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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Photograph of four women standing in front of a U.S. Army ambulance at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-183)
img Photograph of four women standing in front of a U.S. Army ambulance at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-183)
Photograph of four women standing in front of a U.S. Army ambulance at Manzanar incarceration camp. All of the women were employed by the Manzanar hospital. Barracks and other buildings can be seen in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0319
Photograph of eight hospital staff aides posing in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-195)
img Photograph of eight hospital staff aides posing in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-195)
Photograph of eight hospital staff aides posing in front of the Manzanar hospital at the Manzanar incarceration camp. There is a clothes pole behind them. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0331
Photograph of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-340)
img Photograph of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-340)
Photograph of the hospital at Manzanar incarceration camp taken from across the street with a vehicle parked in front. The snow-covered Sierra Nevada are visible in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0499
Photograph of Ned and Harry Morioka with two other children posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-137)
img Photograph of Ned and Harry Morioka with two other children posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-137)
Photograph of Ned and Harry Morioka with two other children posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Ned and Harry are sitting on the steps and the other two children are in wheelbarrows. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their …
Photograph of Peter Hondo and Thelma McBride in a park at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-252)
img Photograph of Peter Hondo and Thelma McBride in a park at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-252)
Photograph of Peter Hondo and Thelma McBride in a park at Manzanar incarceration camp with several buildings and a covered water tank in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0397
Photograph of Peter Hondo in a wheelchair at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-248)
img Photograph of Peter Hondo in a wheelchair at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-248)
Photograph of Peter Hondo in a wheelchair at Manzanar incarceration camp. He is on the lawn outside the hospital, the front steps can be seen in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0393
Photograph of a nurse posing in front of a tree at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-190)
img Photograph of a nurse posing in front of a tree at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-190)
Photograph of a nurse posing in front of a tree at Manzanar incarceration camp. She is wearing her nurse's uniform. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0326
Photograph of Peter Hondo in a wheelchair at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-249)
img Photograph of Peter Hondo in a wheelchair at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-249)
Photograph of Peter Hondo in a wheelchair with a hospital technician at Manzanar incarceration camp. They are posed next to a fire hydrant and in front of a utility pole. The Inyo mountains can be seen in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0394
Photograph of Yone Akite, R.N., posing in front of a tree at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-189)
img Photograph of Yone Akite, R.N., posing in front of a tree at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-189)
Photograph of Yone Akite, R.N., posing in front of a tree at Manzanar incarceration camp. She is in her nurse's uniform. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0325
Photograph of four women posing next to a building with two cars in the background at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-197)
img Photograph of four women posing next to a building with two cars in the background at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-197)
Photograph of four women posing next to a building with two cars in the background at Manzanar incarceration camp. Two of the women are wearing long flowery dresses. An administrative building can be seen in the behind the cars. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0333
Photograph of Dagmar Quarnstrom and the hospital staff aides in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-193)
img Photograph of Dagmar Quarnstrom and the hospital staff aides in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-193)
Photograph of Dagmar Quarnstrom and the hospital staff aides in front of the Manzanar hospital at the Manzanar incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0329
Photograph of two women an a young child posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-135)
img Photograph of two women an a young child posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-135)
Photograph of two women an a young child posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0220
Photograph of the hospital staff aides in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-194)
img Photograph of the hospital staff aides in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-194)
Photograph of the hospital staff aides in front of the Manzanar hospital at the Manzanar incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0330
Photograph of Peter Hondo in a wheelchair with Thelma McBride at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-250)
img Photograph of Peter Hondo in a wheelchair with Thelma McBride at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-250)
Photograph of Peter Hondo in a wheelchair with Thelma McBride standing next to him at Manzanar incarceration camp. They are standing in front of a stone circle surrounding a fire hydrant and a utility pole with a sign on it, "Hospital Quiet Zone." In the background, the hospital and Inyo Mountains are visible. See this object …
Photograph of eight hospital staff aides standing in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-196)
img Photograph of eight hospital staff aides standing in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-196)
Photograph of eight hospital staff aides standing in front of the Manzanar hospital at the Manzanar incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0332
Photograph of two women an a young child posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-136)
img Photograph of two women an a young child posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-136)
Photograph of two women an a young child posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0221
Photograph of Peter Hondo in a wheelchair with Thelma McBride standing next to him near a pond in Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-251)
img Photograph of Peter Hondo in a wheelchair with Thelma McBride standing next to him near a pond in Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-251)
Photograph of Peter Hondo in a wheelchair with Thelma McBride squatting down next to him near a pond in Manzanar incarceration camp. A mess hall and barracks are visible in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0396
Photograph of a nurse posing in front of a tree at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-191)
img Photograph of a nurse posing in front of a tree at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-191)
Photograph of a nurse posing in front of a tree at Manzanar incarceration camp. She is wearing her nurse's uniform. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0327
Photograph of Dr. Morse Little and two men at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-242)
img Photograph of Dr. Morse Little and two men at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-242)
Photograph of Dr. Morse Little and two men, one in a wheelchair wearing a striped shirt, at Manzanar incarceration camp. Trees can be seen in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0387
Photograph of a man in a wheelchair in Merritt Park at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-241)
img Photograph of a man in a wheelchair in Merritt Park at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-241)
Photograph of a man in a wheelchair in Pleasure Merritt Park at Manzanar incarceration camp. He is wearing a striped shirt and in front of the pagoda. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0386
Manzanar Relocation Area civilian pass (ddr-csujad-48-48)
doc Manzanar Relocation Area civilian pass (ddr-csujad-48-48)
Manzanar Relocation Area civilian pass for Shirley Wells. No. 50; Good only for March; Name Shirley Wells; Position Superv. Nurse; Height 5'4" Eyes Blue Hair Brown; Signed by the Acting Asst. Project Director and the Pass Holder. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0048
Department of Education staff report guidance bulletin, no. 2 (October 28, 1942) (ddr-csujad-48-132)
doc Department of Education staff report guidance bulletin, no. 2 (October 28, 1942) (ddr-csujad-48-132)
Guidance Bulletin No. 2 written by Elizabeth Moxley and Edward G. Chester for the Department of Education. The bulletin addresses the following subjects: crippled children, clothing, home visits, school health, and social studies. The school health section discusses the procedures for helping a student if they become ill during the school day and recommends the elementary …
Memorandum from Elizabeth M. Moxley, supervisor of health and phys. ed., to all teachers, November 19, 1942 (ddr-csujad-48-99)
doc Memorandum from Elizabeth M. Moxley, supervisor of health and phys. ed., to all teachers, November 19, 1942 (ddr-csujad-48-99)
Memorandum from Elizabeth M. Moxley to all teachers encouraging the use of the attached injury/accident forms and to report all cases that may be of importance. Attached to the memo are several blank accident forms for the teachers. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9908. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
Manzanar from the inside (ddr-csujad-48-62)
doc Manzanar from the inside (ddr-csujad-48-62)
Text of address by Roy Nash, Director of the Manzanar War Relocation Project, given to the Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, on July 31, 1942 for the purpose of "interpret[ing] the actuality of a War Relocation Center housing 10,000 evacuees" in view of perceptions of mistreatment of incarcerees in California. Sections of the speech include …
Letter from Shirley E. Wells to Gertrude L. Wetzel, Project Nursing Director, March 21, 1943 (ddr-csujad-48-78)
doc Letter from Shirley E. Wells to Gertrude L. Wetzel, Project Nursing Director, March 21, 1943 (ddr-csujad-48-78)
Letter of resignation for Shirley E. Wells to Gertrude L. Wetzel, the Project Nursing Director at Manzanar Hospital, effective April 21, 1943. Shirley indicates she enjoyed the work, but has been advised by her physician to resign. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9078. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
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