Dyuman's Correspondence with The Mother

8 August 1934

Dear Mother,

A of the Washing Section asks me to help him. He says: "The Mother has written to me to be very careful about the flies so they may not gather, etc."

Yes—flies are very dangerous, just now more than ever.

When the Washing Section is working it puts the inmate's vessels in water immediately; but when the inmates go for their food at late hours, their dishes remain in the open and flies gather on them.

No dishes must be left in the open as an attraction for flies. If they cannot be washed at once, they must be dipped in a tub full of water—this is very important.

It is better, these days to wash every day with "chlorure de chaux" the floor of the kitchen, the serving room and the dining rooms. The serving tables too.

8 August 1934