Environmental Health and Sanitation
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What is the primary goal of sanitation?

  • To purify the atmosphere
  • To prevent sporadic outbreaks of diseases that are dangerous to public health (correct)
  • To ensure proper ventilation in buildings
  • To eliminate all insects from the environment

What is included in the environmental factors that sanitation aims to control or eliminate?

  • Only water supply and disposal of human excreta
  • Water supply, disposal of human excreta, and insects
  • All of the above, plus ventilation, atmospheric pollution, and plumbing (correct)
  • Only atmospheric pollution and methods of purification

Who are typically responsible for executing sanitation work?

  • Urban planners
  • Engineers and Health Department officials (correct)
  • Government administrators
  • Doctors and nurses

What is another term for public health engineers?

<p>Sanitary Engineers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is sanitation important?

<p>To prevent the spread of diseases that are dangerous to public health (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main objective of sanitation?

<p>To eliminate environmental factors that spread diseases (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT an environmental factor that sanitation aims to control or eliminate?

<p>Natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between sanitation and public health?

<p>Sanitation is public health work executed by officials of the health department (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an environmental factor that sanitation aims to control or eliminate?

<p>Atmospheric pollution (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who are typically involved in executing sanitation work?

<p>Officials of the health department or engineers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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