Report to the Right Hon. Lord Panmure, G.C.B., &c., Minister at War, of the proceedings of the Sanitary Commission dispatched to the seat of war in the East, 1855-56 / presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, March 1857.

  • United Kingdom. Sanitary Commission (1855-1856)
Date:
1857
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Credit: Report to the Right Hon. Lord Panmure, G.C.B., &c., Minister at War, of the proceedings of the Sanitary Commission dispatched to the seat of war in the East, 1855-56 / presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, March 1857. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ground rises rapidly towards a ridge having an elevation of 98-75 feet at the cliff overhanging the Sea of Marmora, and attaining a height of 208*81 feet near the cemetery. The great Turkish barrack, known as the Barrack Hospital, is built across this ridge of ground. From the barrack, the surface fails to the south-east, towards a water-course opening on the level of the Sea of Marmora. The large washing establishment for the hospitals was situ- ated in this hollow close to the sea. The surface rising again, forms part of an irregular plain of some extent, on which is situated a large hospital belonging to the barrack, and about a third of a mile from it. This building is the second in dimensions, and was known as the General Hos- ]jital, That part of the plain on which it stands is ninety- six feet above the sea level. The ground falls towards the east from this hospital, and forms a broad, shallow vallej-, with a small stream running through it. In this valley is situated a kiosk and buildings attached to it, which formed the Palace or Haidar Pascha Hospital. The buildings are about thirty-five feet above the sea level, and are at a distance of fifty chains inland. Beyond them, to the south and south-east, there is a low ridge which forms the boundary of the area occupied by the hospicals at Scutari. There was another small hospital, consisting of a few wards over a stable near the barrack. There were also some temporary wooden erections used chiefly for convalescents within the barrack square. ^ Except a few houses at Haidar Pascha, there were no buildings of consequence besides those used for hospital purposes within the area described. It was quite open and exposed to the sea breezes. The soil is loam, thinly covered with turf, and there were no local sources of malaria, with the exception of some undrained ground at Haidar Pascha. 1. The Barrack Hospital. The Barrack Hospital first demanded the attention of the Commissioners, as being the largest of the establishments