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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 113, 10 May 1876, Page 4

Pin-: CAUTIONS AC A INST THE S PI I 10 A 1 ><>E TY V H 011.) EJOVA >v Drawn up by AVii.i.iam Ooi.k. iM.A 1 . M.1).. Oxon., I''. H.C;P. lionfl;, Aledi cal O lliccr of Health tor the .combined (list riel s of .East Herts ; and circulated ~ liy tlie Sanitary Authoriti; s. YIMIOII), enteric;, or gastric lever are the names given to one; and tin* same, infections disease,'.this being a (ever produced by exeremental poisoning and almost invariably ■ accompanied by diarrlnea. Of all excrement;;l matter, the,most. poisonous is tliat which comes tVom pih'Snns thems-lves ill with -the fever ; and it is principally'by means of their stools that the disease spreads from one person to another. , Trie poison may he taken in hy breathing the eillnvia from these dischargvs, nr from tin 1 privy, cm sspuol, or drains into which they have been emptied: or by drinking water 1 from wells info which they have soaked ; or by swallowing particles that have adhered to clothes, .bedding or other objects, and thence been accidentally transferred to articles of food or cooking utensils. Destruction of the fever poison in the stools, the moment these leave;, the body, hy means of .disinfectants, and (inasmuch as the action of disinfectants is not thoroughly certain)'the safe, disposal of the stools themselves, are the means hy which we should try to prevent the disease from spreading. A. Let all persons, therefore, who would■ keep themselves' and their neighbours free from infection,, observe strictly the following rules shnold the disease occur in their houses: J. RctiKoe at once from the, sickroom all carpets, curtains, and other objects likely to get fouled. 2. Keep every one whose presence is not absolutely necessary on*- of the sick room, and hy means of open windows and open doors give the patient as,much fresh ;.ir as possible. ;i. Put a pieee of waterproof sheeting under the bed clothes, in the middle ot the bed, so r.s to prevent the bed from getting soiled. 4. Put a teacnpful of the following disinfecting th.iid into a bed-pan of other vessel each time, before tin* patient .uses it, and add some -more .immediately after :—Boda water, a-gallon ; sidphate of iron (i.e., copperas), a pound; carbolic acid (the common impure kind), halt a pint. In preparing this fluid tin; iron'sho iht first he dissolved hy stirring in 1 oiling w iter, and the carbolic acid added when, the iron-, is dissolved and the llnid cool, ilememher. that carbolic 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 tilth, such as a dung-pit or cesspool. As a general rule two quarts .will sulfiee to disinfect one cubic foot of foul matter. 5. Take care that the discharges are thoroughly mixed with the disinfecting fluid, and then carry them immediately into the garden or Held, and bury-them in a deep to uch, previously dug for tin 1 purpose, as far as possible from any well or other water supply. On no account let them he thrown on to a refuse heap, if the house he in a town, and without a garden, ! so, that the stools must of necessity he thrown down the clo-et, add a double allowance, of the disinfectant, and take'care that the emptying he donewithout splashing tin* seat, and that the closet he flushed until basin and pan nre.'.thoroughly'clean. (!. Let bed and hotly linen, immediately’it is taken off, he put into a tub of water, to which carbolic acid has been added, in the proportion of half a pint of acid to a bucket, of water. , Have the tub and fluid ready prepared and at hand before the linen is taken oil'. Let the linen soak in this for two hours, and and thou let it he actually boiled in 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 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. As her hands must almost unavoidably get soiled-in helping;.the patient, let them wash them "frequently in water to which some disiufcetiiigfluid has been added, and let her take care tliat the water thus used, as well as all other slops, he emptied carefully into the garden trench. ... 8. When the illness is over, the bed if soiled, should he burnt; or the tick or I sacking cover may ho disinfected hy t thorough ' boiling', and the flock or | straw sinning burnt. Should there be a disinfecting oven available,the stuffing i of hair mattrasscs may ho teased out and then disinfected hy baking iat Aa temperature of 250deg. E. Otherwise this also should be destroyed. <). If fever, be. in your .neighbourhood but 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 ■ Other; boil it before drinking. ! Use no closet or privy that is used, hy houses in which there is already fever. Give i immediate notice to the Sanitary InIspector of any nuisance in your neigh Ibourhood, such as a stinking drain or Iguily, heaps of offensive refuse; and the ’like* Use all your influence influence ’ o insist upon’ the proceeding procaittions teing strictly earned out by your beinghbours whose houses arc alrady infected.