Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-09-06
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NO. 79.
Ihe 0azette &GntaRt

Ho iolio"ihS ls d coPy oi caru
upon disinfectants recently issued
by the Board of Health of New York,
with directions for their use:
l. Quick lime, to absorb moisture
and petriied fluids. Use fresh stone,
lime, finely broken; sprinkle it on
the place to be dried, and in damp
rooms place large number of plates
filled with the lime powder. White
wash with pure lime, and not with
kalsomine.
2. Charcoal powder, to absorb pu.
trid gasses. This must be dry and
fresh, and should be combined with
lime. This compound is the "clax
powder"
3. Chloride of lime, to give off
chlorine, to absorb putrid eff1uvis,
and to stop putrefaction Use it as
lime is used and if in cellars or
close rooms the chlorine gas is
wanted, pour strong vinegar or dilu-
ted sulphuric acid upon your plates
of chloride of lime occasionally, and
add more of the chloride. as
4. Sulphate of iron (copperas), to
disinfect the discharges from cholera
patients, to purify privies and drains.
Dissolve ten pounds copperas in
common pail full Of water, and
pour quart or two of this solution
into the privy, water closet or drain,
every hour. if cholera discharges
have been thrown into those places
but for ordinary use, to keep privies
and water closets from becoming of
fensive, pour a pint of this solution
into every water closet, pan or privy-
seat every night and morning. Al
ways sprinkle cup full of the chlo-
ride of lime-powder in the same place
and at the same time. Bed-pans
and chamber vessels are best disin-
fected in this way, by spoonful of
chloride of lime and a spoonful of
the copperas solution.
5. Permanganate of potassa, to be
used in disinfecting clothing and
towels from cholera and fever pa
tients, during the night, or when
such articles cannot be instantly
boiled. Throw the soiled articles
Immediately into a small tub of
water, in which there has been dis
solved an ounce Of permanganate salt
to every six or eight gallons of water.
A pint of "Labarraxue's Solution of
Chlorinated Soda" may be used for
the same purpose in the tub of water.
Either of these solutions may be
used in cleansing the oiled parts of
the body of sick or dead persons.
May also be used in bed-pans.
For water closets use a and 3;
privies, 4, 3 and 2; bed-pans and
close stools, 1, 8 and 5; cellars, 1,
2 and 3; vaults and stables, l and
2, or 3 and A, or any powders of
coal tar.
For disinfecting soiled clothing,
bedding and carpets, boil whatever
can be boiled, if the articles have
been soiled by cholera discharges.
Use solution of chloride of lime or
chlorinated soda, quart of either
solution to ten gallons of water, if
the articles are coarse and the colors
of no consequence; but upon fine
clothing that has been soiled in
cholera or fevers, use the articles de-
scribed under No. S in the list above.
In sick rooms use l, 2 or 3; ven
tilate the bed rooms, cleanse and dry
the closets, ventilate the bed and
bedding frequently in the sun.
Finally, let air and sunlight purify
every place and thing they can
reach. Open and dry your cellars
and vaults. Flush the water closets
and drains daily before throwing in
the disinfectants as directed on this
card. Let there be no neglect of do
mestic and personal cleanliness