Open AccessTHE USE OF THE UNEMPLOYED IN THE FIELD OF SANITATION
Author(s) -
James F. McCrudden
Publication year - 1915
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.5.12.1209
Subject(s) - unemployment , sanitation , work (physics) , officer , public health , point (geometry) , subject (documents) , community health , environmental health , gerontology , economic growth , political science , sociology , psychology , medicine , economics , nursing , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , geometry , mathematics , pathology , library science , computer science
Unemployment and under employment are topics that the average health officer pays little attention to. No one will deny the significance of unemployment when considered solely from the public health point of view. Men and women who are out of work or who are only working part time necessarily are unable to buy proper food and shelter which are so essential for their physical well being. Mr. McCrudden, in this paper, tells in an interesting manner how a number of unemployed men were given work through the Health Department of the City of Philadelphia. Not only did they benefit themselves but the work they did was a direct benefit to the entire community. This is a subject that health officials generally might well give more attention to.