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A SKETCH OF THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BOMBAY.
feet and a superficial area of 72 feet. There being no regimental bazaar, the men obtain
their supplies from the brigade bazaar. Drainage is carried out by means of surface gut-
ters ; there are neither tanks nor villages in the neighbourhood. There are 3 latrines,
each divided into 12 compartments, and provided with iron pans and chunam gutters
Conservancy and Sanitary Ar-
rangements.
and pits. The contents are removed twice a day, and deposited
beyond camp limits, earth and lime being used as disinfectants.
The lines are kept clean, and sanitary arrangements are
attended to as well as can be.
5. The water-supply is plentiful, the source being wells, which are fed by percolation.
On being analysed by Surgeon Bartholomeusz lately the water
in most of the wells was found to contain a considerable amount
of organic matter, probably of vegetable origin, as the wells are uncovered, and are
receptacles of various kinds of filth blown into them during dust-storms. Besides, they have
not been cleared out properly since they were dug, and it is not surprising to find the water
contaminated ; indeed it may be pronounced suspicious, if not impure ; the quantity of dead
leaves that drop into the wells from trees that surround and overhang them being alone
sufficient to pollute the water, and account for the organic matter, especially as the deposit
has been allowed to accumulate and left undisturbed for years. I would recommend that
the wells be thoroughly cleared out and afterwards covered in, and the water pumped into
troughs for distribution.; special wells protected by trap-doors should be set apart for drinking
water and dietetic purposes ; the bheestie's mussucks kept under strict surveillance as regards
their internal cleanliness, and disinfected when necessary, as it is feared the same skin is in-
discriminately used to carry water either for drinking or building purposes, and of qualities
widely different.
6. Food is abundant, of good quality, and moderate in price. The following table shows
the description and average quantity consumed daily by a
healthy sowar : —
Mussulmans.
Hindus.
Brahmins.
Average
Quantity.
Amount.
Average
Quantity.
A m o u n t .
Average Quantity.
Amount.
Rs. a. p.
Rs. a. p.
Rs. a. p.
Flour, wheaten
... lb. 1 ozs. 4 4/15
0 0 7 13/15 lb. 1 ozs. 4 4/15
0 0 7 10/15 lb. 1 ozs. 4 4/15
0 0 7 12/15
Rice, 2nd sort
...
, , 3 1/5
0 0 2 2/15
„ 3 1/5
0 0 2 2/15
„ 3 1/5
0 0 2 2/15
Mutton
. . .
...
„ 4
0 0 6
, , 4
0 0 6
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
.Dhall, toor . . .
...
, , 4
0 0 3
„ 4
0 0 3
ozs. 4
0 0 3
Gh e e
...
...
„ 2
0 0 7 1/2
, , 2
0 0 7 1/2
, , 2
0 0 7 1/2
Vegetables
. . .
. . .
„ 4
0 0 3
, , 4
0 0 3
„ 4
0 0 3
Salt
. . .
. . .
drs. 5
0 0
2 / 15
drs. 5
0 0
2 / 1 5
drs. 5
0 0
2 / 1 5
Curvy-stuff
. . .
. . .
oz. 1
0 0 4
oz. 1
0 0 4
oz. 1/2
0 0 2
F i s h
. . .
. . .
ozs. 2 2/5
0 0 13/30
ozs. 2 2/5
0 0
1 3 / 3 0
......
. . . . . .
F o wl
...
. . .
No.
1/15
0 0 3 1/5
......
......
. . . . . .
......
Milk
...
. . .
ozs. 2 3/15
0 0 1
ozs. 2 3/15
0 0 1
o z s . 4 4/15
0 0 2
Sugar
. . .
. . .
, ,
4 / 1 5
0 0
4 / 5
„
4 / 1 5
0
0
4 / 5
,,
8 / 1 5
0 0 1 3/5
Average cost of diet per
bead per day . . .
. . . . . .
0 3 3
.....
0 3 0
......
0 2 5 1/8
7. During the hot season the men are clad in white clothing, and in cloth until the
Clothing.
tates the wearing of cloth clothing by European officers on parades when the heat is very
oppressive. The sheep-skin over-coat worn by the Native officers and men in the cold
season should be made so as to button round the neck, and sufficiently long in the sleeves to
cover the elbow-joint ; and the change in the clothing should be made to meet the vicissitudes
of temperature, and not the habits and convenience of the men.
Water.
Food.
arrival of the water in camp in May or June, When they can easily
wash their white kit in the neighbouring nallahs, but this necessi-