. Preventive medicine and hygiene. The best design is the Havard latrine box. The seatsare arranged so that thev are always closed save when in use, and are SANITATION OF BAKRACKS AND CAMPS 1285 in pairs, back to back. The box should be lightproof and fly-tight, andshould completely cover the pit, which is ten feet deep by six feet wide;the length depends upon the number of seats. The pit is edged with aboard frame on which the latrine box rests. It is preferable to dig tbcpits in pairs, so that the latrine box can be in use while one of them burnt out. The pit is so deep tbat tbe boa
. Preventive medicine and hygiene. The best design is the Havard latrine box. The seatsare arranged so that thev are always closed save when in use, and are SANITATION OF BAKRACKS AND CAMPS 1285 in pairs, back to back. The box should be lightproof and fly-tight, andshould completely cover the pit, which is ten feet deep by six feet wide;the length depends upon the number of seats. The pit is edged with aboard frame on which the latrine box rests. It is preferable to dig tbcpits in pairs, so that the latrine box can be in use while one of them burnt out. The pit is so deep tbat tbe board frame is not affedcdby the fire, and the flame is hot enough to consume the material withlittle or no odor. After the burning, lime may or may not be sprinkledinto the pit, depending upon circumstances. Latrines should be ditched to prevent flooding and screened for pri-vacy; also roofed against rain. Sei^arate urinals should be providedin order to prevent soiling the seats and also for the purpose of reclaim-ino^ the Fig. 201.âField Sink. (Wilsons Field Sanitation, George Banta Pub. Co.) The urinal can is an ordinary galvanized iron can issued by theQuartermasters Department. If such a can is not available, ordinarycoal oil tins will suffice. The cans are placed in the company streets atretreat. They should be emptied each morning at reveille into the sinkor the incinerator and then thoroughly cleaned and put in the sun dur-ing the day. Two or three times each week the cans should be burnedout with a handful of straw and some coal oil. The position of thecans should be marked at night, with a lantern, and the ground wherethe cans stand should be burned over each day. In the absence of oil, and especially on the march, the straddle pitis used. This is simply a narrow deep trench, whicli should be coveredand marked on leaving. The straddle pits are recommended for camps 1286 MILITxVHY HYGIE^TE of one night. The straddle pit is simply a shallow trench less than twof
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