Questions
1. From your reading of history and literature give some examples of the way diseases were dealt with in the olden days.
2. What are bacilli? Make a list of the things, beneficial, harmless, and harmful which are due to their activities.
3. Explain the various ways in which disease may be communicated. How are the following measures related to the control of communicable diseases: (a) quarantine; (b) the draining of marshes; (c) the removal of filth; (d) the extermination of rats; (e) the enforcement of regulations to prevent overcrowding in tenements?
4. What are vital statistics and what is their value? How are they compiled and by what means may they be improved?
5. Explain what is meant by vaccination. By inoculation. Give some evidence to prove that both have been effective.
6. Why is milk inspection of supreme importance? In what various ways may milk become infected? Why should milk be kept in a cool place?
7. Do you understand the following terms: adulteration; artificial preservatives; misbranding; ptomaine; narcotics?
8. Name the various wastes which the community produces each day and explain how each may be safely disposed of.
9. In what ways may water be treated so as to make it safe for human consumption?