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Fig. 1: PubHea-G-Front

Embroidery: Cotton thread
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Back: Starched cloth

Item Name: Public Health 1969 - 1972

Item ID: PubHea-G

Collector Rating: 1

Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge

Requirements January 1969 until June 1972

1. Explain the difference between an infectious disease and a chronic disease.

2. Explain how people contract the following diseases, and describe how these diseases are spread: typhoid fever, poliomyelitis, hookworm, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tetanus, rabies, tuberculosis, yellow fever.

3. (a) Explain what is meant by the term "immunization."

(b) Name three diseases against which an infant should be immunized.

4. Name two diseases that can be caught by a person due to drinking unpasteurized milk.

5. Do the following:

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

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

6. Demonstrate two ways of making water safe to drink.

7. Do the following:

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

(b) Properly dispose of garbage and rubbish from a campsite or at home and tell how this helps control flies.

(c) Prepare a simple sketch of a home sewage disposal system and tell how it should be located and constructed to protect against pollution of nearby wells and springs.

8. Do the following:

(a) Describe the health hazards related to air and water pollution.

(b) Describe health hazards associated with cigarette smoking.

9. Explain the purposes of the medical screening given each Scout when he arrives at Scout camp.

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

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