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At the hill Sanitarium of Trgarh the drinking water supplied to the con-
valescents is obtained from the Doodea well in the city of Ajmere. The analysis
published in the report on Nasirabad shows that it is a most unsafe drinking
water.
At Nasirabad the troops are at present supplied from two wells, only one of
which is proved by analysis to contain good water. A reservoir, regarding
which full details are given in my report on that station, has been constructed
among the hills about five miles from the Camp, and although the water from it,
owing to a large amount of vegetable contamination, is not at present fit for
immediate use, I am confident when the filtering and storage arrangements have
been improved that it will yield very good water. The inhabitants of the Sadar
Bzr are at present solely dependent for their drinking water on diggies and
surface wells, the water in which is simply sewage; and until the Danta Lake
water, supplemented from the Bir tank, can be brought into the bzr, its condition
must be a standing danger to the troops. The Analyst made a very complete
analysis of all the waters at Nasirabad.
At Neemuch the water-supply is solely derived from wells sunk in the late-
rite rock. The troops obtain their supply from the hospital well, which contains
water of good quality, but which is open to danger, as I have explained in my
report on that station. The water in the wells in the Sadar Bzr at Nee-
much is very impure and is a source of danger to the troops frequenting it. The
analyses are embodied in the report.
At Indore the water for the troops is obtained from a well sunk on the
black cotton soil. As this is open and situated close to a public road, it must,
at all times, be liable to pollution.
At Mhow the water-supply is derived from surface wells, many of which
are at a lower level than the barracks, and they are at all times liable to be
contaminated by surface impurities. Full details regarding the water supplied
to the troops and that used in the Sadar Bzr, which is most impure, will be found
in my report on that station together with the analyses made by the Analyst.
At Asirgarh the drinking water for the detachment is obtained from a well
sunk on the banks of the Sukkur Tank. Drains have with great judgment been
made to cut off water flowing over inhabited areas from finding its way into the
drinking water-supply and to convey it into another tank at a lower level. The
catchment area of the tank is formed by the parade ground and the greatest
care is taken to keep this clean. The tank water is filtered through sand before
it passes into the well, and the beneficial effect of this treatment in reducing the
amount of organic matter is seen from a comparison of the water taken from
the tank and that from the well:-

Parts per Million.
Free Ammonia.
Albuminoid Ammonia.
Sukkur Tank
026
7
Well
Nil.
13
Do. after passing through the Macnamara filter
Nil.
09
The water from the two nls on the road from Chandni Railway Station to
Asirgarh and that from a well and the nla at Chandni is in each instance bad.