SANITATION at HOME

People can do a lot about the conditions in which they live. They should refrigerate food properly when necessary and they should not leave food lying around because it may attract and rats. To avoid these pests, the proper care of garbage is also very important. Careful housekeeping is extremely important to situation and good health. People should keep all parts of house neat and clean. They should scrub bathrooms and kitchens often, and use disinfectants freely.

The fight against disease germs is not the only part of the sanitation official’s job. Modern scientific discoveries have brought new health problems. Some of these are the possible dangers of new drugs; the misuse of insect killers; harmful diet; air population especially by smoke from industrial factories and exhaust from automobiles; and population of rivers, streams, and sea shore areas with sewage and chemical wastes.

Sanitary conditions protect people from germs, but heath problems not caused by germs are a growing challenge in the field of sanitation today.

*sewage: the waste material and water carried under the ground

Taken from: New Book of Knowledge