Item Name: Public Health 1911

Item ID: PubLic-1911

Collector Rating: 10

Additional Info:

Earned By: Richard Burckes, Waltham, Mass.; George Hesse, Utica, N. Y.; Charles Councell, Marion, Ind.; J. R. McGaw, Columbus, Ohio.; Earl Marx, 1654 Main St. Jacksonville, Fla.; Harris Berlack, 218 W. Ashley St., Jacksonville, Fla.; Robert Earl Dean, Room 583 Y. M. C. A. Bldg., Jacksonville, Fla.; Bruce K. Brown, Wilmette, 111; Kingsley L. Rice, Wilmette, 111.; Alfred Schmidt, Wilmette, 111.; William Kleinpell, Wilmette, 111.; Christian Truelson, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Requirements June 1911 until August 1911

The scout must state what the chief causes of each of the following diseases are: tuberculosis, typhoid, malaria. Draw a diagram showing how the house fly carries disease. Tell how a scout may cooperate with the board of health. Describe the method used by his city in disposing of garbage. What should be done with a house occupied by a person who has had a contagious disease? Tell how a city should protect its foods, (a) milk, (b) meat, (c) and foods for sale on streets. He must tell how to plan the sanitary care of a camp.

 

Requirements August 1911 until October 1914

1. State what the chief causes of each of the following disease are: tuberculosis, typhoid, malaria.

2. Draw a diagram showing how the house-fly carries disease.

3. Tell what should be done to a house which has been occupied by a person who has had a contagious disease.

4. Tell how a scout may cooperate with the board of health in preventing disease.

5. Describe the method used in his community in disposing of garbage.

6. Tell how a city should protect its foods; milk, meat, and exposed foods.

7. Tell how to plan the sanitary care of a camp.

8. State the reason why school children should undergo a medical examination.