MILITARY DEPARTMENT, 13TH OCTOBER 1880, No. 6462.
commissioned officers. On either side of the building there is a verandah ; one of them enclosed
forms a dining room. The ventilation is by opposite doors and windows, further increased
in the upper rooms by swing windows and in the lower ones by openings in the walls near the
floors and at the ceilings. During the year they afforded 1,145 cubic and 76 feet of surface
space to each of the men quartered in them. They were limewhited twice.
Married Quarters .—Each consists of two rooms giving (together) a cubic space of 5,184
feet and 384 feet of surface area. There are no cook-houses for these quarters. The wash-
houses, owing to small size of the pipes, are not fully supplied with water.
Guard Room.—The guard room gave 1,292 cubic and 86 surface feet of space per each
man.
Drainage.—The surface drainage of the barrack square and the immediate environs is good,
the slope of the ground ensures this, the outfall is into a valley below the barracks. Fresh
gravelling is required for the square. The latrines are on the "modified" dry-earth system.
Ablution.—Each
block has a well-fitted lavatory, well supplied with water; there are also
plunge baths.
Water.—The water is from two sources; that for drinking and cooking is from a spring
north-east of the barracks, protected from pollution from its source to the reservoir at the bar-
racks into which it is carried in a masonry channel. The water for ablution is collected from
the streamlets and rivulets on the sides of the neighbouring hills.
Lighting.— A great improvement introduced during the past year was the substitution of
good kerosine lamps for those in use previously.
Cooking.— All the cooking is done by the soldiers themselves; there is a good, well-
ventilated cooking-house to which water is laid on. A " Duff's range" is in use.
.Rations.—Were very good; the meats, both mutton and beef, good; the vegetables good
and well-flavored.
Canteen—The articles sold were very good; the medical officer objects to the liberty for
the unrestricted purchase of beer in the canteen to men who have so much time on their hands,
as the soldiers at this station.
Clothing.— Serge always worn.
Bedding.— Straw palliasses are used in barracks.
Duties.—Very light.
Amusements.— There is a recreation room and a small theatre; a library and a reading
room. The men can amuse themselves with cricket, skittles and fives—games, however, which
are not much followed.
Hospital.—This is 400 yards north-west of the barracks and is on lower ground; the drainage
of the enclosure is good. The hospital consists of two blocks of single-storied buildings, separa
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ted from each other by a space of one hundred yards; in each block there are two large wards
and in the south block two small wards for special cases. The ventilation is good. The
buildings are surrounded by verandahs. The accessory accommodation is good.
The hospital for women is in the north block, and it is insufficient for the requirements of
the station.
HYDERABAD CIRCLE.
Deputy Surgeon-General A. H. FRASER, P.M.O.
Military Com
-mand.
Station.
British Troops.
Hyderabad
Subsidiary
Force.
S e c u n d e r a b a d . . .
12th Lancers.
C/B, Royal Horse Artillery.
N/6th, Royal Artillery.
F/6th, Royal Artillery.
14/8th, Royal Artillery.
2/16th and 1/21st Regts.
E/6th, Royal Artillery.
Nagpore
Force.
Kamptee . . .
L/6th, Royal Artillery.
33rd Regiment.
Seetabuldee . . .
Detachment 33rd Regiment.
SECUNDERABAD.
The troops stationed here consisted of a regiment of Cavalry, three batteries of Royal
Artillery and two regiments of Infantry.
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