For example, there were no longer any engineers left who knew how to build or maintain aqueducts. This meant that when these structures broke they couldn’t be fixed, and so over time there was less provision for clean water. The local population used the stone from the bath houses and other structures to build their own homes as there was less emphasis on public health. The new rulers of Britain did not think it was as important as the Romans had. By 1350 there were some quite serious public health problems in towns, where the lack of fresh water and drainage was a problem which caused the water to be contaminated by other sources and was not healthy to drink.
Other than Greenville the rest of the county consists of small rural communities and farm land. (PCCHA, 2011) B. Assessment of needs and risks utilizing the six tools Population economic status assessment is as follows: The population of Pitt County is approximately 172,554, per capita income in 2011 was 21,935, and unemployment rate was 10.1% in 2011 but presently is 9.3%. The percentage of households at or below poverty level is 25.8%, of this group, 18.4% are white non-Hispanic and 34.7% are Black. 1 in 4 children live in poverty, 64% of school children are eligible for free or reduced school lunches/breakfasts.
Census Bureau, more than 12% of the population in the state of Virginia is food insecure. It is a myth to think that people who need food are chronically poor. More likely, the person is unemployed, underemployed, suffering from poor health, or enduring the loss of a spouse. * The poverty rate for people living in suburban areas was 16.6 percent (7.9 million people) in 2009. * In 2010, the prevalence of household food insecurity in suburban areas was 12.6 percent (6.2 million households), and the prevalence of very low food security was 4.6 percent (2.3 million households).
The third group represents 28 percent of the population whose main concern is access to health care. It includes people under 65 who are uninsured as well as children who have no coverage or are covered by Medicaid. Access to care for this tier is severely limited because the safety net has frayed. People in this tier depend on the limited resources and strained generosity of safety net funding streams and providers. While some are covered by Medicaid, this plan offers only limited choices and benefits depend on funding which often competes with prisons and schools.
by J East of anywhere," writes a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "often evokes the other side of the tracks. But, for a first-time visitor suddenly deposited on its eerily empty streets, East St. Louis might suggest another world." The city, which is 98 percent black, has no obstetric services, no regular trash collection, and few jobs. Nearly a third of its families live on less than $7,500 a year; 75 percent of its population lives on welfare of some form. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development describes it as "the most distressed small city in America."
A.2. Nightingale Community Hospital has numerous standards that failed compliance. For instance, in the standard involving the Environment of Care, the organization failed to prove that it could be a secure and the setting itself was functional. The Life Safety standard was not met due to its inadequate fire safety. The Leadership standard also was not met due to staffing insufficiencies.
(Document B) Without water, the crops were unable to grow which led to hunger, starvation, and death. When there where crops to tend to, the water levels were too weak to do so. (Document B) Moreover, the rivers and lakes became brackish which means that they started to fill with salt. Therefore, their dependable sources of fresh water became limited. (Document A) Since there was a short supply of fresh water, many colonists died of dehydration.
Many people in society believe public toilets are irrelevant to modern America, and they aren’t interesting enough to discuss, but according to George, the conditions of public toilets stem from plenty of debatable issues in the present-day times. While sanitation is a severely ignored condition nationwide, Rose George has made it clear that it is in dire need of attention. Sanitation is not the same everywhere, the conditions of it completely vary by location. One of the main areas in the world where sanitation is taken serious, is China, where the Bidet toilets are more common than any household item. While China has advanced sanitarily, there are still 2.6 billion people in the world who do not have access to any toilet at all.
In conclusion, the Anacostia river, has the outdated sewer system, polluted water, and lack of green infrastructures. Eventually, the Anacostia Watershed Society sued the DC Water for its lack in keeping the Anacostia river clean. As a result, the DC Water intitated the DC Clean Rivers Project where they create, develop, and implement new tunnel underground to reduce the combined sewer overflow and developing more green infrastructures. Once the project complete, the citizens would start to notice the water are clearing up in the Anacostia river, and more green
Indigent Care in Georgia Mountains Health Clinic Amy Creek University of North Georgia Indigent Care in Georgia Mountains Health Clinic The Georgia Mountains Health Clinic is an indigent care, sliding scale, primary healthcare agency that provides services to those with little or no health insurance. The rural Georgia mountain region is one that has been plagued with less-than-satisfactory health for many years due to lack of resources according to the Georgia Department of Community Health (GADHC, 2007). Because of the lack of resources, poor health in a community effects more than just those suffering with chronic diseases, injuries, and/or illnesses. This is why the Georgia Mountains Health Service was founded in 1984 (Georgia Mountains