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00:00:22 #1 2,621,392.

00:00:27 #2 A nice even figure.

00:00:28 #3 That's the number of babies who'll be born next year

00:00:31 #4 in the United States.

00:00:33 #5 Of these babies, 118,481 will die before reaching

00:00:40 #6 their first birthday.

00:00:41 #7 Oh, well, what's a few babies more or less?

00:00:44 #8 We've got lots of babies.

00:00:45 #9 It really doesn't matter if one baby lives or dies or does it.

00:00:50 #10 Well, good morning, John.

00:00:52 #11 This is John Emerson Jones Jr.

00:00:55 #12 Fine healthy looking boy, isn't he?

00:00:57 #13 But unfortunately, John won't have much chance

00:01:00 #14 to become president of the United States.

00:01:02 #15 Why?

00:01:03 #16 Well, here's one reason.

00:01:06 #17 Looks harmless, doesn't it?

00:01:07 #18 It's hard to believe that one small fly

00:01:09 #19 could keep Johnny from his chance to become president.

00:01:12 #20 And ordinarily, it couldn't.

00:01:14 #21 But there's just one thing wrong with this picture.

00:01:17 #22 Untreated sewage running into our pretty creek.

00:01:21 #23 And Mr. Fly's feet are not very clean.

00:01:23 #24 In fact, they're very filthy and loaded with germs

00:01:27 #25 like those that cause dysentery.

00:01:29 #26 If some of these dysentery germs should

00:01:31 #27 happen to infect Johnny at his age,

00:01:33 #28 he not only won't be president, the chances are just

00:01:37 #29 about one out of two that he won't even be alive.

00:01:41 #30 Stop!

00:01:43 #31 Can't anything be done to save Johnny?

00:01:46 #32 Oh, I suppose we could train all flies to wash their feet.

00:01:50 #33 or shoot all flies.

00:01:53 #34 Or we could do away with all babies.

00:01:56 #35 But there must be a better answer than that.

00:02:00 #36 This is where I come into the picture,

00:02:02 #37 your local health officer and my staff.

00:02:06 #38 Part of our job is to clean up just such unsanitary conditions,

00:02:10 #39 eliminate open sewage, do away with fly-breeding places,

00:02:14 #40 and give your Johnny a new shot at the presidency.

00:02:17 #41 Well, John, we got over that one all right, didn't we?

00:02:20 #42 Maybe you'll get to be a year old yet.

00:02:22 #43 But you've still got some very tough customers to meet

00:02:25 #44 on the path of your life, like whooping cough,

00:02:28 #45 and diphtheria, rheumatic fever, and smallpox.

00:02:33 #46 But don't worry, John.

00:02:34 #47 That's what your local health officer, that's me,

00:02:37 #48 comes back into the picture.

00:02:39 #49 Another part of my job is to keep track of you

00:02:41 #50 and to see that you're properly immunized,

00:02:44 #51 vaccinated, and inoculated, is another way of saying it.

00:02:47 #52 Or protected in other ways so that you

00:02:49 #53 have the weapons to fight back when these enemies attack you.

00:02:58 #54 You see, Johnny, most immunizations

00:03:00 #55 should be completed before you become one year old.

00:03:04 #56 Does that surprise you?

00:03:11 #57 Look who's in the fourth grade.

00:03:13 #58 Hiya, John.

00:03:14 #59 Shh.

00:03:16 #60 Oh, I'm sorry.

00:03:18 #61 Mind if we look around?

00:04:02 #62 Looks like you're being well taken care of, Johnny.

00:04:04 #63 You're shh.

00:04:07 #64 Pardon me.

00:04:12 #65 grown up now a John or a Mr. Jones.

00:04:20 #66 Hey, wake up.

00:04:21 #67 You know her.

00:04:23 #68 That's Mary.

00:04:25 #69 Mary Lawrence.

00:04:27 #70 Changed since high school, hasn't she?

00:04:30 #71 For the better.

00:04:35 #72 Congratulations.

00:04:36 #73 You ought to make a very happy couple.

00:04:39 #74 You're fine, healthy-looking specimens.

00:04:42 #75 Nothing wrong with you, huh?

00:04:44 #76 Are you sure?

00:04:47 #77 Let's be really sure.

00:04:49 #78 Step in for just a couple of minutes.

00:04:52 #79 Don't worry, John.

00:04:53 #80 It's very simple process for you.

00:04:55 #81 And I know Mary won't mind it either.

00:04:57 #82 It's not so simple for your blood, though.

00:05:00 #83 Let's see what happens.

00:05:01 #84 First, it's numbered, world, a warm bath, shaken, checked,

00:05:09 #85 cooled, bathed again, then carefully read.

00:05:14 #86 And aren't you lucky that you happen

00:05:17 #87 to live in a community that has a health department?

00:05:36 #88 Anything we can do for you now, John? Time will tell.

00:05:43 #89 Now what's worrying you?

00:05:46 #90 Oh, now just a minute.

00:05:50 #91 Your wife has had excellent prenatal care, advice

00:05:54 #92 and instruction, and good medical care.

00:05:57 #93 And of course, the health office will

00:05:59 #94 cooperate with your doctor and with your wife

00:06:02 #95 to see that the baby will have the best of care after he's born.

00:06:09 #96 So why worry, John?

00:06:12 #97 Well, what do you know?

00:06:14 #98 It's a boy.

00:06:16 #99 You must be the first father in history to have a boy.

00:06:21 #100 Uh-oh.

00:06:22 #101 Anyway, he's sure to recover from this disease.

00:06:27 #102 Nice feeling, isn't it, to know that everything's all right?

00:06:31 #103 Your family's well taken care of.

00:06:33 #104 You don't have to worry too much about your health.

00:06:36 #105 But there's one thing you do have to worry about, John.

00:06:39 #106 And now that you're a family man, you've got to face it.

00:06:42 #107 A local health department is costing you.

00:06:45 #108 Yes, John, it's costing you real money.

00:06:49 #109 $0.03 a week.

00:06:53 #110 That's right.

00:06:54 #111 $0.03 a week per person can provide basic public health

00:06:58 #112 services in your community.

00:07:01 #113 Not much, is it?

00:07:05 #114 Well, John, you've been leading a normal, happy married life.

00:07:10 #115 But of course, you are getting a little older.

00:07:13 #116 Your hair is receding.

00:07:15 #117 Which is normal?

00:07:17 #118 You've developed a double chin.

00:07:19 #119 Which is normal?

00:07:21 #120 You've also acquired a punch, which is a little abnormal.

00:07:28 #121 But you're still a fine-looking man.

00:07:31 #122 Even if a little mild exercise wouldn't hurt you.

00:07:34 #123 Yes, sir. Nothing like a little exercise.

00:07:37 #124 Especially with the kids.

00:07:38 #125 Makes you feel so young.

00:07:41 #126 I got it! I got it!

00:07:46 #127 He got it.

00:07:49 #128 A little mild exercise, John.

00:07:53 #129 Let's take a look at that body of yours and...

00:07:55 #130 perhaps we can point out why violent exercise isn't good for you.

00:07:59 #131 There's the old ticker pumping away.

00:08:01 #132 So many miles of pipe. Now there.

00:08:04 #133 That bay window appears and the rest of you spreads a bit too.

00:08:09 #134 More skin area, more pounds of flesh,

00:08:12 #135 and more pipe needed to cover the ground.

00:08:15 #136 More work too for your heart.

00:08:17 #137 And remember, John, that heart isn't getting any younger.

00:08:21 #138 So let's get more rest and take it a bit easier.

00:08:24 #139 Oh, by the way, it might be well to cut down on the food a little.

00:08:28 #140 Hey, hey!

00:08:30 #141 That goes for you too, Mrs. Jones.

00:08:33 #142 Look, John and Mary Jones, let's not kill ourselves.

00:08:37 #143 This is the age when cancer, heart disease, and diabetes are the big killers.

00:08:42 #144 Now wait just a minute. Don't get panicky.

00:08:45 #145 Nobody said you have these diseases.

00:08:48 #146 With a few simple precautions, you'll have very little to worry about.

00:08:52 #147 Periodic checkups by your own doctor are the most important thing.

00:08:56 #148 Don't wait until you're sick.

00:08:58 #149 Always remember, early diagnosis and early treatment

00:09:02 #150 are the best weapons with which to fight cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.

00:09:07 #151 The family, the doctor, and the health officer.

00:09:11 #152 One kind of eternal triangle that really makes sense.

00:09:15 #153 Grandma and Grandpa Johnny Jones.

00:09:19 #154 Hell, we've come a long way together.

00:09:21 #155 From now on, folks, you're pretty much on your own.

00:09:24 #156 But wait just a minute.

00:09:26 #157 This looks like a happy ending.

00:09:28 #158 And it should be a happy ending for a fine boy like Johnny.

00:09:35 #159 But the odds are better than 25 to 1 that he'll be born into a community

00:09:39 #160 with inadequate public health service or none at all.

00:09:43 #161 So it looks like Johnny's chances of being among the 118,481 new babies

00:09:49 #162 who die next year are pretty good, doesn't it?

00:09:53 #163 But let's get one thing straight.

00:09:56 #164 There's nothing about this figure that is sacred.

00:09:59 #165 it can be reduced by well staffed health departments throughout this great

00:10:04 #166 country of ours. Which kind of public health service does your community have?

00:10:09 #167 It's up to you.