Sanitation is one of the chief items in this health program for the students at the Air Forces Training School. In all this work the military receives the cooperation of the civilian authorities functioning through our State and City Departments. A survey, conducted with medical and mess officers at the school, reveals that the attention paid to all phases of cleanliness is continuous, and that no details are spared to safeguard the health of Enlisted Men, Aviation Cadets and Officers. A soldier may sometimes grumble at constant inspections, at officers insisting upon attention to details, at frequent G. I. parties. But all this attention to order and cleanliness is for that very soldier's own health.
Daily inspections assure each man's responsibility for clean quarters and clean latrines.
At the hospital, for example, floors are frequently waxed, all wards are swept and mopped at least once, often twice, a day. Floors of the dispensary, where soldiers first report with symptoms, are scrubbed and inspected daily. Even the Nurses' Quarters go through routine checks every day. Special care is taken of all food and all garbage. First to inspect is a special corps of trained veterinary men, who check all dairy foods and all meats before they are even permitted to be brought into AAF kitchens.