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Types of D do users. 



The Fodden-Thresh single-cylinder and double-cylinder steam 

 sterilizer for disinfection under pressure. 

 The French Autoclave of like type. 

 The Jacobs hot-air chamber and Orr Canadian hot-air chamber. 



Types of Bathing and Delousing Establishments. French Army. 



This is known as the personal hygiene section and it is run by the 

 French medical department. Upon its general principles our Amer- 

 ican baths were run. 



Personnel : One non-commissioned officer, a sergeant, two cor- 

 porals, three mechanics, one barber and lo men. 



Bathers were admitted in groups of 40. It is a test unit. It con- 

 sists of one store tent, Bessonnneau, for clean clothing, one tortoise 

 tent for storing soiled clothing, one tortoise tent for barber and 

 chiropodist, one tortoise tent for valuables, and the bathhouse. The 

 men on first entering the bath place their valuable in an individual 

 bag bearing their bathing number. This bag goes into a basket 

 which is locked and placed in the tortoise tent until they return 

 from the bath. They now receive their bath number on a wooden 

 tag, go to Room A of the bath house and look for their bath number 

 painted on latticed seats in the center of the room. Here they un- 

 dress, throw their underclothes on the floor, and stuff their outer 

 clothing and shirt into a mesh bag with a tag bearing their number. 

 This goes into the sterilizer. They keep their hats, their gas masks 

 and their shoes to carry into the bath room. In the bath room these 

 are placed in a cubby hole numbered with their bathing number. 



Upon entering the undressing room, an attendant notes the size 

 of the man for replacement of underclothing. There are only three 

 sizes ; one for short, one for medium and one for tall men. 



A reserve of 10,000 suits of clothing is kept in the store tent and 

 includes the following: Shirts, drawers, undershirts, stockings, 

 towels, and handkerchiefs. 



Each disinfector holds 40 kits, each composed as follows: 

 Breeches, blouse, overcoat and pair puttees. The autoclave is a very 

 handsome one and it has a steam ejector for creating a vacuum and 

 drying coils for driving oft' steam after sterilization. 



