1893-1894 - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

114 NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF HEALTH.
owned by otlier parties they would be adjudged a nuisance
by the prison officials.
The convict camps are in good condition and faithfully
cared for. The water supply comes from deep and driven
wells and appears to be of good equality. The privies
receive careful and systematic attention
each day and are
kept in far better condition than those of the same type in
any other State institution, and I doubt if the care taken
at the camps is excelled anywhere. At Castle Hayne the
percentage of sick was very much larger than at the other
camps, but they were principally malarial cases and are no
doubt caused by the large amount of excavation going on.
I would advise the construction of cisterns at this camp in
order to provide a supply of drinking water, but care
should be taken to have the roofs washed clean from, any
deposit of dust from the ground rock before collecting the
water. At all of the camps I consider it advisable to carry
the foul water by a drain-pipe to a much greater distance
than is now done, as there is considerable stagnant water
in all of the open drains. In three cases an extension of
a few hundred feet will reach running water. At Caledonia
a large amount of ditching has been done and the
draining of the swamps has resulted in a great improvement
in the health of the convicts.
THE A. & M. COLLEGE AT RALEIGH.
This institution gets its supply of water from a large well
on the premises.
There are no sanitary fixtures in general
use on account of the difficulty of disposing of the sewage,
objections having been made to discharging it into the nearest
branch by parties living farther down. The kitchen
wastes are discharged at a good distance from the building
and on a lower level than where the well is located.
The privies are of the box pattern and are not as well