Report on the Concentration Camps in South Africa (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...Smith, the head of the sanitary staff, manages the people with great tact and discretion, and gets the rule about the ventilation of tenis and of houses fairly well attended to. The camp is very dry and well trenched. The surface water is drained off and used for the garden in the lower part of the camp. 4. Rations.--The usual O.R.C. rations are given. No tinned meat has been issued. Mutton from this locality is given four times a week, and Australian beef three times. This latter comes up direct from Durban. Meat is issued daily, groceries on Tuesdays. The milk given out for this camp is all condensed, but General Sir Leslie Ruudle allots eight gallons of fresh milk daily to the hospital. A small lime-juice ration weekly to each individual has recently been sanctioned. 5. Kitchens.--Some of the women club together for the use of ovens, but there is no common cooking of any kind. There were originally two public bake-ovens; but they were not used, and have now been taken away. The Superintendent is going to put up at once the tanks for boiling water which he has recently received. 6. Fuel.--Wood only is issued, black wattle from Durban. The ration is 21bs. per head per day, the same as a soldier's ration. Some coal is issued for the hospital. e 1B663. 0' 7. No Slaughtering is done in camp. When captured stock is used, a local butcher is paid 2d. a lb. for killing and delivering it in camp. 8. Beds and Bedding.--There are still about 65 adults in camp who have no bedstead or kartel. Scantling poles are ordered, and when they arrive in camp carpenter will make them into kartels. About 300 blankets have been issued. 9. Clothing.--The Superintendent had just ordered 861?. worth. Ho showed us his account. Some of his items were as follows: --961 yards corduroy. 4..