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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 110, 29 April 1876, Page 4

PRECAUTIONS against the SPREAD OE TVPHOII) EEVKh Ur w;i up liy William Oolf. fd.A - , A 1,!),, ()xon., E.R.C.P. ! mud., Medi cal (‘Hjr-cr of Health for tin,* coill l >iji< •<l i>t1 1 <• r ohieets, and thence been accideiil:i!ly transferred to articles of food or cooking utensils, .1 )i'sinudiou of the fever poison in the stools, tlie moment- these leans the liody, ‘>v means of disinfectants, and {biasnuudi as (lie action of disinfectants is not, thoroughly certain) (die safe disposal of Uie stools llieinselves. are tin; means by which we should try to prevent tiie dis('ast;d'rom spreading.Let all persons, therefore. who vvordd keep themselves ami their neighbours fret l from infection, observe strictly the following rules slinoitl the disease occur in their houses; ]. Remove at once from the sickroom all carpel.-;, curtains, and other objects likely to yet fouled. 2. Keep every one whose presence is not absolutely necessary out of the sick room, and hy means of open windows and open doors nave the palleuias much fresh air as possible. -■!. I’u) a. piece of waterproof sheeting under the bed clothes, in the middle of the bed, so as to prevent the bed from yeti my soiled. after ;—Soda water, a gallon : sulphate of iron (he., eopp-ras). a pound: earlobe aeid. (the eommou impure kind), half a -pint. In prepariuy this fluid the iron slmuld first ho dissolved hy stirring in hoiliny water, and tlie earhoiie acid added when the iron is dissolved and the fluid cool. Remember that carbolic acid is a poison: keep the mixture therefore in a safe place. The same fluid may he ns--‘d with yreat advantage in a deep Irene:!, previously dny for the purpose, as far as possible from any well or oilier water supply. < m no account let (hem he thrown on to a refuse heap. If the house he in a town, and without, a yarden, so that the stools must of necessity be thrown down the chwet, add a double allowance of the disinfectant, ami take care that the emptying be done without splashing the seat, and that the closet he flushed until basin and pan are thoroughly clean. hj. Let bed and body linen, immediately it is taken off, he put into a tub of water, to which carbolic acid has E'en added, in the proportion of half a pint of-acid to a bucket of water. Have the I tub and fluid ready prepared and at hand Enure the linen is taken off. Let the. Inien soak in this for two hours, and and then let it he actually boiled in washing, On no account must the linen he sent to a laundress without thorough previous disinfection, nor without informing her of its character, so that she mav not wash it with the linen of other persons. : 7. • Let the nurse observe the most scrupulous care to keep everything clean. Let her wear a dress of washing material, 'as this is more easily disinfected than wool. .Asher hands must almost unavoidably get soiled in helping the patient, let (him wash them frccptcnlly in water to which some disinfeclingllnid has been added, and let her take care that the water thus used, as well as : all oilier slops, be emptied carefully into the 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 flock or straw stuffing burnt. Should there be a disinfecting oven available)the stuffing of hair mattrasscs may be teased out and Then disinfected by baking at a temperature of 250deg. E. 1 Otherwise this also should he destroyed. 0, If fever be in your neighbourhood hut not as yet in your house, take the following precautions to keep it out; Drink no water that is open to the least 'suspicion,, or,; if you, can get no oilier, boil it before drinking. Use no closet-or privy that is used hy houses in winch there is already fever. Give immediate notice to, the Sanitary Inspector of any nuisance in your neigh bourhood, .such: as a stinking drain or gully, heaps of offensive refuse, and the like. ,' U-so all your influence influence o insist upon the proceeding precautions tcing strictly carried out hy your boinghhours whose houses are alrady injected.