PUNJAB FRONTIER FORCE.
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X V. Sickness, mortality and invaliding—Strength of the regiment—present, 86.45 ; absent
19.43 total 105.88.
Sickness, mor-
ality and
uvaliding.
STATION.
PERIOD.
S t r e n g t h .
TOTAL
NUMBER OF
D a i l y A v e r a g e N u m b e r S i c k .
P E R C E N T . O F
STRENGTH PER
ANNUM.
From.
To.
Admissions.
D e a t h s .
Admissions.
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 Edwardes-
abad
...
... 1st Jan. ... 8th Jan. ... 97.46
6
. . .
8.50 282.87 ... 8.72
Head-quarters at Paniala,
marching there and back 9th „
4th Feb. ... 78.17 14
1 4.16 242.11 17.29 5.32
Head-quarters at Edwardes-
abad
...
... 5th Feb. ... 31st Dec. ...
96
239
2 5.29 275.35 2.3 5.51
TOTAL ...
......
......
86.45 259
3 5.22
2 9 9 . 5 9
3.47
6 . 0 3
Number of deaths in hospital, 3 ; out of hospital, 0; total, 3 ; per cent of total strength ... 2.83
,, invalided,
2;
, , , ,
, ,
... 1.89
,, sent on sick leave, none ; „
, ,
... None.
„ of days spent in hospital, 1,918 ; per admission, 7.40 ; per man
, ,
... 18.11
„
on sick leave, none ; per man, none ;
,,
, ,
... None.
Total temporary loss of service, per man of total strength
. . .
... 18.11
2nd Regiment Punjap Cabalry—Edwardesabad.
Detachments.
Drainage.
Food.
Duty.
Hospital.
Sickness, mor-
tality and
Surgeon-Major G. Farrell continues in medical charge. He reports :—
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick.
1869 ... Dora Ismail Khan, Feb-
ruary 1860, from Dera-
Ghazee Khan
...
140.6
1.
4.9
1870 ... Ditto,
ditto ...
146.
1.2
5.3
1871 ...
Ditto,
ditto ...
129.
2.
4.
1872 ... Edwardesabad, January
1872 ...
...
332.9
1.4
7.6
1873 ...
Ditto,
ditto ...
211.4
2.
6.7
Average
......
172.
1.5
5.7
1874 ... Edwardesabad ...
1 8 2 . 5
1.8
5.8
is defective, but that a scheme for improving it is under consideration. Food
supplies were plentiful and good during the year, and duties not prejudicial to
health ; nights in bed 1 in 3. Two detached hut-wards have been built in the
neighbourhood of the hospital, which are found very convenient.
XV V. Sickness, mortality and invaliding .—Strength of the regiment—present 362;
absent 124.34 ; total 486.34.
Location and movemen .—The
regiments has been stationed at
Edwardesabad throughout the
year, except for 3 weeks during
the month of January, when the
head-quarters formed portion of
a camp of exercise at Panialah,
distant some 60 miles. Small
detachments of the regiment
garrisoned the frontier posts of
Janee Khel, Koorum, and Lata-
mar throughout the year, and
one squadron was detached on
25th November to Kohat.
Mr. Farrell reports that
the drainage of the lines
PERIOD.
S t r e n g t h .
TOTAL.
NUMBER 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.
Admi
ssions.
D e a t h s .
Admi
ssions.
D e a t h s .
D a i l y A v e r a g e s i c k .
Head-quarters, Edwardes-
1874
1874
abad
...
1st Jan. ... 9th Jan. ...
313.46 557
3 18.56 177.69 0.95 5.91
Head-quarters, Panialah ... 10th ,, ...
3rd Feb. ...
Ditto, Edwardesabad 4th Feb. ... 31st Dec. ...
Detachment, Edwardesabad 9th Jan. ... 3rd Feb. ... 201.56 27
1 1.42 188.11 6.88 0.70
Ditto, Janee Kheyl... 1st „ ... 2nd Jan. ...
37.25 51 ... 0.90 248.61 ... 2.41
Ditto,- ditto
... 28th March 27th March
Ditto,
ditto
... 11th July ... 25th Dec. ...
Ditto,
Kohat ... 25th Nov. ... 31st „ ... 123.13 26 ... 0.51 208.15 ... 0.41
TOTAL
...
......
. . . . . .
362
66
4 21.23 182.59 1.10 5.86
Number of deaths in hospital, 4; out of hospital, 5 ; total 9 ; per cent of total strength
... 1.85
,, invalided,
„ 12;
, ,... 2.46
„ sent on sick leave
,, 5 ;
, , ... 1.02
„ of days spent in hospital, 7,881 ; per admission, 119 ; per man
„
... 16.20
,, ,, on sick leave, 715 ; per man
143;
, ,
, ,
. . .
1.4
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
, ,
. . .
17.6