- Dwelling, 100 points
- Location, 18 points out of 100
- Congestion of buildings, 26 points
- Common entrance for two or more, discredit 2 points
- Basement, discredit 5 points
- Sunlight, credit 16 points of the 26
- Window openings, 11 points
- Air and ventilation, 13 points
- Structural condition, 6 points
- House appurtenances, 26 points
- Well outside, discredit 3 points
The final score card may vary somewhat.
For rent collectors there is also a score card.
- Occupants, 100 points
- Congestion of occupancy, 61 points cubic air space
- 1,000 cu. ft. per person, no discredit
- 600 cu. ft. per person discredits 20 points
- Condition of air and ventilation, 18 points
- Cleanliness, 21 points
A score card movement might be started as a hobby, and in the end lead public opinion to judicial choice and action. No such movement, however, is possible without leaders, and leaders of the right type.
The lesson for the community to be drawn from a study of crowd psychology is that of leadership and loyal coöperation. The common man is likely to be possessed of one idea at a time. If such an one becomes a leader, there is danger that equally vital factors will be overlooked. Safety is found in a combination of leaders to make an all-round improvement.
Each individual is too busy in his own affairs to look after his own, much less his neighbor’s, health and comfort, hence community life, with its advantages, brings its own dangers. Children in school in contact with other children; crowds in trains, in elevators, stores, in lecture halls, contract habits as well as diseases. The need for large quantities of supplies at one point brings long-distance transportation and cold storage difficulties. The man who caters to public need does not look far ahead to consequences, and if unrestrained may prove more of a menace than a convenience.
The safe and reasonable way is to delegate to certain persons the making and enforcement of regulations corresponding to the needs of the times, and then to obey them, even at some personal inconvenience.
Each community should put into the hands of its health officers the carrying out of the rules it has agreed to as an insurance against outbreaks of disease. Does a man let his fire insurance policy lapse because the year has passed without a fire? Even if the regulation seems superfluous to the particular individual or family, let it be remembered that there are inflammable spots in every community. Eternal vigilance is the price of safety in sanitary as well as in military affairs. As in the army, the community must delegate scout duty to certain chosen individuals and rely on their report for safety.