Prevailing
diseases.
Ague.
Cinchona
febrifuge.
On the whole, the admissions were very low, 346 against 798. There is no " convales-
cent list" in the regiment, the slightest cases being sent into hospital.
The admissions into hospital were
Companies—
Admissions by
Companies.
Company and caste.
A.
Sikhs.
B.
Sikhs.
C.
Dogras.
D.
Dogma sud
Punjabi
Mussullmaus.
E.
Pathans.
F.
Pathans.
G.
Sikhs.
H,
Sikhs.
Total.
Admissions
.
.
.
52
38
51
53
38
39
26
49
346
144
MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OP THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
STATION.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF
Daily
average
number of
sick .
PER CENT OF STRENGTH
PER ANNUM.
From
To
Admis- s i o n s . Deaths.
Admis-
sions. Deaths.
Daily
average
sick.
Head-quarters at Talagang . 1st Jan. 1877 4th Nov, 1877
559.53
222
1
6.28
47.02 .21
1.12
Ditto
Camp, various 5th Nov.
,,
31st Dec.
„
604.38
58
1
6.24
61.31 1.05
1.03
Detachment, Attock .
. 24th April ,,
8th Aug.
„
169.81
58
...
3.28 116.51 ...
1.93
Ditto
Talagang
. 5th Nov.
"
31st Dec.
„
79.67
7 ...
2 .
56.25 ...
2.49
Total
.
. ......
......
621.63
345
2
7.48 55.49 .32
1.20
Number of deaths in hospital, 2; out of hospital, 2; total
4; per cent. of total strength
.
.
56
„
invalided with pension, 13 ; with gratuity, 3 ;
16 ;
,,
"
.
.
2.26
„
absent on sick leave, 3; remained of previous year, 2 ;
5;
„
,,
.
.
.70
„
of days spent in hospital,
2,751; per admission 7.97; per man of total strength
.
.
3.90
„
„
on sick leave,
497; per man
. 99.4; per case
.
.
.70
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
.
4.60
XVI. Prevailing diseases.— Ague as usual stands at the head of the list as to number of
admissions. The cases of all kinds were 172 out of 346, being almost exactly 50 per cent.
Of this whole number, 163 were of the common quotidian type. There were " ague" admissions
in every week except two, those ending 30th March and 2nd November, the highest
weekly number being 9 in the week ending 23rd February. The cinchona febrifuge was tried
and with very satisfactory results. It is decidedly the best substitute for quinine that I know.
The only drawbacks were that, after taking it, the men were subject at times to rather
severe vomiting, and that it seemed usually to produce more head-pain than is common with
ordinary doses of quinine. Dysentery—no case occurred at Talagang until August, and the
total admissions were 27 against 44 in 1876. They were all, or nearly all, slight cases, and
no death ensued.
Blisters of feet were
.
.
. 18 against .
.
.
.
47
Bronchial catarrh .
.
.
. 10
" .
.
.
.
36
Diarrhœa
.
.
.
.
.
4
" .
.
.
.
27
Rheumatism .
.
.
.
. 11
" .
.
.
.
30
Chest affections of all kinds .
. 18
" .
.
.
.
74
Bowel-complaint
"
.
.
31
"
.
•
.
•
71
Venereal diseases
"
.
.
8
"
. .
.
. 15
Admissions
according
to service.
Admissions
according to
age.
B y s e r v i c e —
Not exceeding.
5 years.
6-10.
11-15.
16-20.
21-25.
26-30.
Total.
Admission
.
.
.
.
2 0 5
49
46
19
26
1
346
B y a g e —
A g e .
Not exceeding
20 years.
21-25.
26-30.
31-35.
36-40.
41-45.
46-50.
Total.
Admissions .
.
8 8
119
73
26
24
14
2
346
Mortality.
XVII. Mortality.— One case ended fatally at Talagang :—a Brahmin, who had ordi-
nary ague, went to the bazar near the hospital on a cold day in January to get his food and
remained a short time cooking it. He returned evidently chilled and rapidly became delirious
and died from congestion of the lungs. The other fatal case was a bugler who was killed
in action at Jummoo on 1st December. A bullet, after wounding another man through the