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TOPIC: FAMILY HEALTH 1
SUB-TOPIC: SANITATION
CONTENTS: Meaning
Sanitation is the removal of all kinds of waste that could be considered unpleasant from our immediate environment. In order to keep ourselves and our environment clean and healthy.
Types of Sanitation:
- Environmental Sanitation: This refers to the practice or ways of keeping our surrounding clean and healthy by removing all kinds of waste from our rooms, toilets, bathrooms, kitchens and surroundings such as markets, schools etc.
- Personal cleanliness: This is the keeping of one’s body and personal belongings neat, clean and tidy always. Personal cleanliness is important for health because it prevents very tiny organisms (micro-organisms) which can cause diseases.
How to carry out personal cleanliness: We can carry out personal cleanliness by doing the followings-
- Cleanliness of the hair: The hair should be washed, combed and plaited or barbed.
- Cleanliness of the skin: The skin should be cleaned by bathing at least twice a day using water, sponge, and soap.
- Cleanliness of the teeth: The mouth should be brushed at least twice a day.
- Cleanliness of clothes: Our clothes should be washed and dried in the sun to remove sweat and dirt.
- Cleanliness of hands and nails: Hands should be washed regularly and nails should be cut to prevent micro-organisms.
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