical charge on
the 6th of November.
II. Localion and movements.— From the 1st to the 21st January 1877 the left wing
was present with regimental head-quarters at Delhie and on the march from there to Moradabad.
On the latter date it left head-quarters en route for Shahjahanpur, where it arrived on the 31st
of the same month after a march of ten days, including one day's halt at Bareilly Since
then it has remained at this station, and has not furnished any detachments. When the wing
separated from head-quarters on 21st January, the detachment which was at Shahjahanpur
was attached to the wing, and on its arrival (31st January), the sick in the detachment
hospital were received into the wing hospital and appeared in its returns.
The meteorology of the year was the same as at Moradabad—scanty rain
and excessive heat. The season was by no means an unhealthy one notwith-
standing. The huts occupied by the men are deficient in ventilation, but as
they were built for a whole battalion, the defects of ventilation are counter-
balanced by the amount of space available. The drainage (surface) of the
lines continues efficient, and the trench system works well. Water is reported
to be good, and the men feed well.
As regards clothing, duty and exercise, no change has occurred. The
hospital (on the standard plan) gives excellent and abundant accommodation.
Quarters for hospital subordinates and servants are, however, much needed.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.— Strength
of the regiment—
Present
. . . . . . . . . . .
249.22
Absent
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
31.96
Total
.
281.18
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
O F
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions.
Detahs.
Admis-
sions.
Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Left Wing at Shahjahanpur 21st Jan. 1877 31st Dec. 1877
249.22
136
2
4.64
56.13
82
1.86
Number of deaths in hospital, 2; out of hospital, 2; total
4 ; per cent. of total strength
.
1.05
„
invalided (viz., with pension 6, without pension 3)
9;
„ „
.
2.36
„
of men sent on sick leave
.
.
. .
6;
„ „
.
1.57
„
of days spent in hospital 1,603 ; per admission
11.78 ; per man of total strength
4.21
„ „
' on sick leave 1,127 ; per man
.
187.83 ;
,,
„
. 2.96
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
9.70