Evening star., 1911-05-26
FOR SANE VACATIONS
DR.. Woodward Warns of Sum-
mer Outing Dangers.
CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN
Diseases Often Contracted Owing to
Lack of Sanitation.
WATER IS FREQUENTLY BAD
bsence of Facilities for Prevention
of Disease in Country Another
Source of Peril.
CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN
WATER IS FREQUENTLY BAD

Washington has produced a rival for
ne popular safe and Sane Fourth" 1t is
ne Safe and Sane Vacation
In bulletin issued today. Health Offi-
Ger Woodward warns Of the dangers at
tendant upon the careless selection of an
outing place. without regard to Its sani-
tary conditions The same precaution
should be exercised by the public. he
declares, concerning the manner in which
il spends the summer season that is
employed in reducing the disastrous re-
suits OF Fourth of July celebrations.
Look before you leap is his advice.
Unless you can take a trip to a healthful
place you had better remain at home
Statistics, according to DR. Woodward.
show that from Is to 20 per cent of the
typhoid cases in the District are brought
In from the outside. Not all of these are
attributed to the summer resorts, but
many Of them are contracted in such
places, he declares.
The wholesome water supply of the city
screened houses and other features form a
combination of advantages OF which not
every vacation place can boast.
''If the trip away from home means a
visit to some place better than home,
then all well and good. One should be
certain. however. that the place to which
he plans TO go Is better than his home
before making his final arrangement" is
DR.. Woodwards opinion
Brought in Prom Outside.
OF the twenty-one deaths from In
fantile paralysis in the District last year.
according to DR.. Woodward. five cases
vere brought in from the outside. Ty-
phoid and infantile paralysis are not
the only diseases, however, it Is pointed
out. which have to be contended with
in summer, and which, If contracted, can
IN city than in an isolated place,
where facilities for caring for communi-
cable cases are limited.
The bulletin issued by the health oficer
follows:
With the advent of the summer sea-
son all of those who can afford to, and
many of those who cannot, make plans
for their summer vacations. The general
plans always include a trip away from
home. If the trip away from home means
a visit to some place better than home
then all well and good. One should be
certain, however. that the place to which
he plans to go Is better than his own
home before making his final arrange
ments.
Admitting that some benefits may be
derived by one whose life Is too monot-
onous by brief change to summer re-
sort, where all Is life and gayety. and
whose life is too active by q visit to some
quiet place in the country, yet no one
can fairly allese that benefits will come
from abandoning a pure. wholesome.
abundant water supply for one which Is
absolutely bad or of doubtful purity. and
which Is available only in limited guam
titles No one can claim any particular
benefit to be dericed from leaving q well
a. u-n1I
In that town, for some village without
sewer and water connections OF any kind.
and whore human wastes have to be dis
posed of by the most primitive methods,
Quently imperfect OF tnperfectly carried
out
Ponds Should Be Avoided.
TO leave a well screened house In
town for an unscreened. or a poorly
screened. house in the country Is hardly
advisable. Neither should one from
choice select a place surrounded by ponds
of water for the propagation of mosQui-
toes. in preference to home in q well
drained community. The primitive meth
DDS for the disposal of garbage in most
OF our summer resorts. and In practically
all OF our country homes, should offer
no inducement to the intelligent person
10 allure him away from his own dwell
resorts where the food supply is under
no supervision or control Whatsoever
should offet no inducement to the ra-
ttonal individual to leave a community
where the markets are supervised.
The home city where cases of diphtheria,
scarlet fever. typhoid fever. consumption,
infantle paralysis and other diseases are
reported and under supervision are bet
ter than resorts which pay no attention
TO these matters. Communities in which
facilities are made for isolating COM
municable diseases. and for proper hos
pital care of all cases of serious illness
or serious accidents. are places to be pre-
ferTed 10 isolated farmhouses or to small
villages where such matters receive no
attention.
'On the whole. the advice OF the health
officer to those who are planning their
summer vacations Is 20 look well before
they leap. lest in their efforts to avoid
the discomforts OF the city they en-
counter the disease and death OF the
country and OF crowded city summer re-
sorts"