Medical care and health issues
Medical and dental facilities were for the most part inadequate, lacking in both equipment and staff. Doctors and nurses were overworked, and treatment was often substandard as well as delayed. Camp inmates recall outbreaks of food poisoning, tuberculosis and dysentery epidemics, and preventable deaths of patients and newborns.
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Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting, November 28, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-327)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting. Includes discussion on wages, records, facilities, and hospital. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0329
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Minutes from Heart Mountain Community Council special session, January 10, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-510)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting Special Session. Includes discussion on labor, fire, and "evacuee doctors." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0512
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Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, August 31, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-466)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes reports on "food problems," "dental problems," recreation, and administrative procedures. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0468
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Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, April 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-553)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion on camp healthcare, medical services, doctors, and hospital facilities. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0555
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Medical tag (ddr-csujad-55-1987)
Medical tag for Allan Minoru Hida, family number 27776. "To be taken by medical examiner." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1990
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Baby formula instructions provided at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1400)
Instructions in Japanese for baby formula based on age and weight of the baby using either whole milk or evaporated milk and food lists for infants under one year of age from the Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook,"Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 61. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. …
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Letter from the Lemuel B. Schofield, Special Assistant to the Attorney General to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, April 28, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-1333)
Correspondence from Lemuel B. Schofield to the Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding "instructions concerning the treatment of enemy alien detainees." Covers humane treatment, quarters, sanitation, exercise and fresh air, food, clothing, bedding, canteens, work, recreation, religious service, visitors, internal relations, censorship, money and valuables, discipline, medical care, civil processes, death and burial, and posting of the …
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Leanor, nurse's aide at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1407)
Two black and white photographs of "Leanor,", a nurses aide at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 67. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1409
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Recommendations by the Committee on the Health Program, War Relocation Authority, Community Management Division, Education Section (ddr-csujad-55-1700)
Report and recommendations by the Committee on the Health Program. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1702
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Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp medical staff and aerial view of hospital (ddr-csujad-55-1408)
Black and white photographs of the medical staff and an aerial view of the hospital facilities at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 68. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1410
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Sentinel supplement, series 48 (March 22, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1040)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on Rocky Mountain spotted fever, an announcement on the transfer of warehouse and property control section, nurses aid positions, and plans for a service flag honoring former Heart Mountain incarcerees currently serving in the …
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Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting, December 12, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-378)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting. Includes discussion on "hospital problems." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0380
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Hospital grounds (ddr-csujad-55-1390)
Scrapbook page containing four black and white photographs of the hospital building exterior and grounds at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. Title from caption. From Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 59. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1392
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Translation of a report to Mr. H. Bruppacher of the Legation of Switzerland, July 2, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1398)
Report to Mr. H. Bruppacher of the Legation of Switzerland regarding the state of medical services and health care at the Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From Mary F. Clark scrapbook, \nBefore I Forget, 1942-1947,; page 60. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
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Committee report on health and physical education (ddr-csujad-55-1723)
Report on health and physical education at Poston incarceration camp. Covers the objective of health and physical education, school, recreation department, hospital section, and recommendations. Also includes the committee report on school records and reports. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1725
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Letters from students who were given a tour of the hospital, November 18, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1383)
Scrapbook page accompanied by five handwritten "Thank You" letters to "Miss Clark" from Japanese primary school students after a tour of the hospital at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 54. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities …
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Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, November 9, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-488)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion on fire protection, janitors, and doctors. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0490
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Letter from three Japanese nurses, October 11, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1384)
Letter of resignation from three Japanese nurses at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 55. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1386
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Letter from Bernhard Buesken to Dr. S.F. Oliver, Surgeon General, Crystal City internment camp, March 2, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1399)
Correspondence from Bernhard Buesken to Dr. S.F. Oliver regarding sanitary conditions including garbage collecting barrels, control of mosquitos, and general sanitation at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 60. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
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Memo from E.D. McAlexander, Acting Chief Liaison Officer, Crystal City incarceration camp, August 23, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1397)
Memorandum of understanding from E.D. Alexander to S.F. Oliver regarding Wolfgang Schnellbach's status in the hospital at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 60. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1399
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Labels from medicine sent from Japan to internees at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1410)
Three medication labels printed in Japanese and sent to internees at the Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp from Japan. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 70. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1412
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My health score (ddr-csujad-55-1788)
Health form for students at Poston High School at Poston incarceration camp. Includes questions on habits, lifestyle, and diseases. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1791
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Recompense for Drs. (ddr-csujad-55-682)
Form documenting compensation for doctors at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Includes list of doctor's names, columns for 13 months, rows for block numbers, and a completed column of monetary amounts for June, 1945. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0684
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Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, April 7, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-547)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes announcements and discussions on administrative process and camp healthcare. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0549
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Mary Frances Clark, Head Nurse at Crystal City Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1331)
Sepia-toned photographic portrait of Mary Frances Clark, the head nurse at Crystal City Department of Justice internment camp. Photograph taken at Clark's nursing school graduation. See also Mary F. Clark scrapbooks, sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1379. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1333