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any moveable property of the offender, which may be found within the limits
of the Cantonment.
XXXIV. Whenever any registered prostitute is convicted of a breach
of any of these rules, a note of such conviction shall be made in the register
prescribed by Rule IX., and in the ticket furnished to such prostitute under
Rule XIV.
XXXV. Brothels.—No person shall keep a Brothel within the limits of
a Military Cantonment except by the permission of the Sub-Committee charged
with the execution of these rules.
XXXVI. APPLICATIONS, TO KEEP.—Every applicant for permission to keep
a Brothel within the limits of a Military Cantonment, shall state in his appli-
cation the number and street in which he proposes to establish such Brothel:
he shall also state the number of prostitutes to be kept in such Brothel.
XXXVII. APPLICANT TO BE REGISTERED AND FURNISHED WITH RULES.—
After an inspection and approval of the premises and situation of the pro-
posed Brothel, the applicant shall be registered as permitted to keep a Brothel
for (here enter number) prostitutes. Every registered Brothel-keeper shall
be furnished with a copy of the rules prescribed under Clause VII., Section
XIX., Act I. of 1866, and shall be required to affix these rules in some conspi-
cuous part of his Brothel.
XXXVIII. LIST OF RESIDENT PROSTITUTES TO BE FURNISHED.—The regis-
tered Brothel-keeper shall keep a list in the form prescribed in Schedule E.
(Appendix) of all prostitutes residing in the said Brothel, and shall furnish
the Office of the Cantonment Committee with a copy of such list, for record
in the Office of the Sub-Committee charged with the execution of these rules.
XXXIX. In this list the names, ages, and personal description of the
prostitutes, inmates of such Brothel, shall be entered; any change that may
from time to time take place in the inmates of the Brothel shall at once be
notified by the Brothel-keeper to the " Cantonment Magistrate" Secretary to
the Cantonment Committee.
XL. A copy of these lists shall be furnished by the " Cantonment Magis-
trate" to the Superintendent of Police for verification and for record in his
Office.
XLI. Every registered Brothel-keeper shall, when required by any
Police Officer authorized to inspect Brothels and prostitutes' houses, or by the
" Sanitary Officer of the Cantonment" or by any other Officer authorized to
make such inspection by the Sub-Committee, produce the list described
above in Rule XXXVIII.
XLII. UNREGISTERED WOMEN NOT TO BE RECEIVED IN BROTHELS.—It shall
not be lawful for any Brothel-keeper within the limits of a Military Canton-
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ment, to receive into his house as a resident, or temporarily for the purpose
of prostitution, any women whose name has not been entered as a registered
or special registered prostitute in the Office of the Cantonment Committee,
and who is not provided with a ticket showing her to have been so registered.
XLIII. CHILDREN.—No child above four years of age shall be kept in, or
upon the premises of any Brothel situated within any Military Cantonment.
XLIV. DISEASED PERSONS TO BE REPORTED.—Brothel-keepers shall report
immediately to the " Sanitary Officer of the Cantonment" and to the Medical
Officer in charge of the Lock Hospital, all cases of disease occurring among the
inmates of their respective Brothels, and shall strictly observe any orders
regarding such diseased persons, as may be issued by the above named Officers.
XLV. Brothel-keeper shall cause the prostitutes, inmates of their
Brothels to " observe Rule XVI. of this Chapter."
XLVI. SALE OF LIQUOR PROHIBITED.—No food. or " intoxicating" drink
shall be sold on the premises of any registered Brothel situated within the
limits of a Military Cantonment. The supplying any European Soldier with
" intoxicating" liquor in any licensed Brothel, under any pretence soever, shall
be held to be a breach of this rule.
XLVII. INSPECTION OF BROTHELS.—All registered Brothels and the
houses of all special registered prostitutes, within the limits of a Military Can-
tonment, shall be inspected be an Officer of Police, acting under the direction
of the Sub-Committee, or by any person specially appointed for such inspec-
tion by the Sub-Committee, not less than once in seven days, and all such
Brothels and prostitutes' houses shall be open to the inspection, if necessary
by day and by night of the Police, the Sanitary Officer of the Cantonment,
or any other person deputed by the Sub-Committee charged with the execution
of these rules to make such inspection.
XLVIII. PERSON AND CLOTHING MAY NOT BE DETAINED.—The person and
necessary clothing of any prostitute residing in a registered Brothel, situated
within a Military Cantonment, shall not be detained on account of any debt
which may be owing by any such prostitute to the Brothel-keeper, or any other
inmate of such Brothel nor for any other reason soever shall any prostitute
be detained against her will in any such Brothel, Provided that every Bro-
thel-keeper shall bring to the notice of the Sanitary Officer of the Canton-
ment the absence of any prostitute an inmate of such Brothel within twenty-
four hours of such absence occurring.
XLIX. KEEPERS OF HOUSES RESPONSIBLE FOR OBSERVANCE OF ORDER.—The
keepers of registered Brothels and all special registered prostitutes in their
houses, within the limits of a Military Cantonment, shall be held responsible
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for the due observance of any orders, not inconsistent with these rules, which
may from time to time be issued by the Sub-Committee charged with the exe-
cution of the aforesaid rules, for the preservation of health, cleanliness, or
decency, in such Brothels and houses.
L. FEMALE SERVANTS OF BROTHELS.—Brothel-keepers shall furnish a list
to the Sanitary Officer of the Cantonment of all female servants in their
employment, and these female servants, if below forty years of age, shall be
submitted to medical examinations similar to those prescribed for prostitutes
who are borne on the register of such Brothels. It shall not be lawful for any
Brothel-keeper to receive as an inmate of such Brothel any female who has
not been registered as a prostitute, or as a female servant attached to such
Brothel.
LI. FEMALE BROTHEL-KEEPER.—Female Brothel-keepers below forty
years of age shall be submitted to the same medical examination as prostitutes,
the inmates of such Brothels.
LII. Every female Brothel-keeper or female servant employed by Brothel-
keepers, who on medical examination shall be found to be affected with any
venereal disease, shall be detained at the Lock Hospital until cured, and
shall be registered as a prostitute in the manner provided in these rules for
the registration of prostitutes in a Military Cantonment.
LIII. PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULES.—Any Brothel-keeper, who shall be
convicted of a breach of any of these rules, shall be liable to fine not exceed-
ing 50 Rupees, or imprisonment for 8 days with or without labour as provided
in Clause 11, Section XIX. of Act I. of 1866.
Registration of Deaths .
G. O. C. C., No. 4
of 1869.
6. REGISTER TO BE KEPT.—There shall be kept in all Military Cantonments
a careful registration of all deaths and their causes,
whether of Europeans or Natives, Military or Civil, in-
c l u d i n g a l l r e s i d e n t s a n d s e r v a n t s i n p r i v a t e c o m p o u n d s , a n d R e g i m e n t a l
bazaars.
7. CANTONMENT MAGISTRATE TO REGISTER.—The duty of registration
wi l l de vol ve on t he Ca nt onme nt Ma gi s t r a t e a nd hi s e s t a bl i s hme nt , a s s i s t e d
when necessary by the Military authorities.
8. OR STATION STAFF OFFICER.—At stations where there are no Can-
tonment Magistrates, the duty will be performed by the Station Staff Officer,
under the orders of the Commanding Officer
.
9. WEEKLY STATEMENT.—A weekly statement of such registration will
be accurately prepared by the Cantonment Magistrate or Station Staff Officer,
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who will forward a copy through the Commanding Officer to the Sanitary
Commissioner.
10. RECORDS TO BE PRESERVED.—All registration records will be carefully
preserved in each station.
11. SANITARY COMMISSIONER TO SUPPLY FORMS.—The Sanitary Commis-
sioner will supply forms of returns, together with any special instructions that
may be required.
FORM.
Return of Deaths in the Cantonment of—for the week ending
S t r e n g t h .
C h o l e r a .
S m a l l - p o x .
M e a s l e s .
F e v e r .
D y s e n t e r y a n d
Di a r r h œa .
A c c i d e n t s a n d V i o l e n c e
A l l o t h e r c a u s e s .
A l l c a u s e s .
M a l e .
Femal e.
M a l e .
F e ma l e .
M a l e .
F e m a l e .
M a l e .
F e m a l e .
M a l e .
F e m a l e .
Mal e.
F e m a l e .
Mal e.
Femal e.
M a l e .
F e m a l e .
M a l e .
F e m a l e .
Telingas or Gen-
toos
...
Tamil
...
Brahmins or Raj-
poots
...
Maharattas
...
Mussulmans
Christians
. . .
Other castes ...
Indo-Britons ...
Europeans
.. .
All races...
The above is a correct return, so far as can be ascertained, of all the deaths
that have occurred, excepting those of Officers and men, that are included in Medi-
cal Returns of Regiments or Departments.
(Signature of the Officer Commanding the Station.)
(Signature of Cantonment Magistrate or Station Staff Officer.)
Instructions under
G . O . C . C . , N o . 4 o f
6th January 1869.
12. CHEQUE BOOK FORMS.—Cantonment Magistrates and Station Staff
Officers will be furnished (through Officers Commanding
Station), by the Sanitary Commissioner, with Certificates
of Death in Cheque Book form, to be distributed to all
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Medical Officers and Subordinates in independent medical charge of Regi-
ments, Hospitals, and Institutions.
13. DEATH CERTIFICATES.—On the occurrence of the death of any indi-
vidual under their medical charge, or of the cause of which death they have
cognizance, such Medical Officer or Subordinate will fill in a Death Certi-
ficate sheet, and transmit the same to the Cantonment Magistrate or Station
Staff Officer, retaining the counterfoil for record in the Hospital or Institu-
tion
14. Deaths occurring amongst persons not dying under recognised
medical treatment, will be reported to the Cantonment Magistrate, or if re-
ported orally, one form will be filled in and filed in the office of the Canton-
ment Magistrate, and a duplicate given to the informant as a voucher that the
death has been duly reported.
15. REGISTERS.—From these Certificates of Death, the Cantonment
Magistrate, or Station Staff Officer, will fill in the Registers, one for Euro-
peans and Eurasians, and one for Natives.
On Saturday of each week, from the Registers thus kept, the
Returns laid down in para. 11 will be prepared and forwarded to the Sani-
tary Commissioner, together with a copy of the Registers from which they
are compiled.
II.—Troops in Garrison .
G. O. C. C., No. 107
of 1858.
16. Station and Cantonment Duties.—The Senior Medical Officer at
every station of the Army shall be considered the Sani-
tary Officer.
G. O. G., No. 269
of 1867.
17. DIVISION OF DUTIES.—When there may be present at a station both
British and Indian Troops, then the Senior Medical Offi-
cers of the two services on the spot, whatever their rank
may be, will act as the Sanitary Officers and advisers of the Officer Command-
ing the station, in all matters relating to their respective departments or
duties, and they will have the entire superintendence of the sanitation of the
lines, bazaars, and establishments attached to them, of the Regiments belong-
ing to their respective services.
I b i d .
18. CANTONMENT COMMITTEE.—Questions relating to the general health
of the station as a whole, or those in regard to which
there is any doubt as to the jurisdiction, should be
considered and reported on by the Cantonment Committee of which the senior
Medical Officers present of the two services, should be ex-officio members ; or,
if the question be a purely Medical one, it may be considered by a Board of
Medical Officers of both services, the senior presiding.
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G. O. C. C., No. 107
of 1858.
19. MEDICAL OFFICERS TO COMMUNICATE WITH SANITARY OFFICERS.—All
Medical Officers of a station will communicate with
the Sanitary Officer or Officers, as a part of their
ordinary duty.
Ibid.
20. SANITARY OFFICERS TO MAKE THEMSELVE ACQUAINTED WITH THEIR DIS-
TRICTS.—Sanitary Officers of stations must make themselves thoroughly
acquainted with the country in the neighbourhood of their
respective stations, so that they may be able to advise on
such measures as may be thought necessary for the prevention of disease
amongst the troops.
21. TO OBTAIN EARLY INFORMATION OF THE APPROACH OR OUTBREAK OF
EPIDEMICS.—Sanitary Officers of stations are enjoined to take measures to have
themselves apprised of the earliest appearance in their districts of any epidemic
disease, especially cholera, and they are to communicate with each other
regarding the peculiar features and progress of such epidemic, and to advise
Military and Civil authorities as to the best means of protecting the public
health of the station. Civil authorities of a District are responsible for obtain-
ing immediate notice of the outbreak of cholera in their jurisdictions, and for
giving notice thereof to the Military authorities without delay. Military
authorities will also give immediate notice of cholera in Cantonment to the
District Officials.
G. O. C. C., No. 82
of 1863.
22. Medical Department charged with sanitary duties of the
Army.—The Medical Department of the Army and its
Officers are charged not only with the medical care of the
sick, but with the duty of recommending to Commanding Officers, verbally or in
writing, whatever precautionary measures as to barracks, encampments,
garrisons, stations, hospitals, transports, diet, dress, drills, and duties, may,
in the opinion of the Department and its Officers, conduce to the preserva-
tion of the health of the troops, and to the mitigation or prevention of disease
in the Army. But in the event of any verbal representation not being com-
plied with, the Medical Officer shall make a representation in writing on the
subject to his Commanding Officer.
23. Regimental Medical Officers.— I N S P E C T I O N O F R E C R U I T S . — T h e
Regimental Surgeon, or Medical Officer in charge of a Regiment, is to inspect
and examine very carefully Recruits before final approval.
24. WEEKLY INSPECTIONS.—He is weekly to inspect the men for the detec-
tion of itch, cutaneous complaints, occular disease, ulcers, and any ailments
indicated by the countenance or skin, as fever, marasmus, small-pox, &c., and
immediately to adopt such precautionary measures as may appear to him to
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be requisite. Men with itch are, if possible, to be placed in a separate room,
or in a tent, when the season will permit.
25. VACCINATION.—He is required to report yearly whether every man,
woman, and child belonging to the Regiment bears unequivocal marks of
either small or cow-pox; and is to keep a register of the names and appear-
ances, on the days of examination, of all patients vaccinated. In all stations
where fresh virus can be procured, every doubtful case, not only of Soldiers,
but of their wives and children, should undergo re-vaccination. Any cases
of small-pox are to be immediately reported to the Deputy Inspector Gene-
ral in a special report, specifying the name and age of each individual, and
whether bearing satisfactory marks of vaccination, and by whom vaccinated.
If the patient be a Soldier, and no marks of vaccination exist, such fact
should be mentioned in the said report, with a statement showing the date of
his joining the Corps, by what Medical Officer examined on enlistment, and
with a copy of any note or memorandum transmitted by that Officer to the
Regimental Surgeon. Whenever the Medical Officer has reason to believe
that re-vaccination is necessary, he should proceed to re-vaccinate those who
may require it.
26. BATHS AND LAVATORIES.—The Surgeon or Medical Officer in charge
shall, at least once a week, inspect the lavatories and baths of all barracks,
quarters, and hospitals, to see that they are in an efficient state.
27. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS OF TROOPS.—He shall satisfy himself that the
personal cleanliness of the men is properly attended to.
28. GYMNASTICS.—He shall visit periodically all grounds or places set
apart for games or amusements for the troops, and shall give his advice on
such matters, and also on the kind and amount of gymnastic exercises best
suited to improve the health of the men.
29. RATIONS, AND WATER SUPPLY.—COOKING.—He shall, from time to
time, examine the amount and quality of the rations supplied to the troops,
and also the quality of articles of food and drink sold in the canteens and
Regimental bazaars, and the ventilation of the canteens themselves. He
shall examine the cooking (in the case of European troops) and ascertain
whether it be sufficiently varied ; likewise the quality and amount of drinking
water, and he must ascertain whether wells and other sources of water are
protected from soakage from latrines, cess-pools, drains, and other sources of
impurity.
30. NEW BUILDINGS.—Before any new barrack or hospital is erected, the
plans and site will be submitted for approval, in so far as regards the healthi-
ness of the buildings, to the Administrative head of the Medical Department,
and to the Sanitary Commissioner.
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31. SELECTION OF QUARTERS OR HOSPITALS.—Before any buildings are
selected for the accommodation of troops or for hospitals, their sanitary condi
- t i o n s h a l l b e e x a m i n e d b y a c o m p e t e n t M e d i c a l O f f i c e r , a n d s h a l l b e r e p o r t e d o n
to the Commanding Officer, and such sanitary improvements indicated as may
be requisite to secure the health of the men.
32. DISTANCE OF BEDS.—The Surgeon or Medical Officer in charge shall
satisfy himself that every soldier in Barracks and every patient in hospital has
a separate bed, and that the beds are not placed at a less distance than six inches
from any part of the wall, and that the beds are arranged so as to be at suitable
distances from each other.
33. NUMBER OF MEN THE SAME AS PAINTED ON THE DOOR.—That the num-
ber of men in barrack-rooms, hospital wards, and guard-rooms is in accordance
with the number painted on the door; and if it be not so, he is to state in his
annual Report what the monthly average of cubic and superficial space per
man has been.
34. VENTILATION AND LIGHTING.—That every barrack, guard-room, hos
-pital, and cell is suitably lighted and provided with sufficient means of ventila
-tion to keep the air in a pure state by night as well as by day.
35. That married Soldiers' quarters, schools, reading-rooms, kitchens,
wash-houses, lavatories, urinals, and latrines are suitably ventilated and lighted.
36. VENTILATION TO BE EFFICIENT.—That the means of ventilation
provided for any barrack, guard-room, hospital, or cell, or for any school, .
reading-room, kitchen, wash-house, lavatory, urinal, or latrine are in efficient
operation.
37. OPENING OF WINDOWS AND DOORS.—That the windows and doors of
every barrack-room are opened sufficiently to allow of a free ventilation as soon
as the men have risen, and that they are kept open to such extent during the
day as the weather and season may admit.
38. BEDS TO BE EXPOSED.—That the beds and bedding are freely exposed
to the air for at least an hour every morning before they are made up.
39. BARRACKS TO BE LIMEWASHED.—That the walls and ceiling of bar
-racks or quarters and hospitals are limewashed twice a year, or oftener if
necessary, and that the walls are scraped at intervals.
40. INSPECTION OF LINES, NATIVE CORPS.—In Native Corps, the Medical
Officer, with the Officer Commanding and the Quartermaster in com-
pany, shall inspect the lines frequently, to ascertain that they are in a good
sanitary condition, and that the huts are kept clean, and not overcrowded.
Due notice of such inspections are to be given, so that the families of the men
may not be inconvenienced.
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41. INSPECTION OF BARRACKS BY MEDICAL OFFICER.—FOr British troops,
the Surgeon or Medical officer in charge shall visit all barracks, quarters,
guard-rooms, hospitals, cells, and married soldiers' quarters at frequent inter
-vals, to examine their general sanitary condition and cleanliness. He shall
note the state of cleanliness of the rooms and beds, the state of the atmosphere
by day, and when the men are in quarters. He shall examine and make
inquiry, at such times as he may consider necessary, into the condition of the
latrines drainage, urinals, water supply, stables, genera l cleanliness, &c., so
as to enable him to judge of the sanitary condition of the whole buildings.
He shall keep notes of all such examinations, stating whether the results were
satisfactory, the defects he discovered, the representations he made, verbally
or in writing, to his Commanding Officer to have them removed, and the
result.
42. SANITARY STATE OF GARRISON.—The Sanitary officer or officers of a
station shall exercise a general supervision over the sanitary condition of all
parts of the garrison, camp, or station, and its vicinity, as regards drainage,
cleanliness, removal of nuisances, water supply, overcrowding, ventilation,
limewashing, lighting of barracks and hospitals, the state of latrines, and all
other matters affecting the health of the troops.
43. To RECOMMEND PRECAUTIONS TO COMMANDING OFFICER.—Sanitary Offi-
cers shall represent any defects in the same, together with their recommenda
-tions thereon, verbally or in writing, to the officer commanding the troops, and
in like manner the Surgeon or Medical officer in charge of any Regiment or
Detachment shall represent and recommend to the Commanding officer, ver
-bally or in writing, whatever he may consider necessary for protecting the
health of the troops, whether as regards abatement or removal of local causes
of disease, or as to any alteration of diet, clothing, drills, or duties, in terms of
these regulations, subject to the condition already mentioned, that if any ver-
bal representation is not complied with, the Administrative Medical officer or
Medical officer in charge shall make a representation in writing on the subject
to his Commanding officer.
44. COPIES OF RECOMMENDATION TO BE SENT TO ADMINISTRATIVE MEDICAL
OFFICER.—The Surgeon or Medical officer in charge shall transmit to the
Deputy Inspector General in garrisons, camps, and stations, and. to the
Sanitary officer, when an army is in. the field, copies of all written recom
-mendations he may have considered it necessary to make, for protecting the
health of troops, and, except when an army is in the field, he shall imme
-diately send copies of such recommendations stating the results to the
Administrative Medical officer of his circle.