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5. Places should be selected for the urinals, as near the people as practicable, and in as
secluded places as can be obtained. All people in Camp should be enjoined to use the urinals,
and not to foul the ground anywhere else, especially at night.
6. Where the position is too conspicuous or exposed for the standard urinal, a hole, dia-
meter and depth of two feet, should be dug, and the place surrounded by bushes, &c. It is
good to Multiply places for urination so as to prevent the usual native practice of going any
where and everywhere. The object is to prevent urine inpregnating the dust which is blown
about the camps.
J.T.C.R.
No. 48
CAMP DELHI, 22ND NOVEMBER 1876.
1.
Cartghur.
— A mat enclosure and trench for the reception of sewage from tents and
latrines, &c., being the contents of the patent iron carts and of the receptacles.
2. The enclosure, of which there is a pattern at the Mori Gate, has a rear wall 12 ft.
long ; one side 15 ft. long ; the other 12 ft. ; two front walls of 7 ft. long, overlapping by 1 ft.,
giving an entrance 3 ft. wide ; a spare mat, 3 ft. by 5 ft., should be kept to close the entrance
at night.
3. A trench 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep should be dug 2 feet from the rear wall and parallel
with it. As this trench gets half full of soil and earth, it should be closed, and a new one
dug, as in para. 12 of memo. on latrines.
4. The contents of the patent carts and receptacles are to be emptied into this trench, and
all immediately covered with earth. Carts can either be emptied parallel with the edge, in
which case care must be taken that the wheels do not break in the edge of the trench, or they
can be backed in over the trench, with one wheel on either side. In the former case one of
the front walls should be movable to allow of entry ; in the latter, the shorter of the side
walls.
5. The raised edge round the opening in the Crowley and Sheen cart is intended to
receive a layer of clay, and the cover fitting down over this partially prevents the escape of
contents in transit.
6. One sweeper should always be on duty at this enclosure. On the receptacles or carts
being emptied, they should immediately be cleaned with earth, which is also to be thrown into
the trench and covered over. A supply of earth should be kept near the enclosure under
cover.
7. In using the receptacle, care should be taken that the cover fits down properly. The
rim should be half filled with earth, and the edge of the cover should fit well into it. If this
is done properly, escape of fluid and smell is prevented.
8. Carts and receptacles should be placed, in duplicate, in as secluded but near positions
as practicable; a mat screen or old kanats should be placed round them.
9. Sweepers must he strictly enjoined to use these carts and receptacles for the reception
of sewage, and warned against depositing anywhere else. The men must also be warned
always to keep the covers closed.
10. Carts will be supplied for taking away the receptacle ; half of them should
b e r e m o v e d a t o n e t r i p , t h e o t h e r h a l f r e m a i n i n g f o r u s e . A l s o o f t h e t w o p a t e n t c a r t s , o n e
would be in use while the other had gone to be emptied and cleaned.
11. The receptacle carts should make two trips a day to the cartghur ; one not later
than 6 A. M., the other not earlier than 6 P . M. If a camp is small, and the number of
receptacles few, the cart can be used at other times for taking away refuse.
12. When a camp is small, and the distance short, a cart would not be required to move
a receptacle. Two sweepers could take it away, &c.
13. If a latrine for female servants is required, the same enclosure as for the cartghur
could be used, with a trench of one foot wide only.
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