Report of the Barrack and Hospital Improvement Commission on the sanitary condition and improvement of the Mediterranean stations / [Douglas Galton, John Sutherland].

  • Great Britain. Barrack and Hospital Improvement Commission.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Report of the Barrack and Hospital Improvement Commission on the sanitary condition and improvement of the Mediterranean stations / [Douglas Galton, John Sutherland]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9i 10, 11. 12. 13; Page Prince Albert's Front - - - -52 King's Bastion - - -.. -. - - 53 Wellington Front - - - - - - 55 Moorish Castle Barrack ----- 56 Gunner's Barrack - - - *- - - 58 Town Range Barracks - - - - - 59 Hargreaves' Barracks ----- 61 Neutral Ground Camp and North Division Guard Rooms ------ 63 Jumpers, Bastion - - - - - 63 Guard Rooms, Ragged Staff, South Sheds, New Mole ------ 64 Rosia Casemates - - - - - 65 South Barracks ------ 66 Page 14. Rosia Barracks ------ 6/ 15. Buena Vista Barrack ----- 69 16. Windmill Hill Barracks 70 17. Artillery Barracks, Windmill Hill - - - 72 18. Defensible Barracks, Europa Point - - - 72 19. New Hut Barracks, Europa Flat - - - 73 20. Brewery Barrack, Europa Point - - - 74 21. Europa Guard Rooms, &c. - - - - 75 22. Military Prison 75 23. Detachment Barrack, Catelan Bay - - - 76 24. Garrison Hospital, Gibraltar - - - - 76 Hospital Improvements required - - - 79 References to the Plans of the Naval Hospital, Gib- raltar - -. - ... - - - - 82 PART III.—MALTA AND GOZO. SECTIONS I. and II. Ablution Accommodation in Barracks - - - 113 „ „ Hospitals - - - 121 Accommodation in Barracks, present and proposed - 100 „ Guard Rooms and Prisons - - 117 „ Hospitals, present and proposed 119,123 „ Sanitarium, Citta Vecchia - , - 122 Additional Accommodation required in Barracks - 111 „ „ „ for Married Soldiers 117 „ „ „ in Hospital - 123 Additional Windows, Glazed, recommended for some Barracks - -- -- -- - 107 Adulteration of Food, Ordinance against 95 Aqueduct, Description of - - . - - - 94 Area of the Island of Malta ----- 83 Area, Superficial, per Bed in Barracks - - - 109 ,, „ „ Hospital - - - 120 „ „ „ Sanitarium, Citta Vecchia 122 Ashpits, Condition of - - - - - -119 „ should not be permitted - - - - 116 Aspect of the Island generally - - - - - 84 Atmosphere, generally healthy - - - - 84 Barracks, Accommodation in, present and proposed - 100 „ additional Accommodation required - - 111 „•■ „ Glazed Windows recommended - 107 ,, Bath and Ablution Accommodation - - 113 ,, - Buildings used as, not intended for except in case of Siege ... - 101,103 „ Construction of ----- 101 „ Cookhouses in - - - -114,119 ,, Dampness of Rooms - - - - 119 „- deficient in Light and Ventilation - - 119 ,, Drainage of - - - - - - 111 „ each Floor should be Ventilated separately 108 „ Floors should be of Hard Stone, with Ven- tilation underneath ... - 106 „' generally bad - - - - - -119 „' improved Accommodation much required - 119 „' Instruction and Recreation, Means of, in - 118 „ Latrines and Urinals - - - - 115 List of 100 ,, Local Position of - - - - - 101 ,, „ objectionable - - - 119 „ Materials built of - - - - - 106 „ Method of Cleansing -116 „ Neighbourhood of, should be examined - 108 „ Overcrowding of Rooms - - - - 111 „ Position of - - - - - - 101 „ Results of Inquiry - - - -118,119 „ Sanitary Condition of - - - - 100 „ Shafts and Inlets for renewing Air should always be introduced - - - - 107 „ Space per Man in Rooms - - - - 109 „ Ventilation of 106 „ Walls should be Scraped every two years and Limewhited every six months - - 116 „ Water/Supply of 112 „„ Women's Wash-houses - - - 114,119 Bath Accommodation in Barracks - - - - 113 ,, ., „ Hospitals - - - - 121 Buildings used as Barracks not intended for, except in case of Siege 101, 103 Buildings used as Hospitals might be converted into Barracks . _ . . . 111,123 Burial Grounds - - - - - . - 95, 124 Casemated Schools should be better Ventilated and Lighted 118 Cellars used as Human Dwellings 90 Cemetery for. Civil Population, new one proposed ,95, 124 „ ..Military 124 Charcoal should be used to destroy Gas of Sewers - 112 Charitable Institutions, Improvements in Administra- tion of- - - - - - - - -95 Cisterns and Pumps should be provided for every Tank 113 Citta Vecchia Sanitarium, Success of - - 122, 123 Cleansing of Barracks, Mode of - - - - 116 „ Valetta and the other Towns, Mode of - 93 Climate 85, 86 „ of the Hills different from that of Valetta - 86 Coal, Places for, should be provided outside of Cook- houses - - - - - - - -114 Comino, Geological Structure of - - - 85 Construction of Barracks ----- 101 ,, Hospitals generally bad - - - 120 „ Houses in Valetta and Towns within the Lines ----- 90 „ Latrines and Urinals in Barracks - 115 „ „ ,, Hospitals - 121 ,, Sewers - - - - - 91, 111 „ ' Tanks 94 Convalescents, Exercising Ground for - - - 121 Converting Buildings used as Hospitals into Barracks, Proposal for - - - - - - - 123 Cook-houses in Barracks, Sanitary Condition of 114, 119 „ Hospitals, Sanitary Condition of 119, 121 „ Steel Ovens and Boilers recommended for 114 „ Ventilation of - - - - - 114 Corradino Heights, Situation of - - - - 84 Cospicua, Description of - - - - - -'' 91 „ Situation of - - - - - - 84 Cottonera Barracks, general Causes of Insalubrity of' 100 ,, Lines, Situation of - - - - - 84 ,, New Hospital recommended for - -f-123 Courts of Houses, &c. should be paved with Hard Stone ------- - - - -'93 Churches, Interments in - - - - - - 95 Dampness of Barrack Rooms - - - - - 119 Day Rooms should be provided and properly fitted up 118 Deaths from Plague • - - - - - - 88 Defective Hospital Accommodation, Mode of Reme- dying - - 122 Detailed Report on each Barrack and Hospital - - 124 Disease, Sanitary Defects and Unwholesome Habits, 1 chief cause of - - - ' - - .84 Diseases of Native Population ----- 86 Troops 96,118 Distance from Barracks to Sanitarium at Citta Vecchia 122 Dockyard Creek, Situation of - - - - - 84 Drainage, Barrack - - - - - - 111,119 „ errors in present System of - - 92, 11 ] Hospital 118,120 House - 93, 119 ,, proposed System of - - - - - 92 ,, Surface -------93 „ System of, requires Examination - - 112 „ of Parade Grounds 112 ,, of Valetta and Towns within the Lines 91, 119 Drains should be formed of Impervious Material, and with Closed Joints - - - - - - 92 Drains should be mapped and accurately described - 112 Dwellings for the Labouring Classes ... 95 115 - 88 92 95 121 Earthenware Latrines, Jennings', recommended Epidemics - - - Errors in present System of Drainage _ - - European Fruit Trees introduced - - - - Exercising Grounds for Convalescents - Fever most active during Summer Months, Precau- tions should be taken - - - - - 97