eir
decorations. That they are prisoners is shown only by their having on
them a white metal plate about 1-1/2 inches in diameter, bearing a
registration number and the two letters P.W. (Prisoner of War). In our
opinion this kind of medallion is a more judicious form of indication
than the bands, armlets or large letters used elsewhere. In summer the
cloth uniforms are replaced by linen uniforms of the same cut and
colour.

All men wear indoors leather slippers of the Eastern kind. Shoes are
used only by prisoners engaged on gardening, and by non-commissioned
officers.

Linen, clothes and footwear are renewed on fixed dates or according to
need.

_Hygiene._--Everything that has to do with hygiene and the sanitation of
the camp is the province of Lieut.-Colonel E.G. Garner, Medical Office
Inspector of Prisoner-of-War Camps in Egypt.

Water is supplied from the Heliopolis town mains, is of good quality,
and is provided in sufficient quantities.

For toilet purposes the prisoners have the use twice a day of shower
baths and water taps. The floor of the lavatories is sloping cement, and
the water drains away through a gulley between the two rows of baths.
Prisoners can get hot water from the kitchen when they need it. Soap is
supplied _ad libitum_.

For washing their clothes the prisoners have some very convenient
arrangements. Once a week each prisoner's blankets and clothes are
passed through the disinfecting chamber and thoroughly sterilised.
Thanks to this precaution, there is not a trace of vermin to be found in
the camp.

Ten Turkish barbers are occupied in cutting the hair of prisoners and
shaving them in a well-managed barber's shop.

The latrines are clean and numerous enough. Some of them are on the
English system; the rest on the Turkish. They are disinfected daily with
carbolineum. All discharge into the sewers.

_Medical attention._--The camp medical service is staffed by Colonel
E.G. Garner and two Armenian doctors (Arsen Khoren and Leon Samuel).
Four English hospital orderlies are assisted by three Turkish orderlies.
An English dentist visits the camp at the doctor's request.

At the infirmary, which is clean and well looked after, all prisoners
not seriously ill are accommodated with beds having mattresses and steel
springs. The consulting room is well supplied with medicines. Serious
cases are sent to the hospitals set apart for prisoners of war.

From 20 to 30 men come to the infirmary d