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Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 96, 11 March 1876, Page 3

PRECAUTION* AGAINST " ri. SPREAD UF TtPilUlD FLVi i'. fever produced l.y ex<. remmital poisoning and almosi invariably accompanied by diarrhom, Of at! c.-o-remental mail-r, purpose, as fares possible from any well or oilier watm- supply. On do account let them he thrown mi to a refuse heap, if the house lie in a (own. and without, a garden, so that the .stools must necessity he thrown down the clo-ct, add a double allowance of the disinfectant, and take care that the emptying he done without splashing' the. seat, and' tli at the dos>'t In* llnsiied until ha'jin raid pan nr 1 thoroughly clean. pci-sons. 7. Let the uurs > ohser\e fhc most scrupulous can* l*> keep ewryl lung- eh-,an. hint her wear a dress of vvamimg malerial, as this is iiiaiv easily ilismlee.lmd the garden trench. 8. Wlnm the illm ss is oyer, the bed if soiled, should Is' burnt; or the tick or. sacking cover may he disinfected" by. thorough boiling, and the lUck or ,straw sinning burnt. .Should there he a disinfecting oven available,the stulhugof hail' maltrmses may be teased out and then disinfected hy baking at a temperature of kdodeg, F. Otherwise, this also should he destroyed. 9. If fever h-* in voir u aglihmirhon i hut not as yet in your house, take the following precautions to k ep it out: —Drink no water that is open to the least suspicion, or, if you can get no other, hull it before drinking. Use no closet or privy that is used by houses in which there is already fever. Give immediate notice to the Sanitary Inspector of any nuisance in'your neigh bourhood, sue!' as a stinking drain or gaily,'leaps of offensive refuse, and the like. Use all your influence influence to insist upon the proceeding precautions, being strictly carried out hy Touv_ neighbours whose houses are already iiiUected.