10 Criteria of Healthy House

Basically all the things that human experience happens are caused of changes around it. In order to always be ready to face the changes, the body and mental human must be healthy. However, maintaining a healthy body and mental is not enough to eat nutritious food or exercise. Our closest environment must be maintained carefully so as not to become a den of disease. Consider whether our house already has the characteristics of the following healthy homes.

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1. Not made of dangerous materials
The hallmark of most important healthy house is not made of materials that release harmful substances for health. Houses can be categorized as healthy if the lead contains no more than 300 mg / kg, total dust is not more than 150 μgm3, and free asbestos does not exceed 0.5 μg / m3 / 4 hours.

2. There are no puddles
Try not to have clear water doesn’t flow in your yard. Stagnant water can be a hotbed of dengue fever and malaria. Maintaining fish in the pond can help you eradicate the mosquito larva, because the fish will eat larvae or mosquito eggs in clear water. Replace water in pots or containers of water plants regularly.

3. The bedroom is not dark during the day
Less light exposure causes concentration problems. In the morning and afternoon sunlight must be able to enter the bedroom. It will help us get up early and help smooth the brain’s performance and metabolism.

4. Kitchen clean and free of rat
As beautiful as any of our homes will be in vain if the kitchen is not clean. Wastewater channels should not be clogged and cause odors. Foam or dish washing sponges and washcloths should be changed frequently or washed, because that’s where all the germs are nesting. The kitchen should have a smoke vacuum to keep the air at home clean.

5. Ventilated
The total area of ideal ventilation is at least 10 percent of the total floor area in each room. Good bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens, living rooms, bedrooms, even a shed should have ventilation.

6. The television is in a room that is quite light
LED televisions are designed to be more power-efficient, have better picture quality than LCD televisions and tube television, and are environmentally friendly. However, LED televisions still emit radiation, although the intensity is less than the LCD television and tube television. In addition, watching television for too long can make eye muscles tense, neck and shoulders aches, and damage the eyes. Distance sofa with LED television should not be too close and not too far away. You can know the ideal distance to watch television here. If the room is bright enough, the eye muscles also do not work too hard when you watch television.

7. Have a clean food storage
Food storage should be clean and hygienic. Kitchen cabinets should be tightly closed and not easily explored animals such as rats, cockroaches, or ants.

8. The bathroom is watertight
Bathroom walls and floors should be coated with waterproof material and easy to clean. Drainage channels from the bathroom should also be designed so as not to contaminate water sources (wells) and soil surface.

9. Ceiling clean and safe
House ceiling should be made of sturdy materials and the structure is not complicated for easy cleaning.

10. Enough water
A healthy house should be able to meet the water needs of all residents of the house, which is about 60 liters / day / person. Water should also be clean, contain no hazardous substances, and meet applicable drinking water requirements.

 

What Is Healthy House?

Healthy House Meaning. The house functions as a residence and is used to shelter from climatic and other living conditions. The house is also a gathering place for family members to spend most of their time.

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A healthy house is one of the means to achieve optimum health status. To obtain a healthy house is determined by the availability of housing sanitation facilities. House sanitation is a public health effort that focuses on overseeing the physical structure in which people use it for shelter that affects the degree of human health. The house is also one of the residential buildings that must meet the criteria of comfort, safety and health to support the occupants in order to work productively.

Healthy house is also a means or a shelter and a shelter and a place to rest so as to grow a perfect life both physically, spiritually and socially.

In general, the house is said to be healthy if it meets the following criteria:
Can meet the psychological needs such as adequate privacy, healthy communication between family members and residents of the house, a special room for rest (sleeping room), for each residents;

Can meet the requirements of prevention of disease transmission among the inhabitants of the house with the provision of clean water, the management of stool and household waste, disease-free vectors and rats, the density of the occupancy is not excessive, enough sunlight, shelter food and drink from the pollution, in addition to lighting and ventilation enough;

Meet the physiological needs such as adequate lighting, air conditioning and space, avoiding disturbing noise;

Meet the requirements for the prevention of accidents whether arising from outside and inside influences, such as road line demarcation, home building construction, fire and accident hazards within the house;

A healthy home should be able to prevent or reduce the risk of accidents such as falls, poisoning and fires (Winslow and APHA). Some aspects that must be considered in connection with it include:

  • Making a sturdy and strong house construction;
  • House material made of refractory material;
  • Air exchange inside the house is good so avoid the danger of toxins and gas;
  • The floor is made of non-slip material so that the danger of falls and mechanical accidents can be avoided;

Healthy Home Criteria:

  • Ventilation
  • Lighting
  • Temperature and humidity

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The presence of some types of insects often interferes with the comfort of our homes. Therefore we repeatedly discussed how to overcome attacks such as mosquitoes, cockroaches, ants, and now we will discuss flies.

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In addition to making the atmosphere uncomfortable, flies are known animals that often spread various diseases. This is inseparable from the environment and their life cycle that is always connected with the world of the final decomposition. So they often bring dirt on places that stop. Continue reading “How To Get Rid Of Flies From House”

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Almost in every house there is a mice animal, this makes the occupants of the house became furious. Because rats are very dirty or dirty, so if there is a mice in the house it will certainly make the house dirty and uncomfortable again. Continue reading “How To Get Rid Of Mice Easily”