| Show Duchesne Student Writes On Public Health Problems I ITle The Tle following article dealing with the lity of each citizen in the safeguarding of community h he health Uth has been prepared pre pre- pared by Miss s l Maurine laurin aurin Billings as an ordinary class assignment I Principal Ezra Tobler considered it outstanding enough for publication publication publication cation This Tho ResponsibIlity of ol A Good Citizen In Iii Tho The Promotion of Heal lIeal- Ih th in tho Community I In Which He Lives es Health regulations must be maintained by public authority It Itis Itis is unfortunate that the imagination I tion lion cf of many p is so dull and m nul habits so sluggish that they will tolerate conditions that perpetually threaten the lives of their Th There is at necessity for public protection from such ignorance or orth th thoughtlessness This appLes to the detection of contagious diseases dis din eases and the enforcement of the nUne regulations as Well Vell asto as asto asto to the maintenance of other standard standard standard stan stan- dard sanitary conditions Pure Wafer Vater A Nc esit Physical sanitation requires an abundant supply of pure water for culinary purposes and if this pure water is limited to household use an additional water system for fl flushing hin str streets and sewers sewers- sewers sewers-is is also I needed IlLS is the reason why a I I ci city ty should never d depend p nd upon I pl privately own owned d water or water I systems lS In the us ing of a wallI wall 11 I there is a big chance chanc of gretting gatting water which has bas been contaminated Th The water system m should be disinfected d in ord order r to prevent any chance of getting Fever or some oth other r disease through though the water system m. m products n need ed to be quickly removed from the city For this purpose every city must maintain a system m for the removal and disposal of gabage All combustibles combustibles com corn that cannot be put to a beneficial use should be burned I and all els else so disposed of so as as not to 11 he an e- e sore eye sore or a stench I to people living within its limits Duties Of Health Officers The maintenance of isolation hospitals the regulation of and fumigation and the frequent medical inspection of children n in the schools c is part of the very important duties of the Ule health offic officers rs Abundant light is impera imperative ve in tr ts and parks park's if open at night not only for physical comfort arid and safety fety but L also SO for social reasons Only the boldest criminals are not afraid of th the light and darkness its itself lf nay may be a t temptation to I wrong doing Closely allied to the lighting p problem is that of heating The unregulated use usa of soft coal is 13 often tho 1113 bane of ot city life Th Tha hO hotels rooming houses and cafes arc are for the most part a means of entertainment for tho the stranger within th the city's gates gales If public places are unsanitary unsanitary unsanitary 0 or o morally corrupt it is an offense to the guests for which offe offense the city must be sibl sible Visitors must be provided with clan beds in which to sleep and a moral atmosphere In which to I live Quarantine Imperative Some people when they have contagious diseases only think of their own pleasure They just cant can't re resist going out and having havinga a good tm but at the same time they dont don't think about the harm harmI I I I to the with they are e e doing people whom they mix They are doing nothing cl else but the lives of perhaps many people in their own hands when they Uley expose a dangerous disease to them Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps the guilty persons do not know at the time just what disease dis dis- dis- dis ease they may ha have vo They neglect going to tb tine the doctor If these persons persons persons per per- sons would only take tale a a. little precaution precaution pre pre- caution they would probably save savea a lot of trouble Requisites tes Of Good Citizen A good citizen n must be aware of oC the sanitary conditions around aroundhim aroundhim aroundhim him or her all the time and he should try to find some som way in which to better these conditions if it is in his power to do so If just one or two citizens were to try to bitter the thc conditions of the city it would b of little avail avaU because it takes the cooperation of every citizen concerned in order order order or or- der to ha have a more healthy Malthy city in which to live Heres Here's to our city in hopes that it will b be a more healthy city in inthe inthe the future MAURINE BILLINGS |
