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VITAL STATISTICS AND SANITATION IN RAJPUTANA.
certain further information, for the collection of which necessary steps are
being taken.
19. The scheme for improving the Ajmer conservancy system also awaits
orders of the Government of India.
20. The following are the chief questions in sanitation. which are now
claiming the attention of the Ajmer Municipal Committee, but the loss of
revenue, the result of the plague epidemic, has crippled the financial resources
of the Municipality and its ability to effect reforms:—
(1) The construction of an open drain to convey the sewage water
from the Tramway Station to the filter beds.
(2) A supply of new conservancy carts of a durable and convenient
pattern.
(3) The disposal of the question of the insanitary dwellings which
have been allowed to spring up in the south-eastern suburban
district.
21. The covered drains in the bazaars and principal streets in the city
are still insanitary for want of sufficient funds.
22. The conservancy tramway has worked satisfactorily on the whole
during the year.
23. Disposal of refuse and night-soil by incinerators was tried successfully,
but there was much opposition and the project has been temporarily aban-
doned.
24. Beawar City.—The Municipal Committee supervise sanitation in
Beawar. The arrangements for the disposal of the night-soil, etc., are satis-
factory.
NATIVE STATES.
25. Jaipur.—The light railway continues to perform valuable work in
connection with general sanitation. Rubbish and city sweepings are burnt
locally in incinerators to save the expense of removal.
26. Jodhpur.—There has been a good supply of water throughout the
year. All tanks and wells in Jodhpur and in the districts are well filled.
Conservancy arrangements are in the hands of a Municipal Committee.
27. Alwar —During the year four wells were deepened and cleaned at a
total cost of R660 by the Municipality who also supervise conservancy arrange-
ments.
28. Bharatpur.—A scheme for improving the Bharatpur City conservancy
system has been prepared but has not yet been taken in hand. This includes
(1) a tramway for removal of night-soil and refuse to trenches, (2) a surface
drainage system for the city, (3) the introduction of a complete system of
public latrines and removal of contents, (4) the limitation of flooding around
the city and cleansing of the city moat.
29. Dholpur.—A sanitary Board has been established in Dholpur City
during the year.
30. Kotah.—It is a matter of regret that the incinerators started for the
disposal of night-soil, etc., had to be discontinued for want of sufficient rubbish
and city sweepings as fuel. No action has yet been taken on the scheme
proposed for the systematic drainage of Kotah public gardens.
31. A scheme for improving sanitation in the districts has been sanctioned
provisionally and is being tried in the following towns under the supervision
of a local sanitary Committee presided over by the Nazim.—Baran, Sangode,
Khanpur, Iklera, Manoher Thana and Bakani.
32. Mewar.—In view of the plague epidemic a scheme for the thorough
systematic cleansing and disinfection of the City of Udaipur has been sub-
mitted to the Darbar. The sanitation of this city is in the hands of the local
police.
33. Karauli.—The general sanitation of Karauli is well looked after and
the city wonderfully clean, though more could be done to clean the surrounding
nallas.
34. Bikaner.—The sanitation is in the hands of the Municipal Committee.