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The article focuses on a study which was conducted to find out the status of general science and hygiene education in the junior high schools of Massachusetts. The study explores the extent to which these subjects are taught jointly and separately in Massachusetts, and the desirable conditions under which these subjects are taught. For this purpose, a questionnaire was prepared and sent out to all junior schools in the state. As per the results of the study, it can be concluded, that there seems to be no strong opinion favoring the inclusion of hygiene in the science course or of separation from it. While one group is satisfied to have the hygiene included in the general science, another group, a larger one, although not objecting its inclusion in the general science, desire hygiene courses separate from the science or in addition to that given in the science course.