Show Auto Trailer Real J Jekyll eky 11 and 11 Hyde yde Says Science Writer It Can Bring Dring Bring the he User Benefit or Disaster Uy Dy JANE STAFFORD UTO trailers now luring fl AUTO i city people out for a summers summer's on the highways of the nation give to the casual observer no hint of sinister deeds but they have a Jekyll Hyde per per- As they travel the highways they can roll up benefit or disaster to health Acting as veritable Dr the trailers can increase the physical physical cal well being of a large part of the population by getting these people outdoors and in sunshine much more than would otherwise be pos pas s sible ible Acting as Mr Hydes they can Jeopardize the health not only of those who ride and live in n them butof but butof butof 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 diseases typhoId diseases typhoid fever smallpox influenza and all the rest rest are are spread fastest by trav trav- el With thousands of persons traveling traveling trav trav- eling constantly many of whom never traveled before the spread of disease may be greatly aced aced- era crated ted Milk and Water Problems Trailer tourists cannot depend on the milkman or the city water waterworks waterworks waterworks works to supply them with safe milk and drinking water They must find these for themselves Penalty for not using a safe supply may be a serious case of typhoid fever or orsome orsome or orsome some other ailment aliment that can come from contaminated water or milk Gravest danger of all is the trailer trail er tourists tourist's garbage and other waste If this is not properly disposed disposed dis dis- posed of it will scatter disease along the highways and in tourist camps villages farms and cities A recent conference of health officers officers of of- suggested many ways to mee meet t this danger Among them was the radical step of requiring health department department de de- approval of every trailers trailers trailer's trailers trailer's trail ers er's sanitary arrangements before a license is issued by the highway authorities In the end however it is up t to o the trailer tourist to make his trailer trail er a Dr Jekyll instead of a Mr Hyde Specific directions for this can be obtained from any heal health th department |