Report on the sanitary administration of the Punjab and proceedings of the Sanitary Board for the year ... and the report on sanitary works for.
- Punjab (India). Sanitary Board.
- Date:
- [1882]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report on the sanitary administration of the Punjab and proceedings of the Sanitary Board for the year ... and the report on sanitary works for. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Cremation and burial grounds. Cremation and burial grounds arc both out of Municipal limits. Towards the north there is a small jhil, which receives rain water of the surrounding area Miscellaneous The water remains lodged in this place a month or two after rains have ceased. Recommends that this report be forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner, for information and Eemarks by Sanitary Cwnmis- tbat ^ie exertions of the Tahsildar, Jugal Kishor, in furthering the.cause sioner. of vaccination and sanitation be brought^prominently to the notice of the Municipal Committee. Rewari Town—Inspected on the 12th March 1882. The town is situated on low ground, soil is loose, porous and very dry,not amply shaded by trees Preliminary remarks and plants, and has a natural slope towards west and south. The Rajputana- Malwa State Railway runs close by the western part of the town, which is surrounded by .a mud wall, for Octroi collection. The roads through bazar are metalled and have drains on each side. Besides these there are Streets and drains. 3 or 4 roads (paved and metalled), which pass through mohallas. The remaining streets in mohallas are kucha and tortuous. The drains are open ones and are mere outlets for water during the rains. The roads, streets and drains are kept regularly swept. There are no public sewers. The liquid sewage, &c. from houses is received into reservoirs (pucca) from which it is daily taken out and carried away in gharas to be conservancy^rrang'ements^n^orce! sprinkled over open grounds by sweepers in private employ of the house¬ holders. The mode of disposing off sewage from houses is difficult and cannot be expected to be efficiently carried out. There are about GO wells inside the town, all being brackish and unfit for drinking, and about 30 inside the town, which supply water for drinking. There are three tanks, Water-supply. 2 of which are pucca masonry reservoirs, one situated near the Serai and Railway Station and another about High School. The kucha one is situated at some distance from the town and the water of it appears superior in quality to the two others, which have water covered over with a green scum of vegetation. These tanks are used for bathing as well as for washing cattle They have not been cleaned out for years. The establishment consists of one Conservancy Daroga, on Rs. 15 per mensem and 62 sweepers and 4 sweepresses at Rs. 3 per mensem, excepting 4 sweepers @ Rs. 4, who are Conservancy establishment. attached to the latrines for males, and 9 more sweepers, who are conservancy cart drivers, @ Rs. 8 each per mensem. The whole establishment works under the superintendence of Assistant Surgeon Kali Nath Rai, who gets an allowance of Rs. 30 per mensem for the work. There are 8 pucca latrines, 4 for women and 4 for men, all situated at convenient distances round about the town. These are thatched kucha-pucca constructions, double Latrmes. blocks: the latrines for women are excellent designs, but those for men are faulty in respect of light: the entrance into each of the cells or compartments being too narrow to allow a stout man to pass through without rubbing against the walls. The orduie from the latiines is carried to kuris (filth depots) by means of carts and baskets, J he dry-earth system is m foice and gumlas are used to catch the fseces. The refuse is sold occasionally as manure at a small cost. There are 2 slaughter-yards, enclosed by walls, made of kucha bricks with pucca copings or tops. One is used for kine and the other for goats and sheep, that Slaughter-houses. for ]-iue situated at some distance from the one used for goats and sheep, both being outside the town. There are 4 cremation grounds situated round about the town enclosed by walls of kucha bricks with pucca tops. There are no fixed enclosures for burial. The people sometimes bury their dead in their own grounds. The brick kilns, pottery and tannery are all situated outside Miscellaneous. the town. Cremation and burial grounds. Recommends that a special meeting of the Municipal Committee be convened for the purpose Remarks by Sanitary Com- of carrying out, as far as practicable, the several suggestions made by the missioncr. Civil Surgeon for the sanitary improvement of this town. Action taken on the suggestions made in the above report. The Deputy Commissioner has consulted the Civil Surgeon and Municipal Committee, and is taking such steps as seem practicable towards remedying the defects complained of.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3148928x_0175.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
