Notes for sanitary officers, British Expeditionary Force in France / [the War Office?].

Date:
1917
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Credit: Notes for sanitary officers, British Expeditionary Force in France / [the War Office?]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1] the material available on the spot, and all refuse, including tins, passed through it and burnt. It will be cleared out daily, and ashes, etc., placed in adjacent pit. Unburnt refuse will be stacked in an improvised covered bin near to the incinerator. Where manure is collected and stacked for farmers or others | to remove, they should be instructed to remove it at least twice a week. Such as is not removed at the end of each. week should be burnt. Particular attention must be paid to this. H. Residential Trains.—The occupants of each carriage or wagon are responsible for the sanitation of the surrounding ground. Covered boxes for refuse should be provided for each wagon or carriage, and the N.C.O. in charge instructed where the boxes are to be emptied. Frequent inspection, after mealtimes especially, should be made of the ground around the train. J. Railhead Camp or Billets. — The camp or billets ((.¢., buildings occupied by Railhead staff) are to be inspected daily. Provision must be made for latrine accommodation, incinera- tion, ablution, and disposal of waste water. It is most important that night urinals should be improvised. made. Covered receptacles for refuse should be placed near each cookhouse. K. Disinfection.—A Mackenzie Spray is available at impor- tant stations for disinfection of billets, ete. Cresol (14 ozs. to 1 gallon of water) is to be used as the disinfecting solution. When billets are taken over for the Railhead Staff they must be disinfected before being occupied. L. Notice Boards.—Notice boards showing positions otf drinking water supply or latrines should be improvised and erected in prominent places. . M. Reference to the R.T.O. should at once be made im cases of :— (1) Any doubt or difficulty in connection with your duties. (ii) Your authority as a: Military Policeman being questioned. (111) Persistent offenders against sanitary rules or orders. (iv) Nuisances being created by insanitary conditions existing near to the railhead caused by inhabitants living alongside railway, convoys, or other units parked near by. When the railhead is changed it is essential that the area is left in a sanitary state, that latrine trenches and all pits are properly filled in and marked, and that all water storage vessels, equipment and stores are taken to the new Railhead, unless otherwise ordered.