Indian Sanitation

Notes on Sanitation for Indian Troops

A small book has now appeared written by Captain T. F. Paterson, I.M.s., which as far as it goes helps to fill this want. Captain Paterson is very modest about his little book ; as a matter of fact, it is full of useful information and thoroughly practical. It is based on lectures on sanitation delivered to the class to the 37th Lancers, and a useful and necessary Urdu translation by Sub-Assist...

A Mahomedan Civilian on Indian Sanitation

London. Mr. Yusuf Ali begins by contrasting the death-rate of England and Wales, which was only 15 4 in the year 1903 with the 34 per mille for India in the same year ; that is, if the death-rate of India were on a par with that of England, there would annually be over 5 a million lives saved. Infant mortality accounts for a very lame share of these figures in India, and of course there is fami...

Sanitation and Other Allied Matters at Big Indian Railway Stations

2. Periodic flushing.?Do this by fire-hose pipes connected to the hydrants by a hydrantconnector. Dry the surface thoroughly with squeezers on the platforms and swabs in the waiting rooms, etc. 3. Collection of paper rubbish, fruit peels and skins.?-Do this in small waste-bins fixed at regular intervals' along the platform pillars. Banana skins lying on the platforms result nearly daily into pa...

Health and social benefits from improving community hygiene and sanitation: an Indian experience.

India is a country where Atomic Age and near Stone Age people co-exist. On one hand India has achieved development in many areas, but on the other hand there is still the practice of open defecation and manual cleaning of human excreta from bucket privies by scavengers. National sanitation coverage is only about 34% meaning that 66% of the population practises open defecation. Such unhygienic c...

Ecological Sanitation