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Question. II—(continued).
(I.) What quantity of Water is available for each Patient every dav if What is the source-
the Water "supply ? ' W h a t is the quality of the Water ? ' ' ' "
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(II.) Detail the arrangements as to Baths and Lavatories.
1,111.) What is the system of Sewerage; and what the condition of the Privies?
Answers:—
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I. The quantity of water is limited, but sufficient. The source is a well dug in
the Hospital ground. Quality is good.
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on by a service pipe from the Public Works Department pumping station.
II. There are four full length enamelled iron baths, two for male wards, one for
female wards and one for Maternity wards. There are four water closets, two
for male patients and two for female patients. There is also one closet for male
patients with one pail.
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III. Night soil pails are
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cleaned several times, daily, disinfectants used freely
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and privies frequently white-washed. In addition there are two bed.pan
sluices, one in male ward and one in female ward.
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sanatorium.
I. There is a plentiful supply of good water obtained from wells.
IL There are no baths, .but a wash room is attached to each Block of Buildings
in which small zinc baths are used.
III. Night soil pails are cleaned daily, disinfectants used freely, and privies frequently
white-washed. . ,
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Leper Hospital.
I. The quantity of water is limited. The water supply is from a chain of wells
which also supplies the Mental Hospital. Quality is good.
II. There are two zinc baths and two closets, one for male and one for female patients.
III. Night soil pails cleaned daily, disinfectants used freely, and privies frequently
white-washed.
L A R N A C A :
District Hospital.
I. The quantity of water is practically unlimited. The source is the town
aqueduct. Quality is good.
II. There is a bathroom for each male and female department, with one full length
bath in each.
III. Drainage of water through cemented conduits into cesspits ; earth closet, two for
male and two for female patients, cleaned daily ; disinfectants used freely ; the
closets are separate from the main building and are reached by a roofed passage.
L I M A S S O L
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District Hospital.
I. The water supply is limited but has been improved by an additional pipe line.
It is derived from the town water-works. • Quality is good, but hard.
II. There are two full length enamelled baths, one for male wards and one for female.
III. There is ao sewerage system ; waste water is conducted by channels into deep
cesspits. T w o closets are provided for male patients and two for females,
there is also a closet for private wards. The dry earth system is in use, the
latrines arefly-proof,are cleaned & disinfected daily & frequently white-washed.
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District Hospital.
I. The quantity of water is sufficient. Source, a fountain 6-| miles distant, from
which the water is conveyed by an aqueduct. There is also a well in the
hospital groun-.. Quality is good.
II. There is one water closet and a bathroom for each male and female department,
with one full length bath in each.
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III. Drv earth latrines are used and the contents trenched in the fields daily.
There is no sewerage.
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District Hospital.
I. The quantity o£ water is practically unlimited and is derived from the town
supplv. The quality is very good.
II. There is* one bathroom and one full-sized bath.
III. There is no sewerage. Earth closet system, cleaned daily.
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District Hospital.
I The quantity of water is sufficient; it is derived from the town aqueduct and
a well in the hospital garden. Quality is good. •
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II There are two lavatories- and two bathrooms with zinc baths and water laid on.
III. Drainage of water through cemented conduits into a. cesspit. There are two,
earth closets cleaned twice a day.