Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-12-05

III lthCCu III a SAFE l.0R vessel over
tub Of water to guard against fire, and
5xritet, the doors. windows and chitn
rcy tiUes being first carefully closed
The room should remain CLOSED for
Several hours, after which, thorough
ventilation. >crubbing the floor ana
wood3oiN With the disiufectine solu-
ton, whitewasiing and re yaperiug
the walls will fit the room for re- hAbi-
tation.
Rooms may also be disinfected by
chlorine gas, which is rapidly general
ed by pouring muriatIc acid on chic
ride of lime, which should first be
placed in wooden or earthen vessel
and moistened with water. During
this process, the reem should be closed
as for the sulphur Immigration, and dur
ing either process, articles to be disin-
fected should be as much as possible
SO suspended or spread out as to be
most fully exposed to the yapov,
',In case Of death the funeral SER
vice should be strictly private, and the
corpse Should nos be exposed to view, :"
4 neglect Of which humane prccaution
has in numerous instances cost tho lives
Of sympathizing friends.
To carry out such measures thor
oughly, says Dr. Aiken. requires
wisdom and self denial on the part of
relatives and friends. . But if it were
possible to begin tomorrow and to
carry them out IN every case. Scarlet
Fever would have ceased to exist at
the end Of two months, and it is pos
sihle or even probable that it would
never return" IF it be not possible
to carry them out fully, it is possible
so TO approximate thereto, as to save
many of the lives of our dear ones.
DIPHTHERIA.
The contagion Of Diphtheria is not
so strongly marked as that of Scarlet
Fever, yet sufficiently SO to call for ex-
ercise Of very great care. The disease
is spread by the exhalatiens of The sick
poisoning the air Of the sick room, or
by the direct contact Of the Diphtheria
oxidation, which may adhere to in
iectcd articles, OF it may be commIni-
Gated by splitting, sneezing or cough
ing, not infreQuently in the act of
kissing one who has a simple sore
| throat which is scarcely noticed, may
communicate yirplent Diphtheria to
another.
The disease usually spread in some
Of these ways, may also with less GER
tainty be spread by infected clothing,
or furniture or rooms, to which the
poison sometimes clings with great te-
nacity and for long time
To check this SO frequently fatal di-
sease, the same system of
ISOLATION AND DISTINCTION
recommended for Scarlet, Fever is APP
plicable, and should be rigidly enforced,
and during the prevalence of the di-
sease, no sore throat, however appar-
emily trivial, should be neglected. Let
the family physician at once be consult
ed.
Finally,
CLEANLINESS AND PURITY OF AIR
ARE THE ''DEADLY ENEMIES OF ALL
CoNTAGIoN.'
Secure these for your children, with
pure water, wholesome food and com
Portable clothing. Remove from Gel
lars and yards and alleys, every kind
and source Of filth see that drains
and cesspools are IN perfect repair :;
that there be no leakage of foul gases
about your premises; and you will dc
very much to keep from your homes
not only Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria,
but diseases Of every kind whether it
be that ''pestilcnce which walketh in
darkness or that obstruction which
wasteth at noon day."
By order of the Wisconsin State
Board OF, Health.
j. I. REEVE, NJ. D.,
Secretary.