223D MED DET CMD HEALTH RPT FOR 17DEC90 TO 25JAN91

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Subject = 223D MED DET CMD HEALTH RPT FOR 17DEC90 TO 25JAN91              

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Folder Title = 10TH MASH GEN MED SVC CORRESPONDENCE FILES                                                      

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       DECLASSIFIED
       ON: 18 MAR 98
       BY: SEC ARMY (DAMH) UNDER SEC 3.4 EO 12958
                                    APO llevt'york New Y03?k 09698
                                                                           30 January 1991
                              TBC! Au&vawso 332nd Mod BdOjo APO NY 09698
                         VOR Commanders 14th Prov Iled Unit,
                SUBJECTs 923r& Lled Dot (LB)$ ope=tion IOsert stomo, Comwad Health
                           Report for the period i7 Dee 90 'to 25 J&u 9is
                  sinoo a=iving In the 7th Corpe Area of Operation (AO) on 17 Doo 90$
                223rd Tied Dot (LB) evaluated the sanitation PraOtioes of 37 units
                assigned to 7th Coi4poo the 12th LVAO Hospita'L water systems the 240[h Ms
                Water distribution VOtem# end IS vehicles used to tran@epoxt or dispense
                Vator, The following infomat:Laa is submitted as part of the Command
                Real-Lh !report for the Period 17 I)oo 90 to 25 J= 91t L'L'7 AR 40-5# dtd
                15 Oet 90*
                go HFALM OF 2,iE eo,,XAlM: ' overall the health of the command appears to
                be good given the conditions of the rapid deployment of a large number
                of pevso=ol. Dozitary disoipli"e is good in most =its. units contain-
                Ing upper eoholon sta-:f demonstrated the poorest, nauitaxy discipline due
                to lack of field e*erioneo as a unit* Eight out of the 37 units evaluated
                did not have trained Field Banltation Teams (FST) IATI pam 14-3l AR 40-50
                dtd 15 Oet 906 Four of -the evaluated units did not have field sanitation
                supplies as p-cosei-ibed in appendix D,, iri.-I 21-iO-i. dtd il Oo'u 89* Two
                units evaluated viore a,.7aitlmp the delivery of their supplies from Porto
                30 RIVIRWMITAL SMIITAT10iit
                   a, Drinking water for all units was bottled water. Water for
                persoma hygiene a-ad oleaning was obtained from water Distribution
                Points* Difficulty in obta',Ainp, water transportation -rehiclas for
                unit water supply va!3 expressed by several COSO(ii Lmits.
                   b, liquid waste was disposed in open trenches o:r.- pits* Several
                =its either did not have soakage pits/trenches fo2? all sources cf
                I.iquid waste or they were insiif:C-t-oient to contain tlio volume of liquid
                waste produced# The soil abso3.,bs water slowly and becomes easily clogU,@4
                with soap scum or kitchen 6re-ace/debxlo.
                   c, Solid waste is burned in pits or trenches. Some =its are not
                closing -the garbage pits when the pits are    -Iled to within one foot of
                ground level IAII M@l 21-IO& Inclined plane   inceneratorn are not avail.
                able for the proper disposal of infectious waste as presox@ibed by
                'I 21
                    do Latrines were built using a desi    ga found effective in the
                Viet Nam conflict. The desiga is -adequate for a hot climate, Due to
                the large amount of soi@ooninr, the latrines do not have protection from
                 %io rain. wind or sa-ad# nor do they provide privacy* The latrines are
                     Out type latrines that# if'not spraved "- ly with insecticides,