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Levies Of (he 2 British Banks one was a Sergeant of 48 Camel Corps
Field Ambulance who contracted the disease while on the march, down from
Meshed to Bailhcad and the other was a Lurasian Military M orks Overseer
who had been living in a Persian village.
Of the 31 Indians, 18 were admitted at IVlesled and 8 at Kain, the
remaining 5 cases being distributed between Birjand, Turbat and Skusp.
The above numbers compare very favourably with the 69 admissiois
which occurred in the period 14th October 1918 to 8th August 1919 and
show r ed the advantage of the troops being housed in hutted encampment
instead of living in dirty Persian Villages.
(d) Tick fever. A severe outbreak of Tick Fever occurred in November
1919 in a company of 107th Pioneers working on the road near Sharifabad,
between Turbat and Meshed. The men composing the Company were
Mahrattas and being down country Indians, complained of the severe cold.
In consequence of this the Office^ Commanding, Company took over a Persian
Sarai and billeted the men in it instead of keeping them out of the village
in tents.
Out of the total strength of 175, 72 men contracted the disease, and pains
in back and limbs. The majority had enlarged spleens and well marked
bronchitic symptoms with frothy sputum, the latter in some cases being blood
stained.
Specimens of both Argas Persieus and Ornithodorus Lahorensis were
fhund in the bedding of a sick attendant who subsequently developed the
disease.
The oulbreak was thoroughly investigated by Major C. H. H. Harold,
B.A M.S., Deputy Assistant Director, Medical Services (Sanitary), and the
result of his enquiries and the differentiation\)f this disease from the ordinary
louse borne Kelapsing Fever of India have been sent for publication in the
lloyal Army Medical Corps Journal.
The diseases yielded to injections of Neo Salvarsan, but in some cases as
many as three or four doses of 6 gm each were necessary to effect a cure, the
spirillum of Tick Fever being much more resistant to the drug than the spir
illum of .Relapsing Fever.
(e) Typhus Fever.—Two Prisoners of War were admitted for this disease at
Meshed in March 1920 of whom one died.
One case occurred at Turhat in November 1919 in a Sepoy Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. of 22nd
Punjabis, the disease having probably been contracted in Turbat City.
lour cases occurred in 8arw r anceof 60th Grantee Camel Corps of w T hom two
died, and one case in a Sepoy Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. of 107th Pioneers at Turbat in March 1920. In
tnese cases the disease was probably contracted while on convoy duty between
Meshed and lurbat, there being no cases as far as is known in Turbat City at
that time -
In this connection it has been advocated that all Followers, especial
Sarwans should he provided with two suits of Khaki clothing. The Sarwi
is constantly on convoy duty and even when “resting” he is out all di
of con^deraUe dl^culty USln ” was ^' n ° of h « ^thing therefore, a matt
arrivSkrin”^ 1 ^^ 111 May 1920 ^ o£ "honi were rece
11 frim\San 0y iS f Hent Jr J SeS ® f this disease were reported from Hurrmi
KSlft (all ^ ^ 1 ^ ^
getting nlentv'of'fresh fl? 9 * at . 1 Sista " ^ere the men were said to
explained on-thesuppoX 3 ^’ ^ °“
June I920 8SeS ^ SlStan 0CCUrred duriDS February, March, April, May a!
her andlovTmber 1919^ThT^n atth^ ° f ^ Case 0CCUrred du ™S 0c(
urinated dbal daily. The nresZntion Zl P r StS were S eUin ? 4 ozs. of g<
not eat their dha). P T 0 > theiefore is that some of them d