The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-06-25

Disinfecting solution is excellent for
bed pans and chamber vessels, and for
floors or defled surfaces.
Apartments, bedding and upholstery
that have been used BY the sick with
Cholera or Diarrhes, should be
thoroughly clespsed and disinfected.
PRINCIPLES AND DUTIES TO BIB OBSERVED.
/. That thorough cleanliness, domes-
tic and civic, and an abundant supply
of pure water are essential means Of
preventing Cholera in any household
when the disease Is near.
2. That general. cleansing, scaveng.
ing and disinfection should be attended
to in every city and town before Cholera
makes its appearance and that when
ever it does appear, that house and the
exposed premises should be kept con-
stantly disinfected.
3. That, whatever differences Of opin-
ion there may be respecting the epidem-
ic phenomena OF different periods, the
paramount importance OF through
cleanliness and disinfection is to be kept
in mind; and that, in the words OF the
Chief Medical Officer OF Great Britain,
1T appears to be characteristic oiChol-
era, not only OF the disease in its de-.
velopmeut and alarming form, but
equally OF the slight diarrh9s which
the epidemic can produce. that all mat
ters which the patient discharges from
his stomach and bowels are infcctive;
that the patients power OF injecting
other persons is represented almost or
quite exclusively by those discharges;
that they are comparatively nom in
fective at the moment they are discbar-
ped, but afterwards, when undergoing
decomposition, acquire their maximum
infective power; and that il they be
cast away without previous disinfection
they impart their own infective quality
to the excremental matters with which
they mingle in filth.sodden earth, or in
repositories and conduits Of filth, and
to the effluvia which those excremental
matters evolve; that il the infective
material, by leakage or soaksge from
drains or cesspools, or otherwise, gets
access, even in the smallest quantity,
directly, or through porous soil, to wells,
or other sources OF drinking water, it
can infect, in the most dangerous man
ner, very large volumes OF the water;
that the infective influence ofthe Chol.
eraic' discharges attaches to whatever
bedding, clothing aud like things have
been imbued with them, aud renders
these things il not disiniected, capable
OF spreading the disease"
4. Cleansing and purity, skiliul dis
infection temperate habits, and whole
eome diet with pure water and fresh
air, are trusted and sure means Of health
and security in sll places and for all
classes OF people when exposed to the
causes OF Cholera. The watchword
against this destructive enemy should
the local causes that favor
the propagation of Cholera, and wher>
ever it appears. let its germs be quickly
stamped out by powerful disinfectants
and special cleansing
From being the most feared and des-
structiye pestilence, Cholera has become
entirely submissive 10 sanitary measures
of prevention, and can now be con-
troiled with such certainty and COM
pleteness as to prevent It's rsvages as
On epidemic. Believeipg. therefore,
that the people Of the United States will
wisely apply the suggestions which are
given in this memorandum, the UNDER
signed Committee presents them for
the purpose OF Fastening and making
sure the most extensive. thorough, and
speedy control ofthis Destroyer.
STEPHEN SIXTH, N. D.. New York
C.B. WHITE, N. D.. Louisiana.
JOHN II. RAUCH, 81. D., Illinois.
WIN. CLENDENIN, M. D., Ohio.
&C. Cox, NJ. D., District OF Columbia.
MoREAU NORRIS, NJ. D., New York.
JOHN II. WoopwoRTH, NJ. d., supt- u.S y.
FRAncrs BAcoN, NJ. D., Connecticut.
II. HARTsHoRHE, M. D., Pennsylvania.
ELISHA HARRIs, N. D.. Secretary, ;Ol
Mott Street, New York.
Ex. Com. Of the American Public Health
Association.
New York, June %. 1873.