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building facing to the north has also two large wards, each CHAP. IV, 

 capable of accommodating 18 patients, with a verandah running- PART III. 

 its full length, facing the square, and an open verandah at the wkllington. 

 back used for smoking. At the west end are the Matron's Mkdical 

 quarters, and a small room known as the female hospital, which is climatk,&c. 



divided, one section forming a ward for women during confinement. 



The latrines, which are on the flanks, reached by covered and 

 closed passages, are suitable, well attended to, and conducted 

 strictly on the dry-earth principle. The drainage is by open 

 masonry channels conveying the waste wash and rain water down 

 the slopes. The wash-house is suitable, and is provided with basins 

 and taps, and a plentiful supply of water. Cooking is on a range 

 and is performed by native cooks under the superintendence of a 

 European orderly. It answers admirably, the men having various 

 and savory dishes, and curries when allowed, soups, puddings, 

 jellies, &c. 



The hospital accommodation for women and children is insufH- 

 cient, there being only room in the ward, known as the female 

 hospital, for six beds, whereas seven and eight women and as 

 many as 18 children have required hospital treatment at one time 

 during the past season, 1876. The small room adjoining the female 

 hospital is capable of accommodating one woman, but as many 

 as three have been obliged to be placed in it. There are no small 

 wards for the treatment of special cases. One woman, suffering 

 from enteric fever, and a child suffering from the same, have 

 been obliged to be placed in a small room at the end of the 

 godown. This shows how great is the necessity for a new female 

 hospital, and now, as it is believed the number of men at this 

 depot will be increased by the occupation of the new barrack, 

 the whole of the men's hospital will be required for their own 

 use. It will thus be necessary to vacate the present Matron's 

 quarters and female hospital, and to provide others elsewhere. 

 I have proposed that the present lock hos]iital, which is a well- 

 rai.sed, well-ventilated building with boarded floor, and will 

 accommodate about 14 patients, should be converted for the 

 purpose by verandahs being thrown out front and back, and a 

 Matron's quarters with Medical Officer's room for out-patients 

 being added, without any very great outlay of money, especially 

 as Government are impressed with the necessity of erecting a 

 new lock hospital in a less objectionable position than the present, 

 and have sanctioned 13,000 rupees for this purpose. 



The cantonment extends on the west from the Commissariat Cantonmciu. 

 store and godown, on the north to the Commissariat cattle-shed, 

 near the Jackatalla valley, on the east to the Kotagiri road and 

 Commandant's hill, and south to the race-course. The centre 

 is at a point known as the fountain where ten roads meet. 



