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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 115, 17 May 1876, Page 4

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE I' SPREAD OF TYPHOID .FEYAW Drawn up hv Wii.mam Oglt?. M.A - , M. cal districts of East Herts ; ami circulate']' by the.--Sanitary Authorities. ■ rip VPGOI 1), enteric, or gastric lever, are the names given to one and the 'sariie ififeMous diseasejhliis,being at fever produced by, excrenicntal poisoning and almost invariably accompanied. by r diarrlnea. Of all excrement-,il matter, the most poisonous is that which comes from .persons themselves ill with the fever; and it is principally by means ;of their stools that the disease spreads from one person to another. 'The poison may be taken in by breathing Hie ellluvia from these discharges, or from the privy, cesspool, or drains into which they have been emptied ; or by drinking water Rom'wells into .which 'they-have soaked ; or by swallowing particles that have adhered to- clothes, bedding or other objects, and thence, bee.n accidentally transferred to articles of food or cooking utensils. ..... ........ . - Destruction of the fever poison in the stools, the moment these leave the. body, by means of disinfectants, and .(inasmuch as the action of disinfectants is not thoroughly certain) the safe disposal ..of. the stools themselves, are the means by which wc should try to prevent the disease from spreading. > Ret all persons, 'therefore, who wtmld keep themsel yes and their neighbours free from infection, observe strictly the following rules sbuold the disease occur in their houses;— ' - - ■ 1. Remove til once from the sickroom all carpets, curtains, and other objects likely to] got foaled/ 2. Keep every one whose presence is not absolutely necessary but of the sick room, and by means of open windows and open doors give the patient as much fresh air as possible. 3. Put a piece of waterproof sheeting under tlio bed clothes,Ju the middle of the bed, so as to prevent the bed from getting soiled. • 4.' Rut a. teaeupfnl of the'following disinfecting fluid into a bed-pan or either vessel each time before the : patient uses it, ami add ‘some more immediately after,:—Soda yvator, a gallon ; sulphate .bfirou (i.e., copperas), a, pound; carbolic acid (the common impure kind), half a pint. 'ln 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 the fluid cool. Remember that carbolic acid is a poison ; keep the mixture therefore ; in. a; -safe: ipfoee. The same' fluid may bo 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 carethatv the,discharges arc thoroughly nflxod with the disinfecting fluid, and then carry them immodiiip'ly into the garden or field, and bury them in a,deep trench, previously dug for the purpose, as far as possible from any Svcll or other water supply. . On no account, let them be thrown on to a refuse heap. If the house be in a town, and without a garden,- so that .the stools must of necessity be thrown down the closet, add a double allowance . of 'the" disinfectant, and take care that the'"emptying be done -without splashing the seat, and that the closet he flushed until basin and p a ;i are thoroughly clean. . G. - Let bed and body linen, immediately it is taken off, he put iiito a tub , of water, to wdiich carbolic acid has-been added,' ip the proportion of half a pint of acid to a bucket of water. ' Have the tub anil fluid ready prepared ami at baud before,.the. linen js..taken off. ;;Let the. linen'soak in'tin's for two hours, and mud biheag ietdfe Ibemactitally*- :boiM in washing. On no accbiinbinust the linen bo.spnfc to a laundress without thorough previous ) - ’ ;; forming r hcr of its' character, so that she may not wash.it.with Ahe ; lsiici.V of other persons. 7, Let the nurse observp. the JR<?st scrupulous care to keep evcrythingcleaK 1 - Let herWdaf ia ’dross- of washing materialp. as this is more easily disinfected than wool. As her hands must almost unavoidably .get-soiled Jn. helping . the patient, let them wash them frequently in water some, disinfecting-fluid>■ bas been .added, rand ‘let her take • care that the water thus used, as well as all other slops, be emptied carefully into ' the garden trench-. ! 8, When the" illness is, over, the if soiled, should he burnt; or the tick or sacking’cover' may he disinfected! by thorough" boiling, and ] the flock] or 'straw stuffing burnt, ' Should; there be a disinfecting oven available, the stuffing of hair jraattrasses may- be teased out , and then disinfected. by baking" at ~a teippcralurc of-250deg. F. .Otherwise this also]should be destroyed. ■ 9. If fever be in your neighbourhood but not .as, yet in, your bouse, {.take 'the following _ precautions to .keep,/it oht: Drink no water that- -is- open to the least suspicion,, or,-, if you can get |no :other, bdilpf , before .drinking., . Use: no closet or-privy] tpat -is used,* by houses in widely there is already fever. Give jm.me.diate notice to the Sanitary jln r „ • spector of any nuisance in yoiir neigh bourhood, -jsvfoh- as; arstinking.- .drain' or gaily, hcapa qf and the like. Use all your influence influence o insist upon the proceeding precautions teing strictly carried" but' by your beinghbours whose houses are alrady infected. D.y Ox on., hj .R:C.P. Loinl., Modi Officer of Health for the 'combined