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story, wooden, 120 feet by 28 feet, averages 215 men to each, occupied by prisoners, one used as hospital. 11. Barracks, heating, cleansing, ventilation-stoves, cleansing imperfect, ventilation good.
12. Sinks and cesspools, construction, position, management-wooden frames, over vaults, dirty, badly managed. 13. Removal of offal and police very bad. 14. Rations, quality, quantity, variety-quality, quantity, generally good; variety, not sufficient. 15. Vegetables and pickles, kinds, amounts, how obtained-none. 16. Rations, how could, how inspected, messing-on stoves mostly, very few Farmer's boilers, seldom inspected, messing by barracks, small independent messes allowed. 17. Clothing, condition, deficiencies-good enough. 18. Men, morale, sanitary condition, personal cleanliness-fair.
1. Hospital, topography of locality, soil drainage-one of set of quarters; soil, drainage, same as camps. 2. Hospital buildings, number, kind, capacity-one, two-story, four wards 40 by 26 feet, 9 feet high, 20 beds to ward. 3. Hospital tents, number, kind, capacity-none. 4. Hospital warming, ventilation, lighting-stoves, ridge and side, coal oil. 5. Hospital water-closets and sinks-one sink in rear 80 feet, wood, over vault 6 feet. 6. Hospital discipline, police-fair. 7. Water, source, supply, quality, effects-from lake by pumps, sufficient, good. 8. Fuel, whence obtained, kind, supply-same as camp. 9. Diet, quality, quantity, and variety-good. 10. Diet, how cooked, how inspected, messing-cooking-stove, Farmer's boiler, inspected by medical officer. 11. Medical and hospital supplies, quality, condition deficiencies-quality, condition, good; deficient in opium, morphine. &c. 12. Instruments, hospital, personal, condition, deficiencies-sufficient. 13. Commissary stores, medical comforts, condition, deficiencies-good. 14. Hospital records, and accounts-properly made out and kept. 15. Hospital muster and pay rolls-properly made out and kept. 16. Reports of sick and wounded, and of operations-properly made out and kept. 17. Requisitions and returns-properly made out and kept. 18. Morning reports, provision returns-properly made out and kept. 19. Hospital fund, how expended, accounted for, condition-properly, end June, $190. 74. 20. Hospital washing, how performed, how paid for-by prisoners, washing machine.
1. Surgeon, number present, absent-1 present; absent, none. 2. Assistant surgeons, number present, absent-none. 3. Chaplains, number present, absent-none. 4. Hospital stewards, number present, absent-1. 5. Cooks and nurses, number present, absent-3 cooks, 7 nurses from prisoners. 6. Sick, ratio of, to strength of command-2. per cent. 7. Sick, condition, cleanliness-god. 8. Sick, beds for, superficial area and air space bed-sufficient. 9. Medical and surgical treatment-by rebel surgeons principally. 10. Surgical operations, how performed-none. 11. Nursing, how performed-by prisoners. 12. Diseases prevalent-diarrhea, dysentery, acute. 13. Diseases of local origin-dysentery, caused by bad police, bad bread. 14. Diseases, prevention, mitigation-good police, good bread, vegetables. 15. Recoveries from diseases, wounds, rapid or tardy-rapid or tardy-rapid generally. 16. Mortality from diseases, wounds, per cent-very small; one since 16th of May, 1864. 17. Vaccination-through last fall, none since. 18. Interments, how conduced and recorded-in cemetery in rear of prison yard, conducted by prisoners, headboard to each grave properly marked.
Absent medical officers accounted for-Henry Eversman; rank, surgeon; regiment, volunteers; remarks, efficient.
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