8 CAMP SANITATION AND HOUSING. 



2. The kitchen, mess' and commissary houses should be at least 100 

 feet from the sleeping quarters. 



3. The stable, sheep corral and chicken coops should be at least 600 

 feet from the kitchen and mess house, and at least 500 feet from the 

 sleeping quarters. 



4. The toilets should be placed at least 75 feet from the sleeping 

 quarters and 200 feet from the kitchen and mess house. 



5. If incinerators for kitchen garbage are used, they should be 

 located near the kitchen. 



6. The hospital tent or house should be 200 feet from the kitchen 

 and mess tent, and 75 feet from the sleeping quarters. 



Figure 1 shows a suggested layout of a model camp. 



Figure 2 shows the layout of the State Highway Construction Camp 

 at Shingle Springs, standardized by the Commission. 



Figure 3 (page 10) shows the main camp layout of the Durst Bros/ 

 hop ranch at Wheatland, planned by the Commission. 



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Water Supply. 



1. A plentiful supply of wholesome water for drinking and bathing- 

 should be supplied. 



2. In every case, the supply must be absolutely free from organic 

 contamination. 



3. Ground water supplies from wells should be covered at the top, 

 to insure against surface pollution. 



4. Old wells in questionable positions with reference to surface 

 drainage should be condemned and, whenever there are no wells free 

 from pollution upon a permanent camp site, new Avells should be sunk. 



5. Whenever it is necessary to erect a camp at a place where the 

 only water available is known to be contaminated or is even of ques- 

 tionable quality, such water should be purified by boiling. 



6. All privy vaults and cesspools should be at least 200 feet from the 

 water supply -and so located that pollution is impossible. 



Figure 4 shows how a well may become polluted by the contents of 

 a privy vault. (See page 11.) 



Figure 5 shows how a well located on high ground may be polluted 

 by the contents of a cesspool lower down. 



Figure 6 shows how a cesspool located on high ground may fail to 

 pollute a well lower down. 



7. Frequent analyses of the water in use should be made to assure 

 the water's purity. 



8. If drinking water is kept in a barrel, the barrel should be cleaned 

 frequently. The water should be drawn from this barrel by a faucet, ' 



