Deaths.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
85
MEERUT DIVISION.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding.— Strength of the regiment,—present, 610.54;
absent, 85.39; total, 696.43.
Sickness, mor
-tality and
invaliding.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
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 .
PERCENT OF
STRENGTH PER
ANNUM.
From
To
Admis-
s i o n s
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 Gorakh-
pur . . .
1st Jan.
31st Dec.
610.54
542
2 23.49 88.70
. 3 2 3.84
Number of deaths in hospital, 2; out of hospital, 1; total 3; per cent total, strength . . .
.43
"
invalided,18; " " . . .
.
2.58
" sent on sick leave, 7; " " . . .
1.58
" days spent in hospital, 8,571; per admission, 15.81 per man " " . . .
12.30
" " " on sick leave, 1,134; per man, 162 " " . . .
1.62
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . .
13.92
The chief causes of sickness during the year have been ague, giving 180
admissions, venereal diseases giving 87, dysentery 34, and blisters of the feet 35.
Mr. Paterson remarks that many of the young men, by means of vene
-real disease, were rendered unfit for further service and had to be discharged.
XVIII. Principal causes of mortality.— There were only three deaths
during the year, 2 in and 1 out of hospital, all three due to phthisis puhnonalis.
XVIII. Epidemics.—None in this regiment.
XIX. Vaccination—The number vaccinated amounted to 57, of which 36 were successful.
The majority of the men before enlistment were protected from small-pox by previous attacks.
Prevalent
diseases.
XX. Recommendations.—During the prevalence of cholera the men were prohibited from
visiting the city and suburbs.
The regiment was inspected by Deputy Surgeon-General J. Pattison
Walker, M. D., on the 10th of February 1875. The sanitary state of the lines and
hospital was satisfactory, with the exceptions that the drainage wasnot so perfect
as might be desired, and the latrines were not properly supplied with dry-earth.
The arrangements for the treatment of the sick were satisfactory. Dr. Walker
reports as follows on the condition of the men:—"They presented a most satis
-factory appearance, being of fine physique and clean in person and clothing.
The recruits are very promising having been very carefully selected".
Recommend
-ations.
Inspection.
Physique and
health of the
men.
The regiment has been less sickly at Gorakhpur than at Agra. Venereal
diseases are rife, contracted from female wood-carriers with whom the sepoys
consort.
MEERUT DIVISION.
(INCLUDING THE STATIONS OF MEERUT, AGRA, DELHI, DEHRA DÚN AND ROORKEE.)
Average daily strength present during the year . . .
Cavalry . . .
373.6
Infantry . . .
3964.6
" daily sick per cent of the average strength . . .
" . . .
5.06
" . . .
4.49
Ratio of mortality per cent to the average strength . . .
" . . .
.67
" . . .
1.51
4th Regiment Bengal Cavalry—Meerut.
During the year 1874,the regiment was under the medical charge of Surgeon
-
Major S. C. Amesbury, and
Surgeons A. Baird Seaman
and E. Palmer. The fol
-lowing information has
been gathered from a re
-port submitted by Surgeon
J. S. Gunn.
The regiment arrived at
Meerut on the 13th Janu
- a r y a n d o c c u p i e d t h e l i n e s
vacated by the 8th Ben
-gal Cavalry, having march
- e d i n c o u r s e o f r e l i e f f r o m
Segowlie.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH..
YEAR.
STATION.
Admissions. Deaths.
Daily sick.
1869
Bareilly, January 1866,
from Peshawar . . .
68.7
. . .
1.7
1870
Segowlie, December 1869
83.2
1.9
3.2
1871
Ditto ditto
42.3
.8
2.5
1872
Ditto ditto
42.3
1.9
1.9
1873
Meerut, November 1873
34.7
.6
1.1
Average . . .
. . .
54.2
1.04
2.1
1874
Meerut. . .
172.
.6
5.1
Medical
charge.
Location and
movements.