Abstract
To the Editor:— During the last few months I have read several articles referring to heat prostration at Boulder Dam, also the prevention of sunstroke among the men employed by the liberal use of salt and an adequate supply of drinking water. I have been connected with the work at Boulder Dam since the beginning and it seems to me that other factors must be taken into consideration besides merely the prevention as mentioned. Boulder Dam was begun before any adequate facilities were available to house or feed the men. Many of the men were quartered at bunk houses at the river camp, which was approximately 1,200 feet lower in elevation than Boulder City. The bunkhouses consisted of one large room filled with cots, in which 150 or 200 men were quartered. There was no air conditioning in those days. Water was hauled from Las Vegas and often allowed to
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