. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. CONVICT LABOR FOR ROAD WORK. 97 carry away bad odors. The opening of the flue in the box should be screened against flies. Portable Privy. A design for a sanitary, flyproof, portable privy for use in con- nection with camp buildings, or in convict camps subject to more or less frequent moving, is shown in Plate IV. It is so arranged as to provide a separate and private compartment for each occupant, and may be constructed to accommodate as many occupants as desired, as each compartment forms a section of the entire bui
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. CONVICT LABOR FOR ROAD WORK. 97 carry away bad odors. The opening of the flue in the box should be screened against flies. Portable Privy. A design for a sanitary, flyproof, portable privy for use in con- nection with camp buildings, or in convict camps subject to more or less frequent moving, is shown in Plate IV. It is so arranged as to provide a separate and private compartment for each occupant, and may be constructed to accommodate as many occupants as desired, as each compartment forms a section of the entire building. At least one section should be provided for every 15 convicts. The door is provided with a hinged spring so that it will close automatically and the ventilating and other openings are all screened. The screened opening at the bottom of the door serves not only as a ventilator, but also, by afford- ing a view of the legs of the occupant from the outside, as a means of checking the abuses which frequently arise in convict camps where it is possible for more than one person to oc- cupy a privy compartment at the same time. Sewers and Sewer Plumbing. Fig. 4.—The boxed can. Flies are excluded by the fly- tight box. Such a device is safe, sanitary, and con- Camps in which running water venlent, and may be placed in an existing privy |. - - or in any suitable outbuilding. is supplied also must be provided with an adequate system of sewers and sewer plumbing to carry oflp the water and water-borne wastes of the kitchen, lavatories, shower baths, and water-closets. The sewer or the main pipe leading from the camp to the point of disposal should be of salt-glazed, vitrified clay not less than 6 inches in diameter, with bell and spigot joints, and the joints should be filled with cement mortar. The pipe should be laid in as nearly a straight line as possible from the camp to the disposal point, and care should be observed to eliminate abrupt irregularities in the grade. In relati
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