Meetings of civic groups can often be utilized 
for sanitation education. Program committees of 
these groups generally appreciate guest speakers. 
Parent-Teachers Associations, civic clubs, church 
groups, and service organizations welcome pro- 
grams that demonstrate ways of attacking problems 
of general interest. With the various visual aids 
available on sanitation and the vector and pest 
problem in general, a very interesting and informa- 
tive program can be presented at these meetings, 
and appropriate pamphlets and leaflets can be 
distributed. 
Sehool children, also, can be interested in 
sanitation projects. This can be done through 
assembly programs or art projects. Literature on 
breeding and control of flies, mosquitoes, cock- 
roaches and rats can be distributed to school 
assemblies and introduced by talks to these groups. 
Then by requesting the students to take the litera- 
ture home with them, wide distribution can be 
achieved. In some cases, instruction in general 
sanitation and its effect on insect and rodent 
control has been given as an integrated part of 
hygiene, civics, general science or general biology 
classes. Guest speakers whose talks are illus- 
trated by movies or slides are welcomed by 
teachers as a change for the students and as an 
enrichment of the course or curriculum. 
In conjunction with the teaching and promotion 
of sanitation, poster design contests have proven 
beneficial. Acceptable posters for use in sub- 
sequent portions or phases of the program can thus 
be produced. Frequently, local merchants may 
provide modest awards for the contest winners. 
A form of public education which deals with' 
only one phase of sanitation is the tagging of 
unsuitable refuse containers. The large tags 
usually used for this purpose inform the owner 
that his refuse storage is inadequate. In addition, 
they frequently carry a brief list of common defi- 
ciencies which may be checked to indicate spe- 
cifically what action is required of the owner. 
Sufficient publicity to inform the public regarding 
the action to be taken should precede and accom- 
pany a tagging campaign. Good publicity is, in 
fact, an essential part of all phases of a sanitation 
improvement program. As the operation proceeds, 
the local newspapers could publish daily or weekly 
reports showing such data as number of premises 
surveyed, and number of premises with inadequate 
refuse storage. The work and record keeping could 
be carried out by the refuse collection agency, if 
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