Medical and sanitary report for the native army of Bombay, for the year 1877. : Framed on the monthly and annual returns, on the reports of regimental medical officers, and on the inspection reports of deputy surgeons general.
- Bombay (Presidency). Military Department.
- Date:
- 1878
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Medical and sanitary report for the native army of Bombay, for the year 1877. : Framed on the monthly and annual returns, on the reports of regimental medical officers, and on the inspection reports of deputy surgeons general. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.
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![been well covered over with dry earth, into iron receptacles. The latter are conveyed by carts to some distance from camp, and their contents buried in pits. The rubbish, collected twice daily from the lines, is also emptied into the pits dug for the reception of the latrine accumulations. The bathing-places are situated in the verandahs of the huts. The bath- water is allowed to flow from the vicinity of the huts through kutcha-built surface drains. 4. Drinking water is obtained chiefly from the well situated about three hundred Water sudI yards to the north of the lines. This supply is ample; every a ei supp y. man aqowed £0 draw as mucb as he requires. The high brick surrounding wall, and the absence of drains from the immediate vicinity of the well, account in great part for the excellent quality of the water. 5. The duties consist chiefly of parade and guard duty. Under the head of exercise „ . . , are included morning and evening parades, running drill dur- meats : their effects on health. mg the cold season, wrestling, and sword exercise. Music and singing are the principal amusements. The duties are by no mean3 injurious to the health of the men. 6. The hospital is a large well-ventilated building. The latrine is in close proximity to the well which supplies the hospital and several of the Hospital and its immediate officers at camp with drinking water. The condition of the earth suuoun mgs piesent tom ition, and around f]ie ]atrine is bad, and may prove injurious here- hygienic and otbei.vice, ^ ^ ^ thorougUy sa’tllrated 4'h bowe,J and kldneJ excretions, and, unless precautionary measures are adopted to prevent contamination of the hospital well water, specific bowel complaints may result. 7. The health of the corps for the past year contrasts most favourably with that of the _ . , , , , , previous one ; this is due in a great measure to the withdrawal General health and physique. of ^ detac]imenfc from the unhealthy outpost, Burda Chowkey. There was a decrease of 154 in the number treated during the past year as compared with that of the previous one, the average strength of the corps being almost the same during the two years. The physique of the men is about the average. 8. I doubt whether the climate of Rajkot has, to any extent, been prejudicial to the . . „ .. , , health of the men. Under the head off local circumstances’I circumstances on health. 1 mi§'llfc venture the opinion that the want of. good sub- stantial food, such as good fresh vegetables, a variety of new grain, fair mutton, fish, &c., for a continuous period of five years, has helped greatly to affect the general health and physique of the meu. 9. During the year 1876, with an average strength of 280, the total number treated ^ f was 384 ; while during the past year, with an average strength of 306, the total number treated was only 230. Ague in both years was the prevailing disease; the number treated*from this cause during 1876 exceeded that of the past year by 75 cases. Scurvy only gave eight treated, of whom four remained from the previous year. 10. Two deaths occurred during the year, one from debil- ity, the other from pneumonia. Epidemics. 11. There was no epidemic disease. 12. Vaccination and re-vaccination have been carried on assiduously; 32 primary and Vaccination and re-vaccination. 30 successful re-vaccinations took place. The lymph was good. 13. Fifteen men passed the annual Invaliding Committee at Ahmedabad, principally for Invaliding and its causes. general debility, chronic rheumatism, and impaired vision. Requirements and recommemla- 14. There is no place of residence attached to the hospital bons. for the native medical pupil. Mortality and its causes. Inspection by Deputy Surgeon-General Wyllie. Inspected 19th February. There was much less sickness than in the previous year, and, as in the case of the 28th Regiment, the improvement dates from the abandonment of the unhealthy and malarious outpost of Burda Chowkey, and is largely shown in the decrease under ague and scurvy, as well as in cases of debility—the outcome of both. Hospital in fair repair, and has sufficient room to accommodate the native sick of other arms. Lines](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24915506_0076.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
