INFLUENZA AND SANITATION IN RAJPUTANA.
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Ajmer-Merwara.
24. During the year under report Ajmer-Merwara was free from Cholera
with the exception of one case and one-
death in Ajmer District in March.
Indian States.
25. During the year 564 cases of Cholera and 298 deaths were reported
from the Indian States of Rajputana,
against 1,312 cases and 795 deaths in 1919.
26. Bharatpur.—7 cases and 4 deaths were reported in two towns only
from 25th April to 3rd June 1920.
27. Dholpur.—Only one imported case from Calcutta occurred in the town
of Dholpur on 30th March 1920 which was cured.
28. Tonk.—Cholera broke out on the 27th April and lasted up to 11th
June 1920. 462 cases and 201 deaths were reported.
29. Jaipur.—94 seizures with 93 deaths were reported in Jaipur city and
Mayee village. Of these, 63 cases with 62 deaths occurred in Jaipur city from
8th June to 22nd August 1920.
30. Usual precautionary measures for its eradication were taken.
31. No Cholera map is necessary.
SANITATION.
Ajmer City.
32. The sanitary condition of Ajmer City is very bad. The whole system
of Birat is wrong : but it seems impossible
to alter it.
33. The municipality employs no sweepers for cleaning purposes, they
only employ them on foul water and rubbish carts. Birat sweepers are supposed
to clean the city and latrines on private contract.
34. There appears to be little discipline amongst the sweepers, even the
Municipal men are most irregular in their attendance. The ideal of one Con-
servancy system under the Municipality who would arrange for all cleaning of
galis, streets, and public latrines as well as removal of night-soil and filth
would be a most expensive one : but would improve to a certain extent the
insanitary condition of the City.
35. As in former years the night-soil, dirty water and refuse are collected
in bullock and buffalo drawn carts and taken to a Tramway and then the rub-
bish is dumped on waste ground near the line and the night-soil and water
disposed in trenches.
36. The whole system is tedious and offensive and one is liable to meet
a " Dreadnought" at any hour of the day.
37. A motor for removing rubbish is being experimented with this
year.
38. The Conservancy rolling stock is in urgent need of repair and the
bullocks are much below strength.
39. The present number of public latrines is insufficient and personally
I have found that people do not like using a red hot galvanized iron latrine
in the hot months : the ventilated brick latrines lately erected in some United
Provinces Municipalities seems to be much better.
40. Owing to the difficulty of buying receptacles for waste water, many
watertight cesspools have been sanctioned. I fear they are mostly watertight
in theory only.
41. Villages appear to be springing up in the suburbs without any system,
these should not be allowed, except under strict supervision, only broad streets
should be permitted and decent houses.
42. Many lanes and streets require paving.
43. No improvement has been made in the slaughter houses and butchers
shops.
44. The water supply is insufficient: but a scheme has been started for
augmenting the water supply and for having a main sewer with branches
gradually added. There will be pail depôts at various places, the whole to
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