Sanitary reports.

Appx. XVII.

APPENDEX XVII.

SANITARY REPORTS.

     The following paragraphs are intended for the guidance of officers
preparing special sanitary reports.

     Initial reports on freshly-occupied areas, new stations, or pro-
posed camp sites for long occupation, should be as complete as possible
and should be accompanied by maps, plans, sketches or photographs,
so that full information may be filed for future reference.

     Subsequent reports need not repeat details which remain con-
stant, but should deal with all matters deemed to bear upon pre-
valent diseases or to conduce to increased physiological efficiency.
Reports covering matters referred to in B (2) (e ) (Schools ) should be
forwarded with the remarks, if any, of the General Staff concerned.

     Subject-matters are grouped hereunder as follows:—

A. INITIAL REPORTS.

     (1) Newly-occupied districts.

     (2) New sites proposed for occupation.

B. SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.

     (1) Matters generally applicable to occupied areas.

     (2) Matters specially applicable to areas occupied by buildings:—

      (a ) General.

      (b ) Barracks.

      (c ) Married quarters.

      (d ) Hospitals.

      (e ) Schools.

     (3) Matters specially applicable to camps.

A. INITIAL REPORTS.

1. Reports on newly-occupied districts.

     (a ) Physical and political geography .—Physical features; climate,
flora and fauna, including entomology; racial distribution; social
institutions and conditions, etc.

     (b ) Geology. —Data readily available regarding nature and trend
of principal strata.

      (c ) Food .—Staple and accessory foodstuffs.

      (d )Water .—Distribution; annual fluctuations; and (if possible)
sub-soil levels.

      (e ) Conservancy. —Administration and organisation (if any);
methods in use.

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