It is very essential that the spread of infectious diseases be checked and controlled immediately otherwise the health of the entire local community can be in danger. The following methods may be helpful for control:

• Information to authorities:-The authorities should at once be contacted for the occurrence of infectious disease as the health authorities can take necessary steps to check the spread of disease in the community specially in case of diseases like cholera, malaria etc.

• Isolation of the patient:- Another important step is the isolation of the affected person from healthy people, who come in contact with him. The patient may be isolated in a separate room, away from the members of his family. If there is no separate room in the house for this purpose, the patient may be shifted to the isolated ward of a hospital. Only those person who attend the patient, should be permitted to go into his room.

• Disinfection:- After patient gets recovered , the clothes, furniture etc. used by the patient, should be got disinfected and his room fumigated. In the absence of this step, the infection may pass on to others after some time.

• Good hygienic and sanitary practices:-The next important step of prevention and control of disease is personal cleanliness. It consists of washing hands prior to eating, keeping all household articles, quite clean and avoiding eating of unhygenic foodstuff.

• Immunization:-This is also essential for controlling the spread of infectious diseases. All members of the patient’s family should take this step. In case of epidemic, mass immunization is a must. But in the actual treatment of infectious diseases, drugs and antibiotics are invaluable.

• Segregation:-Person from the infected house must be isolated from going to school or office or in the crowd until the risk of carrying the infection with them is over.

• Quarantine:-If suspicious of carrying of the germs or exposed to infection, the person should be isolated to prevent its further spreading until the incubation period of that particular disease expires .During the period, the person should be kept under observation.