BEST DISINFECTANT
SOAP AND WATER “REMOVING THE CAUSE” Disinfectants like carbolic are rap idly being replaced by the constant ap dication of plain soap and 'water I* persons, rooms, and appliances. Soa| and water dio their work by the simpl riethod of removing all dirt —tho ma terial in which germs thrive —and* ii lact, when they work in co-operatioi they are perfect disinfectants. Some authorities, said a doctor re . ently, have more or Jess abandone* the usual disinfection after the reeov ery of a patient, and have substitutes the constant use of soap and water to the household, and for infected cloth ing. Great destruction is worked amon; germs, particularly the typhoid bacilli by soap that contains coconut oil. whil* scientific investigations into the effec i f hot water and* common soap on cer lain types of germs have demonstrate its efficiency' as a germicirie.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19865, 13 June 1927, Page 11
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146BEST DISINFECTANT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19865, 13 June 1927, Page 11
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