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opening of the tin pipe which passes inside the wall, through the floor, down the
wall of the bath-room of the serjeant's quarters below. It is then taken through
the wall and terminates in the drain, the water from the bath-room in the lower
floor being carried into the drain by means of an open sink. This is most danger-
ous and radically wrong. From each room, above and below, the water should
be conveyed at once through the external wall by means of an iron pipe, the end
of which should terminate one foot above a trapped communication with the
drain. If this course be adopted, no gas could enter the building. There are
rain-water gutters round the eaves of these barracks, and these pipes should also
terminate one foot above a syphon-trap. The present under-ground pipes must
at any hazard be taken up, and glazed stoneware pipes ought to be laid in their
stead ; and care should be taken that they be laid in straight lines, and at every
change of line of direction there should be (as is always done in England) a man-
hole constructed, so that, by putting a candle at the further end, it is possible to
see whether there is any obstruction in the length above. If these suggestions
cannot be carried out, it is far safer to have open, segmental, U-shaped drains,
which can be seen daily, and kept clean; but the water should not be wasted, but
must be used either for gardens, or for keeping the space in front of the barracks
green with turf. The remarks I have made regarding the drainage of barracks
apply, of course, to the subsidiary buildings—the ablution and cook-rooms, and
the privies.
25. The cook-rooms of the Artillery are not so good as the older pattern of
"The Queen's." The walled enclosure which is intended for the storage of
wood, is, in my opinion, objectionable, and should be removed ; and the store-rooms
in these cook-rooms are not good. The drinking-water is kept in an iron tank
placed outside in the verandah. It should be placed on a stand, and fitted with
a brass cock, so that the dirty hand and vessel might not, as now, be dipped into it.
26. The privies attached to the barracks were quite clean, and evidently
carefully looked after. The dry-earth system is employed.
27. The Guard-Room and the cells attached to it are very good, and require
no comment ; and the patcheries were also very clean. They are well raised
from the ground, and the arrangements seem to be very good.
28. This would appear to be a fitting place to speak of the Sanitarium for
European Soldiers, which has been provided in the octagon building called
Salabhat Khan's Tomb, which is situated about 5 miles to the east of camp on the
hill, which mounts up to an elevation of about 500 feet above the plain. Sixty-four
men can be accommodated on the first floor, which is arcaded; the open arches in
front having been filled in with brick and masonry, into which windows have been
placed. Quarters for 11 women are provided on the ground-floor ; but there is
much need of an Officer's bungalow being built, as at present the room appor-
tioned for the officer on duty is, in every way, unsuitable. The staircase leading
to the upper storey is, in my opinion, much too steep for sick men to climb; and it
appears to be very ricketty, and, at all events, feels insecure. It is much to be
wished that the upper storey was also utilized. If this were done, the accommo-
dation would be doubled. There is also, in my opinion, much need of a recreation
room, and a skittle-alley or a ball-court. It would be impossible for the men to
walk up and down the hill without great fatigue ; and it is thought that if these
places were built, the time would not hang so heavily upon them as it is now
said to do.
29. One of the principal sources of water-supply to the European barracks
is derived from a well below the hill of Salabhat Khan's Tomb, which is called,
after the neighbouring village, the Shahpur Aqueduct. This supply is said to
run short during the hot weather ; and doubtless it does so, as the intention of the
original designer is now defeated. Formerly the nullah above this well was
bunded up, and the remains of two masonry bunds are still to be seen ; but the
tanks, which were formed above them, have silted up. I believe that the cost of