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11. The premises should then be carefully inspected to as- 

 certain the cause of the disease. Placards should be put up 

 to warn the public of the danger within. 



12. The diseases that must be reported in most places are 

 smallpox, cholera, scarlet fever, diphtheria, croup, yellow fever, 

 typhus fever, typhoid fever, measles, whooping cough, consump- 

 tion, meningitis, and leprosy. Some add chicken pox, ery- 

 sipelas, mumps, relapsing fever, dysentery, trichinosis, plague, 

 pneumonia, glanders, and malaria. 



13. Fines imposed for failure to report communicable dis- 

 eases range from $25 to $1000 in different states and cities. 



14. All school children exposed to communicable diseases 

 should be suspended from school at once. If the contagious 

 disease is likely to gain a foothold in the community, school 

 should be closed entirely until the danger is past. 



15. Personal health depends to a large extent upon the 

 general sanitary surroundings, and public health in turn is con- 

 ditioned on personal habits and modes of living. There is a 

 close relation between public health and personal health. 



1 6. Every individual should form good hygienic habits of 

 living, and become informed on all matters pertaining to pub- 

 lic health and general sanitation. 



