. Preventive medicine and hygiene. on. At least half anhour should elapse before canteens are filled from the faucets. The British in the present campaign are using a 100-gallon metaltank on two wheels, to which twenty-five grams of hypochlorite areadded. AVater is collected from indicated sources, and allowed to standover night with its charge of bleach. The French water cart is made upof two barrels on a pushcart, or may be horse drawn. The water is alsodisinfected with bleach. In addition both forces analyze the water ofsprings, wells, streams, etc., which are then labeled as potable or non
. Preventive medicine and hygiene. on. At least half anhour should elapse before canteens are filled from the faucets. The British in the present campaign are using a 100-gallon metaltank on two wheels, to which twenty-five grams of hypochlorite areadded. AVater is collected from indicated sources, and allowed to standover night with its charge of bleach. The French water cart is made upof two barrels on a pushcart, or may be horse drawn. The water is alsodisinfected with bleach. In addition both forces analyze the water ofsprings, wells, streams, etc., which are then labeled as potable or non-potable. The sanitary analysis consists chiefly of determining thechlorids and intestinal bacteria. The United States water wagon holdstwo hundred and twenty-five gallons and has a pump for filling. For water-borne diseases and other considerations concerning drink-ing water, see Section YI. Disposal of Excreta.—For the prevention of typhoid fever, dysentery,hookworm and other infections it is of prime importance that the urine. Fig. 200.—Straddle Pit Cover. (Wilsons Field Sanitation, George Banta Pub. Co.) and feces be disposed of in a safe and satisfactory manner. Of all campwastes the discharges from the body have the greatest sanitary signifi-cance. For permanent garrisons, sewerage systems with water carriageare possible and desirable. For temporary encampment, burial or burn-ing are the most satisfactory methods. Yarious types of incinerators for this purpose have been designed,such as the Lewis and Kitchen, and the McCall Incinerators, but theyare clumsy, heavy, and unless carefully tended prone to become nuisances. The best method is to burn the material with crude coal oil, whichis simply poured into the pit and lighted. This should be done firing, some straw or other light combustible stuff should first bethrown in. Latrixes.—The best design is the Havard latrine box. The seatsare arranged so that thev are always closed save when in use, and are SANITA
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