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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 1, 5 April 1876, Page 4

I’IIECAUTIONS AGAINST THE Si’llEAD OE TYPHOID EEVJf g : DI’IUVI! 11] ' by AVn.I.IAM 0(1 LK, M.A-, I M.!)., Oxom, E.li.G.l’. L0n.1,, Medk- | ea! Oftieerof I]('aii 1 i l’<>!• the combined | districts of East Herts ; aim! einrdated | I>y tin' Snnitiiry Authoritu s. | ffP Vi’HOl D, enteric, of gttsirie lever | lire, tiie mimes given to one and tiie same ini'ections uis, ase, this being n I fever pro I (teed by excrementiil poisoning i and almost iuvarialily accompanied by diarrlmea. Of all excrement; I matter, tiie mi s' poisonous is that wbieii comes from p-ersons Uiems Ives id with tiie fever ; ami it is principally by means of their stools that lie' diseas" spreads from one person to another. The poison may he taken in by breathing the cllluvia from these discharges, or from Hie privy, cesspool, or drains into which I they have been emplii d ; or by drinking wat.r from wells into which they hast 1 soahed :or by swallowing particles that have adhered to clotlns, bedding or other objects, and llicncc been aeehh ntidly transfeircd to articles of food or cooking utensils. ! Destruction of the fever poison in (he stools, the moment these liana 1 tin 1 holly, by means of disinfectants, and (bias- ; mneli as the action of disinfectants is | not thoroughly certain) the safe disposal of the stools themselves, are the means by which we should try to prevent the disease from spreading. ! Let all persons, therefore, who would keep themselves and their neighbours ■ free from infection, observe strictly the following' rules shiiuld the disease occur in their houses: 1 !. Remove at once from the, sieki room all carpets, curtains, ami other t object s likely lo get bulled. ! !\ecp every one whose m’cseiiee is ! not absolutely necessary out of the sick I room, and by means of open windows b. Take care that; (lie discharges are thorongbly mixed with the disinfecting fluid, and then carry (hem immediat ly into the garden or held, and bury them in a deep (reiieii, previously dug for the purpose, as far as possible from any well or ot her wafer stijipiy. On no aeeouul let them he thrown on to a refuse heap. If tiie house he in a town, and without a garden, so that the stools must of necessity he Ihi own down the closet, add a double allowance of the disinfectant, and take care that the emptying be doin' without splashing the seat, an I that the closet he Hushed until basin and pan are thoroughly clean. (I. Let bed and body linen, immediately it is taken off, be put into a tub of water, to which carbolic acid lias been added, in the proportion ofbalfa pint of acid to a bucket, of water. Have the tub and fluid ready prepared and at hand bej'ir, l tin 1 linen is taken off. Lei the hmm soak in this for two hours. ; n ! ami then let it be actually boiled in washing, ()n no account must the linen be sent to a laundress without thorough previous disinfect ion, nor without informing her of its character, so that she may not wash it with the linen of other persons. 7. Let the nurse obs >n - e the most scrupulous care to keep every thing clean. Let her wear a dress of washing material, as this is more easily disinfected than woo]. As her hands must almost unavoidably get soiled in helping the patient, let them wash them frerpiently in water to which some disinfeetingilnid has been added, and let her take earo that the water thus used, as well as all other slops, be emptied carefully into tin 1 garden trench. 8. When the illness is over, the bed if soiled, should be burnt ; or the. tick or sacking cover may bo disinfected by thorough boiling, and the (look or straw stul'ling burnt. Should there lie a disinfecting oven available,the stuffing of hairTnattrasses may be teased out and then disinfected by baking at a temperature of A'lOdeg. E. Otherwise this also should bo destroyed. 0. If fever be in your neighbourhood but not as yet in your bouse, take the following precautions lo keep it out ; —Prink mi water that is open to the least suspicion, or, if yon, can get no other, boil it before drinking. Esc no closet.or prriy that, is' used by houses in which there is already fever. Give i immediate notice to the Sanitary Inspector of any nuisance in your neigh j bourhood, such as a stinking drain or ; gully, heaps of offensive refuse, and the j like. Use all your influence influence to insist upon the proceeding precautions i being strictly carried out by your neighbours whose houses are already infected.