Detachments.
Meteorology.
Deficient and
irregular rain-
fall.
Lines.
Water.
Food.
Hospital.
Sickness,
mortality and
invaliding.
returned to Meerut, Where it arrived on the 20th January, and has been stationed for the rest
of the year. One detachment of the regiment has as usual been stationed at, Agra, and
another at Delhie. These detachments are changed once a year,
IV. Meteorology.— On comparison with previous years, the hot season was greatly prolonged,
and the rainy season absent altogether. Rain fell in every month of the year, but the total
number of days on which it fell (32) was very much below the average of former years. During
those months, June, July, August and September, to which we look for our principal rain-
supply, only 5.37 inches altogether were collected ; but.a fall of 6.35 in October, .07 in Novem-
ber and 4.32 in December, compensated in some measure for the dearth of the previous months,
and probably saved the rabi crops. The total fall was 23.26 inches.
The lines are in good repair and well drained. The latrine (previously
described) continues to work well. The supply of water is satisfactory, and
food, though somewhat dear, was abundant, and the men are well nourished.
In other respects there has been no change in the conditions affecting the
men's health. The hospital is in excellent repair, but a separate ward for
cases requiring isolation would be an advantage. There is a sufficient supply of
beds and bedding.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding,—Strength of the regiment
—
Present
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
406.7
Absent
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
49.4
Total
.
.
456.1
PERIOD.
Strength
TOTAL NUMBER
O F
Daily
average
number
of sick.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM,
STATION.
F r o m
To
Admis-
sions.
Deaths.
Admis-
sion. Deaths, a
verage
Daily
sick.
Head quarters, Delhie
and
Meerut
.
.
.
.
1st January.
31st December.
307.10
92
2
3.58
29.95
.65
1.16
Depôt at Meerut .
.
.
Ditto
.
21st January .
63.56
1
...
.15
1.66
...
.23
Depôt at Delhie .
.
.
18th January .
31st December.
47.66
20
...
.33
43.9
..
.
.69
Depôt at Agra
.
.
.
27th
„
.
Ditto
.
47.41
2
...
.14
4.53
...
.29
TOTAL
.
.
... ...
406.74
115
2
4.34
28.27
.49
1.06
Number of deaths in hospital, 2; out of hospital 0; total
2; per cent of total strength
.
.
-43
„
invalided .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
9;
„
.
.
1.97
„
sent on sick leave
.
.
.
.
.
.
1;
„
.
.
21
„
of days spent in hospital, 1,585; per admission 13.78; per man of total strength
.
3.47
„
„
„
on sick leave, 10; per man
.
10;
„
„
.
. 02
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
.
3.49
Principal
causes of
sickness.
Principal
Causes of
mortality.
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
Inspection.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.— The year has been a remarkably healthy one. There
has been exceptionally little sickness in the 4th Bengal Cavalry, and, notwithstanding the
unusual severity of the hot season, the troops at Meerut and the population of the canton-
ments generally enjoyed a like immunity from disease. In the 4th Bengal Cavalry the chief
sickness of the year has been caused by—ague, 29 admissions; bowel affections, 17; injuries, 34;
chest affections, 4, and rheumatism, 5.
XVII. Principal causes of mortality.— There were two deaths, one from internal strangu-
lation, the other from fracture of the skull.
VIII.
Epidemics.—None.
XIX. Vaccination.— Twenty recruits and twenty children of camp-followers were success-
fully vaccinated in December.
Inspection.— Deputy Surgeon-General E. C. Thorpe D., inspected on
the 21st December, and found that the sanitary and medical concerns of the
regiment were receiving careful attention.