SET OF QUESTIONS: HOUSE AND SWIMMING SANITATION

1. Environmental Sanitation is the control of those factors of man’s physical environment, which
exercise or may exercise a deleterious effect on his physical development, health and survival.
2. Housing Sanitation generally regarded as a clean supply of water, either pipe into the dwelling
or readily accessible to it for drinking, preparation of food, domestic washing activities and
personal hygiene; a sanitary means of disposing of solid and liquid household wastes; and
controlling insects, parasitic and other animal vectors of diseases
3. Cesspools are the cheapest and therefor the most common means of hygienic storage of sewage
outside a sewered area
4. Food Poisoning is a major problem in many countries and is usually associated with poor
personal hygiene or food contaminated with food poisoning organisms or more rarely by
chemical contamination and sometimes by animals.
5. Leishmaniasis is a disease of human and dogs caused by minute protozoan parasites.
6. Swimming Pool sanitation is the process of ensuring healthy conditions in swimming pools
7. Swimming pool contaminants are introduced from environmental sources and swimmers.
8. Consecutive Dilution System allows the removal of organic waste on a daily basis by using sieve
baskets inside the skimmer and circulation pump and the sand unit with a backwash facility for
easy removal of organic waste from the water circulation
9. Disinfection is normally in the form of Hypochlorous acid (HCIO) to kill infectious
microorganisms
10. Copper ion system use a low voltage current across copper bars to free copper ions into the flow
of pool water to kill organisms such as algae and provide residual in the water.

11-15.) Disease transmission of a contaminated swimming pool

- Eye infections
- Ear infections
- Skin infections
- Various fevers
- Diarrhea

16-20.) Atleast 5 house sanitary requirements

- Water Supply
- Disposal of waste and surface water
- Toilet facilities
- Excreta disposal
- Domestic washing and drying
- Personal washing and bathing
- Storing, preparing and cooking food
- Storage, collection and disposal of solid and household waste
- Housing of pets and domestic animals