The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-07-07

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The Cholera Comm unicatiOn from
tho state Board Of Health.
OFFICE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH,l
RICHMOND, July 8, 1873.
The undersigned, officers of the State
Board of Health, publish for general infor-
nation the subioined +" Memorandum on
Cholera" drawn up by the Executive
Committee of the American Public Health
Association. They feel that they can per-
form no more useful service at the present
of the people and the local authorities
practical exposition of facts in relation to
the scourge, whose appearance in our
midst at no distant day we have now so
much reason to apprehend, and of the san
Itary measures which science and expe-
rience enioin for its prevention or mitiga-
ton. u.t
II should be stated that the American
Public Health Association is body of re-
cent organization, composed of gentlemen
Of the medical and other professions, rep
resenting every section Of the Union, who
have made SPECIAL study Of sanitary sci
ence, and many of whom, by virtue of Off
eial position, have had large experience
in the practical application of its princil les.
Every document relating to the public
health issued by authority of body thus
constituted is entitled to the greatest respect
and confidence.
AS the Legislature, in establishing q
State Board of Health, withheld from it
the means of communicating with local
boards of health, the authorities of cities
and towns, and the general public, by
means of official circulars, we are COM
PEELED to ask that all the newspapers of the
State, both secular and religious, will pub
lish this memorandum for the general good.
JAMES L. CABELL, M. d.,
President of the State Board of Health.
Il. S. Joynes, M. d., Secretary.
a.ti MEMORANDUM ON CHOLERA.
Specific Sanitary Information for Public Use. ]
The AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH
Association, by its Executive Committee,
submits the following memorandum re-
specting the most available means for ar
resting and preventing the fatal prevalence
of malignant cholera in this country.
The presence Of this disease at several
places in the Mississippi Valley is acknowl-
edged. Its progress from New Orleans to
Memphis and Nashville seems to have been
rapid, and is significant of its onward ten
dency. That it is being propagated. as in
former visitations, by local causes and the
neglect Of sanitary duties, is as true now
as in the former visitations.
TO combat and arrest the progress, and
prevent the epidemic prevalence of this
scourge of sanitary negligence, it is neces-
sary that the inhabitants of every city and
town should promptly resort TO the most
,etfectual PURIFTCATION and the best
known means of DIsINFECTIoN, and that
yisis sanitary cleansing and preparation
sd, h,ruld be at once and very thoroughly
carrie into effect-before any cases of chol-
era occu.r--and that in the presence of the
disease th, ,se sanitary duties should be en-
forced in every household and throughout
the entire district. Experience has proved
that the best way to prevent both pestilence
and panic is to know and prepare for the
danger! 1t is the ,rnly way to deal sue
cessfully with cholera. . a.r.
4 SANITARY CLEANSING.
The local conditions that chiefly promote
the outbreaks and propagation OF cholera
are y
I, Neglected priyies
Filth-sodden grounds /;
Foul cellars and filthy or badly-drained
surroundings of dwellings;
Foul and obstructed house-drains
Decaying and putrescent materials,
whether animal or vegetable; af.u.t
Unventilated, damp, and uncleansed
dwellings and apartments.
These localizing causes of cholera should
lie promptly and very thoroughly removed
hafara Of tho 6icaaca in, thc
town or district; and if any sources Of pu.
trescence or of excessive moisture remain
these should be controlled by the proper
cleansing, drying, and disinfectlon.
Thorough scavenging and surface drain.
age, with the application at the same time
OF quick-lilne and coal-tar or crude car
bolic acid; whitewashing with fresh quick
lime !; the cleansing and thorough drying
and ventilating Of cellars, easements
chambers. and closets, and daily care tc
cleanse, flush, ventilate, and purify tn,
sources of defilement about all inhabited
premises, will afford almost complete pro
lection if suitable care is taken of
PERSONAL HEALTH. a,a
The security of personal health require
pure drinking -aoate1, fresh and substantial
food, temperance, and The needed rest am
bathing of the body. ,.a y. -F..,
DIsINFEcTIoN AND DIsINFECTANTs
The principles relating to disiDfection a
q means OF destroying the propagating 0
Infectious cause of cholera, and arrestin
putrefaction, are readily understood, an,
may be SO explained to any family that tn
household may insure its own immunitv
against the introduction and spread of tn
disease. For popular use we append
brief statement Of these principles at tn
end of this circular and we respectfully re
commend that the statement and the follow
ing schedule eofrules and methods, be given t