_Clothing._--The sick men's garments are consigned to a storehouse, and
are replaced by 2 nightshirts, a hospital jacket with a hood, and a pair
of slippers.


_Hygiene._--Drinking water is drawn from the town main and filtered
before use. There is an ample installation of lavatories with running
water, baths with hot and cold douches, and Turkish baths. Turkish
latrines have been fitted in the annexes of the palace. Natives do the
laundry work and ironing.


_Special Quarters._--The Red Cross Hospital is provided with a spacious,
well-lighted theatre for operations, and all the necessary apparatus. In
a neighbouring ward a powerful fumigating stove, built by natives after
a French model, enables instruments and dressings to be completely
sterilised. Since the introduction of this perfected method of
sterilisation cases of infection and erysipelas have entirely
disappeared from the hospital, and post-operation mortality has been
reduced to barely one quarter per cent.

There is a laboratory devoted to summary analyses; more complete
chemical or bacteriological analyses are carried out in the town
institution. The dispensary is well supplied, containing all the most
modern medicaments.

Six wards are reserved for tuberculous cases, who have their own special
nurses. Such consumptives as are not confined to bed pass most of the
day in one of the palace gardens which is assigned to them.