### Problem
>More than 90 percent of the people walking about in an ordinary neighborhood are unhealthy, judged by simple biological criteria. This ill health cannot be cured by hospitals or medicine.

### Solution
>Gradually develop a network of small health centers, perhaps one per community of 7,000, across the city; each equipped to treat everyday disease—both mental and physical, in children and adults—but organized essentially around a functional emphasis on those recreational activities which keep people in good health, like swimming and dancing.

### Related Patterns
... the explicit recognition of the life cycle as the basis for every individual life will do a great deal to help people's health in the community -- [[Life Cycle (26)]]; this pattern describes the more specific institutions which help people to care for themselves and their health.

Make sure that, in spite of its position in a public area, each still has enough private territory for people to fell at home in it -- [[Your Own Home (79)]]. If there are several houses in one area, treat them as a cluster or as a row -- [[House Cluster (37)]], [[Row Houses (38)]] ...

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> [!cite]- Alexander, Christopher. _A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction_. Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 252.
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