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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 583 
Contribution from the Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering 
LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Director 
Washington, D. C. v March 7, 1918 
REPORT ON 
EXPERIMENTAL CONVICT ROAD CAMP 
FULTON COUNTY, GA. 
By 
H. S. FAIRBANK and R. H. EASTHAM, Highway Engineers, 
and W. F. DRAPER, Passed Assistant Surgeon, 
U. S. Public Health Service 
CONTENTS 
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Striking Results of the Experiment Furniture and Equipment . 
The Plan of Cooperation Subsistence . .. .. 2. 
The System of Convict Labor in Georgia Medicine and Medical Attention .. . 
Description of the Camp Site. . Transportation of Convicts and Supplies 
Camp Buildings Convict Population. . . . 
Other Camp Structures and Fixtures . Discipline and Morale 
Moving Pertable Buildings. . . Sanitation . .. 
The WaterSupply ...... Records and Reports : 
Sewage Disposal ...... . Summarized Costs of Maintenance . . 
Garbage Disposal . . . . . = Road Work . 2. «+ 2 « «© «© © « @ 
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WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1918 
