White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-29
HEALTH OFFICER
INVESTIGATES
FINDS SANITARY CONDITIONS
GENERALLY GOOD IN ELY MIN
ING DISTRICT-RECOMMEND
TIONs FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

The following report relative to
the sanitary conditions of the district
will be read with interest, as bearing
upon a subject affecting the life and
welfare of the residents of Ely and
vicinity. The Investigation and re-
port is the outcome of Governor
Oddie's visit here last fall, during
the labor troubles, at which time
complaint was made to the chief ex-
ecutive that the sanitary arrange
ments in the congested parts of the
district We're bad. At the request of
the governor upon his return to Car
son City, Oscar J. tombstone, NJ. d.,
member of the state board of health,
and professor of physiology and by
gene at the State University, came to
Ely, and made an examination of the
conditions, and sent in his report to
Gov. Oddie. The report appears to
cover the details thoroughly, and on
the whole is of a commendatory ma
ture.
The intelligent mind in all parts
of the country is perfectly well aware
of the Importance of sanitation, and
that the best results are dependent
upon the principle of eternal yigi-
lance. The report shows that the
corporation properties are carefully
looked after as to the health arrange
ments, and recommendations are
made to bring about still further i'm
proyements. 1t behooyes the indivi-
dual householder and citizen to exer-
else care and assume his share of the
responsibility. Filth of any sort
should not be allowed to accumulate,
and become a breeding place for flies
and disease germs. Disinfeetants
are readily obtainable, and refuse of
many kinds ear be easily disposed of
by burning. The location of the dis
trict with its pure air and abundant
sunshine and absence of noisome
fogs, is theoretically disease proof,
and with the residents vigilant to
maintain cleanliness there should
be no trouble. DR.. Jo%hnstone's report
is as follows:
Tasker l.. eddie,
Governor of Nevada.
My Dear Sir:
In response to your request for a
sanitary survey of the mining camps
of the Ely district, and particularly
of the Greek quarters in those camps,
| beg to submit the following re-
port:
l have visited the camps at MeGill,
Ruth, Copper Flats, the Giroux prop
critics and the Veteran camp.
The Nevada Consolidated company
was most courteous in taking me
about the various camps and in an
swering all questions pertaining to
their policy in housing the men and
the general sanitary supervision of
the camps. inviting suggestions for
lettering the situation of the camps.
They have recently employed a man
thoroughly acquainted with modern
sanitary methods to have entire sup
ervision of the sanitary situa-
ton in all their camps, a o to be
thoroughly commended ond one that
will doubteless be productive of much
improvement in that direction.
In general / may say that the sani-
tary condition in all the camps is
fairly good-very good in several of
the camps. There have been no cpl
denies in any of the camps and very
little sickness of any kind. Each
camp has an emergency hospital and
resident physician, and the Nevada
Consolidated maintains a thorough
ly modern. c~ommodious and well
equipped hospital in East Ely. The
water supply in the different camps
is piped in from a distance and is ap-
parently safe and satisfactory.
The conditions in McGill are in
general good. There is a little ten
dency to over crowd among the
Greeks. a thing the general manager
tells me they have been ~systematical-
ly working to eliminate for several
years past and which they are
gradually over coming by building
more bunk houses, and tearing out
additions put up by the Greeks
themselves for the accommodation
of friends recently arrived.
The out houses are fairly sufi-
cient in number, we'll excayated,
well banked, and disinfected with
lime several times each week. On
the whole they are clean and salts