Quarters for
hospital subor
-dinates.
Sickness,
mortality and invaliding.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.
Quarters for hospital assistants and medical pupils, which were referred to in the report
for 1872, have not yet been built. They were sanctioned, and plans were prepared in Febru
-ary 1873. I am informed, however, that the work is to be taken in hand soon.
XV. Sickness, mortality and invaliding. Strength of regiment,—present, 631.3; absent,
68.7; total,
700.
STATIONS.
PERIOD.
Strength.
TOTAL
NUMBER OF
De t a i l a v e r a g e n u mb 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 Jullundur 1st January 31st Decem-
ber 1874.
483.8
582
. . .
26.0 120.2
. . .
53
Detachment at Ludhiana . . .
Ditto . . . Ditto . . .
108.0
124
. . . 2.9 114.8
. . .
2.6
" at Phillour . . .
Ditto
. . . Ditto . . .
39.5
108
. . .
2.0 273.4
. . .
5.0
TOTAL . . .
. . .
. . .
631.3
814
. . .
30.9 129.1
. . .
4.9
Number of deaths in hospital, 0; out of hospital, 3; total, 3; per cent. of total strength . . .
.42
" invalided, 27; " " " . . .
3.8
" sent nt on sick leave, 13;" " " . . .
1.8
" of days spent in hospital, 11,278; per admission, 13.8; " " " . . .
16.1
" " on sick leave, 1,870; per man,143-8; " " " . . .
2.6
Total temporary loss of service per man of total strength . . .
18.7
Prevalent
diseases.
Fever.
XVI. Principal causes of sickness.—The
admissions from intermittent fever were
during 1874, 420, as compared with 644 during 1873. Of these, 251 admissions occurred at
head-quarters, as compared with 410 during 1873; 80 at Ludhiana as compared with 154 in
1873. and 89 at Philour as compared with 79 in 1873.
During 1874 rheumatic diseases caused 85 admissions as compared with 124 in 1873;
Blistered feet 66 admissions, as compared with 93 in 1873; dysentery 17 as compared
with 50 in 1873: bronchitis 10 as compared with 28 in 1873.
Intermittent fever was very prevalent at Philour during July and August, 57 admissions
having taken place during these months out of an average strength of 39.5, and also, al
-though to a less extent, during the following months of the year. The relief of the detachment
stationed there every month with a similar number from head-quarters was attended with
the best results. No deaths occurred.
The detachment stationed at Ludhiana suffered much less from intermittent fevers during.
1874 than during 1873, the admissions last year being little more than half the number ad
-mitted during the Previous year.
Deaths
Epidemics.
Vaccination.
Inspection.
Station staff
hospital.
Look-hospital.
No deaths occurred in hospital, and no epidemic disease prevailed in the regiment or in
cantonments throughout the year.
IX. Vaccination. — T h r e e
r e c r u i t s w e r e s u c c e s s f u l l y v a c c i n a t e d , a l s o 1 5 c h i l d r e n o f t h e
men and camp followers. The greater number of the men are protected, having suffered from
small-pox. or been inoculated Previous to enlistment.
Deputy Surgeon-General J. N. Tresidder inspected on the 19th of No
-vember. He found the sanitary condition of the lines satisfactory and hospital
arranements efficient. The general appearance of the men was good; they
seemed to be well nourished and in good health. The detachment at Ludhiana
was inspected on the 1st of December. The absence of a latrine in or near
the fort was brought prominently to notice. The detachment at Philour was
visited on the same day, and the Arrangements for treating the sick found as
-tisfactory.
The Station Staff Hospital was found on the 19th of November
to be " in excellent working order." The lock-hospital is in the same build
-ing, and one hospital assistant does the duty of both. There is another lock
hospital in the city of Jullundur. Both buildings are pronounced well suited
for their purpose. The average number of women on the register for the year
1874 was 26.58. They are examined twice a week and attend regularly.
There are 38 on the city register. Registration is said to be sufficient and
disease among the women rare and mild. In a garrison of 836 European sol
-diers, 75 admissions took place in 1874—15 for primary syphilis, 15 for second
-ary syphilis, and 49 for gonorrhœa. (8 men were since admitted), the per
-centage of strength being 8.97.