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zinc, are elIeetual in priyies and draIns. and

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upon foul surfaces and offensive materials.
Quick-itme is useful az an absorbent and
dryer upon foul walls and I'm damp places !:
| and embarrassing with it should be practised
IN common tenements, factories, Easements,
closets, and garrets.
10 dlsinfcct the clothing or bedding de-
MED IN any manner by eXcremental matters
from the sick, throw them into a solution
made as follows: One pound of sulphatc of
zinc to six or eight gallons of water, to
which add two or three ounces of pure and
strong carbolfc acid--such articles 10 remain
therein at least half an hour; then immc-
diately place them in boiling water, and con-
tnur boiling. II the acid is not at hand,
then use The solution Of zinc in water. The
same disinfecfing solution is excellent for
bed.pans and ciamber-yesscls, and for soiled
! floors or defiled surfaces. l..... y
Apartments, bedding, and upholstery that
have been used by the sick with cholera or
diarrh9a should be thoroughly cleansed and
diSinfected.
PRlNClPLkS AND DUTIES TO BE OBSERVED.
l. That thorough cleanliness, domestic
| and civic, and an abundant supply Of pure
,rdter are essential means of preventing
cholera in any household when the disease is
near.
,. That general cleansing, scavenging, and
diSinfection should be attended to in every
city and town before cholera makes its ap.
pcarance and that wherever it does appear,
that house and the exposed premises should
be kept constantly di>ipfected.
8. That whatever differences Of opinion
there may be respecting the epidemic phe-
nomena of different periods, the paramount
importance of thorough cleanliness and dis
infection is to be kept in mind and that. in
the words of the Chief Medical Officer of
Great Britain: I" 1t appears to be characteris-
tic Of cholera, not only of the disease in its
developed and alarming form, but equally of
the slightest diarrhea which the epidemic
can produce, that aN nlntters achich the pa
ient discharges from his stomach and bouels
are ,ntechue; that the patients power of
injecting other persons is represented almost
or quite exclusively by those discharges
that they are comparatively non-infective at
the moment they are discharged, but after
wards, when undergoing decomposition, at
quirc their maximum infective power; and
that if they be cast auay Dithout precious
disinfection they impart their own infectiye
quality to the eXcrcmental matters with
which they mingle 10 fith-sodden earth, or in
repositories and conduitS of filth. and to the
ettluvia which those cXcremental matters
evolve that if the infcctive material, by
| leakage or soakage from drains or cesSpools,
or otherwise, gets access, even in the small
est quantity. directly, Or through porous
soil, TO 1reIiS Or other sources Of drinhing-
| toater, it can infect in the most dangerous
m amer very large volumes of the water
| that the infective influence of the choleraic
| discharges attaches to whatever bedding,
ali Il
with them, and renders these things, if moi
disintectcd, capable Of spreading the dis.
ease"
4. Cleansing and purity, skiful disintec-
| ton, temperate habits, and wholesome diet,
| with pure water and fresh ;ir. are the trusted
and sure mcallS of health and security in all
places and for all classes of people when eX-
posed to the causes of cholera. The watch.
word against this destructive enemy should
be. Remove the local causes that favor the
| propagation of cholera, and wherever it ap-
pears let its germs be quickly stamped out
| by powerful dsintcctants and special cleans
| Ing.
From being the most feared and dcStruc-
| tive pestileEce. cholera has become entirely
| submissive to sanitary measures Of precen
| ton, and cin now he controlled with such
certainty and completeness as to prevent it,
| lavages us an epidemic. Believing, there
fore, that the people Of the United St;l,cs vii
wisely apply the suggestions which are
| given in this memorandum, the undersigned
committee presents them for the purpose o
fastening and making sure the most eSten'
sivc, thorough, and speedy control OF this
destroyer
STEruES SMITH, NJ. d.. New York.
| G. 3. WHITE, NJ. d.. Louisiana.
JouS II. RAucH. NJ. D., Illinois.
| WILLIAM CLESDEslS, NJ. d., Ohio.
CHRISTOPHER {. Cox, NJ. D.,
District of Columbia.
MoREAU MoRRIs, NJ. d., New York.
JoHS NJ. WooDwoRTH, NJ. D.,
Supt. L. s. Marine Hospital.
FRANCIS BACON, Nj. d., Connecticut
HENRY HARTsHoRN, NJ. d., Pennsylvania.
ELISHA HARRIS. NJ. D..
Secretary. sol Mott Street. New \ ork,
Executive Committee Of the American Pub.
lie Health Association.
Ne,C York. June Goth, 1873.
All who receive this circular arc requested Il
communicate Information concerning OBSERVATIONS
upon cholera and other crid"mcs that prevail al fh
same time. Local authorities or other rltiZrns cal
issue for popular use If they desire, caro- "f ii"r
nation made up from This mehnrahuum' oihi'liht
| the first three and last paragraphs.