A home geography of New York city . about the horses ? Department of Health. Nothing is more important than goodhealth. It is therefore necessary for all to try to have good one of us must do his share to keep well and must help tokeep others well. The citycan assist us in many waysin these efforts. Some-times people have conta-gious diseases. It is theduty of the city to preventthe spreading of these dis-eases. How is this dutyperformed? Whateverhelps the people to keepwell and strong is said toadd to their physical wel-fare. The Avork of ourdepartment of health isto look after th
A home geography of New York city . about the horses ? Department of Health. Nothing is more important than goodhealth. It is therefore necessary for all to try to have good one of us must do his share to keep well and must help tokeep others well. The citycan assist us in many waysin these efforts. Some-times people have conta-gious diseases. It is theduty of the city to preventthe spreading of these dis-eases. How is this dutyperformed? Whateverhelps the people to keepwell and strong is said toadd to their physical wel-fare. The Avork of ourdepartment of health isto look after the physicalwelfare of the people. It is the duty of this department to see thatthe water, the milk, and the drugs we use are pure ; that the meat,fish, fruit, and vegetables we eat are fresh ; and that no refuse ordecaying substance remains in the street. It is not considered goodfor the health of young children to work ; therefore the departmentof health does not give employment certificates to children underfourteen years of IOST OlKICK 1U8 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF KEW YOEK CITY The health department also keeps records of marriages, births,and deaths. Have you a visiting physician in your school ? Who sends himthere ? What does he do ? Why ? Were you ever vaccinated ? Bywhom? Which two departments work together in the schools toprevent the spread of contagious diseases ? Street-Cleaning Department. Our streets must be kept cannot keep them clean unless they are swept and the dirt,ashes, and garbage are removed. To do all this we need a street-cleaning department. The head of this department is called acommissioner. The street-cleaning department must do more thansweep the streets. It must also remove snow and ice from theprincipal streets in winter. It is the duty of every one in our city to help this departmentin its work. It is wrong to throw paper, orange peel, banana skins,ashes, or garbage into the street. We should put all refuse intoboxes, pails, or barrels. If
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