This is an average small town , population about 10,000. Industry,omes, some main street. One of the 10,000 inhabitants is 14 years old and a student at the local junior high. , he is Roger Cartwright 14 years old and goes to the same school. There are lots of things we can tell you about them, where they live, their parents, the subjects they like at school, but one thing we dont have to tell you, it is plain as day, they are healthy, sturdy, physically fit. Nothing very remarkable about that. For most young people, good health is something to be almost taken for granted. Have you ever stop to think why these young people, like most of us, dont have to worry about their health . Why is that so . Take this glass of water, for instance. What does it have to do with her health . It is quite simple. When water falls from the sky as rain, it may be fit to drink, but as it runs towards the sea, water may become polluted because Industrial Wastes are discharged into it, and also the wastes from cities. When a drop of such polluted water as observed under a microscope, it can be seen that the water contains large microorganismsof which can cause typhoid fever, dysentery, and cholera. St bemicroorganisms much removed before we drink the water. In america, even small communities are insured of clean, healthy drinking water, whether it needs purification or it is pure to begin with and has not been contaminated. The Health Department keeps a close watch over the supply to make sure that only water that is safe to drink reaches the people of the community. And just like water, food can carry dangerous diseaseproducing organisms. Allefore, to safeguard members of the community against the diseases which can be spread by unclean food, your Health Department is concerned with the purity of the many foods consumed by people each day. Rigorous standards of cleanliness are established for all places where food is processed and handled. The standards of cleanliness are enforced by frequent inspections. To further safeguard the health of the community, proper disposal of garbage is essential. If garbage is not properly disposed of, disease organisms may be spread to Food Products in homes or restaurants. Sewage maysposal of also endanger the health of the community. Rivers and streams may become polluted, swimming holes and beaches may be ruined for recreation because sewage is discharged. Such hazards must be eliminated. The local Health Department attempts in other ways to prevent or limit the spread of Communicable Diseases. Scientists in the Health Department help identify individual cases other Communicable Diseases by making Laboratory Tests at the request of local physicians. Necessary, the local Health Department will supply vaccines and other immunizing agents to physicians and hospitals. Today, most physicians vaccinate infants and small children against smallpox, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, and other common diseases for which immunizing agents have been developed. School nurses who are usually Public Health nurses working closely with the local Health Department keep careful watch on the health of students. Health education is another important function of the local Health Department, pamphlets covering achieving and maintaining good health for all age groups are carefully planned and widely distributed. Well, all this and much more is part of the picture of line, today, we have good reasons to take good health almost for granted. These two can live in their Community Without too much danger from Communicable Diseases, thanks largely to the work done by the local department of health. Agencies,are other the red cross, for example, that supplement the work of the community Health Department. They are voluntary organization supported by contributions and staffed by volunteers. And, as a volunteer in her local chapter of the red cross, is helping to prepare emergency kits for a nearby disaster area, one of the many jobs the red cross undertakes to supplement existing health agencies, particularly in times of emergency. Then there are the many other voluntary Agencies Concerned the problems of specific diseases. Some organizations are concerned with research, others with rehabilitation and the burden of caring for the victims of the respective disease. In many communities, their are Nurse Services to provide how nursing care for bedridden patients. The Larger Urban Centers have a Safety Council to guard against accident hazards on the roads, in industry, and in the home. We, together with roger, come upon another safeguard that maintains the health of the community. , nothingfamily doctor wrong with roger, as far as he knows. This is just a checkup, a routine examination to make sure. Part of the job of a general practitioner is to treat his patients when they get sick, but the Community Health part of his job is to prevent illness, which is the chief purpose of periodic checkups. Carefully,g roger looking for a tale signs that might indicate the possible onset of illness or some condition that needs correcting, the doctors helping to keep roger well in the Community Healthy. Family doctors like this one, and all the other doctors, the dentists, the specialists in the different branches of medicine, the hospitals and clinics, and the many laboratories that work with the doctors, all are part of the network of people and organizations concerned with the health of the community. And the girl are healthy inks and part of the work of the Health Services, but these services cannot function without the active cooperation of young people and their parents. Of all the other people who live in the community. Practically in every community, we have rules requiring us to observe habits of cleanliness. Good personal habits of cleanliness, besides helping to keep you healthy, also reduce the chances of infecting others with diseaseduring organisms, which you may be caring. Also, everyone knows or should know that bed is the best place for a cold. Cold may seem like a be influenza or some other serious disease. If you dont stay in bed, you endanger not only your own health, but the health of other people in your community. They understand the Health Problems of their community. They, like the rest of us, must live by the rules of healthful living, for the sake of their own health, and the health of their friends and neighbors. Community health is a responsibility shared by all citizens, young and old alike. How much do you know about the Health Services in your community . What can you do to support or improve them . [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] this is American History tv on cspan3. Feature 48d, we hours of programs exploring our nations past. Next on lectures in history, Virginia Commonwealth University professor Nicole Myers Turner discusses the lives of formally enslaved africanamericans following emancipation. 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