| Humberstone and Santa Laura works contain over 200 former saltpeter works where workers from Chile, Peru and Bolivia lived in company towns and forged a distinctive communal pampinos culture. |
| Having only some people in the company towns being treated is obviously not a good situation. |
| However, it cannot afford to treat family members or others in the company towns where its workers reside. |
| It is in everyone's interest to ensure that all those who need treatment in the company towns receive it. |
| It took various forms such as company towns or employee profit-sharing. |
| Workers, meanwhile, crowd into company towns and urban suburbs. |
