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12 Cleanliness and Hygiene

Keeping clean is very important for KEY CONCEPTS

a healthy living. Unclean and dirty
• Personal cleanliness and hygiene
places become favourable space for
• Diseases caused due to lack of personal
germs to grow and spread diseases. hygiene and unclean surrounding
Whether it is our own body or • Biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes
our surrounding area, we need to • Need for proper disposal of biodegradable and
non-biodegradable wastes
maintain cleanliness.
• Disposal and managing of wastes

Personal Cleanliness and Hygiene

It is important to clean ourselves regularly. The air around us carries particles of dust

and dirt. These particles carry germs. They stick to our body along with our sweat. If
we do not clean our body parts properly, it creates good condition for germs to grow.
This often leads to spread of diseases. To prevent the
Did You Know!
growth of germs we need to clean ourselves and our
October 15 is celebrated as
surroundings regularly. The good practices which we
Global Hand Washing Day. Its
adopt to keep clean in order to remain disease free aim is to make people aware
and healthy are called hygiene. about the benefi ts of hand
washing with soap.
Cleanliness of body and its parts

Skin covers our whole body and protects it
from germs. So we need to keep our skin germ
free. Let’s discuss some ways to keep ourselves

clean every day.

• Take bath every day. Clean all body parts
with soap and water. This removes sweat

and dirt from the body. It also makes us
feel fresh.

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