Principal
diseases.
Causes of
mortality.
Epidemics.—None.
Epidemics.
PUNJAB FRONTIER FORCE.
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XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding .—Strength of the regiment : present 588.11, absent
135.99, total 724.10.
Sickness, mor
tal i ty and i nval i di ng.
P E R I O D .
S t r e n g t h .
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 ANNUM.
From
To
A d m i s - s i o n s .
D e a t h s .
A d m i s s i o n s .
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 Ed-
wardesabad
... 1st Jan. 1874 10th Jan.1874 685.15
42
2 51.7 222.6 10.9 7.5
Head-quarters at camp of
exercise,including march
there and back
... 11th Jan. „ 5th Feb. „ 372.86
35
...
6.88 130.5
. . .
1.8
Detachment at Edwardes-
abad
...
... 11th Jan. „ 5th Feb. „ 342.76
49
...
35.65 200.7 ... 10.4
Head-quarters at Ed-
wardesabad
... 6th Feb. „ 31st Dec. „ 577.87 804
5 27.57 154.3
.95 4.8
Detachment at Jani Khel 28th Mar. „ 2nd April „ 36.0
2
...
.66 340.6 ...
1.8
,,
Sheikh Boodeen 2nd May „ 26th June „ 71.0
4
...
0.69 36.5 ...
.9
,,
„ 18th July „ 9th Oct. „ 25.66
1
...
.09 16.9 ...
. 3
,,
Jani Khel ... 11th July „ 2nd Aug. „ 36.0
5
...
1.0 220.6
. . .
2.8
,,
.
,,
2nd Sept. „ 2nd Oct. „ 36.0
6
...
1.61 194.3 ...
4.4
Left wing at Makhud, in-
cluding march there and
back
...
... 2nd Nov. „ 19th Nov. „ 199.0
33
...
4.72 336.6 ...
2 . 4
Detachment at Jani Khel 5th Nov. „ 2nd Dec. „ 36.0
5
...
.67 181.2
. . .
1 . 8
TOTAL
...
. . .
. . .
588.11 986
7 29.18 167.65 1.19 4.96
Number of deaths in hospital, 7 ; out of hospital, 2 ; total 9; per cent. of total strength
. . .
1.24
,,
invalided 15; ... ..
13
3,
ff
ff
. . .
2.07
sent on sick leave 11;
...
...
29 sent
22
25
. . .
1.5
,, of days spent in hospital, 10,658; per admission, 10.81 ; per man of total strength
. . .
14.7
,,
,, ,, on sick leave 1,177 ; per man 107 ; „ ,, ,,
. . .
1.62
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
,.
,,
. . .
16..33
XVI. Principal causes of sickness. —Out of a total number of cases treated, 1029, 621
were intermittent fever, 27 bronchitis, 50 dysentery, 23 remittent fever, 17 pneumonia, and 41
boils. These were the chief causes of sickness.
X VII. Principal causes of mortality .—Nine men died during the year ; of these two were
pneumonia, two remittent fever, one bronchitis, one case of paraplegia, and one of Bright's
disease, while in two, who died on furlough, the cause of death is unknown.
1st Regiment, Sikh Infantry.—Edwardesabad.
Surgeon-Major A. P. Holmes reports that theregiment remained at Ed-
wardesabad, during the
year with the exception of
an interval, between 10th
January and 4th February,
when it was at the camp
of exercise at Panialah.
Detachments were fur-
-
nished to Jani Khel;
Latamar and Kuram.
The closing of arch
-
ways and provision of
doors recommended in 1872
has been commenced in
the lines. The men feed
well with the exception
of recruits and old men
who are qualifying themselves for
pension. Duty is somewhat severe in the
cold weather owing to the number of sick and withdrawing of men for mus-
-
ketry practice ; nights in bed 2 in 3 ; hospital accommodation is sufficient. Sepa
-
rate wards and a dead house are wanted. The hospital latrine, too, is offensively
close. This is to be remedied.
u 1
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1869 Dera Ismail Khan, Nov.
1864. from Kohat ...
1 3 .2
1.6
3.2
1870
Ditto ditto
145.7
1.8
3.9
1871
Ditto ditto
Edwardesabad, February
112.6
1.9
3.6
1872
1872 ...
...
187.5
1.8
6.
1873
Ditto ditto
174.9
2.3
7.4
Average
150.4
18
4 . 8
1874 Edwardesabad
...
180.9
1.5
6.7
Location.
Lines.
Food.
Duty.
Hospital.