Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-07
Rules for UsIng .DIsInfectnnts.

1
THE following rules for the use of dis.
infectants are published by the Now York
| City Board of Health.
| To disinfect water closets, privies, waste
| pipes and all kinds Of drains and foul
places in houses, stables and yards, and
especially In any drain or sewer that is
| liable to become offensive, use q strong
solution Of coppems (sulphate of irony
and carbolic acid You will make this
solution by mixing eight pounds of dry
oopperas and a half pint IT fluid carbolic
acil in five gallous.of wat,r, and stirring
this mixture briskly.
! To keep privics and water closets from
becoming infected or offensive, pour pint
or more Of this solution into every water
closet pan or privy seat, morning and
evening. Garbage and garbage. tubs should
be daily dsinfected with this fluid.
To disinfcct masses of filth in privies
sewers or drains, gradually pour in the so
| luton, hour by hour, until every part OF
| the mass or foul surface has been thor
oughly disiniected. To every cubic foot
of filth give pint or more of this strong
| solution ~ ..H
To every prvy and water closet allow
at the ratio of one pint of this solution, TO
DO poured daily, at evening, for every four
persons that use the same. This practice
TO be kept up while the hot weather lasts.
TO disinfoct stables sewers, cutters, foul
bitches, filthy ground, slimy surfaces or
masses of putrld matter, use the heavy
oil of coal tar, or some one of the strong
est dislnfcctiDg powders that are made
from coal tar. Heavy oil of coal tar, used
with oopporas, or used alone, Is tho most
efloctual and the cheapest disinfectant for
ala ftf tNni H.,
offoul stables, vaults, cellars, open CUTTERS,
and all such places, can be quickly and
permanently disinfected by occasionally
laying upon their surfaces n coating of the
heavy oil, or of the crude coal tar. h.
Sewers and MI foul drains can be kept
perfectly disinfected by pouring into them,
at as many places as possible, small
quantity of the "heavy oil, quantity OF
the strongest solution of sulphate or sesQui-
chloride of iron, mixed with twentieth
part of as much crude carbollG acid, and
we'll stirred. n ..f4.0t f..
Wherever 1t Is proper to use a powder
that docs not dissolve, as upon filthy heaps,
aud In larger drains or cess-pools, stables,
cellars and the like, carbolic or coal tar
powders" arc eilectual. And for uso in q
large way, upon filthy masses, and drying,
stagnpnt or foul pools, u powerful disin-
fectant may be made by mixing one part
(by measurc) of "heavy oil with FIVE
parts of quicklime and ten parts of saw
dust, to use by covering or thickly sprink-
ling the foul places with this mixture.
The following substances also have we'll
known uses, viz
l. Qutcl{imo-To absorb moisture and
putrid ilnids use fresh stone lime finely
broken; sprinkle IL ON the place to be dried,
and in damp rooms place II number OF
plates or pans filed with the lime powder
whitowash with pure lime, and not with
kalsominc
.. Charcoal PoS5dcr-To absorb the pu.
trid gases, the coal must be dry and fresh,
and should bo combined with lime this
compound isthe calX powder as sold in the
shops,
B. Chloride Of Lime-To give off chic
rine, TO destroy putrld eflluvia and to stor
putrehction, use II as lime Is used, and 4
In cellars or close rooms the chlorine gas
is wanted, pour strong vinegar or diluted
sulphuric acid upon plates of chloride ot
lime occasionally, and add more to th(
chloride. .r p 3asH i ra.
4. Odr6Olic Acid This may be diluted
ut the rate of from forty TO one hundred
parts of water 70 ono of the fluid acid
Use this solution for the same purpose a.
COpklciuS IL usctti dicO W nltfttthtc upOf
any kind Of garbagoor. decaying, matter
and on foul surfaces Of any kind. Fol
sprlnliling, foul or unhealthy streets snd
alleys, mix one part OF this crude carbolit
acid with four hundred parts of water ~
copperas water, and sprinkle the entir,
surface every four or Ave days 'dnring Tho
summer and autumn.
| All the crude dish,hcting substances O
the coal tar or cnrbolic class are 80 often
! sive to the smell that they should be uset
only moderately in dwelling houses; bu
the copperas and oarbolio solution can b,
used in sufficient quantities without thh
objection, and Il should bo used by every
family, and especially in all hotels anc
boarding houses.
! Let fresh air and sunlight purify every
place they can reach. Open and dry al
cellars and vaults, and keep the grounds
and surfaces about dwellings as dry and
clean as possible. Domestic and personal
cleanliness should be everywhere oh
served; and let Il be remembered that
there are no substitutes for pure air and
water.