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(c) Ablutioji benches or other provision for handwashing after 



use of latrines (area sanitation). 



(d) Prohibition of towels. 



2. Sinitation of Kitchens: 



{a) Neatness and cleanliness of kitchen itself and utensils. 



{h) Prohibition against use of uncooked food. 



{c) Enforced hand cleanliness of kitchen crew. 



((/) Medical inspection of kitchen personnel and all handlers 



of food and removal of all sick or sickening, as well as 



carriers. 



3. Surveillance of Drinking Water: 



(a) Proper chlorinization of water and a bacteriological ex- 

 amination of disinfected water from time to time as a 

 check thereon. (Division sanitary squads and Army 

 mobile laboratory.) 



(&) Careful supervision of water sources and guard therefor 

 (unit commander, division sanitary inspector, sanitary 

 section chief, engineer water supply details. Army mobile 

 laboratory). 



(c) Supervision over water carts (division sanitary personnel). 



4. Disposal of Garbage and Offal: 



(a) Soakage pits for liquid waste. 



(b) Incineration, or sale, or other, disposal to civilians of solid 



garbage. 



(c) Prompt burial of carcasses. 



(d) Removal and proper disposition of manure (burning was 



impossible). 



5. Prompt Notification of Military Chief zvhen in the Presence of 



Epidemic Conditions. 



It will not be amiss to consider briefly the Special Procedures for 

 Special Diseases. 



Typhus and trench fever require careful destruction of lice, the 

 carriers of these diseases. 



Typhoid and congeners were practically eliminated from all 

 Armies by vaccination. The few persons who acquired typhoid 

 fever were especially susceptible and did not receive a large enough 

 preventive dose of the vaccine ; were recipients of an overwhelming 



