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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 112, 6 May 1876, Page 4

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE' SL’H EAI) OF TTPIIGi D EEVJgK" Drawn np l>y Wir.MA’.t Ofir.K ; , iM.A‘, i\!..1)., (.)xoiiF.R.C.P. Jjpm].',’McdiA' cal Officer of I fonltlf for’tlio combined districts of East HerU ; ami circulated by, the Sanitary Authorities. ffp VM’liOl 1), enteric, or gastric fever -IL are the names-’given to one. ami the same infections disease,■-this 1 being a fever produced by exereinental poisoning and almost invariably accompanied by .-diarrhoea. ■■■■Of all exereinental matter, the most poisonous is tiiat,which conies from persons themselves ill with the fever ; and it is principally by means of their stools 'tiiat ‘the disease’' spreads froth one person 1 to iniother.'; The'pbisoA may , be . tydc'eii iii ,by“ brditlnngythe . efllu'via from’, these- discbiirges' or 'from tlunprivy; eesspool, or drains into, which they have been emptied: or by drinking water from wells into which they have Adakcd 'or Iff shAll6hnhg ;! paldi(d‘csl : that ; Giave" adberefi to: clothes, 5 -bedding or ; "other objects,' and’ thcncC been dcbideiitally transferred to articles of food, or cooking utensils. ' . .1 )es!nu’tion of'ilie fever poison in the stools, the moihent-these lea vc the body, by .means of-disinffetants, ' and; (inas- ; ' much as the .'fiction 'of disinfectants, isf not IhiVrougl'dy certain) the' safe disposal of the stools themselves,,are, the-means by which'wo should try to prevent Alio, disease front spreading. - -Lm f Let nil persons,<ih«rc'for,c,.j\Vho would: keep themselves and their neighbours five from in!ectibiij observe strictly flic: following rules shnuld the disease occur in their hivuse.s;— ‘ . ( 1. Remove at once .from .the sickroom all carpets, curtains, : and other objects likely to get fouled. 2. Keep every one whose .presence ,is not absolutely riiecessaiyiout of ' the sick .robnl, aim! by-meansof open .windows and open doors give the patient as : much .fresh i.ir ns possible 1 , f f : ; ■' ( Rut a pieevof waterproof sheeting under .the bed clothes, in tin 1 .middle of, the bed, so il's to prevent the bed froni' getting soiled. .„■■■,> ■ - , 4. J’nt, it:.teacnpfnl of tim following disinfecting fluid: in to', a; bed-pan or other vessel each tilin' before the *patient use.; it, mini : add vsonie more immediately after Soda .water, a gallon,; sulphate, of iroli "(i.e.;‘'copperas), a pound ;' car- - holic, acid, (the common .impure .kiiul),, half a pint. In preparing this fluid the iron should first be dissolved by stirring in : 'boiling water,. and the carbolic, acid added when - "the -iron is dissolved and fcJio iinul cool.. .licnicb'iboi* tJitit corbolrc acid is a poison ; 'keep the mixture therefore in a safe-.place. The same fluid may be used with great advantage to disinfect any accumulation of filth, such as a dung-pit or cesspool. As a ■general’ rule two quarts will suffice to .disinfect one cubic foot of foul-matter. 5. Take care that the discharges are 11 1 oronglily mixed with the disi ll feeti ng fluid, and then carry them immediately into the:garden or field, and. bury them ■ in a deep trench, previously dug for thepurpose, .as far as possible from any well or other, water supply. On : no account let,tiiem.be. thrown on. to a‘i - efuse heap.: If the,house be in a town, and without a garden,. so (bat the ;stools, must of necessity be; thrown.: 'down'stlic- closet, add adouble alhiwanco of - - the disinfector* t, and take; canr tlfat the .cmptying be done without splashing (In' seat, and that the closet be flushed nut il hasi n and pan arc thoroughly clean, ■ ■4).' Let bed and body linen, immediately it is taken off, he put into a tub ofAvathr;'to - which carbolic acid.has 1 been added, in the proportion of half a pint of acid to a bucket olAvuter. Have the lub and flnisl ready prepared and at hand before the linen is taken oil. Let tlic linen soak in this for two hours, and" and then let it be actually boiled in ■ 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 ihay not wash .it witli the lintn of otherpersons. • - . " _• ; ; 7. Let the nurse observe'tlic-most scrupulous care to keep everything clean. Let ‘her wear a dress of washing material,’:as this is'ulore easily' disinfected than Avon!.' As her hands'must' almost: unavoidably get' soiled in helping tlic, patient, let them wash them frequently in wiltin' to ■which some -disinfecting-fluid:; has been added; and ; let her• take • care that the water thnsffised, as well as all other 1 ■ slops, be ; emptied- carefully into, the garden• trench 1 '• ■ ' 1 SlWlicn the, illness is over, the bed if soiled, should be burnt; or the tick or sacking’ cover may be disinfected iby thorough, boiling, and the flock, 'or straw stuffing bnfht:: Should there-bo'• a.disinfecting oven available,the stuffing of hair mattrassos' - may bc‘"tcivWd ’out and then. .disinfected by baking at a-' teniperatnfbjif 25'0ileg. F, Otherwise. this also should ,bo destroyed. 0. If fevor.be. in your neighbourhood hut not as yet in your house, take the ■ following''precautions*'To keep’ it out;:., ..no, water that is open .to the, least suspicion, or, if you edit ’got no other, boil it before drinking. Use no 1 1 ...closet or privy that is. used by house's"! in which there is already fever. Give immediate Onbticc to i tile Salutary In-, i spector of any nuisance in your neigh bourlibo'd, 'Such' as *a stinking drain or • giilly, heaps of offensive refuse, and the dike: 1 Use all- ybnw ihfluenceTinflucnce ■ o insist upon theprcceeding precautions teing strictly-' earned out by your bcingdihours whose houses are alrady infected. ” ■.