Is there a public laboratory? How would it benefit
your community if there were?

Is there a district nurse? How could Girl Scouts
assist such a nurse?

5. Schools. Is there any medical inspection in
your schools? How did it ever effect you?

Is its work followed up in the home? How are Girl
Scouts particularly fitted to help in this?

Is there a school nurse? Why does it pay the
community to employ one?

Are luncheons served in your school free, or at
low cost? Mention at least two advantages in this
and one disadvantage.

Are there school clinics for eyes and teeth? Why
are some cities providing such clinics?

6. Baby Hygiene. Is there any place in your town
where young or ignorant mothers can ask advice and
instruction in the care of infants? State briefly
why you think such help would benefit the
community in the end.

III. Public Services and Sanitation.

1. Who is responsible for the cleaning of the
streets? Dry or wet method used?

2. What are the laws concerning the public
collection and disposal of garbage? How much
responsibility in this line has your family? Can
you do what you please? Is there any practical use
for garbage?

3. What is the source of your local water supply?
What measures are taken to make and keep it
pure?--State some of the results of lack of care
in this matter.

4. Why should there be regulations about spitting
in public places? Why are common towels and
drinking cups forbidden? What are the general
rules for prevention and treatment of
tuberculosis?

5. Trace the life history of the house fly or
filth fly and tell why it is a menace. How may the
fly be exterminated? How are mosquitoes dangerous?
How may they be eliminated?

REFERENCES:

"Democracy in Reconstruction," Frederick A. Cleveland and Joseph
Schafer, Houghton Mifflin.

"A Manual for Health Officers," J. Scott MacNutt, John Wiley and Sons.

"House of the Good Neighbor," Esther Lovejoy, Macmillan.

"Community Civics," J. Field, Macmillan.

"Town and City," F. G. Jewett, Ginn and Co.

"Good Citizenship," J. R