The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-15
OFFICE BOARD OF HEALTH,
State of Louisiana,

| State of Louisiana,
New Orleans, June Is, 1875
Sanitary rules recommended by the Board O
| Health of the State OF Louisiana to be observed
| by steams lips and sailing vessels during theil
stay in infected ports and passage to New Or
| leans, during the summer.
h LIST. That all large steamships carrying pas
sengers should at this season provide themselves
with a medical officer.
2. That all steamships and sailing vessels, after
delivering their cargoes In Infected ports, should
| before receiving cargo On board, have the YES
sells bilges thoroughly cleaned by pumping out
and flushing, if necessary, then be disinfected by
putting white carbolic or cresyc acid into the
lin bers fore and aft. The disinfection to be re-
peated every five days on the passage by putting
| und luted ac'd down the pumps or sounding
| tube, the entire hold and between decks to be
sprinkled with the acids, one part of acid to
| fifty parts of water. If practicable, after dis
charge OF freight, the hold to be fumigated with
| sup urous acid gas, or chlorine gas. SO far as
practicable the matches to be kept off, both
while in port and at sea, and all the fresh air
possible to be got below decks by use of wind
sails and ventilation. Where whitewashing can
be done below decks it is recommended.
3. That all passengers SHALL pass an ex-
animation by the medical official, or in his alb
sence by the captain when coming on board in
infected ports, and any predisposed to disease to
be rejected. At the close Of each day, while in
yellow fever ports, all the crew to wash their
whole persons, leave off all the clothing worn
and clothing throughout AS soon after leaving
port as the weather will permit, all mattra sses
bedding and similar material should be got up
up on deck and summed and aired for several
hours. This procedure shr uid be repeated at in
tervals of TWO to five days during the passage to
the port, if weather permit
4. That all passengers baggage shall be ex-
posed to the air and disinfected or fumigated as
soon as possible after coming on bard, and again
before arrival at the quarantine station. Baggage
rooms, water-cosets, dirty linen lockers, ETC., to
be kept thoroughly clean aud disinfected.
D. That as little communication as possible
with the shore shall be allowed the officers and
crew while in infected ports, and that sleeping on
deck shall not be allowed the ships company or
passengers.
6. That the quarters Of the crew shall be kept
clean and dlsinfected. That the captain shall
direct his especial attention and that of the
med cal officer to the general hygiene of both
crew and passengers.
NOTE If the baggage of passengers be of
-uch a nature as to be injured by fumes of burn
ing sulphur or chlorine gas it may be sprinkled
with pure white carbol aid, one part to fifty of
water. Or after thoroughly airing, exposed for
some hours to the vapor of carbolic acid, freely
sprlnkled over floors, walls, etc, OF the room
used for the disinfectlon
NorE I'm disinfection by burning sulphur,
precaution must, Of course, be taken against set
ting fire to mate ria!s or vessel.
NOTE 3.-To prepare chlorine, a cheap and
efficient mixture is one pound of common SALT
one pound of black oxide of manganese and one
pint of water, mixed in an earthen vessel, and
one pint Of the strongest commercial sulpnuric
acid poured upon it. If gas be not freely gener-
ated boiling water must be used. The specific
gravity of the acid should be l Sc.
NOTE 4.-To dsinfect the bilges of a ship of
1000 tons, not less than two gallons of white car
bolc or cresylic acid equivalent to Calvert's No.
5, is required. G. B. WHITE, NJ D.,
President Board of Health.
s. @. RUSSELL. Secretary.