SECTION C 

 THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY 



CHAPTER XXIII 

 THE PUBLIC WATER, MILK, AND FOOD SUPPLY 



1. What may communities do to protect their 

 water supply ? 



2. Why should the milk supply of a city be care- 

 fully inspected? 



3. In what ways may foods be made unfit to 

 eat? 



Water supply. The first and most important duty to 

 which a community should give its attention is the protec- 

 tion of its health. One of the first things to do is to obtain 



FIG. 142. Water supply system for towns and cities. 



a pure water supply. As all people in a city are using water 

 from the same source, an impure water supply affects all 

 the people in the community. The city water supply may 

 be obtained from two sources, ground water from artesian 



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