[Local health problems in war industry areas]
- Collection:
- The Public Health Film Goes To War
- Publication:
- [S.l. : s.n., 1942]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Moving image
- Subject(s):
- Industry Population Growth Public Health Sanitation New York New York (State). Dept. of Health.
- Genre(s):
- Instructional Films and Videos
- Abstract:
- This film illustrates the health and sanitary pressures created for a rural area of New York State when the federal government establishes a large ordnance depot in Seneca County and issues a call for thousands of construction and other workers. Because the county and local towns are ill-equipped to handle the influx, the state steps in to test wells, cleaning up or capping them as necessary; close filthy privies and build new ones; truck clean water to the area; send nurses to workers' homes (which include tents, cars, and old school buses); and eventually establish a modern trailer camp with trailers provided by the Farm Security Administration. The trailers are heated and have small kitchens, and central facilities are provided for showering and laundry. A child-care cooperative is set up as well.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 013 min.
- Color:
- Black and white
- Sound:
- Sound
- Provenance:
- Received: Feb. 3, 1955 as a donation from the New York State Health Department.
- Technique:
- Live action
- NLM Unique ID:
- 8700183A (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8700183A