Volume 1
The Imperial Yeomanry Hospitals in South Africa, 1900-1902 / edited by the Countess Howe.
- Imperial Yeomanry Hospitals Committee.
- Date:
- 1902
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: The Imperial Yeomanry Hospitals in South Africa, 1900-1902 / edited by the Countess Howe. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![There is a parade of sick daily at 7.30 a.m., when any man whom the M.O. considers is advisable is placed in the ‘ Detention tent,’ and if necessary later sent to hospital. There is also a daily parade of all men at 10.30 a.m. Agreeable to the request of the Superintendent of the Soldiers’ Home, the men are allowed to remain out until 8 p.m. to visit the Soldiers’ Home. From 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. the men have no duties unless required for occasional pickets or guards, and can leave the Convalescent Camp. (Plan of Camp enclosed.) Elandsfontein, December 147//, 1901. J. M. LEA, Major, S.M.O., I.Y. Depot. LINES OF COMMUNICATION ORDER, 8th September, 1901. Rations.—On the recommendation of the Principal Medical Officer at Headquarters the following- diet scale is sanctioned for convalescent soldiers in any convalescent depots, which may be established at or near Coast Forts, viz. :— An ordinary soldier’s ration of bread, meat (1 lb.), groceries, vegetables, and jam; also 2 ounces of bacon and y^th tin of preserved milk daily, 1th lb. of onions, and qqtli lb. rice two days a week each, but not on the same days. When the unconsumed portion of the bread ration cannot be utilised for making puddings, &c., the ration will be reduced to 1 lb. [True Copy.] .1. IRWIN, Major, R.A.M.C. I IMPERIAL YEOMANRY CONVALESCENT CAMP, EL ANDSFON TEIN. BREAD COOK WATER BATH WASH-HOUSE, BOX. HOUSE. TANK. ROOM. PLAN SHOWING ARRANGEMENT OF BEDS. 193 c c](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28038265_0001_0223.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
