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land. Hence Bangalore, from its elevation, its coolness, its 

 freedom from swamp, jungles, and all sources of malaria, 

 should be equally healthy, as is evinced by the comparative 

 healthiness of Natives and European women and children. 

 There is however much sickness, and chiefly confined to the 

 soldiers, and it is therefore much in the power of Govern- 

 ment and its officers to preserve the health and efficiency of 

 the troops. 



The following suggestions are consequently submitted for 

 consideration. 



1st. Enclosed verandahs to the Barracks, similar to those 

 of the Hospital, as a means of promoting ventilation and 

 comfort. 



2nd. The dress regulations to be modified and strictly 

 enforced, agreeably to Sir Stamford Whittingham's order. 

 The Forage Cap to be made of a useful size, worn well on 

 the head, and furnished with a peak. 



3rd. Suitable protection to the men on the several sentry 

 walks, by erecting thatched sheds. 



4th. The abolition of Mess and Pay Master's, and all 

 superfluous day and night guards. 



5th. The deficiency of bedding must be, and is, a source of 

 privation and discomfort, as well as of filth and disease, in a 

 hot climate ; it is recommended that the quantity be assimi- 

 lated to that in use in H. M. service at home and abroad. 



6th. The roofs of the Barracks to be constructed of proper 

 materials, to avoid that great source of irritation and loss of 

 rest, from bugs. 



7th. The abolition of the miserable, small, low, badly 

 constructed, huts with mud floors, called " patcherries," used 

 for married soldiers and their families, often the receptacles 

 for vice, infamy, and sale of liquors, &c. 



8th. Native Hospitals should be established, which might 

 receive diseased females, especially in a country where there 

 are no public institutions for their cure, and the entire re- 



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