“I’ll admit, Gilbreth, that your children don’t get sick very often,” Dr. Burton said, “but when they do it messes up the public health statistics for the entire state of New Jersey.” “How come, Mr. Bones?” Dad asked. “I have to turn in a report every week on the number of contagious diseases I handle. Ordinarily, I handle a couple of cases of measles a week. When I report that I had eleven cases in a single day, they’re liable to quarantine the whole town of Montclair and close up every school in Essex County.” “Well, they’re probably exceptionally light cases,” Dad said. “Pioneer stock, you
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