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and plan for huts for these followers is much wanted. The doors should be
always well raised, and the plinth be not less than 2 feet; and the external walls
should have windows made in them of not less than 3 feet by 2. The eaves
should not come nearer than 6 feet from the ground, and the roofs should, if pos-
sible, be tiled; and a ventilating opening, such as is made for cook-rooms, should
be placed over the centre room on either side of the ridge, and deep drains should
be cut to carry away the surface water. Trees should be planted in front of each
row to absorb subsoil moisture and carbonic acid, but the branches should be
cut to a higher level than the eaves, so as not to impede the circulation of air; and
proper privies should be provided. No nanees, or bathing-places, should be allowed
inside the huts, but detached lavatories for either sex should be erected on either
flank.

      18. In my opinion these Syce Lines are in dangerous proximity to the two
hospitals and to the Officers' houses, and would prove a certain source of danger
if epidemic disease broke out amongst them; they ought to be removed at once, and
the best site for them, in my opinion, would be to the south-east; but I am inform-
ed this would be too great a distance from their stables, and that there is another
objection in the soil consisting of black cotton soil. This latter objection, it is
thought, might be overcome by bringing moorum from the adjacent nullah, but
whether it would be possible to remove the stables, I must leave to the military
authorities to decide. These stables were erected in the pre-sanitary era, or they
surely could not have been placed to windward of the barracks.

      19. The hospital of the Royal Artillery occupies a very good site, and the
description return is as follows:—

      The compound is surrounded by a prickly-pear hedge, which collects dirt,
obstructs ventilation, and should, of allplaces, not be allowed near a hospital,
as it affords a convenient and ready site for the sweepers to deposit dirt, filthy
rags, &c., &c., which is difficult to detect. If a proper open iron railing cannot
be provided, a babul fence is better, as it affords equal protection against the
entrance of cattle, and will not afford the same shelter for dirt. The hospital is
not provided with roof-ventilation. This, I think, should be given. There is a
gutter on each side of the stone floor of the hospital, which, in my opinion, should
be filled up, as it is not used, and only affords a receptacle for dirt. The hos-
pital and its out-buildings were extremely clean; but I agree with the Medical
Officer in thinking that a hospital-serjeant's and Native subordinates' quar-
ters are needed. I also notice that there is no dark chamber for ophthalmic
cases, and no padded room for insanes; such are, in my opinion, needed, as also a
proper laundry with a foul-linen store-room at one end, and a disinfecting hot-
air chamber at the other: otherwise the hospital is in every respect a very good
building.

      20. The barracks are very fine buildings and extremely well kept. They
consist of three upper-storied buildings; and the following is the description re-
turn furnished by the Quarter-Master-General:—