Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-11
HEALTH
CONDITIONS At
CAMP KEARNEY

Camp Kearny, San Diego, Nov. IL
How many housewives daily inspect
The space underneath their ice boxes ?
/ AL Camp Kearny not only are such in
speclions a matter of daily occurrence
but The pans in which the water from
the melting ice drips are scalded
daily. In general, few households are
conducted with such regard for sani-
talon and hygiene as in this can't,
and few home or hotel kitchens are as
clean as those here.
! These precautions are not taken
because American youths are more
subject TO illness after putting on 4
uniform than before, but because once
Ia man has been accepted by The gov
Iernment for its military service, The
government has assumed steward
ship toward hat man and his family
which can end only in his safe re urn,
barring always the damage done III
actual warfare. A leasi, such is the
latitude of many officers here.
Sanitary regulations here, always
stricI, have been tighlened by recent
scribed are almost homelv in their
nature, for others The average man
does moi see The reason, and for
great many of them, although their
principles are prescribed in texts on
hygiene, The usual citizen has only
tolerant accep ance. The great diff
ference between sanitation. III This
camp and sanit lion in The home is
that in The army rylhing, no mat
ter how trivial i may appear, which
can tend 10 better the health of The
men is done; in many homes much
thai is writer in the books is over
looked in practice.
In This camp trained specialists or
der sanitary measure taken, and
trained men, if they be needed, are
available 10 do The work. AT home,
al he best only unskilled persons
are available to carry out sani arr
precautions urged in books.
The new sanitary regulation here
prohibit the use of common drinkins
cups, or The placing of drinkinS water
in such recept acles that 10 obtain it
resort must be had to clipping" lnI
the field no wa er may be used for
drinking purposes until 1T is exam
ined and passed by medical office.
The examination is a searching one
and, if need be, results in sleriliZing
treatment of he wafer before use.
UniI commanders are charged with
the duty of seeing that plenty of hot
water is available for the men 10
wash their mess kits, and that dish
towels are available for drying Them.
Orders provide thai men be "sent
through the mess halls before each
meal 10 kill all flies" Fly paper, fly
"swa ters" and fly traps are recog-
nized artices in mess accounts.
There is daily inspection bv he
medical officer of every regiment OF
separate battalion and another by
The commander of each battery or
company. Besides lhese, the camp
saniar inspector has a corps of
officers who make Independent in
specIions of different classes OF
places daily. For instance, one day
they inspect all Kitchens, he nex!,
perhaps, all stables. If some unit or
organization officer has given one
of these mark higher than he camp
sani AIRY officer approves, he hears of
il in plain terms.
One sanitary precaution, advocated
in many cities, bul adopted by only a
few, is the abolition of the common
shaving cup in barber shops. Such
cups are not allowed in barber shops
in his camp, allhou@h soldiers MAY
provide individual brushes and shaw
ing mugs if they desire.
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