The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-07-03
CHOLERA-HEALTH.

Council, June 9th, Health Committee
consisting of the Mayor, City Physician
Alderman Zahnen, Durant and Crane
was appointed. We suppose there is "a
Igreat responsibility resting upon these
Egentlemcn, and that they are aware oil
the fact that they canGot act too soon il
compelling the citizens of Kenosha Il
Thoroughly purify their premises and
4 mitigate the evils of possible disease
The best way to prevent the ravages al
cholera is to MAKE PREPARATION AHEAD
We give below the Rules and Method
of Distinction issued by the Execu.ive
Committee of the American Public
Health Committee, which every house.
holder sho uld preserve. Two members OF
our Health Committee are physicians OF
acknowledged ability, and must see the
need of prompt action in this most i'm
portant matter.
RULES AND METHODS OF DIsrNFEcT1oN.
For PrSoSes, Wuter Closets, DsuSas and
Seaoers. Eight or ten pounds Of sulphate
OF iron (copperas) dissolved in five or six
gallons of water, with halfsa pint of
crude carbolic acid added to the solution,
and briskly stirred, makes the cheapest
and best disinfecti0g fold for common
use.-It can be procured in every tswn,
and by every family, and if the carbolic
acid cannot be had, the solution of cop
peras mag be used without it.
To prevent privies and water closets
from becoming Effected or offensive: pour
a pint Of this strong solution into every
water closet pan or gprivy seat once or
twice day.
To dis.nSect masses of filth, privy
vaults, sewers, and drains, gradually
pour il this ISOLATION ultil it reaches and
disinfects all the foul material.
For the chamber-vessels used by the
SICK, and for the disineection OF ground
upon which any excrementai matter has
been cast away, use the solu ion Of cop
pefas and carbolic acid; and, for disin-
fect ing extensive masses or surfaces OF
putrescent materials, and for drains, sew
ers, aad ui'ches, this disinfeeti1g uid
may be US ed or the "dead or ("heavy
o;l') of coal tar, or coal tar itself; coal tar
may be used as paint upon the walls of
cellars. stables, and open drains.
Other disinfectants, such as the solu-
tic US OF seaquichloride of iron, or OF chic
ride of zinc, are ffectual in privies and
drains, and upon foul surfaces and Offer
sive materials ao ~a aaaagfh
Duck lime is useful as an absorbent
and dryer upon foul walls and in damp
places; ald whitewashlng with it ashoald
he practsed IN common tenements, factC.
ries, Easements, closets, and garrets.
To dislnfect the clothing dedled in al
manner by excrenental matters from the
SICK, throw all such articles immediately
into boiling water ald continue the boil
ing for half al hour; or place them in a
solution, covered, made as follows: ]
pound OF sulpha'e oS zinc, 6 or gallon,
of water, to which ado 3 or ounces o.
pure and strong carbolic acid. This il
also an excellent disinfec'aat for bed
pans and chamber vessels; also for disin.
feeling floors and other defiled surfaces
Keep the soied articles saturated until
they can be boiled. II the acid is not at
hand, use the zinc water alone.
Apartments, bedding, or upholstery
that have BEEN USED by the sick with
cholera or diarrhea, should be fumigated
by the burning OF several pounds of
birthstone, (salphur) upon defended
iron pan, or by carbolic acid, chloride of
lime, and sulphdric acid with the place
tightly closed for several hours under q
physician's directions.
From being the most feared and de-
structive pestilence, cholera has become
entirely submissive to sanitary measures
OF evention, and can now be controlled
and extinguished more quickly and COM
pletely than any other epidemic disease
Believing, therefore, that the people of
the United States will wisely apply the
suggestions which are given in the memo.
1randum, the undersigned Committee pre-
sents them for the purpose of fastening
and making sure the most extensive,
thorough and speedy control Of this de-