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and the conditions were such that it endangered no water supply, as, 
moreover, the odor was scarcely perceptible, it was believed un- 
necessary to transfer to another pit. While the men were at the fair 
grounds the fluids disappeared completely and the same pit was used 
until the middle of November. The cost of the pit, including the 
laying of 300 feet of sewer tile, was $22.50. 
Three rim-flushed hoppers were placed in a corner of the sleeping 
quarters for the use of the men, and one was provided for the officers 
in a closet adjacent to the quarters building. The cost of these 
hoppers and the necessary piping was $62.83. The cost of the 
system for the first 6 months of operation and the per capita cost per 
day are shown in Table 9. In computing these costs the entire cost 
of the cesspool and the labor of installation have been charged off in 
311 days, the time the first site was occupied. The proportional costs 
for the first 183 days were figured at the rate thus indicated. 
Table 9. — Total per capita cost of sewage disposal from January 10 to July 10, 1916, 
Fulton County, Ga., Experimental Convict Camp. 
Proportional cost of cesspool $13. 06 
Depreciation of hoppers and piping .' 20. 93 
Proportion of cost of installation 7. 22 
Total cost for six months 41.21 
Total number of convict calendar days from Jan. 10 to July 10, 1916 7, 174 
Cost of sewage disposal per calendar day $0. 0057 
GARBAGE DISPOSAL. 
Prior to the opening of the experimental camp it was customary in 
the other camps of the county to collect the garbage in the kitchen in 
open pails and to dump it later into uncovered receptacles, usually of 
wood, at a short distance from the buildings. When a sufficient 
amount had accumulated in these it was fed to hogs, of which every 
camp had a number. Strong recommendations for a change in these 
methods were made by the sanitary officer representing the Public 
Health Service, but during the fust month of operation the same 
methods were employed in the cooperative camp. About the middle 
of February covered metal receptacles were substituted for the open 
ones, and an incinerator of the barrel type * made of field stone and 
clay was constructed for the destruction of the solid wastes. How- 
ever, though the conditions around the pigpen were most offensive at 
times, and though the representatives of the Federal bureaus did all 
in their power to have the hogs removed, their efforts were not 
successful until April 21, when the nuisance was abolished largely 
because the table waste had been so reduced that there was no longer 
enough to keep the hogs alive. From that date until the termination 
of the cooperative arrangement the waste was disposed of partly by 
incineration and partly by trading with a neighboring farmer for but- 
1 For description, see Bulletin No. 414, U. S. Department of Agriculture, p. 103. 
