Sanitary reports

Appx. XVII.

disinfectants. Cooks—health; medical history; personal cleanli-
ness; provision of basins, soap, nail-brush and towel; white clothing-
proficiency in cooking.

     Bakeries, abattoirs, meat-stores, ration-stores, canteens, messes,
dining-rooms, supply-bars, institutes, mineral-water factories—health.
and supervision of employees, etc.; cleanliness; fly exclusion; ade-
quacy of utensils (cooking and service); water supply.

     (f )  Supplies .—(i )Rations .—Nature and composition; quantity;
quality; variety; protection against contamination; routine inspec-
tion.

     (ii ) Accessory supplies .—Milk and butter—source; condition of
dairies and animals; cleanliness of methods; health and supervision
of employees; quality (chemical and bacteriological).

     Fruit and vegetables—source; quality; quantity; variety; fresh
or preserved.

     Aerated water—source; purity of water used; conditions of manu-
facture; cleansing of bottles, stoppers, and hands of attendants.

     Other foods and beverages—quality; variety.

     Canteen stores—quality; variety.

     Disinfectants—quantity; quality.

     Fly preventatives.

     (g )  Personal hygiene .—Clothing and bedding—suitability; suffi-
ciency; fitting; condition; changing interval; stuffing of mattresses
and bolsters if adequate, and properly teased; pillow slips, if in use;
marking of blankets with regimental numbers, or, if at depôts, in
sets; night clothing cleanliness; freedom from vermin; washing
arrangements; drying arrangements; condition and method of use
of mosquito-nets and other means of protection.

     Personal cleanliness—ablution and bathing (frequency and regi-
mental control); freedom from vermin; use of tooth-brush.

     Barber's shop—cleanliness; disinfection of utensils.

     Care of feet—fitting and condition of boots and socks; fitness for
marching; chiropody.

     Moral and mental welfare—recreation facilities (indoor and out-
door); education facilities; intemperance (prevalence, counter-attrac-
tions); venereal disease (prevalence, opportunities for acquirement,
facilities for prophylaxis and anti-venereal propaganda).

     Physical training—condition of recruits; routine medical inspec-
tions, graduation of exercises to development of individual recruits;
use of development charts in gymnasia, showing age, progress in
weight, chest girth and height.

     Work of troops—nature; amount; ratio of nights in bed to nights
on duty; hours of work (in hot climates especially).

     (h ) Conservancy.—Human excreta—methods of disposal.

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