APPENDIX-MEDICAL AND SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS OF CAMPS OF DELHI ASSEMBLAGE.
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16. A morning health report has been already requested; this should include a remark on
the general sanitary condition. A special report should at once be sent to me on the occurrence
of any suspicious case or accident.
J.T.C.R.
No. 46.
CAMP, DELHI, 22ND NOVEMBER 1876.
1. Latrine. —A trench within a mat enclosure, with separate partitions and screens for
privacy. It should be placed in a secluded position, but as near the camp as practicable. In
exposed situations the enclosing mats can be disguised by bushes, &c.
2. Separate places are given at the rate of about 5 per cent: thus, the full size one made
up as a pattern at the Mori Gate has 20 places for 400 men, and would probably suffice
for 600.
3. Latrines of 5, 10, or 15 seats can be given as desired, according to scale. The size of
the latrine can thus be adapted to the size of the ground, number of people, &c.
4. The Tehsildar will send all the mats, &c., to the place required, and will fit up the
latrine complete: after which it must be kept in order, trenches dug, partitions changed, &c.
&c., by the Camp establishment.
5. The plan of the full sized latrine is:—rear wall of mat 60 ft. long; one side wall
25 ft., the other 20 ft. long; the front walls 34 ft. long, so that they overlap 4 ft. on either
side, leaving 5 ft. clear for entrance. These outer walls are 6 ft. high. There is a spare mat
5 ft. long and 6 ft. high placed as a screen before the entrance in the day time, and which
should be used to close the entrance at night to prevent animals entering.
6. The first trench should be dug three feet from the rear wall and parallel with it, the
earth thrown towards the rear, leaving 6 inches from the edge clear for a foot to rest on.
7. The trench to be one foot wide and two feet deep; a cross stick should be kept as
a fixed measure.
8. The trench is partitioned off at every three feet; and there is a screen in front of every
partition for privacy. The partitions and screens are pieces made three feet square; mistakes
are not likely to occur if all are of one size.
9. A man should use the trench by putting one foot on either edge. This position should
be insisted on; as, otherwise, the front is soiled by urine and the edge by solid matter.
10. Two sweepers should be present for a latrine of 15 seats and over for two or three
hours at the most frequented time; one man would be sufficient for the rest of the day. One
sweeper should be enough for latrines of 10 seats and smaller.
11. The duty of these men should be to throw a scoop full of earth over each deposit as
a man leaves the trench. This practice must be taught and strictly enforced, otherwise the
place will be offensive. The last thing in the afternoon a thin covering of earth should be put
over the whole. The earth can be taken from that excavated.
12. When a trench has become half filled with soil and earth, it is to be closed, and a new
one dug in advance, two feet from the former, and parallel with it. Earth from this will
complete the filling up of the old trench, the surface of which is to be made level and beaten
down.
13. The partitions and screens must then be put up for the new trench. One trench
only must be open at a time, or offence is sure to occur. It must be so arranged that a portion
of a trench is always available for use.
14. When all the space within the enclosure has been trenched, the walls can be moved
on to another site.
15. Some spare dry earth should be collected outside the enclosure and kept under cover;
bildars should be employed at intervals to keep up the store.
16. Lavement must take place over the trench. This will require the use of more earth
than usual. To have a separate place for lavement would cause too much complication.
17. On the breaking up of the Camp, the ground that has been trenched should be left in
good order.
J. T. C.R.
No. 47.
CAMP DELHI, 22nd NOVEMBER 1876.
Urinal (Gole Ghur. )—A standard pattern is put up at the Mori Gate. Tehsildar will
supply it as well as the latrines.
2. A hole is dug three feet in diameter and three feet deep; two pieces of mat, each four
feet long and three feet high, are placed at right angles over the hole, extending two and
half feet beyond it, thus forming four partitions for privacy.
3. Two pieces of matting, 21 feet long and six feet high, form the outer circle, which is
13 feet in diameter. On two sides, one end of a mat is bent inwards so as to form an entrance
2½ feet wide; the two ends are to overlap.
4. One or two sweepers should be in charge of the urinals of a Camp according to its size.
They should be told to explain their use to the people. A sweeper should visit them from
time to time during the day to see that there is no offence. The last thing in the evening he
should cover any fluid remaining at the bottom, or the-Moist earth, with dry earth.
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