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Communicable
disease: This is contagious disease that can be transmitted
from one person to another e.g. tuberculosis.
Communicable
disease: This is contagious disease that can be transmitted
from one person to another e.g. tuberculosis.
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Disease: Is any
deviation from the normal physiological functioning of the body.
Disease: Is any
deviation from the normal physiological functioning of the body.
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Environment: Is the
immediate surroundings of man and organism.
Environment: Is the
immediate surroundings of man and organism.
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Environmental
health: Is the control of all those factors in man’s physical
environment which exercise a deleterious effect on man’s physical, mental and
social well-being of an individual not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity.
Environmental
health: Is the control of all those factors in man’s physical
environment which exercise a deleterious effect on man’s physical, mental and
social well-being of an individual not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity.
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Good housing: Is defined as a
building or premises constructed within a laid down regulation to occupy person
or persons and their personal effects, possessing all the necessary sanitary
conveniences, providing comfort, shelter, privacy and elongating life and
preventing diseases associated with housing.
Good housing: Is defined as a
building or premises constructed within a laid down regulation to occupy person
or persons and their personal effects, possessing all the necessary sanitary
conveniences, providing comfort, shelter, privacy and elongating life and
preventing diseases associated with housing.
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Hazard: Hazards is any
substance, agent, object, human behaviours and factors which is capable of
injury, disability, losses and death of man.
Hazard: Hazards is any
substance, agent, object, human behaviours and factors which is capable of
injury, disability, losses and death of man.
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Housing: It is the
physical structure that man uses for shelter including all the necessary
facilities, equipment and devices needed or desired for physical, mental and social
well-being of the family and individuals.
Housing: It is the
physical structure that man uses for shelter including all the necessary
facilities, equipment and devices needed or desired for physical, mental and social
well-being of the family and individuals.
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Lighting: This is the
process of increasing visibility in a room. This can be natural or mechanical.
Lighting: This is the
process of increasing visibility in a room. This can be natural or mechanical.
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Nuisance: According to
public health, is an act or omission, place or things which is or likely to be
dangerous to health, injurious to life and property.
Nuisance: According to
public health, is an act or omission, place or things which is or likely to be
dangerous to health, injurious to life and property.
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Overcrowding: This occurs when there are too many persons or
too many personal effects in living rooms or premises.
Overcrowding: This occurs when there are too many persons or
too many personal effects in living rooms or premises.
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Poor housing: Is defined as
dwelling that is cold and damp, overcrowded or badly designed and built without
the laid down building regulations.
Poor housing: Is defined as
dwelling that is cold and damp, overcrowded or badly designed and built without
the laid down building regulations.
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Public health: It is the field
of medicine that is concerned with safeguarding and improving the physical,
mental and social well-being of the community as a whole.
Public health: It is the field
of medicine that is concerned with safeguarding and improving the physical,
mental and social well-being of the community as a whole.
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Sanitary
conveniences: Are the apparatus of facilities provided in a house
that promote and protect the health of individuals from the factors that may
predispose one to danger or lead to a deleterious effect on human health.
Sanitary
conveniences: Are the apparatus of facilities provided in a house
that promote and protect the health of individuals from the factors that may
predispose one to danger or lead to a deleterious effect on human health.
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Social care: It refers to
those provision that influences the social life and well-being of individual
living in an environment or under certain housing condition which may affect
their health, comfort, academic performance and deprivation and their
interaction with the environment.
Social care: It refers to
those provision that influences the social life and well-being of individual
living in an environment or under certain housing condition which may affect
their health, comfort, academic performance and deprivation and their
interaction with the environment.
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Ventilation: This is the
free entry and circulation of fresh air in a house or building.
Ventilation: This is the
free entry and circulation of fresh air in a house or building.