Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-28


TO combat and arrest the progress
and prevent the epidemic prevalence
of this scourge of sanitary negli-
eenee, it Is necessary that the inhab-
itants Of every city and town should /
resort To the most eilcctu-
AT publication and the best known
means of distinction, and that this
sanitary cleansin. and preparation
should, IS far as possible, be under
taken before any cases Of cholera Oc- |
cur: and that in the presence of the |
disease, these sanitary duties should |
be enforced in every household, and |
throughout the entire district. EX-
perience has proved that the best
way to prevent both pestileuce and
panic is 20 know and prepare for the
danger. 1t is the only way TO deal
successfully with cholera.
SANITARY CLEANSING.
The local conditions that chiefly
promote the outbreaks and propa-
cation of cholera are:
l. Neglected privics.
,. Eilth-sOddcn grounds.
3. Foul cellars and filthy OF bad
ly drained surroundings of dwell
ings-
4. Foul and INSTRUCTED house
drains.
5. Decaying and putrcscent mate
rails, whether animal ar vegetable.
6. Unventilatcd, damp and I'M
cleansed dwellings and apartments.
These lOcaliZing causes of cholera
should be promptly and very thor
Oughly removed before n case of the
disease appears IN the town or dis
trict; and if any source of putres-
cence or of excessive moisture re-
main, even these should be cOntrOll-
ed by the proper cleansing and dis
infection.
Thorough scaveBging and surface
drainage, with the application at the
same time ofquick lime and coal-tar
or crude carbOlic acid; whitewaSh-
ingwith fresh quick lime; the cleans
ing and thorough drying and yentil-
alton of cellars, basement, chambers
and closets, and daily care to cleanse
flush, sventillatei and pu rify the
sources of defilemeHt about all in
habited premises, will afford almost
complete protection if suitable care
is taken of
L
The security of peasonsl health
requires pure drinking water, fresh
and Substantial food, temperance,
and the needed rest and bathing OF
the body.
DIsINFECTIOE AND bIsINFEcTANTs.
The principles relating TO disinfec.
ton as a means of destroying the
propagation or infectious cause oi
cholera-the "chOlera Contagium'
are readily understood, and may be
so explained to any family that the
household may insure its own i'm.
munity against the introduction and
spread of the disease. For popular
use we append brief statement o.
these principles at the end of thi!
circular; and we respectfully recon-
mend that the statement and the fol
lowing schedule of rules and meth
4 odds be given to the press, and to al
principals of schools, superinten
dents of places of public resort, rail
road depOts, ferries, hotels and pub
\ lie institutions; and to the masterl
of ships and steamboats,, and thu
conductors of passenger train
throughout this continent; belieV
ing, as we do, that by the timely ap
plication of these measures the pre-
valeDce of cholera may DC proven
ted.
RULES AND METHODS OF DISINFBC
TON.
For pflVleS, water closets, drain
and seWerS--Eight or ton pounds o
sulphate of iron (cOpperas) dissolve,
in five or six gallons of water, witt
half pint of crude carbOlic acil
added to the solution and brisk,
stirred, makes the cheapest AM
best disinfecting fluid for common
use 1t can be procured in ever,
town and by any family, and if tia
: caTbOlic acid is not at hand the sOlu
ton of coppcras may be used with
: outfit.
To prevent privics and waite
, closets from becoming infected o.
offensive-Pour a pint of this solu
: ton into every water closet pan o
pnvy-seat once or twice a day.
To disinfect masses of Glth, priv,
vaults, sewers and drains Gradu
, ally pour in this solution until i
7 reaches and disinfect5 oil the fou
: material.
For the chamber vessels used TO
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ground upon which any excremen
? al matter has been cast away, TO
| lisinfecting extensive masses of sur
faces of putrescent materials, ant
: for drains, sewers and bitches, thu
"dead oil" of coal-tar, or coal-tal
itself is available; coal-tar may b.
used as a disinfecting paint UpoI
the walls of cellars, stables and opeI
drains.
Quicklime is used as an absorbent
and dryer upon such walls and il
damp places, and WhiteWashinl
with it should be prleticed in com
mon tenements, factories Easements
closets and garrets.
To disinfect the clothing defleC
in any manner by excremcntal mat
tiers frem the sick, throw all such
articles immediate " into boiling
water and continue the boiling fol
half an hour; or place them in a sOlu.
ton, covered made as follows: One
pound of sulphate of zinc, six OIL
eight gallons of water, to which add
two or three ounces Of pure carbOl.
ic acid.
Keep the soiIed aaticles saturated
until they can be boiled. If the acid
is not at baud use the zinc water
alone.
Apartments, bedding and uphol-
stery that have been used by the
sick with the cholera or diaTrhea
should be fumigated by the burning
of several pounds of birthstone (sul-
lphur) upon a defended iron pan,
with the place tightly closed for
tseVeral hours, under a physician
directions.
fPRINCIPBEs AND DUTIES TO BE
TAUGHT.
First-Thst thorough cleanliness,
domestic and civic, and an abund-
ant supply of pure water, are essen
| tisl means of preventing cholera in
any household when the disease Is
near.
Secoud-That general cleansing,
| scaveugerlng aud distinction should
be attended to IN every CITY and
town before cholera makes its APP
pearance; and that wherever II does
appear, that house and the exposed
premises should be kept constantly
disinfected-
Third-That in the words of the
Chief Medical Officer of Great
Britain, 1T appears TO be charac-
teristic of cholera, not only of the
disease in its developed and alarm
ing form, but equally of the slight
est diarrhea which the epidemic can
produce, that all matters which the
patient discharges from the stomach
and bowels are infective; that the
patients power of injecting from
other persons is represented almost
or quite exclusively by those dis
charges; that they are comparative
" non-infective at the moment they
are discharged, but afterwards,