EFFECTIVE FUMIGATION.

Marlborough Express, Volume LII, Issue 285, 20 November 1918, Page 7

EFFECTIVE FUMIGATION.

The following is a simple and effective method of. fumigation which has frequently successfully been used, and is particularly suitable for using in private households during the present epidemic:— Take about half a, shovelful oi; glowing wood embers (not coal), place in the middle of the room, and. sprinkle three or four teaspoonfuls of JKerol, Jeyes' fluid, or other good disinfectant orer the embers. Dense fumes will arise, filling the room and penetrating all corners. Have ■ oil doors and windows stopped so that every part of the room will be filled with the fumes.

Stay in the room and inhale deeply for several minutes. Better still, sleep all night in the fumes. There is no danger of any kind, and no ill effects need be feared. Tho inhalation fumigates you inside, and oxit, and tends to destroy any germs which may liave lodged in the system.

This, should be done every day in the bedroom while tho epidemic lasts. Living rooms should also bo treated every day. Lesser used rooms should be treated at least every two or three days. '"The. treatment entails very little work,■-and the results are worth .twice the trouble.

In addition, the throat and mouth should be gargled at least .twice a day with a. weak solution pof disinfectant in water. Quite a weak solution will do.

A box of formalin tablets is a good investment. Suck one occasionally. A bottle of ammoniated quinine in the house, taking a couple or more doses daily, is also a good thing, acting both as a tonic and as a preventive.