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ALLAHABAD DIVISION.
VIII. Water-supply.—While in Wellington Barracks, the men got their Water from three
wells to the east of those barracks. Now these are too far away, and they are supplied from
one pucka and two Kutcha wells in the new lines. Arrangements are being made for increas-
ing the number of pucka wells in the lines. The bazar is supplied by two kutcha wells.
The water is good and wholesome, and liked by the men. The supply is ample.
IX. Diet.—Until the month of August the men used to feed separately, but since then
the messing system has been introduced, and cooks selected as follows :—
Troops.
Composition.
Caste of cooks
A
Hindoos
2 Kanouj Brahmins
B
Hindoos
2 ”
”
C
Sikhs
1 ” ” and 1 Jawar.
D
Jats and Sikhs
1 ”
” and 1 ”
E
Dogras, &c
1 Brahimin and 1 Kahar.
F
Mussulman
2 Mussalmans.
The bazar is kept clean and well supplied with good food-stuffs, of the sorts Natives
usually consume. During the months September to December, prices were so high that
" compensation for dearness of provisions" had to be given. Perhaps one case of under-feeding.
occurred.
Clothing, both uniform and undress, is reported to be suitable in every
respect : duties are moderate : nights in bed 5 . 16: and the usual cavalry exercises
arid sports are practised.
XIV. Hospital.—The regimental hospital stands on the east side of the road leading
from Kuttra to the Convent, and was formerly occupied as a hospital by the Royal Artillery
quartered in Wellington Barracks. It is a kutcha-pucka one-storied building, and has lately
been put into thorough repair, and its thatched roof exchanged for tiles over thatch. It is
well drained, not encumbered by trees ; is well raised off the ground, and is well ventilated by
doors and by the ridge : and it is probably one of the best native cavalry hospitals in India,
Granting that it is to hold 66 patients, the allowance of space per head would be 9' x12'=108'
superficial space, and 108'x 17' =1836' cubic space, the mean height being 17.'
There is also ample and good accommodation for the native doctors and establishment,
and a good cook-house, bath-room and dead-house. The latrine is large, doubled-roomed and
well ventilated : the dry-earth system used in it works well ; the station carts carry off the
refuse. Possession was entered into of this hospital in February 1877.
XV. Sickness and Mortality.—Strength of the regiment :—
Present
389.95
Absent
57.25
Total
4 4 7 . 2 0
Water-supply.
Diet.
Clothing.
Duties.
Exercises.
Hospital.
Dimensions.
Out-houses.
Sickness mid.
mortali ty
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 .
P E R C E N T . O F S T R E N G T H P E R A N N U M
From
T o
A
d m i s s i o n
Deaths.
Admis-
sions.
Deaths.
D a i l y
a v e r a g e s i c k .
Head-quarters at Allahabad.1st Jan.1877 31st Dec.1877
3 7 0 . 0 0
2 5 2
...
9 . 5 0
6 8 . 1 0
...
2.56
Detachment at Barrackpore.2nd Nov. 1877
31st Dec.1877
1 2 1 . 6 8
1 3
...
1 . 5 0
6 4 . 9 7
...
1.23
T O T A L
...
...
3 9 8 . 9 5
2 6 5
...
9 . 7 4
6 7 . 9 5
...
2.49
Number of deaths in hospital—nil; out of hospital, 2—total
2; per cent, of total strength ,
.
'0.4•1
per cent of total strength
0 . 4 4
„
invalided
” 3 8 ;
”
”
8 . 4 9
”
sent on sick leave
9; ”
””
”
2 . 0 1
„
of days spent in hospital, 3,567 ; per admission.
13.46 per man of total strength
7.97
,,
on sick leave, 1,151 ; per man 115.10; ”
”
2 . 5 7
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength
1 0 . 5 4
Besides the nine men sent on sick leave during the year, one man was on sick leave from 1st January to
12th June 1877, having been absent on sick leave on 31st December 1876. This accounts for the 115-10 days per man
spent on sick leave.
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