Camp-Meeting Rules by George Henry Heald

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Jun 13, 1912

Camp-Meeting Rules

By George Henry Heald

HERE is a set of camp-meeting rules prepared for the use of construction camps, and recommended by the Journal American Medical Association for summer camps. Many of the cautions given here might well be heeded in our camp-meetings:—

"1. Open windows must be carefully screened to exclude flies and mosquitoes.

"2. No food shall stand about uncovered except at meal-time.

"3. Water from brooks and creeks must not be used for drinking or cooking purposes.

"4. All kitchen waste, solid or liquid, must be put in tightly covered tins, or into garbage holes and every evening covered with earth.

"5. Dry-closet pails must be emptied frequently, and the contents covered with earth or otherwise satisfactorily disposed of, and not allowed to become a nuisance.

"6. The camp closets must be used exclusively.

"7. No paper nor rubbish must be scattered about the camp. Such material must be collected and burned or buried.

"8. Mosquito pools in or about the camp must be treated with kerosene or other oil at least every ten days, or oftener if found necessary.

"9. Weeds and grass must be kept short about the camp.

"10. All dead animals found around the camp must be immediately buried or otherwise disposed of.

"11. Proper precautions must be taken against infectious diseases.

"12. All other sanitary rules shall be strictly enforced as made or ordered by the State board of health."

This is an admirable set of rules for the summer camp, and should be borne in mind by any of our readers who expect to camp for recreation or for health, or on a colporteur tour. Our readers should also remember that the Review and Herald publishes a tract on "Camp Sanitation," which can be obtained either directly or from your State tract society. The price is two cents a single copy, by mail; in quantities, 3/4 cent.

G. H. HEALD, M. D.