Question

Which of these is a part of environmental hygiene?
A) Keeping the house clean.
B) Throwing garbage in the dustbins.
C) Keeping dustbins covered.
D) All of these.

Answer 1

Hygiene is a practise related to health. It refers to the condition and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases. Regular hygiene practices help in keeping the society safe.

Complete answer:
Hygiene is a concept related to health, cleanliness and medicine. It is every day practices that are taken as preventive methods to stop the incidence and spread of diseases.
Some personal hygiene practices include cutting of finger nails, washing of hands, wearing clean cloth, taking regular baths, keeping the office, home clean and pathogen free.
Anything surrounding us is called our environment. The environment hygiene is directly related to personal hygiene. The main source of spread of pathogens is from the home. If the surface of the home is not kept clean then the chances of the spread of diseases is very frequent. The garbage thrown in the surrounding can lead to several insect borne diseases, water borne diseases, air borne diseases. The garbage disposal is the basic component for keeping the environment clean and hygienic.

Thus the correct answer is option (D).

Note: Use of chemical disinfectants at home can help in killing the pathogen. The disinfectants that kill bacteria are called bactericidal disinfectants. The ones that kill fungi are called fungicidal disinfectants, that kill spores are called sporicidal disinfectants and the ones that kill viruses are called virucidal disinfectants.