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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BENGAL.

Exercise, &c.

       XII. Exercise, amusements and occupations. —The men have so much to do in the way of
duty, that they do not seem to devote much time to amusements.

Marches, &c.

       XIII. Marches and Service. —The only marches have been from Agra to Cawnpore, and
from thence by rail to Alipore.

Hospital.

       XIV. Hospital. —The hospital for Native Infantry troops at Alipore has been frequently
described. The part allotted to the left wing, 36th Native Infantry, gives sufficient accommoda-
tion and is well ventilated.

Principal
causes of
sickness.

       XVI. Principal causes of sickness. — Mumps, ague and dysentery were the chief diseases
causing admissions during the short period of the year the detachment occupied their present
quarters at Alipore. The first will be noticed under the paragraph headed Epidemics. The
other two diseases have not caused more sickness than might be expected, and do not require
special notice.

Principal
causes of
mortality.

       XVII. Principal causes of mortality. —One death occurred from cholera. I am unable to
enter into particulars of the case, as the medical officer and the hospital assistant who were
with the regiment at the time have both left; but I am able to say that, both in the opinion of
the medical officer then in charge and myself, it was only a sporadic case, and probably brought
on by eating unwholesome food. The case was isolated, and the disease did not spread.

Epidemcis.

       XVIII. Epidemics. —With the exception of the above case of cholera, which scarcely re-
quires notice under this head, the only other disease which could be called epidemic is mumps.
This disease made its appearance on the arrival of the detachment here. On the morning after
their arrival, there having been no other medical officer appointed, I went round to look at the
patients in hospital, and found a man suffering from mumps, and ordered him to be isolated, and
that the hospital havildar should go round at once and see if there were any other men in the
lines suffering from sore-throat or swelling in the neck. He returned in a short time with two
other men affected with mumps, whom I ordered to be placed isolated with the first. From
personal inspection and enquiries, I could find no other cases. I discovered that some of the
men had suffered from mumps at Agra, but that there had not been any case for some time.
The disease appears to have began in the train on the way to Alipore, and is attributed to the
men being overcrowded in the carriages, and occasionally putting their heads out of the windows
to get a little fresh air. Of course I question whether this in itself would cause the disease,
but I have no doubt it was a factor in its production. I have thought once or twice that we
had got rid of the affection, but it has again cropped up, and now there are four cases in hospital.

Vaccination.

       XIX. Vaccination. —No vaccination operations since the arrival of the wing, but from my
frequent examination of the men, I am satisfied that they are well protected.

Recommenda-
tions.

       XX. Recommendations. —The few recommendations which I have felt it necessary to make
with regard to isolation of mumps cases, &c., have been always carried out by the Commanding
Officer.

33rd (The Allahabad) Regiment Native Infantry —Delhi.

Medical
officers.

       I. Medical Officers. —This report has been submitted by Surgeon E. R.
Johnson, in medical charge
of the regiment. The follow-
ing Medical Officers have
held charge of the head-
quarters of the regiment:—

       Surgeon F. C. Ghose, from 1st
January to 26th January; Sur-
geon E. R. Johnson, from 27th
January to 22nd August; Sur-
geon-Major J. Fairweather, from
23rd August to 20th October;
Surgeon P. J. Freyer, from 21st
October to 22nd November; Sur-
geon E. R. Johnson, from 23rd
November to 31st December.

       The following Medical Officers have held charge of the detachments:—

       Surgeon F. C. Ghose, from 1st to 26th January (regimental depôt), at Cantonment
Delhi; Surgeon J. L. Corbett, from 17th October to 11th November, at Meerut; Surgeon
B. Goopta, from 12th to 24th November, at Meerut; Surgeon-Major J. M. Flemming,
from 25th November to 8th December, detachment at Meerut; Surgeon P. J. Freyer, from
9th to 31st December, at Meerut.

Location and
movements.

       II. Location and movements. —The regimental head-quarters was in the 1st Division, 1st-
Brigade of the Delhi Camp of Exercise from 1st January to 24th January. It then returned
to its old quarters in the Delhi Cantonment, which it occupied from 25th January to the 31st