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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 105, 12 April 1876, Page 4

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE SPREAD OE TYPHOID FE Yd. Drawn-ni' hy Wh,uax M.A - , ■M.D., Oxon., F.R.C.P. Lfmd.pjVfedi--cal Officer of Health for iherconibimw! districts of' East Herts ; and dm; lute*] 4iy. ilie Sanitary Anthoriti. s. npYPTIOJD, U !tvi> tin enteric,., or . <;asl!'ie lever are the/mines .yiven to one and the same in feet ions disease, tins heini; - a fever produced.by. cxcnnnen-tal-pois«minjf and-almost 'invariably accompanied by diarrlnea.. Of all excrement:-]! matter, the most poisonous is that which conics from persons themselves ill with the fever; and it is principally by menu of their stools that the. - disease spreads from one person to another. The poison cooniup' utensils, Deslniefion of the fever poison in the ■stools, the moment these leave the body, hy means of disinleelants, and (inasmuch as the' action of disinfectants is not- thoroughly certain) the sate disposal of the stools themselves, arc* the means by will cl i we should try* to prevent the disease from spreading;.

Let all there, fore, who would keep themselves and t!u-1r neighbours free from infection, observe strictly Ilia hollowing rules shiiold the disease occur in their houses: 1. Ifemove at once from (lie sickroom all carpets, curtains, and other ohjeds likely to yet fouled. 2. K”cp every one wlio.se presence is not absolutely necessary dui. of the sick I'ooni, and hy means of open windows he done without splashing the seat, and that the closet he '(lushed until basin and pan are thoroughly clean. (!. Let lied and body linen, immediately it is lakeu olf, he put into a tub. of water, to which carbolic acid has been added,: in the proportion' of half a. pink of acid to a bucket of water. Have the tub ■and fluid ready prepared fin da I hand' before the. linen is taken oil'. Let the linen soak in this for two hours, and ami then let it be actually ■ boiled inf ■ washing, : On no account,must the linen be sent to a laundress without thorough ■ previous disinfection, nor without informing her of its character, so that she may not wash! it with the linen of other

jK.TSUiif;. • ; . 7. Let Llio nurse observe the most scrupulous care to Uecp-cvcry thing clean. Lot Inn - wear a .dross .of. washing material, as tins is more easily disinfected limn wool. As'lior hands must almost unavoidably get soiled- in; helping- the ■patient, let them wash tlmm frequently in water to whidmnae disinfecting fluid lias, been added,, ami let her take care, that tlio water thus used, as well, as all other slops, lie emptied carefully into the garden trench. •8; When trio illness is over, the bed if Soiled, shouki he burnt;, or thedick or, sacking cover may bo - disinfected by, thorough boiling, and' the flock or straw si lifting: burnt. -(Should there lie a .-disinfecting oven available,the .stuffing of hair nnittrasses, may he leased -out and their ’'disinfected "by baking id a temperature of 2o(Jdeg; F. ■ Uthenvise this also should ho destroyed. 1). JTfever be in your mighhoudmi.d hut not ns yet in yn-uf ;hdus--,‘' hdfe'iho foUowiiig precautions to keep it out; —.Drink no water that is'ppmi to the least suspicion, or, if yon can get no other, boil it . before drinking. Use no closet or privy, -that- is-- used' by houses iti which there" is already. fever. ( . ive immediate notice, to the Ufa nitary Mm : spectre- of any nuisance in your'migh hotVrhood, suclgas a. .stinking drain’ 0r,., gully, heaps ; of olf yuUye refuse, and tlie like.. - Use all your. -influence influence to insist upon ili(> proceeding precautions being ,- strictly carried out ■ f by: our/ neighbours whose I. • •uses-ure .-already infected, .1