State Prison Camps in Fine Shape, Says State Board of Health, July 27, 1923

State Prison Camps Are in Fine Shape. . . Board of Health Finds All Camps, Including the One at Rock Quarry, to be in Fine Condition

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 by nine of the 12 camps which are now in operation. The average sanitary score according to reports is 96.4.

The nine camps, together with the name of the supervisor in charge and the score, follow:

Caldonia farm, C.J. Rhem, 94

Cary farm, Jesse Hilliard, 96

Timberlake, E.L. High, 93

Penland, J.B. Holloway, 97

Shelby, L.H. Champion, 97

Mount Holly, N.E. Ranes, 95

Durham, K.B. Ewing, 99

Mount Olive, T.F. Cates, 98

Hiddenite, F.C. Berry, 98

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

From the front page of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Friday, July 27, 1923