TO OWNERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS OF 

 LABOR CAMPS. 



On August 3, 1913, a riot occurred on a hop ranch near Wheatland. 

 The Commission of Immigration and Housing after a thorough inves- 

 tigation of the causes which led up to the riot, determined that prob- 

 ably the most important contributory factor was the poor housing and 

 sanitary accommodations afforded the w r orkers. Further investigation 

 made it clear that the Wheatland hop ranch conditions were not 

 exceptional, but that similar insanitary housing conditions prevail 

 pretty generally throughout the labor camps in the State. 



Our contact with the employers of labor made it clear to us that the 

 undesirable sanitation was not the result of intentional carelessness 

 but rather a relic of early California days when our people were good 

 naturedly willing to put up with almost any housing conditions. 

 Where we have suggested improvements in housing or sanitation, we 

 have met with hearty cooperation on the part of every camp owner. 



In our desire to be of the greatest possible help to the owner of the 

 labor camp and to the man who must live in it, we have thought it 

 wise to submit in the form of a pamphlet certain suggestions pertain- 

 ing to the housing of men in camps. This pamphlet has been prepared 

 under the direct supervision of the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the 

 Commission, J. ^J. Rosen thai, who has received Jielpful suggestions 

 from the following authorities: 



Colonel R. G. Ebert, Department Surgeon, Western Depart- 

 ment, United States Army. 

 W. A. Sawyer, M. D., Director of the Hygienic Laboratory of 



the California State Board of Health. 



William B. Herms, Assistant Professor of Parasitology, Uni- 

 versity of California, and Officer in charge of Malaria Inves- 

 tigations, California State Board of Health. 

 Dr. George W. Shaw, Consulting Agriculturist and Land Expert. 

 Symmes, Means & Chandler, Agricultural Engineers. 



These experts have formally expressed their approval of the scheme 

 of this pamphlet and of the several recommendations made therein. 



If any portions of this pamphlet are not perfectly clear to you, or if 

 you have a problem in housing or sanitation which we do not cover 

 herein, we invite you to write to our San Francisco office stating your 

 difficulty. Your inquiry will have the personal attention of our 

 Engineering Department. And if we can not handle your problem 

 satisfactorily through the mail, we shall willingly send a personal 

 representative at no expense to you. 



COMMISSION OF IMMIGRATION AND HOUSING 

 OF CALIFORNIA, 



Underwood Building, 525 Market Street, 



San Francisco. 



