Proportionately more sickness was reported among these children than among the children on the other canals; on the other hand, medical care was much more accessible. A physician attended the birth of the one child who was reported as having been born on a boat. Falling into the water was a common occurrence among the children here, as on the other canals, and seemed to be taken as a matter of course. Hours of sleep, though in some instances unduly short, averaged longer than for the children on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Recreation for these children was entirely lacking. Sometimes they mingled with other children when the boats stopped to load or unload. "We never heated Sunday," said one mother, "but we didn't go to church because we have no Sunday clothes." Resting on Sunday seemed to be the greatest pleasure known to the families.