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good distance from the wells. When possible the well should be on 
the upper slope and the latrines on the lower slope of the line site. 
Cooly lines cannot be maintained in a proper sanitary condition 
unless it is the special work of some one to keep them so, one or 
more line sweepers must be employed whose daily duty it is to sweep 
out the drains, collect all refuse, rubbish, tins and bottles from the 
line site and its surroundings and dispose of it by burial or fire. It 
is a good plan to have trenches dug between the rubber in which the 
refuse is thrown and covered with earth each day. The line 
sweepers must also attend to the upkeep and liming of the latrines, 
if bucket latrines are in use they should bury the night-soil twice 
daily at sites which have been selected for that purpose. 
The Care of Labourers. 
Whatever class of labour is recruited each batch should 
be medically examined as soon as possible after arrival on the estate 
and all coolies should be rejected who, in consequence of disease, 
infirmity, or malformation, are found to be unfit for agricultural 
labour. The prompt medical examination of locally recruited 
coolies should never be neglected, these local coolies have often 
drifted in from highly malarious districts and in that case they 
are certain to be infected in a greater or less degree with malaria. 
It may not be necessary to turn such coolies away but it is essential 
that they shall receive special treatment with quinine if they are to 
be absorbed into the estate labour, force. Hfew recruits from tlie 
Coast are usually entirely ignorant of the art of food preparation, 
many of them have eaten riee for the first time at the Coast 
depot and still know nothing about cooking it, they are moreover 
very susceptible to malaria and bowel diseases. It is therefore 
a wise custom to supply them with cooked rations for not less than 
six months after arrival, the requisite arrangements entail some 
little trouble and supervision, but they do not involve any great 
expense. It may prevent tlie serious disorganization of a labour 
forcg which results from a high sick rate. A daily quinine 
ration should be given to all new recruits for a similar period. 
Upon estates where malaria is severe and quinine is given at the hour 
of morning muster it is well worth while to provide a ration of hot 
coffee or congee at the same time, large doses of quinine should not 
be given on empty stomachs, they produce unpleasant consequences 
and coolies are apt to evade their doses if it is so given. Unless the 
management makes provision for a hot ration the quinine is 
commonly taken either on an empty stomach or else on top of a 
handful of stale and sour rice left over from the meal of the previous 
day, in neither case can good results be expected. These preventive 
measures may be thought to be needless for universal adoption in the 
comparatively healthy Coast districts, but in the malarious country 
near the foot hills they might with advantage be carried out as a 
matter of routine by the estate management. 
