Regulations for Army medical services / War Office.

Date:
1894
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Credit: Regulations for Army medical services / War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    will be made as to the possibility of contamination, either directly or by percolation or leakage; any impure supply will be immediately cut off. Cisterns or storage tanks will be cleaned, and the connection of waste-pipes with drains examined ; if tanks are found to be in an unsatisfactory condition, water should, if possible, be drawn direct from the main pipes. All niters in use will be looked to. 12. The rations and vegetables issued to the troops will be carefully inspected, and as much variety as possible- afforded in cooking. The importance of not using un- cooked vegetables or unripe or decomposing fruit should be enjoined. 13. All canteen supplies will be carefully examined. 14. The ordinary duties of the men should not be excessive, and the night duties should be reduced as far as practicable ; duties subjecting men to wet clothes or wet feet should, if possible, be avoided, but when exposure is unavoidable, wet articles of clothing should be changed as speedily as possible. 15. All bedding w7ill be regularly aired, and, if the weather permit, exposed to sun and wind out of doors. 16. A small body of men should be exclusively set apart for the purpose of carrying out conservancy duties in barracks, under a military officer, and on the advice of the medical officer in charge. 17. Medical officers will make frequent inquiry as to the existence of diarrhoea among the men, and take steps for its prompt detection and treatment. I.— Additional measures to be adopted when Cholera has appeared among the Troops or the surrounding popu- lation. 18. When cholera has appeared among the civil popu- lation, soldiers should be prohibited from going into the affected districts, and pickets, if necessary, placed to prevent their doing so. . 19. If there is any overcrowding in barracks or married quarters, it should be remedied by camping out a portion of the troops, if the weather permits. 20. The men should be warned against intemperance, and every means taken to repress it. 21. Tea or coffee should be issued before going o early morning or night duties.