So Much for So Little (1949) Short.

[Music] 2,621 392 a nice even figure that's the number of babies who will be bor born next year in the United States of these babies 118,551 will die before reaching their first birthday oh well what's a few babies more or less we've got lots of babies it really doesn't matter if one baby lives or dies or does it well good morning John this is John Emerson Jones junor fine healthy looking boy isn't he but unfortunately John won't have much chance to become president of the United States why well here's one reason looks harmless doesn't it it's hard to believe that one small fly could keep Johnny from his chance to become president and ordinarily it couldn't but there just one thing wrong with this picture untreated sewage running into our pretty Creek and Mr fly's feet are not very clean in fact they're very filthy and loaded with germs like those that cause dissenter if some of these dissenter germs should happen to infect Johnny at his age he not only won't be president the chances are just about one out of two that he won't even be alive stop can't anything be done to save Johnny oh I suppose we could train all flies to wash their feet or shoot all flies or we could do away with all babies but there must be a better answer than that this is where I come into the picture your local Health officer and my staff part of our job is to clean up just such unsanitary conditions eliminate open sewage do away with fly breeding places and give your Johnny a new shot at the presidency well John we got over that one all right didn't we maybe you'll get to be a year old yet but you still got some very tough customers to meet on the path of your life like whooping cough and defia atic fever and small poox but don't worry John that's where your local Health officer that's me comes back into the picture another part of my job is to keep track of you and to see that you're properly immunized vaccinated and inoculated is another way of saying it or protect it in other ways so that you have the weapons to fight back when these enemies attack [Music] you you see Johnny most organizations should be completed before you become one year old does that surprise you well well look who's in the fourth grade hi you John oh I'm sorry um mind if we look [Music] around [Music] looks like you're being well taken care of Johnny oh pardon me grown up now uh John or um Mr Jones hey wake up you know her that's Mary Mary Lawrence changed since high school hasn't she for the [Music] better congratulations you ought to make a very happy couple you're fine healthy looking specimens nothing wrong with you huh are you sure let's be really sure step in for just a couple of minutes now don't worry John it's very simple process for you and I know Mary won't mind it either it's not so simple for your blood though let's see what happens first it's numbered Whirled a warm bath shaken checked cooled bathed again then carefully read [Music] and aren't you lucky that you happen to live in a community that has a health [Music] department [Music] anything we can do for you now John time will tell H now what's worrying you oh now just a minute your wife has had excellent prenatal care advice and instruction and good medical care and of course the health office will call cooperate with your doctor and with your wife to see that the baby will have the best of care after he's born so why worry John well what do you know it's a boy you must be the first father in history to have a boy uh-oh anyway he's sure to recover from this disease nice feeling isn't it to know that everything's all right your family's well taken care of you don't have to worry too much about your health but there's one thing you do have to worry about John and now that you're a family man you've got to face it a local Health Department is costing you yes John it's costing you real money 3 cents a week that's right 3 cents a week per person can provide basic Public Health Services in your community not much is it well John you've been leading a normal happy married life but of course uh you are getting a little older your hair is receding uh which is normal you've developed a double chin which is normal you've also acquired a a punch which is uh a little abnormal but you're still a fine looking man even if a little mild exercise wouldn't hurt you yes sir nothing like a little exercise especially with the kids makes you feel so young I got it I got it I he got it a little mild exercise John let's take a look at that body of yours and perhaps we can point out why violent exercise isn't good for you there's the old ticker pumping away so many miles of pipe now then that uh bay window appears and the rest of you spreads a bit too more skin area more pounds of Flesh and more pipe needed to cover the ground more work too for your heart and remember John that heart isn't getting any younger so let's get more rest and take it a bit easier oh by the way it uh might be well to cut down on the food a little hey hey hey that goes for you too Mrs Jones look John and Mary Jones let's not kill ourselves this is the age when cancer heart disease and diabetes are the big Killers now wait just a minute don't get panicky nobody said you have these diseases with a few simple precautions you'll have very little to worry about periodic checkups by your own doctor are the most important thing don't wait until you're sick always remember early diagnosis and early treatment are the best weapons with which to fight cancer diabetes and heart disease the family the doctor and the health officer one kind of Eternal triangle that really makes sense grandma and grandpa Johnny Jones and we've come a long way together from now on folks you're pretty much on your own we but wait just a minute this looks like a happy ending and it should be a happy ending for a fine boy like Johnny but the odds are better than 25 to1 that he'll be born into a community with inadequate Public Health Service or none at all so it looks like Johnny's chances of being among the 118,551 new babies who die next year are pretty good doesn't it but let's get one thing straight there's nothing about this figure that is sacred it can be reduced by well staffed Health departments throughout this great country of ours which kind of Public Health Service does your community have it's up to you

Channel: Andrew Cole

Views: 101,771

Keywords: Warner Bros. Entertainment (Production Company), So Much for So Little, sfdrew83, Public Health (Medical Specialty), Animation (TV Genre), Short Film (Film Genre), Film (Film)

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Length: 10min 20sec (620 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 20 2015