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VITAL STATISTICS AND SANITATION IN RAJPUTANA.
32. These carts convey their loads up hill to the steam tramway station
where their contents are transferred to the tramway trucks and taken out to
the trenching ground.
33. Much manual labour is required by this system and as the sweeper
class has of recent years diminished in numbers, the supply of labour is
deficient.
34. The Municipal carts for removing sewage, foul water, etc., are too
few and are in bad repair. Owing to high prices and scarcity of material,
renewals and repairs have fallen seriously behind hand. A large sum should
be devoted to remedy this.
35. Most of the streets in the city are rough and unpaved, so the wear
and tear on the carts is great.
36. The covered drains in the city are very foul and are never emptied.
37. Latrines, both public and private, are generally in bad condition.
The use of galvanised iron for latrines receptacles was ordained some time ago,
but recently it has been practically impossible to get galvanised iron for
renewals.
38. Ajmer is expanding, the growth is taking place to a considerable extent
in the low lying area remote from the Conservancy tramway. In most of the
low lying area the sanitary condition is very bad, and the expense of a thorough
removal of sewage, etc., by carting it up hill to the Tramway would be
enormous.
39. The question of conservancy requires review and consideration. I am
of opinion that a system of surface drainage must be adopted sooner or later.
The land fall is suitable for this, and it would reduce the amount of expensive
carting which is now done, and also diminish the manual labour of the
sweepers.
40. A slaughter house built on modern lines is needed.
41. Many of the shops in the city, especially meat and halwai shops, use
no means to protect their wares from flies and dust. The effect of this on the
general health of the city is bad.
Village Sanitation, Ajmer-Merwara.
42. The Commissioner, Ajmer-Merwara, reports that the rules for the
improvement of village sanitation were
restricted to the villages noted in the
margin as last year.
Aimer Sub-Division.
1. Pushkar.
2. Jaithana.
3. Harmara.
4. Srinagar.
5. Beer.
6. Ramsar.
43. The sanitary condition of the
villages in all the three Sub-Divisions was
better than the last year and the people
are beginning to realise the necessity and
advantage of sanitation.
Kekri
Sub-Division.
7. Junian.
8. Mebrou.
Merwara
Sub-Division.
9. Beawar.
10. Jawaja.
11. Todgarh.
12. Bhim.
13. Barar.
44. The interior portion of the Ajmer
Town is, however, in urgent need of
improvement regarding sanitation, and the
attention of the Municipality has been
drawn in that direction.
NATIVE STATES.
45. Jaipur—The City Conservancy Tramway continued to work through-
out the year.
46. Owing to high mortality due to plague continuing from the pre-
vious year and the epidemic of Influenza which visited the Jaipur City
in October among the sweeper class the strength of the Conservancy staff
was much weakened and in consequence of which the general sanitation
suffered to a great extent.
47. Rubbish and city sweepings are burnt in incinerators. The bulk
of the foul earth and sweepings were deposited in the Ganda Nallah,
only a part having been used up in filling pits in some cultivators,
fields.