Healthy living . Fig. 63.—Food in a pastry shop exposed to pollution from flies and dust and Fig. 64.—^The same shop with the food properly protected. 174 HEALTHY LIVING clean food and your toothbrush. Let nothing go to yournose except a clean handkerchief. Clean Food.—It is very necessary, of course, that thefood which is to go into your mouth should itself be clean and free fromharmful that has beenhandled by a sickperson or a carriermay easily pass thedisease germs on tosome one else. Milkhas often spread dis-ease to hundreds ofpeople at a time; andso has water, in
Healthy living . Fig. 63.—Food in a pastry shop exposed to pollution from flies and dust and Fig. 64.—^The same shop with the food properly protected. 174 HEALTHY LIVING clean food and your toothbrush. Let nothing go to yournose except a clean handkerchief. Clean Food.—It is very necessary, of course, that thefood which is to go into your mouth should itself be clean and free fromharmful that has beenhandled by a sickperson or a carriermay easily pass thedisease germs on tosome one else. Milkhas often spread dis-ease to hundreds ofpeople at a time; andso has water, in caseswhere it has been pol-luted by sewers emptying into the streamor pond from whichthe water was taken. A person who isfeeling ill should neverhandle food that isto be eaten by otherpeople; and since one may be a carrier without know-ing it, the hands should always be washed before pre-paring food. In buying foods, particularly fruits and other foodsthat are eaten raw, it is a good plan to avoid those that
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