Question

conduct a survey in your neighbourhood to find out about the three most common diseases suggest some step that could be taken by people and local authority to bring down the incidence of these disease?
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Answer 1

Three most common diseases were:

cholera, typhoid and dysentery.

All these diseases are caused by harmful vector or disease-carriers especially houseflies.

Ways the local authority should take are:

•Houses and breeding places should be sprayed with DDT(Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane)and other insecticides

•To create awareness among the people about the spread of these diseases.

•Steps should be taken to ensure that the locality and the drains are cleaned at regular intervals.