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Disinfection.—Disinfection of the patient and his clothing.—A patient when
brought to the wards is stripped off of his clothing, and is made to lie on a cot with a
piece of mackintosh underneath. He is then washed with a two per cent, solution of
carbolic acid in luke warm water. All his clothing is burnt and he is put in a clean
hospital suit. The bedding of a patient, which consists of a kumbli, a white sheet and
a blanket is changed as often as it is soiled or every other day when not soiled.
When a patient dies, his cot is removed outside in the compound, washed with
a solution of Perchloride of Mercury and is exposed to the sun for a day or two
before it is nsed again. All the soiled and other clothing are removed every
time to the disinfection platform, where they are steeped over-night in a solution
of Perchloride, of Mercury made according to the following formulae :—
Perchloride of Mercury
Acid Hydrochloric Fort
Water
9 ozs.
13½ ozs.
72 gallons.
Next morning all the clothes are washed clean by the sweepers engaged for
that purpose and handed over to the Dhobi for the final wash. When the hospital
clothing is much soiled and found unfit for further use, it is immediately destroyed
by fire.
Sputum of the patient is collected in earthen chatties or enamelled spitoons,
containing quantity of sanitas powder or a solution of phenyle. These chatties
and spitoons are removed to the latrines twice a day where the contents are thrown
away and washed clean with phenyle solution. Every patient is made to pass his
motion in a bed pan and urine in a urine bottle. These are immediately removed
to the latrines, the contents thrown out and are washed clean with a Perchloride
Mercury solution and kept exposed outside the ward.
The sides and flooring of every ward are lime-washed every week, while the
flooring is swept and watered with a solution of Perchloride of Mercury and made
sweet with sanitas powder twice a day. The poultices, used bandages, &c., are
burnt and not used again.
Disinfection of the contacts.—The names of all persons sent as contacts are
registered; they are then made to take a bath with a two per cent, solution of Carbolic
Acid. All the clothing on their person is sent for washing and new clothing and
blankets are given to them for tho time their clothing is disinfected and washed and
is made ready for wear ; all the kit, clothing, &c., belonging to the contacts and
the patients are sent to Naralwadi sterilizer for disinfection. Those things are gene-
rally returned after 3 or 4 hours when the sterilizer is working, and the kit thus
disinfected is again given in charge of the contacts to whom it belonged. Two or
three persons of one family sent as contacts are given a room in the contact camp,
where they are to keep their things and sleep, and they cook in separate cook house
situated on the east. The bedding, &c., used by the contact is exposed to the sun
every day. The rooms in the contact sheds are limewashed every time they are
vacated and before new contacts are put in. On the 11th day of their admission the
contacts are discharged and are then made to take a bath with a two per cent,
solution of Carbolic Acid and put on disinfected clothing, or in cases when there are
no spare clothes, they are supplied from the hospital. There are four blocks of
latrines in the hospital compound. Two blocks contain seven seats in each, one
block has six seats, and the fourth block has three seats only. All the latrines are
washed every day with Perchloride of Mercury solution and the night-soil and the
sewage water is removed every morning in a Municipal night-soil cart.