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and committees appointed for the purpose of looking after 

 the public health. 



3. All such organized efforts should receive the support 

 and cooperation of every intelligent citizen. The health 

 departments cannot do what they should without the aid of 

 the public. 



4. The federal government and each state and city ap- 

 point persons to inspect and examine foods, as meats, fish, 

 milk, vegetables, and fruits. These inspectors condemn and 

 destroy whatever they find that is stale, adulterated, or other- 

 wise unwholesome. 



5. The water is frequently polluted with disease germs, 

 and then it must be boiled before it is safe to use for drinking 

 purposes. Most of the outbreaks of typhoid fever can be 

 traced to contaminated water or milk. 



6. Pure, wholesome, odorless air is a matter of great im- 

 portance to the health of any people. Much can be done in 

 the cities to control the nuisances that vitiate the atmosphere. 



7. The removal and disposal of the garbage, ashes, rubbish, 

 and wastes of all kinds are of great importance to good sanita- 

 tion. 



8. The chief methods of disposing of the garbage in the 

 large cities are dumping on low grounds and in the water, 

 plowing under as a fertilizer, feeding' to swine and other ani- 

 mals, selling to farmers, cremation, reducing to certain useful 

 products, as fats and oils ; but cremation is the most satisfac- 

 tory from a sanitary standpoint. 



9. The air, water, foods, houses, cellars, yards, streets, 

 alleys, parks, public buildings, public baths, persons, and cloth- 

 ing should all be kept just as clean as possible if we wish to 

 maintain good sanitary conditions. 



10. Every communicable disease should be reported at 

 once to the proper authorities by the attending physician, head 

 of the family, or teacher in the school, 



