The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-10-09
DISINEECTANTS.
sULPHATE OF IRON (Copperas)

! SULPHATE OF IRON (COpperaS).
Application.-To dsinfect prvies, cess
pools, drains, sewers, and all vessels and
| places receiving the discharges of the sick
! 1t decomposes the sulphuretted hydrogen
and the ammoniacal compounds so poisonous
and offensive in privy vaults.
How Used.-DIssslve eight or ten pounds
- the copperas in eight or ten gallons OF
water. Add to this solution, one pint of the
| i'm pure carbolic Acid. The solution will be
rendered more com plete if hot water is used
| A priVy which accommodates an ordinary
sized household will require at least one
eighth Of this quantity twice every week
! during the hot summer months. Masses OF
fifth in privies, sewers or drains should be
| thoroughly saturated with it, at brief in
terVals, until all offensive odors are gone.
CARBOLIC ACID.
ApplicatiOn.-Mixed in the proportion OF
Que part of the acid to from forty to one
| hundred parts of water carholic acid has a
| wide range OF application as an antiseptic
| and disinfectant. For purposes of thor
! ough destruction of disease germs, a solu :
| ton of not less than two per cent of the
| acid should be employed. When used to
| dislnfect clothing, a solution of one part of
| the acid to one hundred parts of water would
be an appropriate strength.
CarDOlic acid is believed to be an effectual
| agent in the destruction of every commune
cable virus of disease, and by its antiseptic
property prevents those kinds OF fermenta
ton and decay which aid in propasating
! epidemcs.
| How psed.-in solution in water of vary
Ing strength, according to the pur-
poses to which t is to be applied Ii
| is especially adapted to disinfect sewage.
| foul grounds, drains, sinks, foul heaps of
| manure or garbage. stables, privies and the
air OF foul place in which any pestiiential
| disease exists
sULPHURIC ACID GAS.
Appllcation.-To disinfect rooms and in
tected clothing. Applied only in case OF
unoccupied rooms. To be effectual in de-
stroying disease germs, the fumes must he
life.
How Used.-Place in an earthern vessel
or iron kettle containing small quantity
OF ashes, few live Goals, upon which place
from one to four pounds of sulphur, in pow
der or fragments, according to the size of
the room. One and one-halt ounces is the
proper quantintity to each 100 cubic feet of
space.
To guard against accident by fire, it is
well TO place the vessel on some fre-proof
article or suspend it over a tub of water.
AS soon as the sulpher is ignited, the room
having previously been rendered tight,
should be closed and remain closed for
twelve or twenty-four hours.
Ventilation. and painting the woodwork,
WHITE @shiug and reApapering the walls
VIII complete the process, and fit the room
for e-hsbitation.
DRY EARTH.
ApplIeation.-To absorb eff1uvia from de-
cayIng animal aud vegetable matter and
appropriately human excreta.
Dry earth is nearly a complete disinfeet-
AM, II used in sufficient quantities to absorb
al! moisture. II should be abundantly APP
piled.
FRESH STONE LIME.
Applieation.-To absorb moisture and pu-
trid fluids.
How used.-PulYerized and scattered over
places to dry In damp rooms, it should be
placed In pans in liberal quantities. Mixed
with water, it is used to lime wash walls
and ceilings. 1t is useful when spread over
heaps OF fresh manure as a preservatiVe.
Inere are number of other disinfeetants,
put the above viii, it is believed, meet all
ordinary demands.
The efficiency OF disinfeetants in all cases
VIII depend upon the thoroughness with
winch they are applied. 1t may be re.
marked that they are almost always used
too sparinglY.