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Requirements June 1972 until February 1978

1. Explain the difference between infectious and chronic disease.

2. Explain how people catch the following diseases. Describe how they are spread: typhoid fever, poliomyelitis, hookworm, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tetanus, rabies, tuberculosis, yellow fever.

3. Do the following:

(a) Explain the meaning of "immunization."

(b) Name three diseases against which a baby should be immunized.

(c) Name two diseases against which you should be immunized.

4. Name two diseases that can be caught from drinking unpasteurized milk.

5. Do the following:

(a) Describe the health aspects of preparing and handling food.

(b) Explain how dishes and utensils should be washed.

6. Show two ways to make water safe to drink.

7. Do the following:

(a) Explain how flies may be controlled. Tell how their breeding places can be destroyed.

(b) Get rid of garbage and rubbish from a camp or home. Tell how this helps control flies.

(c) Prepare a drawing of a home sewage system. Tell how it should be located and built to keep from polluting wells and springs.

8. Do the following:

(a) Describe the health dangers from air and water pollution.

(b) Describe health dangers from cigarette smoking.

9. Explain the reason for the camp arrival medical screening.

10. Visit your city, county, or state health department. Prepare an outline of its various services.