The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-20
What The Doctor Says BY DR. s. J. CRUMBINE, GENERAL EXECUTIVE AMERICAN CHILD HEALTH ASSOCIATION

Bill and Mary Johnson went off to their respective camps last Sat- urday. On Sunday the house seemed strangely quiet without them, though the other three
 youngsters did their best to make up for their absence. In fact Claire chattered so much about camping, bemoaning the fact that shs was not old enough to go too and declaring that she was "sick. of the old house." and so on, that MT Johnson suddenly said: "I believe you're right, Claire. I think we could all do with a change of scene, so I propose that we - Mother and you and Robert and young John here - all take a trip" Claire's eyes lit up and she flung here arms round his neck. "Oh, goody, Dad!" she cried, "where'll we go?" MT Johnson looked across at Mrs Johnson. "Where'n we go, Mary ?"he repeated. Mrs Johnson thought for a moment. Well" she said slowly, "it cant be too far because we'll have to be back when Bill and Mary came home, and besides I don't much fancy a long trip in this hot weather. It would be too hard on John" At this point Robert piped up: Cant we go see Grannie and Brownie ?" (Evidently he had not forgotten the visit he and Claire had last sum- mer at Mrs Johnson's old home, and the big farm horse, Brownie, which he was allowed to ride.)
 Both MT and Mrs Johnson agreed that this was an excellent idea, and so it was decided that they all drive over to the farm for a weeks visit.
 Since, even driving steadily, it is fully a twelve hour trip, they de- cided to take two days over 1t and stay overnight at one of the tourist camps along the way. Mrs John son asked me if I didn't think that would be much wiser, since John has never been on long automo- bile trip before. I agreed that it might be wiser for all the chil- dren's sake to allow for com plete rest and a good nights sleep to offset the excitement and the physical strain of the ride. After all Claire is only seven, Robert four and Baby John not yet eighteen months old, .'and to sit cramped up in an automobile for twelve or thirteen hours at a stretch would be asking too much of them.
 While we were on the subject of tourist camps warned them to be | careful to choose a reliable one where the water supply is certified by the local health authorities and wwhere both cooking and sanitary
 arrangement are satisfactory. Botf Claire and Robert were inoculated
 last year against typhoid, so they will run no risk of contracting It. And since there was no time to inoculate Baby John. Mrs Johnson assured me that she would bo: every drop of water which he would drink and every drop of milk too
 unless 1t was already pasteurized
 Coming as she does from farm
 community she knows only too wei
 that all milk purchased straight
 from the COW" cannot be depended
 upon, and she said she was. taking
 no chances.
 | If John were younger she would
 have taken along a supply ol
 powdered milk and strained vege.
 tables for him. But as he is now
 used to sharing the family meals
 and as they would be cooking at
 properly equipped camp; she de.
 cided that 1t would be necessary
 She expected, she said. to be able
 to buy good fresh vegetablis and
 fruit. eggs. bread and butter and anything else they needed.
 l asked how the five of them