Causes of
mortality.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
Medical
charge.
Location.
Force assem-
bled at Pani
- a l a h .
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
Food supplies
Duty.
Sickness, mo
r-tality and in-
validing.
in use and had answered its purpose very well. The excreta are removed daily
and used as manure beyond cantonment limits. Vegetables are reported to
have been scare in August and September, and the price of meat rather high.
The duty at the Out-posts is said to be heavy, more particularly during the
fever season; at head-quarters it is light; nights in bed 6. The corps enjoyed
good health at Panialah. No change has occurred as regards hospital accom-
modation.
XV. Sickness. mortality and invaliding.— Strength of the regiment—present 385.71 ;
absent 103.75 ; total 489.46.
Principal
diseases.
STATIONS.
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
ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
sions.
D e a t h s .
Admis-
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 Dera.Ismail
Khan.
1st Jan. ... 31st Dec. ... 225.27 637
2 23.31 282.8
. 8 8 10.34
Detachment at Jutta
...
, , . . . „
... 111.21
83 ... 2.59 74.6 ... 2.32
,, Z a m
,,
. . .
, ,
. . . 44.35 48 ... 1.43 108.2 ...
3.22
,,
Dera Ismail
Khan.
10th „ ... 2nd Feb. ... 53.
7 ... 17.37 200.8 ... 32.77
TOTAL ...
......
......
385.71 775
2 28.62 200.9
. 5 1 7.42
Number of deaths in hospital, 2 ; out of hospital, 3 ; total, 5 ; per cent. of total strength ...
1.02
, , invalided
21;
, ,
„
. . .
4.29
, , sent on sick leave, 70;
, ,
, ,
. . .
1.43
, , of days spent in hospital, 10,439 ; per admission,13.47 ; per man „
, ,
... 21.32
„
,,
on sick leave, 801; per man
114.42; ,,
, ,
, ,
...
1.63
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
. . . . . .
... 22.96
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.—Periodic fevers furnished about 50 per cent, of the
total admissions,. injuries about 16 per cent., diseases of cutaneous system 15 per cent., and
dysentery and diarrhœa 3 per cent. There were only 4 admissions for syphilis and one for
gonorrhœa.
XVII. Principal causes of mortality.—The mortality during the year was low. Only two
deaths occurred in hospital, both from pneumonia.
XVIII.
Epidemics.—None.
XIX. Vaccination.— None. The men generally appear to be protected by inoculation or
previous attacks of small-pox.
Re gi me nt Punj a b I nf a nt r y—De r a I s ma i l Kha n.
Surgeon-Major C. P. Costello held medical charge during the greater part
YEAR.
STATION.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Admissions. Deaths. Daily sick:
1869 Dera Ghazi Khan, January
1869, from Kohat ...
121.8
.8
2.7
1870
Ditto
ditto
158.3
1.1
4.8
1871
Ditto
ditto
133.3
2.6
5.4
1872
Dera Ismail Khan,
February 1872
. . .
174.
1.6
3.4
1873
Ditto
ditto
151.5
1.6
6.5
Average
147.8
1.5
4.7
1874
Dera Ismail Khan.
159.8
1.6
5.4
of the year. He reports:—
II. Location and move-
ments.—Excepting the period
comprised between 10th January
and 2nd of February, the head-
-quarters have been stationed at
Dera Ismail Khan. Between
10th January and 2nd February
the regiment formed a part of the
Camp of Exercise at Panialah,
near Shaikh Budin, and in the
Yazee Valley, which lies in an
angle formed by the approxi-
-mation of the Shaikh Budin
and Belot ranges. The force
there collected was under the
Command of Brigadier-General
Keyes, C. B., and consisted of
No. 2 Punjab Light Field Battery.
No. 3 Punjab Light Field Battery.
Head-quarters of 2nd Punjab Cavalry.
, ,
, ,
5th Punjab Cavalry.
, ,
, ,
1st Sikh Infantry.
, ,
, ,
3rd
Sikh
Infantry.
, ,
, ,
1st Punjab Infantry.
, ,
, ,
6th Punjab Infantry.