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8. How can the home water supply be protected in the country ? 



9. How can house waste, garbage, etc. be kept from injuring health ? 



10. What are the advantages of periodic visits to the dentist ? What 

 are the disadvantages ? 



11. How can young children be made to keep well with the least look- 

 ing after? 



12. How can people with different customs and habits be made to 

 cooperate in maintaining the health and safety of the community ? 



13. What is the infant death rate in your community ? How can it be 

 reduced ? 



REFERENCE READINGS 



Conn, H. W. Bacteria, Yeasts, and Molds in the Home, chap, iv. Decay 



of Fruit; chap, x, Preservation of Food; various chapters for special 



reports. 

 Hough and Sedgwick. The Human Mechanism, chap, xxvii, The 



House; chap, xxviii, The Warming and Lighting of the House; 



chap. XXX, Water Supply etc. 

 Public Health Bulletin 70, Good Water for Farmhouses. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 1227, Sewage and Sewerage of Farmhouses. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 1180, House Cleaning made Easier. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 1374, Care of Food in the House. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 851, The House Fly. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 658, Cockroaches. 

 Pubhc Health Reprint 626, The Bedbug. 

 United States Bureau of Mines. Technical Paper 199, Five Ways of 



saving Fuel in Heating Houses. 

 United States Bureau of Standards. Safety for the Household. 

 Pubhc Health Miscellaneous PubHcations 17, Prevention of Disease and 



Care of the Sick; How to keep Well, First Aid, etc. 



