| Show Auto Trailer Real Jekyll and andI Says Science Writer It it Can Bring the User Benefit or Disaster By y JANE STAFFORD AUTO trailers rs now luring I fl t. t city people out for a summers summer's on the highways of the nation give to the casual observer no hint of sinis sinister er deeds but they have a a Hyde and per per- As they travel the the highways they c can cn n roll up benefit o or disaster to health A Acting ting as veritable Dr the trailers can Increase the physical physical physical cal well vell being of ot a large part of ot the pop population lation by getting these people outdoors and in sunshine much more than would otherwise be pos DOS sible Acting as Mr Hyc Hydes es they can jeopardize the health not only of those who ride and live In them but butof butof of of whole communities through which the trailers pass Here Is the picture of Mr Hyde in a trailer as worried health officers see him Communicable cable diseases typhoid dIseases typhoid fever smallpox influenza and all the rest rest are are spread fastest by trav tray el With thousands of ot persons traveling trav tray cling eling constantly many of at whom never traveled before the spread of ot disease may be greatly aced aced- crated 4 Milk and Water Problems Trailer tourists cannot depend on the milkman or the city water waterworks waterworks waterworks works to supply them with them with safe milk and drinking water They must find findt t these e e for themselves Penalty for not using a safe supply may be a serious case of typhoid fever orsome orsome or or- some other ailment that can come from contaminated water or milk Gravest danger of ot all aU Is the trail frail trailer frailer er tourists tourist's garbage and other waste If It f this is not properly disposed dis dis- posed of ot it will scatter disease along the highways and in tourist camps villages farms and cities A recent conference of health officers of- of suggested many ways to meet meet- this danger danler Among them was the radical step of at requiring health department department de de- de approval of at every trailers trailer's trailers trailer's trailers trailer's trail trail- ers er's sanitary arrangements before a license is issued by the highway authorities In the end however it is up to Ito the trailer tourist to make his trailer trail trail- er a Dr Jekyll instead of a Mr Hyde Specific directions for this can be obtained from any health department |
