CHAPTER IV, SECTION 1
After the Bravo event, seven of the
automatic washing machines were recov
ered and
activated at Tare. This provided
the needed
suTvice for Rad-Safe clothing and
for personal
laundry until this latter service
by hips. Miter the Koen event and was provided
the abandonment of Tare, it was necessary to
send all Radsafe
clothing to Elmer for washi
ng.
In preparing tor CASTLE, additional equip
ment an? space were provided at.
the imer
laund
ry, suee a neavy work load
was expec
ted
Guring peak population. The northern
section
of che building was extended 32 feet.
thus providing 765 square tect for the instal
lation of
additional equipment, and a Washer
extractor
1. ROUGH DRY
3. SHIRTS PRESSED
&
'
,
.
°
THIS WEFK
1,094
LAST WEEK
1.933
721
Day Shift:
Night Shift:
Dav Shift:
Bundles
Lidl
TAO
3,02
lati
1,703
Bundles
3.138
3.185
Bach
Dav Shift:
Night Shift:
Das Shift:
Night Shift:
3,621
5vA
4,659
5.094
TE46
4,063
Rach
9,783
Snag
Fuch
4.760
1.266
Each
683
tO
bb?
100
Each
Bach
PO
242
Night Shift:
4+. PANTS PRESSED
5, SHEETS
6. PILLOW SLIfs.
Dav Shift:
Night: Shift:
(Vowels)
(Aprons)
*. HOSPITAI
& MESS HALL
MESS FEALL
(Rags)
Tl. MESS HALE
(Caps)
10. MESS HALL
12.
13.
14.
In.
16,
Iv.
18.
Due to the high relative humidity of the
Atoll air, a mildewed, mustv odor of
feather
pillows resulted. A satisfactory remed
y for this
condition was to put the pillows throu
gh the
tumblers, then through a locally dexigned
dryer.
This dryer was a wooden structure 4° x 4% x
77,
fitted with wire mesh trays to hold the pillow
s“while on oair current vuitaining a disinf
ectant
and deodorizer was circulated.
Laundry production records were
tained: the report which appears below maimcovers
the weck ending 27 February 1954, which
was
the period of peak production.
Day shiit:
Night Shift:
2. FINISH
was svt up on the eastern side of the
building
tor washing radicactive contaminated
clothing.
839
125
3.2.0
let2
BS
150
(Pants)
SNACK BAR
PALNT SHOP
GEN. MESS
GEN. MESS
GEN. MESS
GEN. MESS
GEN. MESs
175
?)
(Towels)
(Rags)
(Jackets)
(Pants}
(Towels)
(Napkins)
(Table Clothes)
15
2293
100
64
39
311
187
23
243
100
61
47
321
166
19
Pounds
Rach
Each
Each
Pounds
Each
Eacn
Fach
Each
Each
Laundry production for the week
of least
Population (January 3. 1953) follows:
1
2.
3.
4.
5».
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
1}.
ROUGH nry
FINISHED
SHIRTS PRESSED
PANTS PRESSED
SHEETS
PILLOW SLIPS
HOSPITAL (Towels)
MESS HALL (Pants)
MESS HALL (Aprons)
MESS HALL (Rag-tbs.)
SNACK BAR { Towels)
12. BAR (Towels)
13. GALLEY (Rags)
14. PAINT SHOP & POWER HOU
SE (Rags)
Page 4-22
THIS WEEK
LAST WEEK
454
422
5S4
709
1,728
a65
130
&4
35
50
30
430
425
554
743
1,897
805
150
70
0
0
0
15
20
150
0
0
190
Bundles
Bundles
Each
Each
Fach
Each
Each
Each
Each
Pounds
Each
Each
Pounds
Pounds