Question

Explain the relationship between sanitation and diseases.

Answer 1

Relationship between sanitation and diseases:

• Lack of sanitation can cause diseases.
• In our country, a large number of people even today, do not have sewerage facilities and thus defecate in open fields, railway tracks etc.
• The untreated human excreta thus pollute soil and water sources including underground water.
• When this contaminated water is used for drinking, it can cause diseases such as cholera, typhoid, hepatitis, and dysentery, which may even lead to death.
• Thus, lack of sanitation resulting in the drinking contaminated water can cause health problems.