General No. 28 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of a Letter from the Acting Political Agent at Zanzibar, Submitting a Report on the Present Condition of the Jail Building at Zanzibar [‎369v] (8/20)

Building for Zanzibar Jail and Hospital.
tiouable because exposing the whole inner Court to rain and wind in foul
■Heather. These spaces will have to be built up, leaving one or two small
pemngs as ventilators near the roof, and leaving also a part of space 1 to hp
fitted up as a window to light the south corridor o°n the upper lo? and fo! a
similar reason it would be an advantage to open out a front window in the
south corridor on the ground floor, where shown. The open and exnoserl
portion above the stairease ought also to be roofed over like the other parts
accommodation! 18 t0 the general comfort of bospifri
4. It will be necessary to have some one resident in the house, who would
lave immediate charge of the jail and hospital. He would he supplied with
Toms 111 !) and t e accordill g Government sanction. Tim
looms 1) and E might bo given over to the resident; E and 6 which are
at present used as bath-room and cook-room respectively might be retained
“s^frhtenl “V 0 ^ ^ral ^equhLOnt“of
e establishment, if such an arrangement were practicable; reservins room
U tMs Quart a er° 0II ’^ datl ° n n 1 ^ distressed . Britisl1 s «'’ject turning up
tj/ f i j ’ I^ 11S miscellaneous assembling of prisoners distressed
iitish subjects, and a responsible resident on one flat of a small ’house does
stances 0 andwXthe ,n Self ^ r ^’ 8 i i leaS ° f pro P riet y’ but under the circum-
able i think it w, nl!fr e - a - r ^° Sa1 ’ n0 ° tller a ™“gcment seems to be work-
foi the SunerL ende t bc “J udlcl0us -to say the least of it, to propose quarters
injudicious would ft be ?n aS - i tl ; C h0Spital wards i and equally
Id r- be to estaW ish the hospital on the ground floor when n
better arrangement is practicable. ° 001 ’ wllen a
detached de ? irabl ? 1 a,so to have a small dead-house in the compound
of thel -1 i Tf. buildl , n »’ and in oonn ection with it latrines fo“ he use
to leave his ward !^* 1 ^ ^ niSllt Cl ‘ an ’ W ° uld be sup P lied to any patient unable
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for the 86 ^ 0 ™^ oVeuZ^TW^^^f 6 th ! c , ompo " lld > ^ be required
sepoy Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. would necessarily sLplt ^
he ample'for tTetS° f ^
November to th^mid^^of 3 M "ytli-east from about the middle of
variably durino* the rest of fhp ^ a ^ l 5 rrf n ^i 111 s ? u ^" west anc ^ south-east
accommodation on the ground T n / ar ° e ll 0 s P 1 ^ 1 ward and the private
direct; the two sin-le g XdVn ^ g T rally the southerl y winds
easterly wind, hut with nn nno ^ P nson ce ^ s are exposed to the north-
arrangements for ventilation 1 th court m tiie ceatr p. of tlie building, and proper
prevailing winds 1 througbout’ the^house. ^ ^ cireulat ion b {he
contagious nature '^Tbese 'ivi'ii'ild l )10 ' ds ^ n bas beeu nlaip! for affections of a
possible, either by' temnoilvv d ^ 1° b ? ^ at tlle time iu the ^est way
longer required, or by nsinV fo ^?| tl0ns to be destro yed or removed when no
space, an undesirable alternative S ° me Vacant P art of tlle hospital
substantially biSlt^mf ^ SpaCe enc ! osed . ^ ^ G . boundary walls, which are
mately 1,280 square yards SC1CU ieet inside measurement, is approxi-
^Ihe pioposed alterations are shown on the plans in red ink.
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