Condition of State Prison Camps Reported, June 30, 1923

Conditions Of Various Camps Under Health Board

Raleigh, July 24—Sanitary conditions in the camps maintained in various sections of the state by the State Prison are excellent according to the findings of the inspectors of the State Board of Health.

Official inspections by representatives of the health department have recently been completed of nine of the 12 camps which are now in operation. Durham leads with a 99 point efficiency, with Mount Olive and Hiddenite Second with a 98 point efficiency. Timberlake camp brings up the rear with a score of 93. The average military score is 96.4.

The points scored are based on location, construction, water supply, food and nutrition condition of prisoners, clothing, bedding, bathing facilities, sleep and recreation privileges, disposal of sewage, absence of vermin, screening against flies and mosquitoes, physical records of prisoners, vaccination against typhoid fever and smallpox, and absence of tuberculosis and syphilis.

From the front page of the Tri-City Gazette, Leaksville, N.C., June 30, 1923