Observations on the report of the Sanitary Commissioners in the Crimea, during the years 1855 and 1856 / by Sir John Hall.

  • Hall, John, Sir, 1795-1866.
Date:
[1857]
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Credit: Observations on the report of the Sanitary Commissioners in the Crimea, during the years 1855 and 1856 / by Sir John Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    brought under observation, as I have been assured by the Rev. Mr. Haward and Captain Ross, the D. A. Qr. Master General, that the bodies are barely covered, and in some cases the lower extremities are projecting from the ground. < ioWhen the warm weather sets in, or when the temperature becomes even a little milder than it is at present, should nothing be done in the meantime in the way of removing the above- mentioned fertile sources of disease, and in clearing that portion of Balaklava now occupied by the Turks, I am confident that we shall have plague in its worst form. - ..floegiucJ H«J3 ..i^gj^jj^g^^saaKA A. Anderson, M.D,, Staff Surgeon. Dr. Hall, Inspector General of Hospitals. •• v.r; I lie f r 16tb February, 1855. Sir, I have the honor to inform yea that there are now floating m the harbour, opposite my window, the carcases of at least 20 bullocks ; I have also to call your attention to the fact of there being a quantity of carrion lying along the beach near the entrance of the harbour, and would suggest that this be repre- sented to Captain Christie. Steamers are occasionally employed to tug the dead animals to sea, but I consider this very necessary operation ought to be a daily one. (Signed) A. Anderson, M.D , Staff Surgeon. -3Jiiient.-Col. Hardinge, Commandant. Balaklava, February 19th, 1856, Sir, 4fja (iOf)0 yoAs-iUi rtnil am. jMil uvfiifi-»i. m; g-u I I regret to have-to- state' that the new privy at the Hospita] appears to be for the present left half-finished. I would also suggest that small wooden conveniences should be erected- near the huts, in the vineyard of the Hospital, capable of accommo- dating three patients, with moveable seats placed over pits, so that when the pits become offensive they may be filled up, and new ones dug. At present the open pits are particularly offen- sive to the inmates of the wooden huts and to those passing by. (Signed) A. Anderson. ^^I)r, Hall, Inspector General of Hospitals.