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as die from them; therefore, the efficiency and happiness of men could 

 be greatly increased if the ravages of the various types of diseases and 

 accidents were controlled. 



Human resources conservation measures include (1) reduction of the 

 rate of infant mortality, (2) control and prevention of communicable 

 diseases, (3) guarantee of pure foods and water in sufficient quantities 

 for the individual needs of each person, (4) proper elimination of sewage 

 and industrial wastes, (5) proper growth and inspection of foods so that 

 diseases may not be transmitted to man, (6) greater support to city, 

 county, state, and federal health agencies which are doing much to edu- 

 cate and control the general public in regard to physical and mental 

 health problems, (7) proper enforcement and acceptance of quarantine 

 regulations, (8) the institution of a program of physical activity to de- 

 velop and maintain a maximum of physical health for each person com- 

 mensurate with his inherited abilities, (9) the elimination of infectious 

 organisms, especially from crowded places, (10) the proper control of 

 "carriers" of disease germs so that they are unable to transmit them to 

 others, (11) better education of the public regarding the causes, transmis- 

 sion, prevention, treatment, and the effects of human diseases, (12) de- 

 crease in the occupational diseases through better working conditions and 

 a reduction of the number of deaths and injuries due to various types 

 of accidents, (13) better understanding of the dietary diseases due to 

 deficiencies of certain essential nutrients, (14) more rigid enforcement of 

 properly formulated pure food and drug laws, (15) more research in 

 the fields of bacteriology, protozoology, immunology, and public health, 

 and (16) the regulation of our individual lives so that we shall be able 

 to develop and maintain the maximum of physical and mental health of 

 which each of us is capable, considering the inherited materials with 

 which each has started existence. 



QUESTIONS AND TOPICS 



1. Define natural resources and conservation of natural resources. 



2. Discuss the causes for the necessity of conservation and specific measures to be 

 used in the conservation of such natural resources as forests, soils, water, animal 

 and plant wild life, minerals and fuels, human beings. 



3. Discuss the statement that "the United States is the richest nation in the 

 world," including such points on which we are strong or weak and how we 

 might improve our status in specific instances. 



4. Why and how has the necessity for conservation changed in the last fifty years? 



5. Explain how the great industrialization of our country has affected the neces- 

 sity for conservation. 



