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I have never before seen in Western India. Many unwholesome low-lying
spots on the outskirts of the town were pointed out to me, which have been filled
in, although several such, still exist (the moat round the walls being very foul)
whilst every opportunity is taken to widen the streets, so as to provide freer;
ventilation and increased space for traffic in the town.
15. The Civil Hospital is situated in the suburbs, near the entrance of the
town, and not far from the Town Hall. I was shown over it by Dr. Sinclair, and
it was as clean as it possibly can be kept, and the conservancy arrangements were
as good as they can be in the existing buildings. But I am glad to learn that a
New Hospital has been sanctioned, and that the plans are nearly completed. In
the Hospital compound there is a separate female ward, and on the other side of
the main building are 12 cells for the accommodation of lunatics. I also inspected
the Jail which contained 237 prisoners, of whom 22 were females. It was well
kept and clean, but I think the area enclosed is not sufficient. In the privies
attached to, but outside the Jail, the dry earth system is adopted, which here
answers perfectly, as there was an entire absence of any smell. So completely is
this system carried out here that had I been blindfolded I could not have told I
was inside a privy.
16. The offensive trades carried on inside the town are brick and tile
- m a k i n g a n d l i m e - b u r n i n g ; b u t t h e t a n n e r i e s a n d l e a t h e r d y e r s a r e o n l y a l l o w e d
to be established in the suburban pet Raviwar, to the east of the town. None
of these places are as they should be drained, and of their number there is no
record. This should be carefully ascertained, and the owners should be compelled
to take out an annual license and their places should be regularly inspected.
17. There are two markets belonging to the Municipality, the principal one
being in pet Shanwar outside the Fort. It contains 100 stalls, and is a general
market where grain, vegetables, fruit, oil, &c., are sold. It was always thronged
with customers at the time of my inspection. There is another small vegetable
market containing 8 stalls inside the Fort, near the Kapila Tirtha Tank.
18. There is no beef slaughter-house or market in the town; but about 50
sheep are daily killed,—I am sorry to say in the back court-yards of the houses of
the butchers (of whom there are 40), who sell the mutton in the verandahs of their
houses, not in a market. The offal, &c., is said to be removed by municipal carts.
19. Cattle are not kept in large numbers in stables, but the animals are
tethered in verandahs or back court-yards of houses under a shed. These places
are very filthy, as no means have been provided for the removal of the urine, &c.
The following table shows the number of animals in the town at the time
of the census in 1872:—
E l e p h a n t s .
C a m l e s .
Horses.
P o n i e s .
M u l e s .
Bullocks.
Cows.
B u f f a l o e s .
M i l c h B u f f a l o e s .
A s s e s.
S h e e p .
G o a t s .
T o t a l .
A u s t r a l i a n .
C o u n t r y .
A r a b .
3 67 18
3 238 255
2 3837 1,536
834 2,620 187 391 373
10,364
20. There are, I am informed, several stone built drains inside the Fort,
which were constructed long ago, but at what date there is no record; all that is
known about them is that they exist; but as they have never, in the memory of
man, been cleaned out, they are now consequently blocked up by the filth of ages,
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