1 Introduction to sanitation Dr. James Scott Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Dr. John Snow • believed in germ theory of disease • recognized that cholera outbreaks in London in 1854 were associated with community water pumps • "removed the pump handle" • seminal event in epidemiology Sanitation vs. Environmental Health? Environmental Health • Air quality • Body art safety • Climate change • Disaster preparedness and response • Food safety • Hazardous materials management • Housing • Land use planning • Liquid waste disposal • Medical waste management • Noise pollution control • Occupational health and industrial hygiene • Radiological health • Recreational water illness prevention • Safe drinking water • Solid waste management • Toxic chemical exposure • Vector control Source: Wikipedia Public Health Sanitation/ Environmental Health Microbiology • Pests – insects, rodents, etc. • Drinking water – pathogen control • Waste – sewage collection/ treatment – trash • Food – field crops: pre- & post harvest pest & disease management – meat: hygienic husbandry, slaughter, processing & preparation – dairy: pathogen control in milk and eggs
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Introduction to sanitation
Dr. James ScottDivision of Occupational & Environmental
Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health,
University of Toronto
Dr. John Snow
• believed in germ theory of disease
• recognized that cholera outbreaks
in London in 1854 were associated
with community water pumps
• "removed the pump handle"
• seminal event in epidemiology
Sanitation vs.
Environmental Health?
Environmental Health
• Air quality
• Body art safety
• Climate change
• Disaster preparedness and
response
• Food safety
• Hazardous materials
management
• Housing
• Land use planning
• Liquid waste disposal
• Medical waste management
• Noise pollution control
• Occupational health and
industrial hygiene
• Radiological health
• Recreational water illness
prevention
• Safe drinking water
• Solid waste management
• Toxic chemical exposure
• Vector control
Source: Wikipedia
Public Health Sanitation/Environmental Health Microbiology
• Pests
– insects, rodents, etc.
• Drinking water
– pathogen control
• Waste
– sewage collection/ treatment
– trash
• Food
– field crops: pre- & post harvest pest & disease management