514 MAN CONTROLS HIS ENVIRONMENT FOR HEALTH 



7. What are all the insects that spread diseases ? Suggest a way 

 to control them. 



8. Have you made a fly and mosquito survey of your neighbor- 

 hood? What did you find? 



9. Have you made a survey of your home and surroundings and 

 estimated the yearly damage done to them by rats ? What is it ? 



10. What do the reports of the Rockefeller Foundation say about 

 the extent hookworm has been controlled ? 



11. How do the various unfavorable factors of your environment 

 affect your home and how may you prevent such factors from doing 

 harm? 



12. Have you a service squad in your school? What do you do 

 to make its work effective ? 



13. What facts do you know about sewage and garbage disposal 

 in your community? 



14. How is the health department of your community organized 

 and how does it do its work? 



Practical Problems 



1. Describe the process of making vaccines. Ask your teacher 

 for references. 



2. Suppose your city was threatened with a typhoid epidemic. 

 Outline the probable procedure of the Board of Health and list your 

 part in fighting the epidemic. 



3. Suppose your home was made uncomfortable from mosquitoes 

 coming from an unknown source. The rest of the community is 

 not bothered by them. Outline your procedure in ridding your home 

 of these pests. 



4. What do you know of the sanitary conditions of your own 

 home ? Can you locate sewers, cesspool, or septic tanks, etc. ? Do 

 you know if your water supply is tested regularly and is adequately 

 protected? Do you have regular garbage collection? Do you know 

 how garbage is disposed of? How is the food in your home protected? 

 Are you properly screened against insects? How high a score would 

 you and your home make on the following score card ? 



a. Environment 



Pure air 10 



Pure water 10 



Well-drained soil 10 



Plenty of sunlight 10 



Not too great extreme of heat or cold 5 



Foods supplied from home garden 5 



Foods cheap and good 5 



