The Archive · 1937

No Overcrowding

Within, however, all semblance of cells or prison had been done away. The partitions between the cells had been removed, the walls whitewashed, cámp beds and lighting put in, and the result in each case was a large and roomy dormitory, with overcrowding totally "absent. The ground floor of one of the anding had been'turned nto a surgery, wi inspiring rows of gleaming bottles and other equipment. A doctor visits the camp once a day às à rule, and oftener If reqtiired: There is a little sick bay, complete with' cots and a nurse in atlendabce; but when 1 visited it, there was only one patient, a little girl, who smiled cheerfully up at us.

"Of course, we only use this for the small minor complaints about camp," Mr. Pearce said. "If anyone became seriously W, we ould send them in to a proper hospital."

When we came out of the surgery, Mr, Pearce pointed to the top of the hill to some more buildings, "That is our Jewish colony," Mr, Pearce told me. He explained that when the camps first opened, some difficulty, specially in the way of food supplies, was experienced with regard to members of the Jewish faith. Matters were finally arranged to everybody's satisfaction. by giving members of this faith a sort of camp' of their own; they are given a certain' sum of money each day, and cook and cater for themselves:

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