New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-30

/ the State Board OF HeaILn, VIZ, Secretary
DR.. Sawyer, Chief Sanitary Inspector
Mr.. Ross, and District Health Officer
| DR.. Ward are and were in such instances
of great help.
! Each camp was required to have an
! able-bodied man whose entire time was
devoted to the cleaning up the OF camp
and who was held responsible for the
sanitary condition of his camp. The
camps were, as far as general conditions
and the nature of the camp warranted,
: patterned, as before stated, after the
military camp in compliance with the
rules and regulations as given in tie
a, "Advisory Pamphlet Camp Sanitation
and Housing, issued by the Commissioner
of immigration and Housing of Cal
ifornia." Each camp foreman and camp
sanitarian was supplied with such pam
phlets and it was interesting and crafty
ing to see the interest awakened and
results obtained after the preliminary
skirmish. Men who had had charge
of construction camps for many years
and believed that camps could not be
kept czean, especially free from flies,
were converted and will never go back
to older and slovenly methods.
Garbage is removed daily from the=e
camps, in fy-proof covered containers,
to the county farm or neighboring
ranches and fed to hogs. Manure from
the corrals is also removed daily. and
Immediately spread over the fields Of
neighboring ranches, and to the city
pueblo lands Getty farn), and there
spread on the fields. No manure is
allowed to accumulate in piles, in order
to prevent the breeding Of flies. After
the manure has been removed the soil
is covered with crude oil and this covered
with straw or dried grass and burned.
Latrines or outhouses are built fly
proof and the feces are covered each
day with crude oil, little straw or other
easily infammable material and then
ignited. 1t is most gratifying to learn
how flies can thus be prevented from
seeking these places even when. not
screened. ~Urinals are painted daily
with thin coat of crude oil. All other
waste material is incinerated. When
the work is extended over a longer
distance, as in road, railroad and water
supply construction, "ambulatory la
trines or outhouses" have been con-
structed. They consist of box about
four feet square, painted on the inside
with crude oil. The hole has cover
which closes automatically. On the
inner front side is a curved piece of zinc
or tin to prevent the urine from being
spread over tie ground surface. Be-
meath the hole is placed an iron receptacle
large enough and deep enough to collect
feces. These pans are removed daily
and the contents are incinerated on a
simple rock incinerator. Men are en-
gagged for this special purpose, These
'1atrines" are placed at clo-e enough
to be Of easy access to the men
on the line of work and are moved as
necessity demands.
With these measures enforced there
has practically been no sickness in any
of the construction camps.
Much of the food used in these camps |
and the military camps consists of canned
food, and as it is prepared under federal
and state laws and regulations, no at
tention has been paid to it. Fresh foods,
such as meats, fish and fruits and milk,
are derived only from such establish
ments as have been investigated by the
proper authorities and permission granted |
upon certifcation to deliver their pro-
ducts.
Water supplies are constantly watched
and only unpolluted water is allowed to |
be used. Up to the present time we
have been able to supply all camps with ,,
water from the city water supply of
San Diego.
Camp Kearny and also the other
military camps in San Diego County
Excepting the camps in Balboa Park
within the jurisdiction Of the city health
are fairly we'll isolated, and
no concessions Of any kind for the erection
of lodging houses, hotels, restaurants,
ice cream parlors and places of amuse-
ment, etc., have been granted. The
military authorities have frowned upon
such establishments and wherever they
have jurisdiction have not granted such
privileges. 1t is the intention Of our
board of supervisors to enact such
if it becomes necessary, as
will make the establishment of such places
prohibitive. Should they once become
established, they would create a serious
and difficult problem to handle.
No regulations have been adopted
in California by state or local authorities
to control special sanitary zone around
military camps. This has been done
in Arkansas, where regulations have been
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